R. Lee Ermey

insulting all of the men. The beginning scene made the audience feel relief because although it is evident that the movie is about war, there is a smooth combination of audio and video that makes the audience feel safe. Then there is a big contrast of audio and video at the same time. This was done on purpose to give a change in audio and video to throw off the audience and give that contrast. These spontaneous changes emphasize the process of war - how it is difficult to predict what happens next, and when it will get noisy and rowdy again. It also allows the audience to expect that this kind of emotional rollercoaster will be an ongoing pattern in the movie. This whole bedroom scene is accomplished through design and composition. Ronald Lee Ermey did an amazing job in making Sergeant Hartman come to life through his actions and the sturdiness of his movement. In addition, he was able to capture impressive expressions and vocal tones that emphasize the character’s assertiveness. His costume successfully showed his supremacy by wearing medals, a hat, and a uniform of a slightly different colour scheme. Also, the fact that he was moving around, with the camera only following him, opposed to the stiff men standing straight and parallel to each other across the room shows his power. The fact that all of these men are so still makes me feel that the Sergeant can just pick and choose which he wishes to harass. One of his opening remarks is, “… Because I am hard, you will not like…

Full metal jacket is a 1987 British-American war film which is directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick. The movie starts with the scene of recruits getting their heads shaved to start training in Marine Boot Camp. There are three main character introduced in the first part. Hartman as general of marine camp, David nicknamed as Joker and Pyle. In this part, Pyle because of his physical body cannot cope for the required training of marine so he is bullied as a child ordered to suck this thumb…

Loyalty’s Different Meanings Loyalty can make or break any relationship. Loyalty is being there for that special someone, keeping secrets, only talking to them, and always protecting them from harmful things. Loyalty is when a person is committed to someone and they do not associate with anyone else on that same level, While some may say it is only having one friend that you only tell things to and expect them to keep it to him or her self. Loyalty is what defines a relationship it is like…

Hobbits are always predictable—they never have any adventures or do anything out of the ordinary. They like peace and quiet and enjoy the comforts of home, like the six meals they have a day. The unexpected hero, Mr. Bilbo Baggins, like any hobbit, enjoys the comforts of his hobbit hole, but eventually finds himself doing and saying things rather unexpected. The Hobbit, a fantasy fiction novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, shows how Bilbo evolves from a simple hobbit to a true hero. Bilbo Baggins…

around the world. On that day Peter Jackson released the third and final Hobbit movie, The Battle of Five Armies. It was almost exactly thirteen years before, (December 19th, 2001) that he released the first movie of The Lord of the Rings trilogy; The Fellowship of the Ring. This was a huge moment for all the fans of J.R.R Tolkien’s books, because The Battle of Five Armies is the last part of the whole series. Although the Hobbit trilogy was very enjoyable and emotional, it was also a bit…

Narrative Suture and Reader Engagement in The Hobbit Reader engagement is critical for the success of a novel. If a reader is not interested in the novel, it is unlikely for them to finish it or recommend it to others. Therefore, an author will use various narrative strategies to promote reader engagement, and this is something that J. R. R. Tolkien does extremely well. The Hobbit has received wide critical acclaim and has become one of the most famous novels of our time, due in part to the…

It was the year 2010, I was 17 years old, and at the time I was living with my older brother Jacob and his family. I was downstairs in the computer room checking my Facebook as usual, when all of the sudden I get a message from my father in Norway. My father was a very prominent pastor in the Hampton roads area for nearly thirty years, but he and my mother had some problems and decided to get a divorce about four years earlier. After the divorce my father had decided to move to Norway and host a…

All narratives refer to the art of storytelling, a sequence that is followed known as the Hero’s Journey. An example of a narrative that exhibits the Hero’s Journey is The Hobbit, a fictional novel written by J.R.R Tolkien about a Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who goes on an enticing adventure. This essay will elucidate why tests, allies, and enemies, the sixth stage of the Hero’s Journey, more specifically the tests, is the most significant stage of the narrative, as the trials mold Bilbo into a…

“‘Winter,’ said Ser Kevan” (957). After five long books, winter is finally upon the Seven Kingdoms in George R.R. Martin’s A Dance of Dragons, and the mysterious others and their undead horde are posed to swarm over the realm. Unexpecting and unprepared, the Seven Kingdoms is preoccupied with rebellion. The lords of the realm are plotting against one another and, “are feverishly endeavoring to advance their ambitions and ruin their enemies, preferably unto death,” (Orr p.3). These ambitions are…

The book How to Read Literature like a Professor, written by Thomas Foster, describes an assortment of archetypes, or themes, to explore in everyday literature. The Hobbit, written by J. R. R. Tolkien, is a story about a young male who goes through a life changing journey that reflects some of these archetypes. There are many types of archetypes in this story including a communion and a hero’s quest. The story shows young readers that you can have an adventure without needing fancy technology,…