Saw

The Setback I Never Saw Coming Sunday, September 3rd, 2017, 5:43 p.m. I was hanging out with a friend when my best friend texted me saying he received naked pictures of me via social media. How on earth could a guy thousands of miles away from me in a different country have inappropriate photos of me when I don't even like to stare at my body, let alone have the courage to take pictures of it in the nude? It's funny because Kwajalein, my home for over fourteen years, just started utilizing…

It is hard to define a film and place it into a certain genre. It is even harder to make a claim that the film achieved cult status. Welch Everman however provided some basic guidelines to be able to identify a cult horror film. With Everman’s proposal it gives some idea of what constitutes a cult horror film and what a cult horror film is not. Everman’s idea should be at least the basics that we use to identify a cult horror film and with them we can start to form a list of films. I believe…

Society and culture have a large impact on film. This can be seen most clearly in Science Fiction and Horror Films. Films are often based on real-life events, or in some cases, fears. Two examples of this are Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Cold War and fear of the spread of Communism led to the creation of films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Psycho and Texas Chainsaw Massacre were both based on the crimes of Ed Gein. Some common themes in these…

How Jackie Robinson Affected how people saw black people In 1947 Jackie Robinson was the very first black to play in the MLB. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.In that same year he was the rookie of the year. In 1949 he was the league MVP and in 1955 he was the world series MVP. In this time period the MLB was very segregated and it was not allowed for blacks to play professionally. But Jackie Robinson changed that forever. He spoke out against segregation and proved that black people are…

It is due to vertically asymmetrical ears and different shape of the ear openings. Because the sound reaches the ears at a different time and is of different intensity, the northern saw-whet owl can very precisely localize its prey. Such accurate sound localization allows it to hunt in a complete darkness by hearing…

A vegan is defined as a person who does not eat any food that comes from animals and who often also does not use animal products (Merriam-Webster). The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) use videos such as Paul McCartney’s Glass Walls and other forms of media to push their agenda onto the world. Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s transgressive exploitation of the human body through shocking, strange images that parallel with slaughterhouses to push the vegan agenda onto its…

This think piece was done based on the song ‘I’ve Got Your Man’ by “Lady Saw”. This song was first published in August, 2004. It was published together with other songs in the album ‘Strip Tease’ within the same year. This song made the chart in 2004, peaking at 84 and 14 respectively. Marion Hall, also known as “Lady Saw” is a Jamaican Reggae singer. She was born on July 12th 1972 at Galina, Saint Mary, Jamaica. She began performing with local sound systems at age fifteen. Her performances…

definition of “be yourself” is to behave in your usual manner rather than behaving in a way you think other people might like. In life, being yourself is really important. It lets you know who you are and if you are a likeable person. In the novel, What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell, the importance of being yourself is illustrated through the characters Evie and Peter. Both characters teach us that they will do anything to be a different person and not themselves. Evie lies to people she…

they witnessed the torment I suffered? Although the viewers may have wanted to help, they were immobile to rise to the occasion, wanting to protect themselves, while they were leaving me there to hurt. In Martin Gansberg's article, “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder and Didn’t Call the Police,” twenty-eight year old Kitty Genovese was attacked and murdered, which could have been prevented if…

The slasher film to some viewers has been written off and categorized as a film not worth watching. Typically viewers decide that this genre may be too violent, graphic, or misogynistic. However, slasher films, like many horror movies, may offer a commentary on society or the human condition. An approach to understanding such films is through the concept of the ‘abject’. It is the disturbance of boundaries that threaten things such as an individual’s identity or societal order Abjection…