Short Cuts

Raymond Carver was a contemporary short story writer who is often credited with reviving what was thought to be a dying literary form. In many of his works he often paralleled his own life with that of his characters. In his collection of short stories called Short Cuts there are many similarities between the characters and their lives and Carver himself. Raymond Carver married young, at the age of eighteen, to Maryann Burk who was sixteen at the time. They had two kids together and each worked low paying jobs to support their family. Carver was an alcoholic and Maryann tended to be the breadwinner while he was in his drunken state. He wrote many of his stories while married to her. In many of the short stories, the characters have similar…

Godard used a few difference camera angles and styles such as iris shot, close up, medium and wide shots, and camera movement. Godard also used many jump cuts and quick cuts to shift between scenes. For instance, in the beginning, he used jump and quick cuts of close up shots of Michel and a woman that let the audience have the illusion of Michel is having a very close relationship with with that woman. As Godard switch to a wide-angle shot, that’s where we know we have been fooled and they were…

1. I started the activity on 9/9/16 at 3:06 pm and completed it on 9/11/16 at 5:45 pm. 2. I had to look up cryptomnesia, which is when one forgets to cite a source because of losing track of a source and then remembering the thought as an original idea (Cryptomnesia, 2011). 3. I know that the source is scholarly and credible because it was published by a well-known and respected journal and has the authors’ credentials. 4. The author is a respected authority on the topic and has published…

The significance of cut hair as sign of mourning in Sherman Alexie’s short film Smoke Signals is divulged through Victor and Arnold as they experience what the true meaning of loss is. In the first scene Arnold Joseph saves Thomas from the house fire and soon after cuts his hair, which may be perceived by viewers as a sign of lamentation. Thomas confirms this by saying, “After that fire, Arnold Joseph mourned by cutting his hair, and he never grew it long again”. It is later revealed to the…

“Jackson”, a nickname given to the younger alcoholic version of himself, Daniel’s coping mechanism has a more positive effect and is key in the psychological maintenance of his personal status quo. A final point of contrast between Steve Martin’s The Pleasure of My Company and Raymond Carver’s Will You Please Be Quiet, Please is in their distinctive literary styles. Shaping the narrative of his novel into what are almost standalone sketches, Steven Martin uses comedic relief to lighten the…

How do you mow a lawn? Anyone new can experience that mowing your lawn is more than just getting a lawn mower and cutting a patch a grass. They are multiple ways to mow a lawn and where you live is going to be a big factor on how you mow your lawn. Mowing your lawn is crucial and with these steps you will be able to tell when to mow your lawn, what tips you should know and what equipment you will need. Knowing how to tell and when to mow your lawn is key to this simple but yet essential task.…

It was, at one point, taking every shot filmed on location, and putting them all together in a way so that the film makes sense. Nowadays, the editor may also add special effects or background music, in addition to selecting and combining the scenes. There are several major techniques of editing, including thematic montages, sequences shots and various types of cutting, such as classic, abstract, and continuity. In Now You See Me, all editing techniques are expressed within the film, but not all…

It was a hot summer afternoon. I had been working all day. Normally I would be with a crew of 4 to 5 people all the same as the day before, but today was different today i was working with a whole new crew of men I had never seen in my life. It was especially weird when the guy in a all black suit pulled up. He got out and said he was my new boss but when I had asked him what happened to the rest of the crew and my old boss he told me to be quiet and do the work I was assigned. It wasn’t till…

Budget Cuts: Cutting More Than Just Finances Seeing that the importance of a legitimate education is flourishing, it is safe to assume that a plethora of funding is set aside for these schools, right? Unfortunately not. Budget cuts to education have started to become steadily frequent. Since the “national recession of 2008 that forced every state to cut money for colleges and universities,” putting budget cuts at their all time low, “at least 31 states provided less funding per student”…

considerable amount of money, which effects the pensioners using this fund. Because of poor investments made during the recession the Fund is projected to be insolvent by 2025 if there is not a change made to the pensioner’s payments. The Fund must decide whether or not to cut the pension payments each month. The first option we have is to continue with the regular pension payments each month, but that would leave the Fund insolvent within the next ten years. The alternative is to cut the…