Sofia Coppola

Have you ever wondered the difference between human and humane? In the story Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, right off the bat the reader is hit with the problem of the “nature of man”, and what it means to be human or humane. To be human means to have a sense of mind, to be living, and be at peace in mind. However, to be humane means to be gentle compassionate, caring, and have sympathy. It is often pondered that to be human means to be humane, however as Marlow learned on his travels…

In this 1992 American-Japanese documentary directed by Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy and Stuart Samuels, we are shown a 92-minute glimpse of the art of cinematography since the conception of cinema in the late eighteen-hundreds to contemporary films in the late nineteen-eighties. “Visions of Light: the Art of Cinematography” (1992) is a chronologic collage of several films, narrated in English by different directors of photography; the cinematography of this documentary is done by Detroit’s own…

Different writers of psychological horror have demonstrated how the negative thought processes, if allowed to prevail, can damage one’s self-esteem and even lead to further isolations and feelings of paranoia (Jarrett 813). Joseph Conrad and Francis Ford Coppola Conrad in their works “Heart of Darkness” and “Apocalypse Now” demonstrate sing real life stories the impact isolation can have on one’s life story. These two stories concentrate generally on the possible negative effect of isolation. A…

A fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy Curtis is coming home from the movies alone. Where Ponyboy lives, is a dangerous place where the Socials (the rich kids from the West) are the bullies. Ponyboy is a Greaser and Greasers are the targets for the Socials to bully. Next, Ponyboy gets attacked by a whole car full of Socials. Luckily, his two older brothers: Darry and Sodapop – and the rest of his gang: Steve, Two-bit, Johnny and Dallas comes to rescue him and chase away the Socials. After this…

Susan Eloise Hinton, also known as S. E. Hinton, started writing The Outsiders when she was only fifteen years old. Little did she know, the book would win numerous awards and sell over 10 million copies. One of the reasons for the book's success may have been that there were not many books for teens other than the typical girl meets boy stories. She learned many important life lessons and implemented many of them into her books. Three important themes she put into The Outsiders were people are…

In almost every situation, there is an unavoidable problem: being labeled into groups. Through S.E. Hinton’s high school life, she realized how social groups shaped everyone’s life, and she loathed it. The Outsiders is based off real events that take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, S.E. Hinton’s hometown. The novel is based off two separate groups, the Greasers and the Socs. The plot is powerful and exhilarating, but it’s difficult to identify the true outsiders of the story. Even though both the…

Honor Among the Unruly What is honor? Honor means sticking to what is right or having a code of conduct. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, is a book that displays that maybe there is honor among those who don’t follow laws or rules. The Greasers are a gang of brothers who rivals with the Socs, the rich gang. They go through some obstacles throughout the book and while they do, they show honor to each other. There is honor among the lawless because the Greasers show bravery, protectiveness, and they…

The film, The Godfather is an examination of the roles that family, power, and tradition play in our lives. The Corleone family at the heart of this 1972 crime drama is led by Vito, "the Don Corleone," the "Godfather" who protects the family and executes all major business decisions on their behalf. Besides Vito being in charge, Don Michael Corleone was the head of the Corleone family after Vito Corleone stepped down. In this movie there are many examples as to why it’s an archetypal film of…

Author S.E. Hinton got the idea for the book, The Outsiders, when she was mad about the little situations going about her high school. Everyone would be in their own little groups and wouldn’t be friends with anyone but the group. Since she has written the book on these problems, Hinton has sold over 14 million copies and it has been made into a movie. In the book, there were many details on what Ponyboy, the main character, was thinking. It was more of what he was thinking than dialogue.…

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a very different book. This is because it is written from an “outsider’s” perspective. However, we didn’t get to see much of the Soc’s point of view. Cherry says in the book that life for an “insider” isn’t as great as it looks to the Greasers. Bob As the gang and I were racing down the street in my blue Mustang, I violently jerked the steering wheel away from a mailbox. I knew we shouldn’t be driving this drunk, but we didn’t care. It was way past midnight, and…