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Intergenerational trauma is a term that is used to describe traumatic events that have impacted a cultural group in one generation, which can have lasting psychological, economical, or cultural effects on future generations. Although it can exist in serious and unfortunate occurrences like residential schools, intergenerational trauma can also be light-hearted, riveting and fun in relation to sport rivalries. Sport fans are well aware that not all games are created equal and that some games are…

In the film ‘ The Shining’, director Stanley Kubrick teaches the audience a harsh lesson regarding humanity about how seclusion and isolation is unnatural for humans as social beings to be put into for prolonged lengths of time, and can cause the mindset of an individual to be triumphed by evil. Kubrick use a variety of film techniques such as dialogue, sound and camera techniques to characterise Jack Nicholson’s character, Jack Torrance, by showing how his character changes throughout the film…

Are you for/against The Assassin, and why? One thing is indisputable regarding the film. It is gorgeous visually, with astonishing cinematography, costumes and in general, production values. However, I think it is lacking in terms of script, and in combination with the scarcity of action scenes, it can be rather tiresome, especially to the viewer expecting the exact opposite from a film of the genre. Actually this is a question regarding if one enjoys art-house films or not, because The Assassin…

Manon Rheaume is a female ice hockey goaltender who is best known for being the first woman to play in the NHL. Manon was born in Beauport, Ontario on February 24th, 1972. Manon was the second child in her family of five. Her parents, Nicole and Pierre Rheaume also gave birth to two boys. Martin, who is older than Manon, and Pascal who is the youngest. Manon always grew up with a passion for hockey. She trained with boys and played on boys’ teams when she was in minor hockey because, at that…

hypothesize that because of the events of their youth, the young generation of the sixties developed an increasingly negative and cynical outlook on mankind and the future of the world. In this paper I will examine the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick, the song “In The Year 2525” by Zager & Evans, and public opinion polling data on the United States’ involvement in Vietnam to further examine this hypothesis.…

Stanley Milgram conducted the obedience to authority studies. Milgram’s desire came from wanting to investigate how easily people would do great harm to other people simply by being ordered to. Milgram’s theoretical basis was that “humans have a tendency to obey other people who are in a position of authority over them.” He proposed that people would even obey if the situation calls for a violation of their own morals and ethical behavior. One way the people in Milgram’s experiments were…

for my genre analysis was a horror classic, The Shining. The film was made in the year 1980, starring Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance, Shelly Duvall as Wendy Torrance, and Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance. The film was directed by Stanley Kubrick and screen written by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson. Critics originally poorly reviewed the film, however with time the film became a classic. The film ended up grossing $44.40 million dollars. The film’s story was based on Author Stephen King’s novel…

The Blackhawks were finally getting hot, everybody knew about Glenn Hall, Stan Mikita, Pierri Pilote, and Bobby Hull. Mikita was awarded his first Art Ross Trophy in 1964 and Hull scored 50 goals in one regular season, which was considered a lot back in that time because of how little the league was. Fewer teams, fewer games to be played. Mikita also had real temper that made their games more interesting to watch. He managed to rack up 149 penalty minutes in the 1964 regular season due to a lot…

Blanche is unhappy at the way that Stanley treats her sister and thinks that Stella would be better off without him, “In my opinion? You’re married to a madman!’. Meanwhile Stanley despises Blanche and seeks to destroy her. He goes out of his way to discover the secrets of Blanche’s past and finds that she is not who she says she is; she was known for sexual promiscuity and for having an affair with a young student. Stanley wants to exploit her insecurities, to mentally break her…

Blanche’s life. Blanche is from Laurel, Mississippi, but after losing her family home she leaves Mississippi and moves to New Orleans to live with her sister Stella. Stella is married to a man named Stanley, whom Blanche is not too fond of. She seems to believe that her sister deserves a better husband. Stanley seems to be aware of Blanche’s feelings and perceptions towards him and seems to be feeling the same way. During her time in New…