Terry Gilliam

Brazil is a satirical dystopian film directed by Terry Gilliam that centers on Sam Lowry and his attempts to escape his monotonous life with the woman of his dreams, Jill Layton. The setting for the movie is a futuristic society that is controlled entirely by an oppressive government that is reminiscent of George Orwell’s 1984. Throughout the entirety of the film, ugly exposed ducts are shown in nearly every scene, hanging low and disrupting any sort of elegance that may otherwise exist. The ducts serve as a way of connecting everyone directly back to the State, creating a web of interconnectivity that is proprietary to the extent that only certified technicians can even touch them (a fact that is akin to Apple’s level of propriety today). I believe that the ducts in Brazil symbolize two themes: technology gone wrong and the omnipresent nature of the State itself.…

The film Monty Python and the Holy Grail was a satire of the King Arthur time period. There were a few themes in medieval literature that had been mocked in the movie compared to the real stories. For one theme, the English were made to look like buffoons or horrible people. Serious situations were turned into jokes in the movie as well. Ideals such as beauty and bravery were tested in the movie compared to the book. Monty Python and the Holy Grail was made to completely make fun of the real…

When we watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail I noticed a few theme that the movie had touched on that interested me. So for it to have some themes being satirized in it is no surprise, but the ones i want to talk about are some very memorable jabs at previous examples of epics. The themes I will talk about is historical reference, supernatural elements, and king arthur’s court. The story is based in the middle ages before the Norman Conquest in England, they actually reference this by having…

Tragedy in America, homegrown terrorist bombing has had a tremendous impact on the lives of Americans. Do you remember approximately twenty and a half years ago when domestic terrorist attacked America? On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was blown up by domestic terrorist and ex-Army decorated soldier, twenty-seven year old, Timothy McVeigh and his co-conspirator and ex-Army buddy, Terry Nichols. McVeigh raised in western, New York…

she will spend the rest of her days wishing she would have been born earlier so that she could have lived in the nineties. April 19, 1995 at 9:02 am the United States was taken by surprise. A truck bomb exploded near the north wall of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. “I remember it like it was yesterday, such a sad sad day in Oklahoma well in the U.S. It will be a day no one will ever forget.” Was what Verla Rowe said when she was asked about that day. Many ask who…

parents until their divorce in 1978, after their divorce he mainly lived with his father during his school years. McVeigh 's nickname was "Noodle", he was a scrawny, nonathletic loner which left him a target for neighborhood bullies (Linder 2006). He began to develop an interest in weapons in his preteen years spending his time forming his marksmanship skills by shooting holes in soda cans. By the age of 14, his interest began to focus on survivalism preparing for a possible nuclear attack or…

McVeigh worked for Burke Armored Car in Buffalo, New York. McVeigh also worked in a sporting goods store in Lockport, New York. In 1988 McVeigh seeking a more fulfilling career enlisted in the United States Army. It was during his 13-week infantry training in Fort Benning, Georgia he would meet Terry Lynn Nichols. McVeigh and Nichols would later experiment on making explosives that were used on the Murrah Federal Building. Assigned to the First Infantry Division, Second Battalion, Sixteenth…

Pratchett - Thinking, Impulses, Actions, and Consequences In the book Jingo written by Terry Pratchett, Pratchett uses characters to provide insight on issues in society, more specially how Kennedy’s assassination relates to issues in society. The main commentary that Jingo makes is an insight on problem solving. The majority of the time solving problems people jump to conclusions and have naive opinions. This can lead to reckless and negligent fighting. Often times people have hindsight of…

THE HOUSE ON 81st STREET It was a day like any other but today it was special Halloween night October 31st, 2016 I lived in a nice house on the end of the block with my mom and my cousin Baekhyun it was a nice neighborhood despite the house on the end of the block it was a big house but really old the wood was rotten and there is weeds everywhere and the paint is chipped. I live right across from this house and every full moon I look out my window before I go to bed and I will sometimes see…

cancer, costing him his life. This great Canadian hero was named Terry Fox, born on July 28, 1958. He created the Marathon of Hope to raise money and to help find a cure for cancer; therefore, our greatest Canadian individual was Terry Fox. Terry Fox can be considered a courageous man, because he ran the Marathon of Hope while he had an amputated leg. Terry was compassionate because his run was devoted to raising money for all cancer victims, most of all he is dedicated as can be seen through…