The Graduate

primary goal in life is to graduate to have many benefits such as better opportunities, better lifestyle, better pay, better employment, among other benefits. However for some people as well as the graduate school means to them all; for others it is just another step to fulfill the obligation of what their parents expect of them. But the end of all is one of the most important stages of our lives for each one of the people that people who attend college in order to graduate for these reasons;…

book he reveals what he believes is the truth about human life, and the root of our being. Two films connect to Brodie’s opinions, forming a realistic visualization of what he attempts to explain. Sam Mendes’ American Beauty and Mike Nichols’ The Graduate bring together Brodie’s concept of being. The films show how the mind controls one’s actions, along with pleasurable activities such as sex or drugs, and how such activities can lead to an inevitable…

“Drifting” In Mike Nichols’ film The Graduate (Nichols, 1967) our protagonist Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) is introduced as a recent college graduate that is deeply concerned for his future, yet in the scene “Drifting” the audience is able to see how Benjamin’s loses sense of purpose and care. Having the scene composed of shots that dissolve into each other as well as having impossible match on action shots not only create a sense of elapsed time, but it also re-enforces the theme of…

A recent 20-something graduate of Williams College, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has no plans for the future. He is seduced by a female friend of his parents, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) and then falls in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross). The film opens with a young man staring out into space. The man is on an airplane flying to Los Angeles. He appears again in front of a fish tank with bubbles shooting in the background. A male voice asks him a question and then appears…

Film Analysis Superbad is a film that tells the story of three teenage boys in their last semester of high school desperately trying to gain sexual experience before going into college. Seth and Evan have been best friends ever since they were eight years old; they share a lot of memories together, but unfortunately Seth was not accepted into Dartmouth so they will not be going to the same college. Neither of the two boys is popular in their high school; they are considered to be an outcast.…

required to participate in volunteer work to graduate? I disagree with the idea of being involved in volunteer work to graduate. Although volunteer work builds character and responsibility but some students just cannot because of their schedules. Students are usually busy after school involved in practice, a part time job, and it is not equally fair to all the students. Firstly, I disagree with the idea of being required to do volunteer work to graduate because some students have multiple…

terrifying for most new nurse graduates. For this reason, it has become a challenge to retain new nurse graduates on their first jobs. This is something that has contributed to today’s nurse shortages. The Baby Boomer generation is now at the age of retiring and many nurses are quitting their first nursing jobs within the first year of being hired. Nurse residency programs have been put into place at many clinical setting to address the challenges faced by new graduate nurses and to benefit…

Benjamin Braddock from the novel, The Graduate written by Charles Webb embodies many of the issues and problems young adults are facing today. Though the narrative takes place in the 1960’s, Benjamin’s experience reflects and can easily be connected to a contemporary audience. As a 21-year-old who has freshly graduated from university, Benjamin questions many of the societal norms that are excepted of an adult. Though he makes a lot of mistakes in his story, those who review his narrative can…

want my life to go. I am looking to pursue my graduate degree for several reasons: career opportunities, knowledge and money. Today’s career opportunities pose a challenge to those who don’t have advanced degrees on a resume. There is not much flexibility for a bigger career transition for students with just Bachelors because most certain fields such as Criminal Justice, Counseling, teaching, and social work require an advanced degree. With a graduate degree at hand, it may be easier for me to…

effectively its five growth values. During my Graduate Assistantship as an accounting staff member, I was fortunate to be able to apply the skills I acquired through my education. I developed an analysis spreadsheet of the financial situation of the quickly fluctuating department and identified the key issues that needed to be tackled. By addressing these issues, and implementing changes, the department was able to save $500,000 in a year. Moreover, my graduate level classes, projects, and cases…