The Lion

In the film, ‘Secondhand Lions’, the director has used a wide variety of film techniques to reveal how characters are shaped as the movie progresses. The 2003 film directed by Tim McCanlies is about a young boy named Walter and his 3 uncles, Hub and Garth. This film showcases how characters change and develop through the film using film techniques as well as a number of significant events. The director has used a diverse assortment of film techniques to show this change including, Flashbacks,…

Essay By:Shaé McGuffey Savage lions to meek big cats. J.H. Patterson was like an explorer. He went all the way to Africa just to make a rail road. The savages he sealed with were wild lions, he explained edit all in the article “Attack.” Did you know the lions in Tsavo do not have manes. There was a man who had a different relationship with lions and his name is Kevin Richardson. Many people call him “the lion whisperer” because he was so good with the lions. These two…

BACKGROUND In the early 80s, members of Lions International District 411 wished to develop a centre in Nairobi which would serve as a base for their service activities and also as an administrative office for the District. After getting an allocation of suitable land from the Kenyan Government in 1992, a project committee was formed to formulate the administrative and legal processes necessary for the formation of the Lions Service Centre Management Board, Lions Clubs International 411…

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is set in England in the 1940’s. During this time World War II was occurring, and the air raids in London. During this time period England had been at war and was suffering due to all the lives lost so far in the war. Germany in 1940 and 1941 would blitz England without warning, Blitz is a German word meaning ‘lightning war.’ Not only were air raids happening but they were dealing with problems within their country. They were dealing with rationing, and…

The best way to describe Andrew Middleton playing basketball is to compare him to a lion on the hunt. Although a lion isn’t the smallest animal, Andrew is a six foot four freshman, a lion is extremely stealthy and can sneak quietly up on it’s pray, and in a matter of seconds, the hunt is over. Middleton is not a man of many words, but he lets his actions speak loudly on the basketball court. Andrew is a freshman at Thomas College in Waterville, Maine. In the first inters-quad scrimmage at…

themselves as. William Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ and Roger Allers’ film ‘Lion King’ demonstrate that a lust for power will always lead to one’s downfall. This is shown through the characters Macbeth and Scar, whose ambitions for power lead to the demise of both at the peak of their power. Banquo’s ghost helps further symbolize Macbeth’s guilt, and the depths of evil Macbeth went into in order to further his selfish cause. In Lion King, the hyenas are used as a symbol to demonstrate Scar’s…

power. Greed is prevalent today just as much as it was in the past. Many movies and books base their plots on greed and what happens as a result of it. Three examples of stories centered on greed are the movies entitled The Wolf of Wall Street and The Lion King, and the book series, Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus. Greed was used as the main plot in the movie The Wolf of Wall Street, based on a true story. The story is about a man named Jordan Belfort and his rise to power. He wanted…

This can be easily seen throughout her description by the other characters. In the following quote, Lucy is explaining to Edmund who the White Witch is: “She is a perfectly terrible person, said Lucy. She calls herself the Queen of Narnia thought she has no right to be queen at all and […] at least all the good ones—simply hate her. And she can turn people into stone and do all kinds of horrible things. And she has made a magic so that it is always winter in Narnia—always winter, but it never…

When considering the interpretation of Shakespearean plays, it is common to find similarities among popular culture through iterations that can be directly linked, such as Hamlet to that of The Lion King in plot and character struggles. Furthermore, this enables for an intriguing investigation in to the works of Disney that may aid in the discovery of all sorts of other Shakespearean plots, and presenting them as a revision of historical pieces of art. For this document, the two works of The…

reader of a work by C.S Lewis can expect just that. Lewis was a poet, scholar, and above all, one of the most renowned authors of fantasy literature during the 20th century. He was best known for The Chronicles of Narnia series, and specifically, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. He was a devout Christian and was a defender and teacher of the faith. His faith and life experiences had a massive impact on his works of literature that can be seen clearly by readers. Clive Staples (C.S.)…