The Long Play

also the day my aunt Pam lost her life to a tough battle with multiple different types of cancer. It was heartbreaking news, and all I wanted to do after finding out was go lay in my bed and cry. However, that 's not what happened, and the day was long from being over. It was a sunny, somewhat chilly Friday afternoon, and I was supposed to be dismissed early from my 7th period class to board the basketball bus. We were headed to Newton, who beat us by 9 earlier in the season, for a redemption…

Atonement Essay- Symbolism, narrative structure, and special effects are significant features of film. Focusing on one or more of these features, discuss the extent to which you agree with this view. Based on the novel written by Ian McEwan “Atonement”, directed by Joe Wright has four distinctly different parts. Part one is set on one glorious summer’s day in 1935. Parts Two and Three are set in overlapping times in 1940 during the war, first in France and then in London. The Coda is set in…

found God in myself and I loved her, I loved her fiercely.” (Shange) For Colored Girls is based from a play with poems written by author Ntozake Shange called, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow isn’t Enuf, describing the life of eight women in New York who face tremendous crisis and heartbreaks. Each woman in this film represents a character/color and a poem from this play. From abuse, secret affairs and abortion, to deceit and adversity, this movie precisely enacts…

Saporito to graduation. Recently, Mid-Fielder Brandon Riley has decided to stay close to home and officially committed to continue his colligate lacrosse career at St. Joseph’s College. Riley said “After years of hard work, I have officially committed to play men’s lacrosse and pursue my major or education at St. Joseph’s College. I’m extremely thankful and blessed to be given the opportunity under Coach Rotanz. I eagerly look forward to becoming a golden eagle in 2017.” Suffolk is a team that…

female is someone of the sex that can produce eggs and give birth to young (Cambridge Dictionary). Some parts of society are more specific, stating that females are defined by key characteristics such as having two x chromosomes, enlarged breasts, long hair, and a lack of beards. Females in most societies are supposed to be delicate. They like flowers and wear dresses. Females have also been taught to be subordinate to men. Granted, as times change, so do views. I am from a particularly…

social interactions and fashion senses were on separate ends of the spectrum. In a Seventeen ad. published in 1947- the company influences it’s audience to invest in their new “natural” makeup that men will love.Faults in the advertisement come in to play, as it insists that natural beauty is in fact not natural beauty at all, but foundation on the skin made to look flawless. In addition, the ad suggests that the reasons behind wearing makeup are to gain the opposite genders attention and to…

for several reasons. One, I remember listening to these songs with my dad when I was little, he would belt out the lyrics while I would play air guitar. The thing I love most about music is that you can have such strong memories attached to a song that every time you listen to it, it transports you back to that point in time. From a technical point of view, the long acoustic/electric overture of “Hotel California” was very dramatic and captured my attention right away. Then right before the…

goes into making comic strips. The strips themselves talk about the adventures of a woman named Ella. Beneath that, every little detail on the strips, from the cartooning of the characters, framing choices, to the way the page itself is set up all plays a role in visually delivering the story. Framing choice is how the artist decides to depict individual scenes in their comic.…

those interested in shorter cuts is extensive. If you are considering a shorter look you may want to take a peek at some celebrities for inspiration. For the sake of brevity, we will focus on the most popular short styles of this season. Short and long bobs are currently among the hottest hair trends in Hollywood. The classic bob style has been donned by celebs such as Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway and Rachel McAdamns. The everlasting bob is…

Lee’s works have been proven to be innovative in the sense that it covers most, if not all of the issues that arise in the black community. This statement is evident especially when he created one of my favorite films, Crooklyn. This is a film that goes into the “ideal” life of African Americans in the seventies. The most important idea to notice in this film is feminism. Feminism is so broad and shown in narrower topics that relate to it in this dramatic work. There is the importance of a…