The Nightmare Before Christmas

When I decided to volunteer at the Del Amo Gardens Care Center, I wasn’t quite sure if I was emotionally ready. In March of 2013, my grandpa suffered a very severe stroke. It caused so much damage that it paralyzed half of his body, so we had to put him in a nursing home. Shortly after starting my volunteering, however, any negativity faded away as I was eager to assist with the activities. As I participated, discovered that even though a good amount of these patients suffered some sort of…

Burton’s most common film Sleepy Hollow is generally recognized for the way Burton displays the male and female characters. Burton displays that female and male characters have the same similarities. Traditionally, male characters may be recognized as having to be the strong hero, and females are supposed to be weak and the damsel in distress. However, in Sleepy Hollow, the main character Ichabod Crane is described as a masculine man that also has a feminine side to him. For example, Ichabod is…

out of the ordinary in downtown Chicago, but definitely not familiar to Alice. All the way home and next to her loft, lurking just far enough back to be unidentified, the car followed her. Thinking nothing of the events that happened the night before, Alice woke up the next the morning and performed the same things she did every morning; shower, brush her teeth, make her oatmeal, prepare her coffee, and drive to work. The white snow was falling delicately on the gray cement of the concrete…

wrote the screenplay with the help of the original film and the book. The environment of this film was dark and gothic, a little more adult friendly. Tim Burton is well known for this kind of scene. He is famous for his films such as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd, etc. If you are familiar with Burton’s work, you’ll see that he couldn’t help but star Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. Depp’s version of Wonka had pale skin, sleep straight hair and gave a…

to explain that everything is at her fingertips whenever she desires, due to the internet. She remembers shopping (especially Christmas shopping) was a nightmare, taking hours to complete. She would make a list and order what she could from the Jcpenny’s catalog and pray her check would reach the distribution center in time for the gifts to be delivered in time for Christmas. However now, she just goes online to which ever store she would like, shops for 30 minutes and is done. She knows when…

soldiers in their past. In the article, Percy discusses various incidence of different people who are trapped in the circle of PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a problem related to mental health. In this a person experiences flashbacks, nightmares, uncontrollable thought that are not easily recoverable. PTSD may happen when a person comes across a terrifying situation that happened to themselves or someone close to them. For example, a woman who has lost his son named Joshua Omvig,…

of our battalion (regiment?) there were one or two German battalions (regiments?). On our right was a _______ of Prussian Guards and on our left a Saxon _______. On Christmas morning, some of our fellows shouted across to them saying that if they would not fire, our chaps would meet them halfway between the trenches and spend Christmas Day as friends. They consented to do so. Our chaps went out at once, and when in the open the Prussians fired on them, killing two and wounding many more. The…

based on the mere observation of superficial external signs. In an interview in the Bookman in May 1892, Conan Doyle recalled how Bell would "sit in the patients’ waiting-room with a face like a Red Indian and diagnose the people as they came in, before even they had opened their mouths. He would tell them their symptoms, he would give them details…

Introduction: Timothy Walter Burton is a well-known artist today. He is a film director, producer, artist, animator, and writer. Burton is inspiring because he has created lots of movies that are very creative and are popular to this day. Most of the films he has produced are dark, fantasy films. This shows that anyone can achieve their goal if they put their mind to it and that they shouldn’t give up. Early life: Tim Burton was born on August 25th, 1958, in Burbank, California. He was the…

Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809. He was well-known for writing dark horror stories and detective fiction stories. Tim Burton was born in August 1958, and he was a filmmaker and a director. He made successful films, like “Batman” and “Nightmare Before Christmas.” Writer, Poe, and filmmaker, Burton, both used similar storytelling styles, such as point of view, rhythm and mood. However, they differ in styles, such as plot, setting and characters. Edgar Allan Poe wrote a story, called The…