Tom Robbins

The movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is about a prisoner McMurphy, a disobedient free spirit crash into a mental institution and try to escape hard labour work in work farm. The character of McMurphy highly conflicted with the institution system and reveal the characteristics of total institution, including do everything in the same place, total control of inmate’s live and surveillance. Besides, his difference within the inmates and his impact on them allow us to picture the moral career…

Many dancers now are turned away because they are simply taller than the mandated height, sometimes they will be turned away based on their body types, yet having a thin body was a recent development by the famous George Balanchine. Commonly referred to as the ‘Balanchine Body’, this ideal body type that first began in the 1900’s shapes what we see as the perfect ballet body yet what is said and done in whispers behind closed theater doors, dressing rooms, and practice rooms, is often nowhere…

Based on the Stephen King novel, “The Shawshank Redemption” tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a successful banker wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Once in Shawshank prison, his world is turned upside down as he learns the new dynamics of life on the inside. Set in the 1940’s, the film shows the graphic and harsh world that exists inside prison walls and when viewed through a leadership aspect, provides insight into the ways in which corruption, power, and struggle can…

the moment of the creation of West Side Story there were many incidents about gangs’ rivalry and high incidents in which gangs of opposite races where either injured or loss their lives. As expressed by one of the creators of the musical, Jerome Robbins, he reported that he would go and speak with the gang leaders to see which ideas he can gather for the musical, he reports that he refused to believe that he was documenting on gangs and their behavior and practices. (Herrera). Based on the…

Net Force Explorers otherwise known as Tom Clancy’s Net Force Explorers is a series young adult novels created by Steve Pieczenik and Tom Clancy. The novels are a spinoff of Tom Clancy military fiction series Net Force. The first novel in the series was Virtual Vandals that was first published in 1998. The novels are generally classified as young adult science fiction. Set in a futuristic 2025, the novel is about preventing the sabotage of the virtual reality network and the Internet by…

Philip Musica who used the name F. Donald Coster bought the McKesson & Robbins in 1926 (Foster, p. 5). The owners of McKesson & Robbins sold the company which F. Donald Coster bought. Philip Musica had been involved in several fraud cases before he bought the pharmaceutical company Mckesson & Robbins. The Musica family had been involved in a scandal in which the family bribed custom officials. “The Musicas had been paying fine Italian cheeses recorded at a fraction of their actual weight…

“Our similarities bring us to a common ground; our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.” This was once said by American novelist Tom Robbins and applies directly to The Book Thief and All the Light We Cannot See. Both of these books share a vast amount of similarities and differences in their characters. Readers are able to relate to the characters, and that is why it is truly important that readers understand and analyze the similarities and differences between two key players:…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: An Attempt to Edify Society The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain is a classic that has stood through the ages. The story is about a boy named Huckleberry Finn, otherwise known as Huck, who runs away from home and travels down the Mississippi river on a raft. Huck meets many people along the way, including a runaway slave named Jim, who becomes his companion. Throughout this novel, humor is a tool Mark Twain uses. He uses ridiculous and…

Throughout American Literature, there are many great Authors noticed and awarded for their excellence. Samuel L. Clemens was one of many noticed authors and was recognized under the pseudonym as Mark Twain. Mark Twain was a novelist, journalist and literary critic; therefore, he was noticed as a great American writer in literature. Also, well known for his classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he wrote in 1884 (Samuel). Mark was born in Florida on November 30, 1835 to John Marshall…

Discussion Questions for “Run, Lola, Run” 1. Why do you think Tom Tykwer’s film was so extraordinarily popular, not only in Germany but throughout the world? I think the film was popular because it was a fusion of the fast-paced nature of American films with the artistic elements of German film. That makes it appreciable to several markets, worldwide. 2. The film tells the same story three times. Which elements are exactly the same each time? Which elements change? Are there any elements which…