Wally Lamb

Lamb to the Slaughter Film vs. Story Kyomi Newhouse The movie Lamb to the Slaughter directed by Alfred Hitchcock is based on the story of the same title by Roald Dahl. The main plot begins with a pregnant housewife, Mary, waiting with anticipation for her husband Patrick to come home. When he arrives she dotes on him happily, but it’s obvious something’s on his mind and he announces that he’s leaving her. Mary acts as if nothing has happened and goes to prepare dinner by getting a leg of…

Families in our society, have fundamental differences that vary between culture and community. Family is a bond shared between people both blood related and not. Family can constitute a bond that people form together and often represents more than just a relationship. Bonds can represent life, love, friendship and a sense of togetherness. Through nuclear families we often tend to see a supportive network of individuals between kin, parents and other blood related relatives. Are these bonds…

The TV show I have chosen for the review is called The Flash. The Flash was viewed in the CW channel at 8/7c at night of every Tuesday. The target audience for The Flash are teens and young adults. The Flash is about protagonist, Barry Allen, gaining super speed and become a hero called the Flash. When Barry gained his super speed, other people also acquired unique power which some chose to use it in wrong way. Barry becomes the Flash to protect city he is living in, Central City, from many…

The Flash's History Although there are many flashes the two that are most important is the Flash and Professor Zoom. These two characters are both very important to all of the Flash story lines. The Flash is heard to be just as fast or faster then superman. The Flash appears many times even in different comic book such as the Justice league. Professor Zoom also shows up in other comics so he can fight the Flash. The first paragraph will talk about the flash, his powers, how he got them, and…

In the film Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991) the entire scheme is built across 3 key characters. Clarice Starling is an intelligent FBI apprentice who is put hooked on the situation of trying to disentangle the intellect of a wicked mastermind, Hannibal Lecter, in demand to discover the solutions wanted to apprehend the serialized murderer, Jame Gumb, also recognized as Mr. Buffalo Bill. The emotional experience is very sturdy in all of the characters, lending to their credibility, excluding…

chaos in Gotham . Another story of loss occurs in Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs when FBI initiate, Clarice Starling, begins working the case of Buffalo Bill, a homicidal maniac with a strange fascination with winged insects. She gets help from killer psychiatrist, Hannibal Lecter, to stop Bill on her own, while he analyzes about her childhood and father’s death. Bodily mutilation in Dark Knight and flying insects in Lambs both indicate that someone who experiences a personal loss may be…

Suspense is an element of fiction building on foreshadowing and other aspects of fiction that creates a tense, anxious, or excitement. I chose the film Silence of the Lambs to describe suspense because this film in particular touched me in a suspenseful way. The basis of the movie in itself is suspenseful; police investigations and attempts at stopping a serial killer who is at large creates an exciting atmosphere. Its themes also create some suspenseful aspects to the film that are also…

“It was like there was two Ed Gein's. One during the day, and one at night digging up the graves.” Ed Gein was known for grave robbing and the murder of two women. I chose to research Ed Gein because, for some reason I find forensic related things interesting. I like researching murders, mysteries, urban legends, etcetera. It’s still hard to believe that no one ever suspected him doing anything like what he did. It kind of seems like a fictional thing. It’s scary that someone you trust and least…

The scene I will be analyzing is from the 1955 film The Night of the Hunter. The film’s plot is of two young children who are left with a large sum of money from their father who robbed a bank. Their widowed mother, desperate for love, marries Harry Powell (a.k.a. the preacher) who believes he delivers “God’s work” while also killing women on the side. He ends up murdering the children’s mom, and in turn, he becomes their caretaker. He soon finds out that the children know where the money is…

Dr. Michael Stone professor at Columbia University knows exactly what evil is and how it works. Dr. Stone has probably looked evil in it’s eye for he is also forensic psychologist. He created the “Graduations of Evil” which consisted of twenty-two levels of evil and with every level an explanation for how a person could be categorized in a specific level. The twenty-two levels are divided into three main section one is the justified homicide, two through eight are impulsive murders, nine through…