Wes Craven

questions assuredly, and who readily admits when he or she does not know something persuades people. “once you have learned to walk with confidence you begin to release what has built up within, life then becomes a dance and you become the music” UNKNOWN We can grow in confidence through some simple strategies; a. Set small goals and achieve them. To grow in confidence effectively you must primarily begin with small steps. Simply do something small each day that will help you to build on your…

We know that the systems that be, including the media, were not set up for people of color’s advancement; they were built to keep people of color at a disadvantaged within this society. Thus, since we know that we are not equal in the eyes of the nearly all white-owned media, individually and as a whole, we must begin to devise ways in which we can gain power amongst those ranked above us. In his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best when he stated that we must…

audience is not witnessing this event anymore; they are now trapped inside the closet with Laurie, and praying that the killer will simply pass by without checking. Roger Ebert in his review of this film states, “Halloween is a visceral experience -- we aren't seeing the movie, we're having it happen to us.” This is the essence of the slasher. The audience is on a roller coaster ride, and just like real roller coasters the best slasher films strike the perfect balance of its peaks, valleys,…

reasons they personally believed in. In which decided to do anything to protect, but in the end we all know that slavery was the essential issue that divided the north and the south during the civil war. However, some may argue that the “true cause” leans more toward “states right.” Therefore, it led to one of Americas darkest memories also known as the civil war. It all started out with a term we recognize as “Westward Expansion.” America - a new and young country – was continuously…

As we see in the novel, Montag has but one friend who is still alive by the middle of the book, Faber. While Faber is a retired English professor and bookworm, he is also the most pusillanimous character in the entire novel. It seems he has not stepped out…

The Nine Years War and its aftermath are without question one of the great turning points of Irish history. In addition to witnessing the zenith of Gaelic military power and sophistication, perversely, it also led to the final destruction of native military and political power. Despite the apparent modernisation of the native Irish forces it is not hard to find articles and attitudes which view the war as a contest of the backward and militarily weak Irish, against the modern armies of Elizabeth…

Hollywood’s Commercial Aesthetic: Commercial aesthetic can be thought of in the context of turning pleasure into a product we can buy-this includes films. Maltby and Craven (1995) argue that films are made up of many different elements, such as a script, story, director and so on. They say these elements are then intertwined together by producers and production companies to satisfy the current needs and wishes of consumers at a given point in time. Storytelling style is an important part of…

Many illnesses have haunted the humane race for centuries and throughout that time we have developed ways to prevent them and protect our children. So, why are parents now choosing not to vaccinate? Is the anti-vaccination movement decreasing child safety? Does MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine cause autism? How much are our children at risk by the MMR vaccine? “Because we’re unwilling to learn from history, we are starting to relive it. And children are the victims of our ignorance” (Offit…

posing almost as if he is a tree with an arm outstretched. Jane is sleeping in her bed perfectly posed in an angelic fashion surrounded by white bedding, however the scenery around her, such as her windows, are at a slant, creating a sense of unease. We then see Cesare slowly crawl in through her windows with a knife in hand. The shot is filmed with a diamond shaped focus, also creating a disjointed feel to the environment. Cesare stalks up to Jane’s sleeping form and goes to stab her, however…

What makes someone a monster? Is it a ghastly appearance, is it when a person inflicts seemingly impossible pain onto others, or is it just a title reserved for the select few that inspire such terror and fear in man that it is easier to mythologize them as a inhuman beast rather than a human? In the novel A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe only a handicapped child born with a brain hernia is ever referred to as a monster. The novel’s main story is about the journey of the father of this monster…