In the world, power has played an important role throughout one’s life. From the monarchs to today’s government, it has always been present amongst them, so that they can take care and protect the people. However, one learns that this is not always the case. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of children stranded on an island decide to vote for a leader for order in the society. In this process, Golding argues that when one has power, it negatively affects relationships due to how one

Connection of Piquette and the Loons In “The Loons” by Margaret Laurence, focus is often pulled towards the loons that inhabit Diamond Lake, and the odd character that is Piquette. Even without knowing the author’s background or credentials – Laurence, a well-known Canadian author that tends to write stories that deal with hard-hitting, ethical topics – one can assume that Piquette and the loons are somehow connected in an underlying theme of the story. At the end of the story when the lake, and

In the movie Casablanca directed by Michael Curtiz, the theme of this mysterious/ romantic is self-sacrifice and unhappy love. These themes are best expressed in the interactions of the three main characters: Victor Laszlo, Ilsa Lund, and Rick Blaine. A love triangle forms with both men’s mutual love for Ilsa. Unlike the typical romantic love triangle, in the end, the results lead to unhappiness and loss for all of them. All three make sacrifices for love, regardless the suffering from the results

“Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” Essay Interpretations regarding the short story “ Where Are You Going ? Where have you been ?” by Joyce Oates have been widely voiced in various critical articles. For instance, Clifford J. Kurowski's claim that Connie had come of age and “.. was certain she knew how to handle the choices Friend was making available to her”( Kurkowski np ). Or Mike Tierce and John Craftin, who insist that young Connie has been rescued by a mysterious savior, Arnold

The poem “My Father, In Heaven, Is Reading Aloud,” written by Li-Young Lee in 1990, has a serious and consistent religious undertone as it chronologically describes the life of the poet growing older alongside his father until his eventual death. Countless possible understandings, expectations, and theories about this poem exist, particularly due to the poem’s tendency to leave the reader with vague qualities. Due to evidence both throughout the poem and the author’s life, the speaker of this poem

Relationships are strange. As we all know, everyone has a relationship with at least someone. Usually, people change in the process of the relationship, as they start to adapt to the real features of it. However, people can have different types of changes. We can have a negative or positive impact on the person we have a relationship with. For example, people can gain courage, as the person with them does something courageous. We can just say that when people are in a relationship, each person impacts

The cinematography in Casablanca overall directs the audience’s attention while skillfully revealing not only the characters’ emotions, but the audience’s as well. The element of close-ups in this film’s cinematography is something that stood out to me from the very beginning. Throughout the entire film the use of close-ups directed the audience’s attention to the speaker as it would take a major distraction to unglue the audience’s eyes from the character’s that are being emphasized. The audience

Casablanca, a Romantic Propaganda Introduction Casablanca is one the classic Hollywood movie which is one of the most critically acclaimed Hollywood movies of all time and also very famous. Casablanca is a romance story that happens during World War II but the question is does it end there? Is Casablanca just a Romance movie? In this essay, I will be discussing how the movie Casablanca which is one of the most famous and critically acclaimed films of all time is a propaganda movie and what message