City Lights Essays

Bright Lights, Big City, is a novel by Jay McInerney that was first published in 1984. The book is set in New York City and follows the story of the main character who is struggling to come to terms with the death of his mother and the end of his marriage. The novel captures the energy and excitement of New York City in the 1980s, but also highlights the darker side of the city and the fast-paced lifestyle that can consume those who live there. The main character's descent into drug addiction and

In The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, the French Revolution is painted in contrasting shades of light and dark. Light represents the good in characters and the overall setting, while darkness is used to convey the increasing malice in France during the French revolution. As the novel continues, the darker elements of the book begin to show themselves in the main protagonists. The French revolution brings about “circumstantial darkness”, affecting the mentalities and behaviors of the participating

directed, produced, and wrote the story for City Lights. He had been developing the idea for this silent film several years prior to 1931, even though the movie industry was moving into talking films by this time. Chaplin refused to completely abandon the silent film medium for sound, his high-ranking status granted him total creative control, allowing him to edit the film his way, and offered him the first chance to compose the musical score for City Lights. The music was orchestrated by Arthur Johnston

The silent film, City Lights, was created during a time where talkies were introduced, and many were transitioning to that medium. Charlie Chaplin obstinately refused to join the rest of his fellow artists and stubbornly decided to stick with his preferred medium-silent film. He wanted to demonstrate the validity of the art of the silent film with the creation of City Lights. This film details the adventures of Chaplin’s character, the Tramp, as he stumbles through town attempting to help the object

Charlie Chaplin was a very successful comedian in the 1920’s. A lot of people considered him as a genius because of his funny ideas. He could make people laugh without making any noises. Charlie is like a mime but funnier. Even though his films are black and white, he added a lot of color into people's lives. Charlie was born on April 16,1889 in England. His dad left him as a kid and his mom had to take care of her kids by herself. His mom was an entertainer and sadly she had a lot of mental

In the movie Modern Times, the protagonist Charlie Chaplin displayed different faces of the labor economy market: unemployment, frictional unemployment, cyclical unemployment, seasonal, and the discouraged worker. In the introduction of the video I notice how workers were highly monitored by their shift manager and the advance technology of surveillance cameras to insure all workers were working. All workers were required to move fast like the machinery in order to produce at their maximum output

This text was written by Jay Mclerney as a part of the novel “Bright Lights, Big City” in 1984. It is a narrative text with a lot of dialogues such as “My birthday is January thirteenth. I will be twenty-nine years old”, “Excuse me, sir, but you’re sitting on me”. These dialogues help animate the text. The text is targeted to everyone in the society and the goal is to entertain the readers and to deliver a message that people should be more open minded to actively help other people in need instead

Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights Who is the audience that the film is created for? Is the audience small or large? City Lights , a seemingly simple yet expertly crafted silent film written by Charlie Chaplin and released in 1931 is a comedic but bittersweet love story interwoven with portrayals of social class and humanity. I do believe that this movie was meant to be far reaching and intended for a large and worldly audience, given that the strength of this film is its relatability.

the World Fair and H. H Holmes the notorious serial killer, are the two main characters in this novel that Erik Larson uses the balance between light and dark between these two’s personalities. In the novel The Devil in the White City Erik Larson uses Imagery, paradox, and alliteration to show the balance between the light and dark in the ever growing city of Chicago. Imagery paints an ever expanding picture for the audience, the detailed descriptions such as “but his eyes are as blue as ever, bluer

miles away. Residents of L.A. haven’t been able to see the stars for a while. In fact some city dwellers don’t even know what a natural night sky looks like. When a 1994 earthquake knocked out the city’s power, many anxious residents called local emergency centers to report a strange “giant, silvery cloud” in the dark sky. What they were seeing – for the first time – was the Milky Way, long obscured by light pollution.” In 1994 Los Angeles’ population was 3.543 million. Currently Elk Ridge, Utah

All the Light We Cannot See begins as a calm before the storm. The night is “dreadfully silent” in the beginning of the novel (Doerr 6). There are no noises to be heard except for the hum of the bombers approaching, which hints at the metaphorical storm to come (Doerr 6). The coming of the storm is also foreshadowed by the leaflets that “pour from the sky,” “blow” around, and “flash white” (Doerr 3). The way they are described is similar to the way a storm would be described. The strong winds blow

Although both of the poems feel eerie with the theme of darkness and night, Emily Dickson and Robert Frost conceive different meaning through their writing. The implementation of darkness can be compared and contrasted through the elements of point of view, structure, and imagery. The affect of the night and its surrounding darkness can be analyzed through the point of view of both works. In each poem, Dickson and Frost utilize first person as the point of view, establishing credibility that the

harmonious with the whole artwork. There is a repetition of round, organic shapes in the table, the fruits, the floor heater and the reflected light fixtures. This is a contrast to the sharp angles of the walls and windows. The colours of the artwork are bold and the focal point in the woman is further proved by her bare white legs and her cup. The reflected light fixtures in the large window are in identical rows which provides rhythm and it is reflected off by the shape of the

story and burden. The street lights were a glare in his vision as he realized how cold the night was. It would’ve been a good idea to bring his sweatshirt with but now it was too late. If the man was right, he’d be back by morning. Daniel’s light brown hair was just to his ears and mostly covered his dark eyes. He swept it back behind his ears and felt the first hint of sweat forming on his brown. He picked speed and dug into the cement as he passed the bright lights of the luxury district full of

In a dystopian city, it is normal that “an entire street be startled by the passing of a lone figure, [Leonard Mead], in the early November evening” (1). This entire street, along with the rest of the city, would be stuck in their houses, eyes glued to ‘viewing screens’ or televisions. A man by the name of Leonard Mead is the one person varying from these actions. Leonard Mead, unlike everyone else, walks around outside and takes in the lifeless city at night. While most people are caught up

The author, Paul Bogard in his essay, "Let There Be Dark", describes the alarming rate in which we are losing the night’s natural darkness due too much artificial light at night. Bogard purpose is to persuading us that natural darkness should be preserved by decreasing the amount of light which is just wasted energy by using selection of details and diction. Bogard starts off using specific details like "I knew night skies in which meteors left smoky trails across sugary spread so stars”, “losing

From the very beginning, Larson begins describing the white city and her evil twin sister, the dark city. In many of the descriptions, readers can already see the contrasts sharply rising out of the pages. An example of this would be “It got bigger, taller, and richer; but it also grew dirtier, darker and more dangerous” (27). Larson employs the literary device, antithesis to convey that as the city grew in beauty and size, it also grew in wickedness. The parallel structure of the above quotation

“Starry” Night Sky: Light Pollution, Peter Lilic 9.2 Introduction: When we were born or decided to start something new we were told to “shoot for the stars” but soon there will be no more stars to shoot for due to light pollution. Light pollution is made from man-made structures such as light posts that light up the night sky, blocking our view of space or the stars. Light pollution is also referred to as ‘skyglow’ which denotes from ‘glare’ which relates to ‘light trespass’. Light pollution affects

I woke up. My body was resting on a cold damp concrete floor. I couldn’t see anything at all, my vision was completely dark. Just as I tried to stand up I felt a piercing pain run through my right leg, my eyes adjusted to the faint light and I noticed that the place I was in was an abandoned warehouse. Trying to walk despite my injured leg I tried to find an exit, I knew I had to find someplace to treat my possibly broken leg. I walked around the inside of the warehouse, searching for a way to

approach of ideas of “light” and “darkness” throughout the story. She describes light at the beginning of the story as a joyous place celebrating and rejoicing in the city of Omelas that has been created. Darkness is illustrated as a suffering child weeping in sorrow as if he was asking for forgiveness. The moral throughout the story forces the city of Omelas to leave the city because they cannot afflict the suffering child for the cause of the society. The symbolism of light illustrations throughout