Hedda Hopper Essays

  • Racism In The Movie Trumbo

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    negative way. This was done so people would despise communism and despise people who support the idea of communism. An example of propaganda from the film was in the beginning when Trumbo and his family went to a newsreel. At the newsreel, the work of Hedda Hopper, a columnist, depicted communists like Trumbo and his associates, to have a destructive nature and have a common goal; ‘world domination’. It told everyday citizens that communists are horrible people and/that want to dominate the world and start

  • Grace Hopper's Accomplishments

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    are so many military leaders in the World. One leader that sticks out is Grace Hopper. In 1928, she graduated from Vassar College with a BA in mathematics and physics and joined the Vassar faculty. While an instructor at Vassar, she continued her studies in mathematics at Yale University, where she earned an MA in 1930 and a PhD in 1934. She joined the U.S Naval Reserves in 1943 to assist the need of our country. Hopper retired from the reserves and went active duty seven months later where she became

  • Analysis: Nighthawks By Edward Hopper

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    II. Shortly after it was completed, it was sold to the Art Institute of Chicago where it currently resides. The painting depicts American urban culture in the 1940's and is based on a restaurant in Hopper's New York Greenwich Village neighborhood. Hopper uses value and variety to direct the viewers attention through the painting. Outside of the diner, he uses dark, cold toned colors of blues and greens. This represents that it is night time, also indicating a sense of loneliness. However, inside

  • Grace Hopper: A Pioneer In The US Navy

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    Grace Hopper was a pioneer in the field of computer science and for over 40 years was at the front lines of computing development --in the U.S. Navy, the world of college and in industry. Despite the many amazing technology changes that have happened since her death, she remains liked and respected worldwide and ever popular with CHIPS readers.Grace Brewster Murray was born Dec. 9, 1906, in New York, New York. She entered Vassar College at 17, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1928 with a BA in mathematics

  • What Is Easy Rider Examples Of American Culture

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    The life of drugs and crime is an easy life to slip into. In Easy Rider, was a perfect depiction of America in the late 1960s. The film came from the book, On the Road by Jack Kerouac. The book covered included anything from causal sex to all kinds of drugs, while also questioning the American system of pop culture. Throughout the movie, Easy Rider, there were countless examples of the true portrayal of American culture through themes of racism, hippie culture, drugs, and casual sex. This movie

  • Theme Of Imperialism In Heart Of Darkness

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    The first chapter of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness depicts the journey that Charles Marlow, the protagonist of the story, makes into the heart of Africa in order to become a captain of a steamboat. The novel begins with an introduction of various characters, including Marlow by an unnamed narrator. Marlow and the unnamed narrator are aboard the Nellie and the boat has been temporarily docked in order to wait for a change in tide. During that short break Marlow begins to talk about one of his

  • Nighthawks: An Image From 1942illustrated By Edward Hopper

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    “Nighthawks” is an image from 1942illustrated by Edward Hopper, which depicts three people, who seem to be customers, sitting at the counter of a small, outdoor, coffee shop. It also depicts and older man who seems to be the server behind the counter. Its night time in an urban area and all the surrounding shops are closed. The actions, background, and relationships in the image prove that the intended purpose of this image is to persuade “nighthawks” to stop by the coffee shop. One can conclude

  • Stagecoach Vs Waterworld Essay

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    I recently watched the two movies Stagecoach and Waterworld. Overall the two films are action packed throughout and contain enjoyable storylines that I would recommend to others. Stagecoach is your typical western movie based in a hot desert town that includes all the classic aspects of the western genre. It features cowboys, indians, horses, guns, a saloon of some sort, tumbleweeds, ect. Waterworld on the other hand still has some of these classical elements but with a futuristic twist and a whole

  • Easy A Movie Essay

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    Easy A is not just a “chick flick” movie it expands beyond being a film that has a ridiculous unrealistic ending. This movie introduces sociological concepts like manifest and latent functions. Moreover, it gives examples of the power elite demonstrates who has a greater sense of control. Overall, I will be discussing the difference between manifest and latent functions and showing the importance of power elite in two scenes of the movie, Easy A. Manifest and latent functions are two controversial

  • Easy A Movie

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    I chose to watch “Easy A”, because I am actually a huge fan of Emma Stone and I have seen bits and pieces of this movie when it first came out but never the whole thing so I thought this would be a perfect excuse to finish watching it and not be judged for watching a “chick flick”. This movie is about a quirky, nerdy and rather unnoticed school student named Olive, played by Emma Stone, who was telling her best friend about a weekend she had, which was rather boring, but she made up a little white

  • Analyzing Edward Hopper's 'Automat'

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    Edward Hopper was a Realist painter born in 1882 who had a great influence on art in the mid-20th century. Hopper painted contemporary images of American life through a variety of mediums, notably oil and water colors, to illustrate the growing detachment between the American people from each other. The first image is “Automat,” painted in 1927 with oil paints measuring 28” x 36”. With “Automat,” the audience gets initial feelings of loneliness and empathy for the woman, wondering why she is sitting

  • Nighthawks: A 1942 Oil On Canvas Painting By Edward Hopper

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    Nighthawks is a 1942 oil on canvas painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people in a downtown diner late at night. Many artists have produced works that allude or respond to Nighthawks. Hopper influenced many of the Photorealists of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Ralph Goings, who evoked Nighthawks in several paintings of diners. Visual artist Richard Estes painted a corner store in People's Flowers (1971) with the shop's large window reflecting the street and sky. Nighthawks painting

  • Comparing Carver's House By Raymond Carver And Edward Hopper

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    and Edward Hopper have similar work. Carver was from oregon and live from 1938 to 1988. He was married and had two kids before he was twenty. He was known be and excessive drinker util 1977. Hopper was from New York and lived from 1882 to 1967. He created more than 800 known paintings. Although Carver is a short story writer and Hopper is an artist their work is really similar. They both show realism in the characters they use, the sitting , and the point of view. Carver and Hopper develop their

  • Minimalism In 'Cape Cod Evening'

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    Edward Hopper was a painter who depicted life in America in the 1920’s. His work was unique, he created work that translated to the lives of americans during his era. Raymond Carver was an American short-story writer and poet, he was credited with reviving what was once thought of as a dying literary form. Both Hopper’s and Carvers art and writing, the characters overcome their crisis of communication, which progressively transforms them throughout the story. Minimalism affects the different types

  • Easy Rider: 1969 Film Directed By Dennis Hopper

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    Easy Rider, the 1969 film directed by Dennis Hopper, revolves around young free-spirited friends, Wyatt and Billy’s, search for freedom. The pair intend on riding their motorcycles to New Orleans, Louisiana, for the Mardi Gras festival and Easy Rider follows them on their journey. Throughout their expedition Wyatt, “Captain America”, and Billy meet several colorful people with many different backgrounds. Hopper uses these characters to represent different ideas present in America during that time

  • Grace Hopper Accomplishments

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    Born December 9, 1906, Grace Hopper was a renowned computer scientist and United States Navy Officer. She was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first compilers that enabled computers to be issued commands in common English wording. COBOL is the language that she is most known for developing as well as having accomplished several other notable achievements in her career. Grace studied math and physics at Vassar College graduating in 1928 where she continued on to Yale where

  • Art Research Paper: Edward Hopper

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    Chinwe Uduko ART 2200 March 2, 2015 Art Research Paper on Edward Hopper Throughout his career as an artist ever since he took the art world by storm in the 1920s, Edward Hopper was widely known for creating iconic images of rural and urban areas within the northeastern parts of the United States by exploring these different types of areas through medias such as oil paintings, watercolor paintings, and printmaking which also includes many of his etching prints as well. Unlike many aspiring artists

  • The Bridget Jones Character Analysis

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    To start with, the movie "The Bridget Jones's Diary" presents a blond, young woman in her early thirties, wrestling with her overweight and the problem of smoking. She works at a book publishing company in London. That girl tends to commit lots of gaffes, like everybody, she is not perfect, because she is every woman with her own disadvantages. Therefore, she is very amazing and real and it is the reason why many women identify themselves with Bridget. Secondly, she seems to be very unfortunate,

  • Loss In Marsha Norman's Night, Mother

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    The American Sense of Loss in Marsha Norman’s play “ “ ‘night, Mother”” The American sense of loss is very much present in Marsha Norman’s “ ‘night, Mother”. The very first few lines of the play indicate that Jessie, the protagonist of the play is planning on committing suicide. The loss of free will –the major existential trauma- renders Jessie to suffer psychologically throughout her previous life. Therefore Jessie, meticulously orchestrates her own suicide as a final act of total control--something

  • Literary Devices In The Story Of An Hour

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    “The Story of an Hour” is a short story written by Kate Chopin in 1894. In this story, the author presents us a woman named Louise Mallard, spouse of Brently Mallard, who lives under a suppressing marriage. Until one day, she receives the news about her husband’s death, causing a mess in her emotions. Later in the story, Mrs. Mallard dies from a heart attack after a shocking revelation. It is considered by an extensive part of readers as a master piece of literary work. The argument in the story