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Introduction We Are Marshall is a Sports/drama film composed in 2006 by Joseph Mcginty Nichol. Based in 1970’s the exploration significant issues of grief and guilt and no team or players in that era of time strengthens one's understanding of the film as these issues are associated with universal themes such as facing reality and rebirth which applies to anyone regardless of time period,ethnicity or religion.We are Marshall tells the story of the aftermath of the calamitous plane crash on November

Wes Anderson is a very well-known and established director in his field. Over the years, Anderson has developed a unique style of film and a basic formula for how each film will look in the end. The film The Grand Budapest Hotel showcases a lot of Anderson quirks from the vibrant colors to the tiny miniatures that he used to show the landscape. The Grand Budapest Hotel is uniquely Wes Andersons and really showcases his style. The film the Grand Budapest Hotel is a recount of the life of a boy named

We Are Marshalls is a movie that talks about a football team that was killed in a plane crash in West Virginia on November 17, 1970. This movie uses a lot of settings, weather, camera angles, and music to show the purpose of each scene we watch and hear. The film We Are Marshall elicits a strong emotional response from its audience by using visual cues, camera angles, and music. In this movie We Are Marshalls, they use a lot of different settings and weather to bring the scenes together. The first

Growing up in the United States, we were taught from a young age that we live in a free country, even in our national anthem it states that we are the “land of the free.” There are many people out there that believe we are free and others that believe we are not, but if we live in a free country, how can this be? In order to answer this question than we must first ask ourselves “what exactly is freedom?” The best definition that I can come up with is that freedom is the right to act, speak, and

In the article “Social Separation in Oryx and Crake” by Sarah Nielsen, Nielsen covers the main theme that surrounds the story of Atwood’s take on what could happen to our own world if we make decisions without calculating all of the possible outcomes. It begins by stating how the division in class in the novel is important because it is like a glimpse into our future. She briefly explains how the separation of class is an important factor as to how the world ended in Oryx and Crake. Nielsen goes

Edward Scissor-Hands Draft The film Edward Scissorhands was directed by Tim Burton, it is about a man with scissors hands who struggles to feel acceptance and belonging, unfortunately he lives in a perfect community where they don't like change and find it hard to accept him as a person. In the film, the community was quick to reject and take advantage of him because of his unique ability which led to isolation and the community singling him out. Society quickly judges and disregards Edward Scissorhands

Gang life is portrayed as tough, cool and dangerous, showing that many people in gangs had thick skin and could fight well. However in reality gangsters were always at risk of being harmed or killed. Both in the poem “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks and the article “What’s it Like to be a Gang Member?” by Bill Lee, portray the risks gang members faced and their everyday lives. Both passages also illustrate the terrible outcome of what happens when being part of a gang. The article represents life

The movie We Were Soldiers tells the story of Col. Hal Moore and the 7th cavalry as they prepare and fight the first major battle of the Vietnam War. Throughout the telling of the 7th cavalry's story, this film represents many different elements of what we learned in class. As the soldiers trained and prepared for battle the high ranking officers allude to the lack resources and support the cavalry receives. An example being the scene where the army removes the most experienced third of his regiment

"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks portrays the plight of the rebellious youth in all their glory. In this poem, the author utilizes unique meter and verse to add to the story she's conveying. The pool players in this poem are rogue youths and Brooks attempts to understand their lives. The tone conveyed in the poem adds a slightly ominous tint to the picture of the pool players. Brooks uses this poem to convey the plight of the pool player’s existence and urge the reader to see the fun the pool players

When we describe someone we love, we usually compliment them and the compliments we give them are a way of us showing that we are grateful for having that person in our lives. Shakespeare’s sonnet uses that idea and compliments this lover of his in a unique fashion with the help of literary structures. Analyzing the

Contrary to our belief, homosexual relationship is not as weird as we thought. In traditional Chinese customs, same sex relationships disobey the ordinary flow of human development, which marriage ought to be heterosexual, pure and without any intruder. Any person invading into the relationship, regardless of his/her

Earl or himself. Both man versus self conflicts demonstrate Greg’s self consciousness and his fear of judgement from his other peers. An example of this is when Andrews illustrates Greg’s humiliation when sharing one of his films with his parents: “We had already known it was bad, but somehow, with Mom and Dad there watching, it seemed ten times worse” (Loc. 1308). Also, the man versus self conflicts Another conflict in the story is man versus society: Greg versus ethnocentrism of his high school

Crusoe’s Imperialistic and Greedy Attitude Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is about a man who gets stranded an isolated island. In this novel violent and abusive nature of imperialism concealed under a discourse which is a white man’s saving a non-western man. Even though in the novel Robinson Crusoe’s attitude represented like an act of goodness critical discourse analysis of this novel makes one realize that Robinson Crusoe didn’t behave Friday properly. In contrast to that he acted Friday as if

The 1996 film, When We Were Kings, directed by Leon Gast, is an intense and captivating documentary about Muhammed Ali and his quest to reclaim the heavyweight boxing title. Muhammed Ali is a relentless individual with an unwavering determination to be the best along with a lot of courage to subdue any fear that might creep into his mind. The documentary follows Muhammed Ali along as he prepares both physically and mentally for his fight against George Foreman. Muhammed Ali had fears, but what made

In an atmosphere where the beast is real, policies and human morals lose their values and become utterly useless. The democracy that Ralph initiated disappears and yields to a chaotic dictatorship, with Jack at the head, which represents evil and the beast viewed as both a dread and a symbol of worship and reverence. The boys’ increasing allegiance to the existence of the monster is demonstrated in their impalement of the sow’s head on the stake given as an offering to the beast. Thus, Jack slowly

Throughout the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera, the black bowler hat is a reappearing object. This object consists of various meanings and is representative of many themes that appear within the story. Three vastly different elements are represented by this one object and that is one of the reasons why this hat is so important, especially because each time it reappears it holds a different meaning. This one physical object is representative of Sabina’s secret desire for

“I do not believe that any writer has ever exposed this bovarysme, the human will to see things as they are not, more clearly than Shakespeare.” (T.S. Eliot, 1927) First things first, “bovarysme” is the literary movement for those who are fed up with the borders of the life and for those who wants to get beyond this borders. As T.S. Eliot states in his quote above, Shakespeare fits into this explanation very well because in his famous pieces, there are many samples which can support his arguments

Brooks' poem "We Real Cool" addresses the theme of mortality, especially in the context of destructive behaviors. While other topics present themselves, the varying crafts included in the essay point to the fast-burning flame of the speakers. Using identifying phrases with multiple interpretations, a short and to-the-point meter, and lyrical alliteration and assonance, Brooks tells a compelling tale of seven ill-fated youth. Gwendolyn Brooks, an African-American poet, likely wrote "We Real Cool" about

When the writer Jackson H. Brown said “ 20 years from now one will be more disappointed by the things one did not do than by the things one did do,” he showcases how missed opportunities lead to regret in the future. Similarly, the author Yukio Mishima depicts how people cope with this remorse. In his short story “ Swaddling Clothes”, Mishima explores a guilty conscience by defining the dream sequence of the protagonist, who learns to deal with her corrupt marriage, unleash her hidden voice, and

In both What’s it Like to be a Gang Member by Bill Lee and We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks, gang life is portrayed as fun and cool, yet dangerous, demonstrating that fun things that look cool, can really be just the opposite. Both the poem and the article show how cool it was to be in a gang, and the fun that gang members have. They also show how dangerous it is and all of the risks there are. In the article What's it like to be a Gang Member, it uses facts and personal experiences and stories to