...Margaret Lazarus’ essay “All’s Not Well in the Land of the Lion King” details her opinion of the classic Disney movie. She states how she believes the movie is racist, sexist, and anti-gay. While it’s not difficult to see where she’s coming from, most of her points are far-fetched at best. The first major point Lazarus tries to make in the essay is that The Lion King is racist. She came about his idea with the hyenas living in the not so privileged area and the accent they have. She states that one of the characters has a Whoopi Goldberg accent. The essay that was wrote made it sound like it was a little extreme. After watching the movie with a better understanding. Many of the ideas that were discussed made sense. She gives many example to back up her ideas and some, but not all, made sense. While thinking about it, it is hard to believe that a Disney movie would have such a meaning. While watching the movie, it was easy to see where her ideas come from. When Scar and Mufasa were together...
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...She ties in with the idea of taking many different ideas and using them for your essay. an essay should not all be from one place and in this quote she explains how one should take many things and combine them into one essay, “The essayist samples more than a D.J.: a loop of the epic here, a little lyric replay there, a polyvocal break and citations from greatness’s past, all with a signature scratch on top”(Wampole 174). This quote to me explains why it is important to have so many different examples come into one essay. in order to make a great essay the author should cite many sources in her essay. perspective is very important when writing an essay especially using Wampole’s techniques, such as not sticking with one topic too long. She explains that you should move around often in essays and use as many viewpoints as you can. Without perspective how can one really give a good portrayal of a certain...
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...lines, make-up designs, and adrenaline rush in horror films in our generation. From George Romero’s (1968) film, Night of the Living Dead zombie movie to present day zombie movie, Ruben Fleischer (2009) film, Zombieland, zombie movies have become very popular because people want to experience a zombie apocalypse. The success of this film delivers entertainment, interests, and desires for the people that are big fans of zombies with survival guidelines throughout the movie on how to survive a zombie apocalypse. Balaji, Murali. Thinking Dead: What the Zombie Apocalypse Means. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2013. Print. This book discusses how over time zombies have become popular to American culture. Zombies became so popular that it “has a way of seizing upon our anxieties and apprehensions and delivering content that reflects these fears while still entertaining us” (17). Present day America calls the entertainment of a film, adrenaline. In this case “the time is ripe for the rebirth of zombie culture” (17), to deliver the adrenaline to all audience, especially the younger generation. The facts from this book will be useful to my essay since it describes the adrenaline they deliver to the audience to be entertained and who they target their entertainment on, the younger generation. Boluk, Stephanie and Lenz, Wylie. “Generation Zombie. Essays on the Living Dead in Modern Culture.” Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. 2011. Print. The thesis of this book discusses how today’s...
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...Transcendentalism Essay The transcendentalism era is a religious movement that started in the 1800s. Transcendentalist such as Margaret Fuller edited “The dial” and Henry david thoreau wrote “Civil disobedience”. Ralph Waldo Emerson; one belief of a transcendentalist; is believing that everyone is naturally good. He also believed that a person’s power is limitless. He wrote both of “Nature”, and “Self-Reliance”. Ralph Waldo Emerson a transcendentalist who believed that people should be independent is why he led the transcendentalist club and relates his theme to the hunger games movie. (“Guided Notes”) Ralph Emerson is a transcendentalist who wrote the essay “self-reliance”. The theme of “Self-Reliance” is being able to rely on yourself or...
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...Where the Red Fern Grows: Book vs Movie! If you are a fan of Where the Red Fern Grows, you might have wondered which one is better: the book or the movie. After reading this essay, you will be convinced that the book is the better choice. Not only does it offer a more enriching experience, but it also has superior character development and plot details. This essay explores the differences between Where the Red Fern Grows in its literature and cinematic forms, arguing that the book offers a more enriching experience due to its superior character development and plot details. If you are a fan of Where the Red Fern Grows, you might have wondered which one is better: the book or the movie. After reading this essay, you will be convinced that the book is the better choice. Not only does it offer a more enriching experience, but it also has superior character development and plot details....
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...seen the movie Dumb and Dumber? If so, this essay is going to sound familiar to the film. If the reader have not seen that movie I strongly suggest taking a quick view of the film to understand what I am going to be explaining and because it is one of the funniest movies of all time. In this essay, I plan to explain proxemics, non-verbal behavior, and influences that shape non-verbal behavior related to the film Dumb and Dumber. Even more, I would like my readers to have a better understanding of these three topics after reading this paper. To begin, proxemics is the study of the way people and animals use space (Adler). In the film Dumb and Dumber, there is a scene where Harry and Lloyd are discussing Freda Feltcher, a girl they both knew from high school, in a hot tub inside of a hotel room. Not to mention the hot tub is in the shape of a heart, not a regular hot tub. This is a great example of intimate distance....
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...reading time. Do not write on the answer booklet during reading time. 2 This examination paper has 1 question and comprises 2 pages, including this instruction sheet. All the best. : ) In November 2013, Cindy, a relatively unknown actress in the Singapore film scene, signed a contract to act in a movie produced by Daniel. Filming began in December 2013 and by mid-February 2014, more than $200,000 had been incurred on expenses, including costumes, marketing and shooting. On 15 February 2014, Cindy was ecstatic when she learnt that she has an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress in the category of foreign films for her role in a recent Singapore movie. She then decided that Daniel’s movie might negatively impact her future Hollywood career (as she was cast in Daniel’s movie as a stereotype) and informed Daniel that she would not be acting in his movie anymore. Daniel replied angrily that she will hear from his lawyers. On 22 February, Cindy contracted with Andy to play a lead role in his upcoming movie “The Noble Dragon”, which was scheduled to be released in September this year. Cindy would receive a handsome figure of $300,000 for her role in this movie. On 2 March, Cindy was in Hollywood for Oscar night. She arrived in a beautiful red dress, which she acknowledged was made by Singaporean designer Chris Chang. When the relevant award was announced, Cindy did not win the Oscar but remained in the spotlight as she attended the post-award party. The...
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...Alyssa M. Gonzalez “13, 1977, 21” In Jonathan Lethem’s personal narrative essay, “13, 1977, 21”, Lethem reflects on when he was 13 years old, in the year 1977, where he watched the film Star Wars 21 times. But the essay is not actually about the Star Wars film. It is about the way Lethem used going to the movies to remove himself, or “hide” from the realities of his life, such as his mother’s illness and awkward pre-teenage years. The first few sentences of Lethem’s essay is where he blatantly tells the readers that he’s watched Star Wars twenty-one times in four months. He then uses the next three paragraphs to reflect on the circumstances surrounding his trips to the movie theater in the summer of 1977 and trying to understand what triggered him to go all twenty-one times. He describes the theater he watched the film in, down to the street in Manhattan it was on, and the interior of the theatre, that he explains was “a superior place to watch anything”. He also mentions that getting into the theater itself was “an accomplishment, both elevating and slightly dangerous”. He describes the popularity of the film at the time, where he says “any kid with a television had brought a single ticket for the same film in a single summer”, but emphasizes that he was a part of the small percent that turned watching the film into a full blown obsession. In the second paragraph, Lethem questions why he even went all twenty-one times. He writes: “But what actually occurred...
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...popular culture in accepting their representation of gender roles. In my essay I plan to prove the wrongful depiction of gender identities in the film “Lying to be perfect.” The movie lying to be perfect is based on the novel the Cinderella pact by Sarah Strohmeyers. Although the director is a male, he illustrates the movie in a different and altered version of Sarah’s novel. The characters analyzed are Nola, Alex, Nancy and Deb. The genre of this movie revolves around comedy, drama and romance. The main character Nola is a magazine editor who is neglected due to her being overweight. Nola is shy and concededly writes a book but authors it as Belinda Apple, although as it being her alter-ego. Nola creates a Cinderella pact with her friends for their journey to health. The hidden identity of Belinda Apple comes into question and Nola is pressure into accepting what “beauty” in the modern world comes to believe. I’ve chosen this movie because of its quality to show the ability of how society affects gender roles particularly women, in the way they present themselves to how they should act. It also portrays hegemonic feminism and the actual reality of it. The movie ends in way that reflects upon the male character which proves the reality of male dominancy that is normalized in our world but yet ignored. The characters are interesting because of their struggles to acknowledge beauty. In this essay I tend to...
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...the Media” has provide a broad, critical overview of film primarily from and about the “Third World”. In chapter one “From Eurocentrism to Polycentrism”, they reviewed standard criticism of view in literary in cinematic work. This essay is aims defined the stereotypical images and roles of African Americans in films. First of all, the movie “Tarzan, The Ape Man” is the fairly easy target for people interested in the perpetuation of anti-black stereotypes. Tarzan is presented as a naked savage who doesn’t learn to wear clothes. It’s racist when in the movie, when Tarzan warning Jane and her father that Tarzan, the owner of the jungles has killed beasts and many black men. He pelts animals with thrown objects to torment them. He kills animals for pleasure. To Tarzan all blacks are lower. Besides, in the movie, the Africans of the Mbongan tribe are cannibalism, superstitious, contemptible and debased. Here it come the love of Tarzan, Jane a “white” woman is defined as beautiful, and apparently resourceful and intelligent. However, Esmeralda is presented as a black nanny stereotype. Her character old dialogue is an affront to all women and to all black. The positive attributes of the 'whiteness “and the negative attributes of the 'black” in this movie represent an interpretation of discrimination by that time. It’s mentioned in Black Feminist Thought, the author expressed that such stereotypical images have included mammies,...
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...“father”, it seems apparent that the ghost is in fact Old Hamlet, returning to Earth to have his son avenge his treacherous murder. In spite of this encounter when looking more closely at the text, various signs appear to lead readers to see that the ghost is actually a demon. Joseph Addison in his essay, published in The Spectator 1711 states, “The Appearance of the Ghost in Hamlet is a Masterpiece in its kind…but every Time he enters he is still more terrifying” (Addison 2). Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 production of Hamlet vividly portrays these signs of malevolence, of this being originating from Hell. Baranagh brilliantly depicts the demon that Shakespeare wrote in the early 1600’s from Act I Scenes I and IV/V as well as Act III Scene IV in his movie. As the play begins the first mystery that the characters come across is the “ghost” that embodies their old King. Horatio, Hamlet’s old friend as well as a noble scholar approaches the ghost, commanding it, “By heaven I charge thee, speak...See, it stalks away… [Exit Ghost.]”(Shakespeare 2). Just by this simple wording Shakespeare reveals to us that this may be a being from Hell, being invoked by the name of Heaven. In her essay, Eleanor Prosser states, “In the first minute on stage, the Ghost reveals that something is seriously wrong. It firmly establishes one point: this Ghost is forced to leave when Heaven is invoked”...
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...THE BREAKFAST CLUB Overview According to the movie, “The Breakfast Club”, it began on Saturday morning at the Shermer High School where five high school students from different social groups met for a detention of eight hours. They were asked to each write an essay by their principal Mr. Vernon on the topic “who do you think you are?” Mr. Vernon only saw them as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal (“The breakfast club,” n.d., para., 4). They saw themselves like what they had been stereotyped to be by the principal and also by the outer world. But at the end of the day it was not the case. During the morning period of the detention, they did not talk much to each other. But as the day went by, they ague and hated each other, believing that each of them were completely different and unique in the problems and tribulations they faced. As the movie unfolds, they open themselves to each other as they shared their deepest fear, emotions, and problems. They become friends irrespective of their cliques as they exploited their physical cognitive and sociology-emotional levels of development the (‘The breakfast club, 1985”). Narrative The movie begins on a Saturday morning at about seven o’clock. Their parents drop them off at school and they all meet up in the library. Then Mr. Vernon comes in and congratulates them for being early. As Mr. Vernon paused, Claire quickly puts up her hand, stands up, and tells Mr. Vernon that she knows it is detention but she...
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...The relationships between characters in the film “The Blind Side” directed by John Lee Hancock, gave the movie a deep, touching and empathetic plot, especially the relationship between the two characters Leigh-Ann Touhy and Michael Oher. This essay will describe the deep bond that Micheal Oher formed with Mrs Touhy and how this impacted on the other characters in the movie. Despite being somewhat a lone pupil at school, he formed a bond that was as strong and caring as a son would relate to his mother. In sum, the one decision by characters in this film made a large difference to the future of Michael Oher and family in schooling and careers. Michael Oher and Leigh-Ann Touhy’s relationship was important in the development of the film because, when Michael first started high school at Wingate Christian school a family friend of his ‘Big Tony’ let’s him stay at his place. Big Tony wants Michael to go to the school because he’s an excellent football player. When Leigh-Ann first saw ‘Big Mike’ (as he was first known) she was picking up her son SJ from the school. A high angle showed that Michael was insignificant at the time and people from all walks of life were ignoring him. A few days later, Leigh-Ann and Sean Touhy go to SJ’s performance at the school for a play about Indians. She is driving home when she then see’s Michael and asks “Do you have somewhere to stay?” “I’m going to the gym,” replies Michael “Come, I’ll put...
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...In this Essay I was suppose to compare and contrast of the novel Speak by Laurie Ann and The movie Speak. As we talk about the novel and the movie my reflection has changed. First she was talking about how Mr. Neck was his nickname in the novel but in the movie it was his actual name. The Novel it shows that the family was sending notes to each other but in the movie they talk normal. In the Novel of speak it actually talks about more specific things like when Melinda went to the prom and she got into a fight Rachel. Hair woman also started as a dull person but through the season its like she got her a man or something because she started looking/dressing alive more colorful and the hair-cut. In the First Marking Period She writes and show...
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...Disney Sidekicks Did you know that Walts final words – written rather than spoken were “Kurt Russel” no one knows why. The thesis for my essay is: Mooshoo is a huge influence on Mulan because. First of all Mooshoo offers great advice through the whole movie, and pushes Mulan to do better. Mooshoo has been a great decision helper to Mulan; she was always counting on him to help with the best decision. An example of it would be when Mulan just came into the camp; Mooshoo was telling her what to do and where to go. He was also a great motivation to her, when they found out that she was a girl and left them, Mooshoo stayed by her side and motivated her to go after them. As you see that Mooshoo played...
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