...allowing the organization to function more efficiently. Other situations also require immediate accountability of my soldiers. Such as providing important information that will help them to be successful in their mission. Lets say I go to the company and get the news that one of my soldiers has received a Red Cross message, and I have no idea where that soldier is. If I cannot deliver that message in a timely manner it could cause that soldier not to get where they need to be on time. As an NCO I am not here to fail my soldiers. Accountability of property is just as important as accountability of personnel in the Army. We have a lot of sensitive items that we deal with on a day to day basis, and any one of them falling in the hands of the enemy could destroy our mission. Items such as maps, weapons, radios, and even...
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...who epitomized the rise and fall of the gangster. Edward G. Robinson was the first Gangster star in this genre. These career criminals live double lives as respectable business men, who defy the law, and are tough who also operate under a cloak of fear portrayed as respect. The popularity and appeal of these films during the 30’s was divided among the public. Some would see these films as a sort of participation in the rebellion against a failed government and others would see them as revenge against the bad guys. Hollywood would put the gangster in a mostly retributive frame with the negativity of the gangster myth ratifying the belief in the public enemy system. This would be seen as the result of the collapse of law enforcement in a society or loss of morality, and ultimately social disorder. William Wellman’s The Public Enemy (1931) starred James Cagney as the fast talking and cocky Tom Powers and his most famous line, “I’m on top of the world Ma!” This is an example of a well dressed man with street smarts who is a criminal bootlegger and womanizer. One of the films most controversial and pivotal scenes is when Tom Powers assaults his floozy girlfriend with a grapefruit by slamming it into her face at the breakfast table. Howard Hawkins “Scarface: The Shame of a Nation” (1932) starred Paul Muni as a Immature, power hungry, monstrous and beastly hood in prohibition era Chicago, whose character was loosely based on Al Capone. This is the first movie to use the machine gun by...
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...The Lure of Disaster: The Iliad to Modern Blockbusters Humans have always been fascinated by stories about terrible things happening to other humans. One of the oldest stories in Western civilization, The Iliad, describes the destruction of Troy by its enemies, the Greeks. But of course, before Troy is destroyed, the story introduces us to the people inside the city. Thus, when we finally reach the violent climax, we are swept up in the personal cost of the Trojan War. To judge by the enormous box office earnings for movies like 2012, the same basic formula is still effective today. In this paper I will present a brief history of disaster movies, starting with the silent film era and continuing on through some more recent movies. Throughout, I hope to illustrate the way directors get us to care about the characters, and then unleash the forces of disaster against them. In the hands of a true artist, this formula can create exciting, interesting drama. Disasters in Silent Films Disaster movies have been popular since the beginning of cinema. Directors of the silent film era readily understood the value of good disaster. Such works tend to fall into two categories, personal dramas and epics. Personal dramas focus on an individual working out a private problem against a backdrop of impending catastrophe. The Last Days of Pompeii, for example, capitalizes on the excitement inherent in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the devastation that we, the modern viewers, know will follow...
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...The Lure of Disaster: The Iliad to Modern Blockbusters Humans have always been fascinated by stories about terrible things happening to other humans. One of the oldest stories in Western civilization, The Iliad, describes the destruction of Troy by its enemies, the Greeks. But of course, before Troy is destroyed, the story introduces us to the people inside the city. Thus, when we finally reach the violent climax, we are swept up in the personal cost of the Trojan War. To judge by the enormous box office earnings for movies like 2012, the same basic formula is still effective today. In this paper I will present a brief history of disaster movies, starting with the silent film era and continuing on through some more recent movies. Throughout, I hope to illustrate the way directors get us to care about the characters, and then unleash the forces of disaster against them. In the hands of a true artist, this formula can create exciting, interesting drama. Disasters in Silent Films Disaster movies have been popular since the beginning of cinema. Directors of the silent film era readily understood the value of good disaster. Such works tend to fall into two categories, personal dramas and epics. Personal dramas focus on an individual working out a private problem against a backdrop of impending catastrophe. The Last Days of Pompeii, for example, capitalizes on the excitement inherent in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the devastation that we, the modern viewers, know will follow...
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...The greatest of the silent clowns is Buster Keaton, not only because of what he did, but because of how he did it. Harold Lloyd made us laugh as much, Charlie Chaplin moved us more deeply, but no one had more courage than Buster. I define courage as Hemingway did: "Grace under pressure." In films that combined comedy with extraordinary physical risks, Buster Keaton played a brave spirit who took the universe on its own terms, and gave no quarter. I'm immersed in his career right now, viewing all of the silent features and many of the shorts with students at the University of Chicago. Having already written about Keaton's "The General" (1927) in this series, I thought to choose another title. "The Navigator," perhaps, or "Steamboat Bill, Jr.," or "Our Hospitality." But they are all of a piece; in an extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, he worked without interruption on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies. Most of these movies were long thought to be lost. "The General," with Buster as a train engineer in the Civil War, was always available, hailed as one of the supreme masterpieces of silent filmmaking. But other features and shorts existed in shabby, incomplete prints, if at all, and it was only in the 1960s that film historians began to assemble and restore Keaton's lifework. Now almost everything has been recovered, restored, and is available on DVDs and tapes that range from watchable to sparkling. It's said...
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...story full of humanity and moral value. Reading this novel we can learn how terrible the black people were treated in the white society that is unimaginable in the modern world. Besides, readers can perceive an idea that all people are equal whatever their color or ethnic and they deserve to be treated fairly. After the publication of “Uncle Tom’s cabin” a lot of novels and articles were printed showing an outstanding work has the great effect not only on the audiences but the other authors also. While the educational role of the arts can be not easy to see, almost people take the arts especially the performing arts as a way of entertainment. One of the most notable comedians is Charlie Chaplin who along with his silent film series was the phenomenal of the silent-film era. It is obvious that people despite of the age or nationality may find the relaxation each time watching this movie. By unique and lively acting, Chaplin brought to the audiences not only the laugh but also the meaningful stories. That is reason why so many modern artists try to imitate his moves and create various works affected by Chaplin style. From audiences and authors’ point of view, the arts in generally have a power to improve life. It is an effective way of teaching and relaxing and also is a mean of...
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..."Movies were intended to talk from their inception, so that in some sense the silent cinema represents a thirty-year aberration from the medium's natural tendency toward a total representation of reality." This quote by David Cook deals with what is referred to as the “silent era” in film history. This era was between 1894 to the early 1920s and dealt with films with no synchronized sound. These films that were produced in this era were known as silent films and include motion pictures with subtitles instead of sound. Some of the motion pictures known as silent films include: The Gold Rush, Girl Shy, For Heaven’s sake, The Dark Angel, and Dangerous Money. The film reviews of these motion picture films will be looked into for a better understanding of how the audience felt about these films. These American films were born in the age of reform and addressed themes that focused on major social and moral issues that the audience could relate to. A common theme that was prevalent in the aforementioned movies is the openness of romance in the American society. Romance films mainly involve a connection or bond shared between the two protagonists. There were many ways the theme love was displayed in these silent films. Some examples of the themes displayed in these romance films include: young love, love at first sight, unrequited love, spiritual love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, tragic love, and forbidden love. The film, The Dark Angel, could be looked...
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...generations we have labeled, and how the idea of Pluralism plays a part in the Entitlement way of thinking as well. Along with how this mentality is perceived, why and how it’s been acquired by our new generation and how other generations played a part in this new mind set and the potential effect and how or what we can do to remedy the situation. Introduction I would like to explain my background as I feel this will lay the groundwork for this paper and portray my personal beliefs as to why the various generations have played a part in my life and others lives as well. I myself was born in 1964 in Chicago the last year of the “Baby Boomer Generation” (1946-1965) one year before “Generation X’ (1965-1981) and from parents of the “Silent Generation” (1928-1945) and I now have children from the “Millennial” (1982-2009) or “Generation Y” (Pew, 2010). I am the oldest of 6 children my father is the son of Sicilian immigrants, and my mother is one of twelve children from a Irish Catholic family who for a while lived in Irish poverty before as my grandfather would say, that he got lucky and made it. My father (Frank) started working at around the age of 8 in his father’s (Tony) and grandfather (Frank) fruit store/stand, and he learned a very...
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...Silent Spring Analysis Silent Spring is a book that makes just about everyone think, except for the major chemical companies that it was attacking. This is definitely one book that help shaped how we look at the environment today and also how we approach it. Rachel Carson aimed for a book that was going to open peoples eyes to what really was happening and who and what was doing it. She nailed this right on the head, while the book was very technical when it came to talking about the details of DDT, it was written at a level that everyone could understand and relate too. Easily this could be one of the most important books written in American history, where would we be without it and how would our future have turned out. While this book was aimed for the public to be able to understand, it also directly attacked the companies who were manufacturing the chemicals that people were using, especially DDT. If one were to try to explain how DDT worked at the chemistry level, most people would think your insane, but Carson is able to explain the devastating effects of this chemical in a way that everyone can understand. She does this by explaining the process chemically first, but then switches gears into how it is hitting people at home. This starts in the first chapter where she begins with “There once was a town…”. This is the beginning of the account that shaped Americans way of looking at the environment, especially when it came to using chemicals and other harmful substances...
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...Assignment 3: Parenting Practices Over Generations You learned in your readings that parenting practices and techniques used to shape child development are influenced by many factors including culture, socioeconomic status, non-normative life events, and cohort effects. To understand cohort effects, consider that the experiences of a child growing up in the 1940s are different in many ways from a child growing up today. Read the article: Kotchick, B.A. & Forehand, R. (2002). Putting parenting in perspective: A discussion of the contextual factors that shape parenting practices. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 11(3), 255-269. http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/docview/210500919/abstract?source=fedsrch&accountid=34899 Synthesize what you learned in your readings as well as the above article to address the following: •Using the chart/table below, list at least 4 parenting practices of 3 generations. (Note: Parenting practices are not the same as parenting styles, which will be discussed later in the course). You can describe parenting practices of 3 generations of your family members, another family you interview, or general practices of generations based on research you find. For example, how did each generation address issues such as education, extracurricular activities, breastfeeding, sleeping arrangements, religious involvement, etc.? Include brief demographic information (e.g., sex, age, region of the country) Note: 3 different generations means...
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...Jian Chen ENG 68 Pro. Hight 7/10/2015 Self-knowledge Many people always want to be a famous movie star, and it is not rare to wonder what it would be like to have the general public know one's name. While this desire for fame is not unusual, it is not always healthy. The film “Sunset Boulevard” describes a faded silent movie star, Norma, who has one great desire to make a return and be famous once again. Although she was a hugely successful actress during the silent film period, she never realizes that times have changed and left her behind. At last, her hunger for fame destroys her. This film uses Norma’s mansion to tell a deep message about how deceptive is people wrapped in gorgeous appearance; the dialogue between she and Joe and her former director showed her egotistical character; the ending suggests that it is very valuable to know oneself. People who live in the past are foolish and ignorant. When Joe went into Norma’s mansion, he was shocked. The mansion was totally different with outside. The outside was deserted and dirty. The tennis court and the swimming pool were neglected, and there were even several disgusting mice in it. However, the inside was distinguishing. It was full of framed photos of herself and memories of her past, and she even had a movie theater. She was completely sucked into a world of herself. This mansion was a symbol of her empty inside which could not be covered by fancy outside. The world is dynamic and changing, and it will not...
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...Film d’Art – France * French stage plays * To preserve the great triumphs of French stage. * First movies – only scenes * From 1906 such films are made and by 1912, an hour length * 1910: bigger screens for multi-reel movies for a greater audience Italian film business * Emerges in 1912 * More like a grand opera * Multi-reel, gigantic elaborate sets * Stories and legends about ancient Rome * Movies can last for up to 2 hours * The feature films do not qualify for nickelodeons because they are too long and they are worth more than a nickel, which is the maximum price of movies on nickelodeons. * George Kleine adopts the movies and charged an admission price of around $0.50-$1.00, calling them special films. Gaumont-Palace, Paris, France Adolph Zukor * Early 20th century – Nickelodeon * Knows that people would be willing to pay more than a nickel to watch. Brought from outside the states the Passion of Christ from Germany which has multiple reels. With special advertising in Church magazines, charge $0.50-$1.00 for the tickets. * 1912 – American Film Rights for Queen Elizabeth with Sarah Bernhardt (45min-1hr) * Company in 1912: Famous Players to open the movie Queen Elizabeth. * Promised starting 1913 every week will be new movies * Notices that the best selling movies are the stage play movies starring 19-year-old newbie Mary Pickford. He sweeps all the old stars and stars Mary Pickford in...
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...The New Great Generation Writers Joel Stein and Josh Sanburn make some particular and rhetorical choices in their portrayals of Millennials in their article posted in TIME magazine, “The New Greatest Generation”. The assessments they make are broad in their descriptions about the generation known as the Millennials: They’re narcissistic, They’re lazy, They’re entitled, They’re selfish, and even a bit delusional. Those are not just unfounded negative stereotypes about 80 million Americans born roughly between 1980 and 2000 (Stein and Sanbrun 3). The authors analyze a decade of sociological research. In this article, they examine the overwhelming negative data about Millennials and argue that rather than being inherently self-centered or overconfident, Millennials are just adapting quickly to a world undergoing rapid technological change. In this article they use a factual tone. The authors effectively use the rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, and logos to convince a mainstream audience that Millennials are adapting quickly through expert testimony and scientific data. While interviewing psychology professors, and english professors, the authors use a Journalistic approach as they employ a logos appeal for their article “The New Greatest Generation,” meanwhile convincing the mainstream audience that Millennials are adapting quickly to their ever evolving with technology and social media driven world. A psychology professor at California State University at Dominquez hills...
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...1) The three basic original scores during the silent film era were, “adaptation of works from the classical repertoire”, “arrangements of well known patriotic, religious, popular tunes’, and “newly composed material”. The ‘Adaptive’ score was borrowed existing music, normally classical music, which was placed in a film. It was recognized during the 1930s. It was made up of many features such as “extensive use of music, exploitation of the full range of orchestral colors, and musical support of dramatic moods, setting, characters, and action, and etc” (pg.126). ‘Arrangement’, worked almost like ‘Adaptive’ but could only borrow melodies. The last original score during this era was “newly composed material, which basically implies that music was made specifically for the film. The film ‘The Birth of a Nation’ is a film that obtained all three original scores. An example of “adaptive” could be seen in ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ by Richard Wagner, which was used to represent some Ku Klux Klan scenes. ‘Arrangement’ could be seen when the movie took the melody of the popular Christmas song “O Christmas tree” and made it into “Maryland, My Maryland”. The “perfect song” was written by Carl Breil and made specifically to symbolize the innocence and playfulness of the character in the film ‘Elsie’. 2) The role of music in ‘Casablanca’, is huge, because it is used to describe the setting, for example the tunes ‘Marseillaise” and “Die Wacht am Rhein” were used to explain the conflict between...
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...Here on Earth many people are destroying our environment and that can cause dire situations. Our planet faces a potentially catastrophic crisis. As Rachel Carson explains in “Silent Spring,” we have been mistreating the Earth by carelessly using chemicals without knowing the possible repercussions. Her writing inspires us to take action before it is too late. To begin, animals can become extinct when we are not careful we can have many unwanted consequences. Carson states that when one chemical was used, it caused “no chicks to hatch.” The farmers complained that they were unable to raise any pigs the litters were too small and the young only survived for a few days. What she means is that the pesticides being used, stop the animals from growing. The farmers were both losing crops and animals just because of those pesticides. This should inspire us to take action because if certain animals become extinct, the entire ecosystem could fail. If the pesticides were never used these farmers wouldn;t be experiencing horrible things happening to their plants and animals....
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