...face many internal conflicts in his life such as alienation and self-doubt which made him to commit suicide six times during his adolescent age (Roisman- Cooper). Graham Greene’s internal conflicts and experiences in his life considerably influenced his writing style. His writings contain themes based on his life experiences such as religion, alienation, depth of understanding and sadness. Greene says that Human nature is not black and white but black and grey...
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...The Interview by Gopal Baratham ‘The trouble with you people” he frequently said, ‘is that you did not live through the war. You haven't seen enough change and suffering to value solid principles’. I choose this story, The Interview by Gopal Baratham and choose the lines because it really captivates my interest in reading this story . Throughout the story ,It pictures a lot of things from the theme,setting,plot and the characters in this story. Theme usually is one of the important component in any story .In this short story , the themes can be divided into three. The first one is about life where being grateful a is very important in every human .As can be seen from the story ,Mason ,from a normal life, his life suddenly changed into a prisoners of war under the Japanese army .From a life where he can get all the life necessities easily , turned into a very hard life where he must be very strong in order to survive .However , eventhough things turned into supermassive distressing at the first place ,he still can survive .Eventhough he had only small amount of food everyday ,he was so grateful that he still alive in this world and still want to fight for his life .The second theme is where , we must control our mind and do not let our mind control ourself .This means that , in our life , we have to think thoroughly before doing something for ourself and we have to set our own mind not to only live in comfort zone .Like what have Mason mentioned in the story ‘Well...
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...Mise en scene is a French term that is defined as the overall point of view of a movie or the "placing on stage". In other words, it refers to the combined experience of what the viewers hear, see and think of when they watch a movie. The mise en scene of a movie catches the attention of the viewers’ moods as much as lighting, props sounds, and smells do. It alerts their emotional response system to a real-life setting, which is conveyed in the movie. Mise en scene has two significant visual components: design and composition. Design creates the look and overall feeling of the lighting, setting(s), decor, and actors. Composition refers to the structure, distribution, equilibrium, and the relationship between the actors and the matter around them and within their environment. The use of these elements within the movie frame provide the audience with the general meaning of the movie scene. Mise en scene also plays an important role in the viewers’ response to a movie. It affects the viewers’ experience of views, sounds, contrast and color. Some aspects of mise en scene can happen on a rare occasion; whether through an act of mother nature or by accident. For example: rain, snow, an actor improvising and ignoring the script, or an actor getting injured. Mise en scene happens in movies because the movie directors planned it before the shooting of the scenes of the movie. Mise en scene can and is sometimes used to distinguish a director’s movie...
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...this book Dr Seuss uses his narrative elements like his rhymes of course, theme, and allusion to hook the reader and make it enjoyable to read. The way he uses these devices in a lot of his other popular books people know as Green Eggs and Ham or even The Cat in the Hat, is the reason people say he’s one of the best authors and in result makes him so successful. As everyone knows, Dr. Seuss is one of the best at writing...
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...performance during its first year of operation? The factors contributing to EuroDisney’s poor performance are: a) Hotel Rooms were high priced. b) Poor Attendance in 1992. c) Gulf War in 1991. d) The World’s Fair in Seville, Spain. e) The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. f) Too few seats at restaurants for guests at breakfast. g) No alcohol served with meals h) French visitors stayed away from EuroDisney (Cateora, Graham, 2007, pp. 614-616) 2. To what degree do you consider these factors were a) Foreseeable because Disney knew they were taking a risk by opening the theme park. The post Gulf War kept visitors from taking summer vacations. The World’s Fair in Seville and the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona drew visitors away from EuroDisney. Disney didn’t know what to expect for breakfast and was unprepared. b) Controllable because Disney could have anticipated the French custom of having wine with every meal. They could have lowered costs on hotel rooms and flights into Paris to see EuroDisney right away. (Cateora, Graham, 2007, pp. 614-616) 3. What role does ethnocentrism play in the role of EuroDisney’s launch? Ethnocentrism played an important role in the story of EuroDisney’s launch that Disney believed that the French visitors would really go for a Disney theme park. The variety the theme park had to offer needed to change to attract French visitors and people from other countries in Europe. (Cateora, Graham, 2007...
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...Hirschorn, L..Harvard Business Review..,. Copied under Permission from Access Copyright. Further reproduction, distribution or transmission is prohibited, except as otherwise permitted by law. If this copy is not covered under the Access Copyright licence this short excerpt is being delivered under the copyright exception "fair dealing" as defined by Canadian law for the purpose of education, private study or research. Large-scale change initiatives often col/apse under the weight of their own complexity. To bring order to the chaos, organize the effort into three coordinated campaigns: political} marketing) and military. ~am for by Larry Hirschhorn al an • try to change organizations. Few succeed. And as most executives who have lived through change initiatives will admit, fewer still want to try again. Who can blame them for their reluctance? The process is terribly painful, the logistics are enormously complex, the organization wants deeply not to change-and the success rate is abysmal. Yet most organizations must change, and change profoundly, if they're to stay alive. It's the oldest cliche in the book, and it's also true. The good news is that organizational change is not as hard to pull off as people think. It's tough, but it's not impossible, and it can be systematized. As a researcher and consultant, I've been involved in many change initiatives at scores of companies over the past 15 years, and I've come to believe that the low rate of success has...
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...For most of us, an underdog story can be very inspiring. Whether it is a team that is expected to lose winning, or a person doing something unexpected. No matter the situation it can be very heartwarming. In the book “The War That Saved My Life” by Cynthia Rylant the theme is overcoming odds. In the book “The War That Saved My Life” the theme of overcoming odds popped up many times. The protagonist Ada learned to somewhat walk even though she had a club foot. She stated that “The bottom of my good foot ripped. Blood smeared across the floor.” This shows the extreme struggles Ada went through simply to walk. The odds of her even standing with a clubfoot were hard and she could even walk with one for a short period of time. Another...
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...Have you ever been trapped in an enormous room? The story The Enormous Room is about Cummings’s experiences being trapped in a camp in World War I. The story exposes some of the horrors of World War I. This story shows symbolism in the title itself, sets a theme or mood of horror or tragedy because of the camp he was imprisoned in, and addresses the issues related to war. Cummings was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died on September 3, 1962 at the age of 67. He decided early in his life that he wanted to become a poet. He later graduated from Harvard. He was drafted into. He wrote the story The Enormous Room. He/ was known for his poems and plays. He wrote over 2900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays,...
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...When trying to set it in place the marrow of his bone goes to his heart and kills him. Gene had to live with the consequence of his action. The way he presents the theme is through two characters and two settings/symbols. Leper Lepellier decides to be in the war and his consequence was the he goes psycho. Gene goes to check up on Leper at his house and see how he is doing. Leper is looking out the window so Gene comes in and talks about rooms of Leper’s house. Leper says what his favorite room is and why and Gene says something back that Leper gets mad about: “Force sprang into his expression for the first time. ‘What’s she got to be pleased about!’” (142). Leper changes into a meaner and fiercer person than before he signs up for the war and “escapes” it. This shows...
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...Doll House To what extent do the historical and biographical context necessary or helpful in understanding A Doll House? The historical and biographical context are helpful in understanding A Doll House because they give outside information that helps to better understand the play. The biographical view helps one understand that many of the themes are taken from real life situations and they are not just made up. An example of this is the sacrificial role of women. In the story Nora sacrificed a lot for her family. She sacrificed everything when Torvald was about to die she took a loan out of the bank and that was illegal at the time. This parallels with the life of Henrik Ibsen because his mother sacrificed a lot for his family. Her father was a successful merchant and she married into a merchant family but her husband made some bad decisions that caused them to lose all of their money. He became abusive and started to abuse Henrik’s mother. She sacrificed time and again for the sake of her family. What values are shown in A Doll House? Henrik Ibsen presents values such as gender roles, family, marriage, and social status. The main value that I personally agree with is the idea of gender equality. I believe that men and women are equal and should be treated as such. This has not been reflected in history as men have taken advantage of their leadership roles and extended them into the huosehold. A Doll House presents this value in a subtle manner, but it is prominent. For...
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...assortment of members of Edwardian society whose lives and relationships reveal much about the world from which they come. Through witty comedy and stark tragedy, Woolf examines such themes as family, culture, and the individual in this remarkable portrait of modern life. Its unique and lyrical style, which has garnered the novel praise since its first publication, adds an artistic dimension to this surprisingly current novel. Indeed,The Voyage Out is a beautiful and telling work about self and society that rings as true today as in 1915. 1919, Night and Day [pic] [pic] Originally published in 1919, Night and Day contrasts the daily lives of four major characters while examining the relationships between love, marriage, happiness, and success. Like Virginia Woolf's first novel The Voyage Out, Night and Day is a more traditional narrative than her later novels. Unlike her first novel, however, Night and Day relies much more on its characters' internal struggles to push the its plot forward. What results is a character study of a very quiet group of people who are actually in the throes of deep anxiety and indecision. 1922, Jacob’s Room [pic] Who is Jacob Flanders? In Virginia Woolf’s 1922 novel, Jacob’s Room, we follow the life of a promising...
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...In George Orwell’s “1984”, reality is not always what you perceive it to be. Orwell uses a theme that is comprised of the horror of a totalitarian dictatorship, which is demonstrated throughout the novel in the laws, and leaders of “The Party”. There is also a Big Brother character that helps to accentuate the totalitarian theme and brings a reality to the reader that the world is hidden behind this figure. The theme of reality versus appearance is a theme that is displayed throughout the novel in many different ways, such as characters, slogans and war. I will examine a couple of examples of reality versus appearance in George Orwell’s “1984” over the next several paragraphs. We are introduced early in the novel to a character by the name of Julia. Julia’s relationship with Winston mixes love and partnership in the strife against Big Brother. Julia is a survivalist and a rebel, she is a Party supporter, and very sexually promiscuous. Julia says, “Have you done this before? Of course. Hundreds of times – well, score of times, anyway.” (Page 104) In this quote from Julia it is first presenting to be another foolish drone of the party but Julia is uncovered to be an insurgent that uses her sex appeal and anatomy as a way to rebel....
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...Zoë Ganis Mrs. Schroeder English IV 26 April 2018 Symbolism in 1984 In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, Orwell utilizes many symbols that help develop the storyline, introduce and help build characters description for the reader to better understand the novel. Orwell wrote 1984 as a political message and to warn the future generations about dangerous societies watching over their people. Orwell created a fictional dystopia with a psychological and physical control over its people and the rebellious in the society who want a way out of the life they are living. Through the overflowing use of symbols such as Big Brother, Winston’s journal, glass paperweight, and doublethink Orwell is able to create a connection to the major themes in the novel...
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...List page 6 Executive Summary This report explores the question of what role the United States (U.S.) television media played in forming public opinion on the Vietnam War. The research, based on reviewing other primary and secondary sources, shows various opposing theories regarding this subject. Firstly, that television media was blamed for the U.S. loss in Vietnam. As Vietnam was the first televised war, it was argued that television swayed public support for the war by projecting the footage of conflict into the lounge rooms of Americans. One counter-theme showed that other factors such as opposition to the prolonged war and military policy were more likely to have changed public opinion. This report discusses how television media during the Vietnam war was just one aspect of how the public would have formed an opinion on such a complex issue, however concludes that further research is required to arrive at a definitive argument on such a controversial topic. Research Question This report explores what role the media played in forming public opinion within the U.S., regarding America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The research is particularly focused on the level of influence the introduction of television journalism had on forming public opinion during the war efforts. Escalation of U.S. involvement from aid to major deployment within Vietnam began after the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964 (Gifford 2007, p. 18). This period also saw television...
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...Cosi “The Australian drama Cosi, and its themes, is a reflection of the characters’ immediate world, as well as the world at large. Explain this statement with reference to the text.” The Play Cosi, written by playwright Louis Nowra, is about members from a mental institution, who with the help of the protagonist Lewis are presenting an opera called ‘Cosi Fan Tutte.’ The opera tells the story of two officers, who pretend to leave for war to test the fidelity of their lovers. The themes of madness, attitude towards the mentally ill, transformations and growth and fidelity and love are portrayed through the conventions and techniques of symbolism, play within a play, setting and characters. Readers are positioned to respond to the immediate world and the world at large with complete madness, as it seems the world at large is a world apart from society. The play explores the theme of madness through the convention of setting. The idea of an inside world and outside world is shown through the symbolism and paranoia of society. The dark, derelict burnt out theatre is a metaphor for the world at large, and the drama that is enacted on its charred surface is a reflection of the larger dramas taking place outside. The outside world is noticed to have fear about the spread of communism, the mass casualties and the war crimes, for example the massacre of civilians, the torture of people and the rape. Readers respond to the absolute madness at times with confusion, as it’s hard...
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