environmental destruction. His remarkable novel Slaughterhouse-five (1969) is acknowledged as his masterpiece and has successfully catapulted his name to international fame. It recounts the story about the come-unstuck-in-time Dresden War ex-serviceman Billy Pilgrim who was abducted by extraterrestrial creature from Planet Tralfamadore. This novel is also a piece of Vonnegut’s memoir as an eyewitness when the tragedy happened. While in his seventh novel, Breakfast of Champions (1973) he stated at the preface
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finality as Max, her faithful butler prepares her onslaught , reminding the scene definition once again for her (as the presence of room full of audience in her deserted mansion for twenty years has quite overwhelmed her). The 1950 Billy Wilder film, “Sunset Boulevard” starring William Holden as Joe Gillis and Gloria Swanson as the silent film actress Norma Desmond is a classic amalgam of Gothic Melodrama and Film Noir. The film starts off with jolt, initially a track shot of the
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If offered a role in a movie as the hero or villain, I would personally choose to play the villain. Although it would be morally correct to play a hero in a movie, playing a villain has its own advantages. Playing the villain is more entertaining as the villains in movies are usually always well remembered. As a villain, you can be the anti-hero and you are one of the most important characters in a movie. The notoriety of being an anti-hero combined with performing as a role you would never mimic
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Melissa Vazquez Journal #2/ Article #2 “Managers tend to pick a strategy that is the least likely to fail, rather than to pick a strategy that is more efficient,” said Palmer. “The pain of looking bad is worse than the gain of making the best move.” – Michael Lewis, Money ball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. That was the quote that came to my mind when and while I was reading this article. But before reading this article, I had no idea how marketing can just like baseball in many ways. Let
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Marilyn Monroe is an iconic actress. She was the inspiration of many which explains why her sudden death on August 5 1962 shocked. Her naked corpse was also found in a weird state with much contradiction for the cause of death. It was officially settled as suicide: she overdosed. Unsatisfied, conspiracy theories were born ranging from drug mixture to murder to keep secret about the JF Kennedy relationship (which is a rumor, theory). The death of this sex icon and its conspiracy theories made a huge
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Billy encounters his own justification of the bombing and the death of numerous innocent people. He turns to Tralfamadorian’s principle that the deaths were inevitable and had to occur because that was how they were intended to happen. Neither he nor someone else could alter what destiny had determined to befall. Vonnegut’s use of imagery contradicts this belief. For instance, the image of bugs trapped in amber is used by Vonnegut to exemplify his attitude or view towards both time and free will
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Derangement as a way to escape trauma, similarly, can be reflected in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five. As a survivor of the bombing of Dresden in World War II, Billy Pilgrim has turned into a schizophrenic by imagining a trip to a non-existing planet called Tralfamadore, where he acquires the ability to come unstuck in time and gains a new philosophy of life. The fragmentation of the narrative pattern in Slaughterhouse-Five represents Billy’s inability to integrate the dreadful experience into
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The difference between a hero and a villain is merely that a hero is understood, while a villain is not. Villains believe that they are doing the right thing. They have certain principles and philosophies that are beyond the understanding of most people. This is the reason why they are not accepted within society. Heroes, on the other hand, are praised by the audience. They are the epitome of righteousness. Thus, if I could choose between being a hero or a villain in a movie, I would be a hero.
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Days of Our Lives’ Billy Flynn in Celebrity Hockey: Billy Flynn is getting a whole lot of air time over at ‘Days of Our Lives’ as Chad DiMera. Chad is preparing to wed Abigail Deveraux (Kate Mansi), the great love of his life. Chad is also handling the reality of his father’s death, Ben (Robert Scott Wilson) escaping from the psych ward and being a father to his first child. Spoilers teased that Chad will be on the hunt for Ben Weston. Chad searches for Ben in an effort to prevent him from finding
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Film Noir and Romance: It’s No Fairy Tale Baby Film Noir may not seem like a very romantic subject considering how many of the couples in the films are eventually lead into their death or a prison term. There are some romantic aspects to these type of cinema. Even if a couple does have a tragic end, there is always some sort of romance in the middle. It could be lust or love, but it is usually there. While all Film Noir never ends as fairy tale, an audience can look at most of the films and see
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