Grant Wiggins, the protagonist African-American main character in A Lesson Before Dying, has a tone that develops dramatically beginning with his initial malleable attitude, developing into serious intrigue in formerly-charged-to-death inmate, Jefferson. Scout Finch, protagonist Caucasian main character in To Kill a Mockingbird, seems to have generally a consistent spunky and energetic tone throughout the novel, with a coming of age spin. Both characters face their personality and race in effect with their tone.…
In the first, few pages the piece sits alone, waiting for someone to come and pick it up. Some come to rescue it, but end up as failed relationships. All those who try to fit with the piece, are almost archetypical, and symbolic for relationships the common person experiences in their quest for becoming themselves. The piece encounters those who could fit,…
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a fiction novel written by Baroness Emma Orczy. In the book, the author uses a style of submerging the reader into the time frame of the French revolution, describing the gruesome guillotine which was used to execute countless innocent lives. The Scarlet Pimpernel, while being the name of the book, is also the name of the unknown savior of those innocent people sent for death by the guillotine. While he saves people, the French ruthlessly hunt him down and try to discover his true identity.…
A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams is a play about a southern lady named Blanche from Mississippi visiting her sister Stella, who is married to Stanley and currently living in Elysian Fields, New Orleans. Blanche arrives in Elysian Fields, and throughout her entire stay with Stella and Stanley, there is tension and conflict occurring in Stella’s house. Even though Blanche and Stella were brought up in the South under wealthy conditions, the conflict is mainly caused by Blanche’s dislike of Stanley because, as a blue-collar worker, Stanley's status is lower than the DuBois’. In another aspect, Stanley’s conflict is caused by him being suspicious of Blanche since her arrival. Blanche explains to Stella that…
In R.J. Palacios book Wonder, Jack Will is asked by his principle to show a new kid that is very different from the school. Then he becomes friends with him and protects him from the dangers of middle school. Confucius once wrote, “Have no friends equal to yourself.” He is saying that we should think of our friends better than we think of ourselves, Jack Will does very well at demonstrating this in his actions with August.…
Imagine yourself alone on an island. You’re scared, and the only thing you have for defense is a gun. Then, you see a man in the distance. People have told tales about cannibals before, and this person in the distance isn’t anyone you’ve seen before. What would you do? That is exactly the situation Jim Hawkins found himself in in the novel Treasure Island. Jim was brave enough to walk towards this man. Therefore, along with being brave, a good man’s qualities are loyalty and humility because these qualities make people trust you, and make people feel well-liked and safe.…
Good Will Hunting is a movie with an all-star cast including Matt Damon, Robin Williams, and Ben Affleck just to name a few. Matt Demon plays the main character Will Hunting while Robin Williams and Ben Affleck play supporting roles as a psychology professor and best friend. The movie introduces Will as a janitor at MIT that is much smarter than he lets on. In fact, Will Hunting is a mathematical genius. Stellan Skarsgard plays a professor at MIT named Gerald Lambeau. Professor Lambeau decided to put an unsolved equation outside his classroom for his students to try and figure out but it was Will who solved it in just a few short minutes. For obvious reasons, this caught Professor Lambeau’s eye.…
The three main colonial empires in the New World were the British, French, and Spanish empires. They had various differences in societal, economic, political, and religious outlooks. They also left behind some legacies, which even today seem to resonate.…
The timing is reflected in the scene where the professor's assistant and Will are alone and the assistant tells Will how lucky he is to have someone believe in him as much as the professor does. As if on cue, the professor walks in just as his assistant finishes talking and gets up to leave. The cinematography in the movie is good. The viewer is immediately given some insight into Will's social status. The viewer is shown that he obviously lives in one of the poorer sections of Boston; you see that his front yard is overrun with trash and junk and that the overall look of the neighborhood is anything but colorful. What you see is drabness personified, the colors muted to the point that they look a lackluster grey. This becomes even more apparent when you compare the scene setting of a Harvard class, where the students appear to be attentive, clean cut, well dressed, and very enthusiastic to learn. In the scenes depicting the community college atmosphere the setting is of a classroom full of students who are barely awake, shabbily dressed compared to their Harvard counterparts, and seemingly not gripped with enthusiasm with what their teacher is talking about.…
It was a beautiful morning in Texas, the skies were blue, and there no clouds in sight. Parents and children were gathered along side the road to see the thrilling sight that was about to pass right before their eyes. Nobody at the parade that day could have been happier, as they watched their nation’s leader slowly drive past them in a large motorcade. My wife had just turned around to tell the president how much Texas loved him, when a shot rang out that changed our nation forever.…
Like many tragedies, Shakespeare’s Hamlet does not fail to provide readers with tales of fervent, bloody revenge which satisfies the primal impulses of characters in the play, wrought on by unjust murder and a desire for vengeance. With a temperamental demeanor and mercurial mood, Laertes is portrayed in many instances as a brash, near irrational son whose desire to avenge his father’s death leads to both verbal and physical conflict. Even Hamlet himself enjoys his own moments of frustration, slandering his duplicitous and incestuous uncle in private scenes and soliloquies. Unlike many traditional revenge tales, however, Hamlet also illuminates the question of the morality of revenge itself: whether or not the adage of “an eye for an eye” may…
In the early stages of the play, the audience is invited into the "big seas" of Captain Cat's "dreams" where "the long drowned nuzzle up to him". The humorous banter between the "dead" which follows is used by Thomas to highlight how important it is to appreciate the simple, everyday things in life which may otherwise be taken for granted. As their banter becomes more and more frenzied, it turns to topics which, for a living person, may seem unimportant; the "coconuts and shawls and parrots", the "rum and lava bread" and music of "concertinas". The continued presence of these subjects within the conversation of the "drowned" however brings a sense of pathos to the scene, reminding the audience that the time which such simple and ultimately important aspects of life is very restricted.…
"The systemic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause; materials disseminated by the advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause." American Heritage Dictionary|…
Because my post is late my Hamlet Update is going to really be the end result. Now when we were at first assigned this project I felt my insides close in on each other as I began to think of how in the world I was going to pull this off. It wasn't until our class discussion were we pondered the idea of Ophelia being the game maker in this play. It began as just talk but then this idea quickly evolved into something much greater and fairly practical. After class Roshan and I walked away together planning out our process.…
Good Will Hunting is about story of a prodigy genius named Will Hunting who is discovered when Professor Lambeau releases a difficult math for his class to solve. When he figures out that Will Hunting solved the problem, Professor Lambeau takes Will under his wing and prevents him from going to jail. In exchange, Will is under the supervision of Professor Lambeau while being forced into therapy. Will is a fool who wastes his potential. Sean Maguire, a therapist, tries to help Will but he’s facing his own difficulties too as he still hasn’t gotten over the passing of his wife. (Good) As the movie progresses, the two form a relationship and teach each other things that they both individually couldn’t learn on their own.…