Wright MEDC 5310 Media & Culture Term Paper – 7 March 2008 “I Am Legend” – Mirroring Symbolic Religious Culture in America The recent release of the movie “I Am Legend” has triggered chatter across the worldwide blogosphere and in thousands of movie theater lobbies; “This may be Will Smith’s finest hour‚” “How completely can one person ruin a script?” “The car was cool.” This writer has previously commented on “I Am Legend” as a cultural statement on ethnicity‚ citing the anti-racial tendencies
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The Legend I Am Dystopian genres characterize upon the concept of a dehumanized and frightening world. Quintessential ideals that associate with this genre demonstrate themes such as fear‚ totalitarianism‚ loss of history‚ and the individual (Explore-Science-Fiction-Movies). It is the general aspect of what molds and shapes someone‚ or something to continue throughout their course of action. These characteristics capitalize upon another genre‚ horror fiction‚ in which Richard Matheson employs both
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In a book written by urban legend specialist Jan Brunvand‚ “The Vanishing Hitchhiker‚” there is a trilling chapter about the theme of contamination in different urban legends. Whether it is about food or body contamination‚ those legends of contagion have been in place for quite some time‚ but not always exactly in the same form. The way those legends are infiltrated in our culture can tell us a lot about their importance and their evolution. The two legends “Alligators in the sewers” and “Spider
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Author Study: Graeme Base Books: The Little Bug Book Series‚ the Jungle Drums‚ and the Legend of the Golden Snail. 1: There are two reoccurring themes in the books. The first is the use of animals. The second is a puzzle‚ riddle‚ and picture hunt. Beginning with a small poem that hints to what else there might be in the book‚ when you finish reading the story‚ there is an additional poem that gives more clues to search for in each picture. 2: In the Little Bug Book’s Series‚ the author uses different
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tribe in Montana (Siksika Nation). Their language is of the Algonquian family and they have many beautiful stories that reflect their culture‚ language‚ geography and history. The two stories I chose to read are called “Legend of the Beginning‚” and “Blood Clot Boy.” “Legend of the Beginning” is a creation story about Old Man who travels through the land creating rivers‚ clay‚ mountains‚ prairies‚ forests‚ animals‚ plants and humans out of clay. He teaches the humans how to hunt‚ prepare food
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I don’t know what the heck I’m doing‚ so I’ll just right about a legend from where I’m from. This is a legend of how the coconut tree came about. And if you don’t know what a legend is‚ it’s a story that isn’t meant to be believed. So I don’t care if you don’t believe it‚ but I think it’s a very interesting story to tell. The coconut legend is about a young girl who was admired by her entire village and all of her tribe. Anyways‚ one day the girl became very thirsty. The tribe looked and searched
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I choose Legend by Philip Guston for my visual description; Legend is one of the important paintings by Philip Guston‚ a Canadian born American in 1977. Painting medium is Oil on Canvas and movement is abstract expressionism. Its dimensions are 69 inches tall and 78.5 inches wide and its accession number is 88.35. Painting is currently located at Museum of Fine Arts‚ Houston. Philip was one of the legends of Abstract Expressionism‚ in late sixties Philip changed his style which made him
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the Anzac Legend has been implemented by politicians to foster nationalism and create an “official” version of Australian history. The legend has arose from government propaganda and highly censored accounts of the Gallipoli campaign: it was promulgated by the federal government originally to promote Australia’s connection to the British Empire and now to promote a historical narrative and Australian identity which contains political utility. This politicized version of the Anzac legend is immune
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In Legend‚ Marie Lu uses connotative diction that creates an accusing tone in order to elucidate how individuals within a society automatically resort to class hierarchy. She concludes that humans are willing to submit to ignorance in order to live in a society that benefits them. The Republic is a place of extreme economic polarization. High-ranking characters like June and Thomas enjoy lavish lifestyles and fancy events while the poor live in slums and do not receive adequate medical care. Just
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The Alchemist‚ the most relevant theme to the novel is the idea of one’s own personal legend. The story revolves around Santiago‚ striving to achieve his personal legend. He meets new people‚ faces hardships‚ and learns new things about himself and his personal legend on his journey. Santiago has many things that appear while he is on his journey. These things that appear help him to achieve his personal legend and they teach him new‚ valuable lessons about his desires and dreams. “And‚ when you
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