“Grease” v. “The Breakfast Club”: Finding Yourself The films “Grease” and “The Breakfast Club” feature the same strong theme: finding your identity. This theme is universal through many books‚ movies and even real life. The fact that these two films were filmed so far apart‚ “Grease” being filmed in 1959 and directed by Randal Kleiser and “The Breakfast Club” in 1985 directed by John Hughes‚ shows that this is a strong theme that sticks throughout the industry. These films have many characters
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Joy Luck Club - Analysis About the Author - What I believe my books are about is relationships and family. Approaching the Text -It is easy to see that The Joy Luck Club began as a series of short stories which Tan has collected and integrated to form a novel because of the elements and qualities that its four sections and various sub-sections have in common. -The most obvious of these are considerations of Chinese American life‚ the interaction (often troubled) of relationships with men (fathers
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Intercultural Communication of Joy Luck Club Review Kimberly Gutierrez Cerritos College Abstract The movie‚ The Joy Luck Club introduces the intercultural communication and culture defined‚ that defines four woman and their daughters‚ individuals from their different Chinese cultures. The study of intercultural learning that reflects the relationships of four mother and daughter pairs‚ upon their multiculturalism has contributed to their strains of their relationships of different beliefs
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“The Joy Luck Club” was a written in 1989‚ this books focuses on several different themes‚ but the first theme many readers pick up on is the Chinese American immigrant families and fitting into a different culture. The book follows four immigrant families in San Francisco who start a club; this club is a way to connect to their culture and heritage in a foreign country‚ America. These two very different cultures causes many issues between the two generations‚ the mother was raised by strict Chinese
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yelling at him for not cleaning his room‚ when he brought up a extraneous subject to distract his mother. 3. LAMENT a. " ’Stand still‚ Ying-Ying!’ She cried‚ her usual lament‚ while I giggled and wobbled on the stool." Pg 69‚ The Joy Luck Club b. a passionate expression of grief or sorrow (noun) c. This displays the irony that she is laughing while Amah cried‚ annoyed of her actions. Lament gives the character more passion of sorrow instead of saying "She cried‚ her usual sorrow
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The First Wives Club Analysis When I was in the process of looking for a movie to watch for this essay‚ my initial thinking was to find a movie about male chauvinists‚ dominant male figures‚ etc. then it dawned on me; find a movie that features empowered women and their points of view. The movie I chose was The First Wives Club written by Olivia Goldsmith and directed by Hugh Wilson (Police Academy‚ Guarding Tess). The film is a comedy about three women who seek justice after their husbands
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The Joy Luck Club Essay Most people have at least one fight with their guardian(s) in their life‚ is that because of a difference in opinion‚ a misunderstanding or are they just different people? Generational conflict is misunderstanding between family members of different age ranges usually leading to fighting. All the women in TJLC suffer from conflict with their Daughters or Mothers‚ all caused by lack of communication and cultural understanding. Because of growing up with two different cultures
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Neima Prabhakar English 8 CP Period 2 5/19/05 A Misleading Exterior In the film‚ The Breakfast Club (1985)‚ John Bender‚ the slovenly rebel at Shermer High School in Chicago‚ is serving a Saturday detention with four very different students. Right from the beginning‚ Bender exhibits the qualities of a destructive and thoughtless criminal‚ i.e.‚ he taunts everyone else in order to hide his personal inadequacies. Whenever Bender is questioned by his peers about a personal issue‚ or whenever
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Yanni Thomas 4 December 2013 Professor Stanley COMM 1375-60 Mis-en-scene and Cinematography in The Breakfast Club This film written and directed by John Hughes follows five students at Shermer High School in Shermer‚ Illinois as they report for Saturday detention in 1984. While not complete strangers‚ the five are all from different cliques‚ there’s John Bender "The Criminal‚" Claire "The Princess‚" Brian "The Brain‚" Andy "The Athlete‚" and Allison "The Basket Case." The school’s disciplinary
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neglected and have trouble understanding others. In the Joy Luck Club‚ four Chinese women immigrate to the United States in the mid-1900s during the Chinese Communist Revolutions. Settling in a Americanized country proved to be challenging due to cultural differences‚ language barriers‚ and conflicted history in China. The relationships these women formed with their daughters were influenced by new and old customs. In The Joy Luck Club‚ Amy Tan illustrates how a relationship between a parent and child
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