students then committed suicide. It is the fourth deadliest school massacre in United States history. The phrase “elephant in the room” is used as a metaphor to describe an obvious truth that goes unaddressed‚ or simply ignored. Everyone knows it is there‚ but no one will say what needs to be said‚ or acknowledge the problem that is in front of them. Gus Van Sant’s‚ Elephant‚ is a cinematic response to the 1999 Columbine High School shootings. Van Sant’s open-ended treatment of the Columbine
Premium Columbine High School massacre
Point of view is an essential element to a reader’s comprehension of a story. The point of view shows how the narrator thinks‚ speaks‚ and feels about any particular situation. In Toni Cade Bambara’s "The Lesson‚" the events are told through the eyes of a young uptown girl named Sylvia. The reader gets a limited point of view because the events are told strictly by Sylvia. This fact can influence the reader to see things just as she does. The strong language gives a unfamiliar reader an illustration
Free Academy Award for Best Actress The Reader Toni Cade Bambara
The Yellow Wallpaper This is a fictional story‚ in classic form‚ has a plot‚ a setting‚ a cast of characters‚ and a point of view in which the story is told. The conflict of this story is the struggle of Jane against her husband and then later her struggle against the wallpaper itself. However‚ it is the way in which the story is told and the unexpected conclusion at the end of it that make it unique and part of the 19th century. The setting of this story takes place during the summer in a rented
Premium The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman English-language films
Ralph Ellison is told through an unnamed‚ black narrator during the segregation era in the United States who claims himself to be invisible‚ only because other people refuse to see him. Throughout Invisible Man‚ Ralph Ellison utilizes setting‚ point of view‚ and allusions to construct the narrators retelling of his past‚ leading him to become an Invisible Man. Invisible Man takes place in the 1930s‚ which is defined by economic chaos and war. Although the narrator uses time skips to the past to
Premium Invisible Man Fiction Race
humankind out of the predicament it is in. and that predicament‚ according to both Jewish and Christian view points‚ radically differs from the original
Premium Human Human Thought
Shooting an Elephant One of the biggest issues in governments is corruption. Corruption however‚ is an issue created by the individuals through how they choose to use their power‚ whether it is for the good of everyone or not. The struggle with doing what is right‚ and what people in power tell you to do‚ is one of the biggest elements in George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant.” The true story tells about George’s experiences policing during the British occupation of India with a rogue elephant and him
Free British Empire Imperialism Empire
White like me is a documentary tracking Tim Wise detailing the history of racism in America and how it still affects us in the present. Tim Wise attended a school where the teachers and students were mostly black‚ and he said he had learned to respect the “black authority figures” from a young age. During college Tim realized he was privileged as a white person: by having the choice to speak out against racism from a distance and not doing anything about locally. The white privilege included having
Premium White people Racism Black people
Shooting an Elephant A price is payed to save oneself from humiliation‚ but‚ being pressured into doing something that one doesn’t want to do‚ makes people feel lost and pushed into a big problem. In the story "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell‚ he himself goes through a struggle in being the one to shoot an Elephant. In the beginning he knew what he had to avoid of being laughed at from the Burmese people that surrounded him‚ since he is an imperial policeman. Throughout the story‚ Orwell
Premium George Orwell Burma Shooting an Elephant
" And‚ with the mother‚ we are at peace. By using the first person narrator style‚ the author gives us only one point of view. She plainly states her theme for this hard-luck story: "We were poor and could not afford for her [Emily] the soil of easy growth. Let her be. So all that is in her will not bloom - but in how many does it?" Had the story been told from another point of view‚ say as a third person‚ we may have thought that the mother was neglectful‚ or favored the younger children. When
Premium First-person narrative Narrative
Slave Trade: From the African Point of View Powerful kingdoms‚ beautiful sculpture‚ complex trade‚ tremendous wealth‚ centers for advanced learning — all are hallmarks of African civilization on the eve of the age of exploration. Hardly living up to the "dark continent" label given by European adventurers‚ Africa’s cultural heritage runs deep. Although primarily agricultural‚ West Africans held many occupations. Some were hunters and fishers. Merchants traded with other African communities‚
Premium Atlantic slave trade Slavery Caribbean