The Graduate “Just one word … plastics‚” the statement that alone can summarize Mike Nichols’ 1967 film‚ The Graduate. However‚ when Mr. McQuire tells the movie’s main character‚ Ben Braddock‚ that there is "a great future in plastics" he finds it irrelevant and escapes to be alone in his room. However this comment surreptitiously creates a parallel to everything we see in Ben’s life. Whether it be the apprehensive relationship with his parents‚ an alienated affair with Mrs. Robinson‚ or the near
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Kirsten Thouvenot 323648 kdtf4d@mail.missouri.edu Film Studies 1800 Lesson 2 Mise-en-Scène The Graduate‚ a film released in 1967‚ involves a young man going through the crisis of finding himself after graduating college. Ben Braddock is at a stand still‚ unsure of what to do with his future. The film is set in the late 60’s in a suburban upper middle class area in Southern California. Mostly‚ the movie takes place at the Braddock’s home‚ a hotel nearby‚ a University‚ and a Church. The plot does
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Everyone wants to have the power‚ the power to change someones life or control it. In The Graduate directed by Mike Nichols‚ Benjamin Braddock has just graduated college and returns home. He has no control over his life‚ his parents still control him and then so does Mrs. Robinson. Mrs. Robinson demands control over every scene she is in and even frames of scenes she is not present in. Camera draws all the attention to Mrs. Robinson when she’s on screen. In the scene where Mr. Robinson returns
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“The Graduate” The film‚ “The graduate”‚ is a romantic comedy drama‚ produced by Mike Nichols in 1967. A movie typically gives us a lot of information trough the picture‚ the light and the sound. This is also the case in the movie “The graduate”. We are getting a lot of information trough the picture‚ the light and the sounds. The producer arranges these things in a certain way‚ and there by he puts the audience in a certain mood. An example in the movie “The graduate”‚ could be the first time
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Mike Nichols’‚ The Graduate‚ produced in 1967 is based on a young college graduate who is unsure about his future. Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has recently graduated college‚ with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "homecoming" party‚ Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft)‚ the wife of his father’s business partner‚ has Ben drive her home‚ which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends‚ but comes back to haunt him when he finds himself falling for Elaine (Katharine
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oCan Paul Simon‚ Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney Have Anything in Common? Paul McCartney will be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the White House on June 2‚ 2010 by the Library of Congress. Many of his contemporary songwriters will be present for the event. Photo Credit What do Paul Simon‚ Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney have in common other than popular icons of music: the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The Gershwin Prize is one of the many honors awarded by the Library
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Lab Name:Titration of NaOH Author: Simon Sun Lab Partner: Jason Lee & Fiona Wang Date: March 10th & 17th Introduction： The purpose of this lab is to observe the titration between acid and base‚ and calculate the morality of unknown solution base on the volume required to reach equivalence point and stoicheiometry. There are two groups of experiments. The first one is the reaction between nitric acid and sodium hydroxide which is a reaction between strong acid and strong
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fragmented self and identities through the structure of his novel GraceLand (2004). Both the structure of the novel and the multiple urban spaces involve the reader with the displacement and the search for the identity of the characters. Furthermore‚ the present essay would point out that globalization in Nigeria has led to the economic exploitation of the poor and has caused the commodification of the body of the local Nigerians. The novel GraceLand is about the life of the protagonist Elvis between the late
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in 1964 and is a lyric poem that expresses Paul Simon’s views on society during the 60’s. Paul Simon is an American musician‚ singer-songwriter and actor‚ has won 12 grammys and was picked as one of the “100 People Who Shaped the World” by Time magazine. He grew up under a jewish household in new york during the late 40’s‚ in queens Simon was described as an outsider because of his jewish heritage and his parents being immigrants to America. Paul Simon conveys a meaningful yet dark poem by cleverly
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changed Latin American history forever. This particularly important early nineteenth-century leader was named Simón Bolívar. Simón Bolívar as a leader stood out from all the other leaders‚ because he played a crucial role in Latin American Independence. He was a revolutionary‚ an intellectual‚ and a visionary man that made Latin American independence successful during the nineteenth century. Simón Bolívar was said to be a revolutionary during the period of the early nineteenth century because he wanted
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