Girl‚ Interrupted (1999) directed by James Mangold is largely based on a semi- autobiographical book by the same title. The movie chronicles eighteen year old Susanna Kaysen’s experiences surrounding her stay at a mental institution. It is 1967‚ a time of social change and unrest. Susanna makes a half-heart attempt at suicide‚ ingesting a bottle of aspirin and chasing the pills with a bottle of vodka. She is taken to the emergency room‚ her stomach is pumped and she survives. Afterwards she meets
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Soaked‚ little‚ and naked is how the viewer finds Susanna in the middle of Girl‚ Interrupted. Or rather‚ soaked‚ little‚ naked‚ and hysterical. A state James Mangold utilizes to further illustrate his message. The film serves as a vehicle for Mangold to discuss madness and the society it exists within. Valerie‚ the asylum’s registered nurse‚ throws Susanna‚ the film’s suicidal protagonist‚ into a tub filled with water in order to snap Susanna out of her depressed state. Susanna lashes out at Valerie
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Richard Prince took a photo of Brooke Shields at age ten in the nude‚ whose purpose was to “question sexualized advertising images”. The photo was censored as child pornography. However advertising‚ such the well-known illustration of the Coppertone Girl‚ depicts
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It’s a state of mind where you feel secure. Home is a place where you’re surrounded by people that you love‚ as well as people who love you back. It’s but a simple place where everything is okay. The idea of a home relates to this text because the girls home starts to separate. Her loved ones have to separate to do work under control of the Japanese military. Many of Sookan’s traits were revealed throughout the book. The first trait that was revealed was optimism. Sookan always tried to stay as
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Saul Dibb in his 2008 film The Duchess and Gillian Flynn in her 2012 novel Gone Girl both deconstruct the bases that form trust and deception within relationships and society. Although Flynn’s thriller of twists and Dibb’s 18th century drama depict two diverse settings the texts both present the idea that trust is an unrealistic expectation within relationships‚ as relationships are created from idealism of the perfect partner. Both texts explore the importance of appearance within society‚ as Flynn
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In the movie Mean Girls‚ Cady Heron who is played by Lindsay Lohan is one of the main characters in the movie. In the selected scene we see Cady is sitting with the her friend and the popular girls at the school called the plastics. The plastics have a set number of rules that none of them can break‚ such as what they can and can’t wear. Her friend happened to break one of these rules‚ which resulted in the other girls at the table to get mad and tell her she has to leave. Cady is not able to really
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Girls Trip Provides a Glimpse Into the Lives of 21st Century Americans If you take a quick look around you‚ chances are that you will see someone texting on their phone‚ watching TMZ‚ or making out. Living in America in the 21st century is both a blessing and a curse for its civilians. While there is greater access to resources and information than ever before in the areas of technology‚ medicine‚ and education‚ people are more focused on the more pleasurable and dangerous aspects of society including
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Steve McCurry took this image of “The Afghan Girl” in 1989‚ it’s one of the most powerful portraits to ever courtesy the National Geographic Magazine’s cover to this day. This image has become a prized possession along with a global symbol‚ and for a photographer‚ that’s like winning the Nobel Prize. Since the late 1800’s National Geographic Magazine has had their readers on the edge of their seats with spectacular stories and photos from around the globe. The overpowering “images leave lasting imprints
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consumer lives? The consumer is not likely to go searching the internet to see how and if Fiji rainforest are actually being helped. The next thing on this advertisement is it says every drop is green‚ as in every drop is eco-friendly. But does that mean that it is untouched by man‚ making it unpurified and gross for the consumer? When the consumer takes that question into account‚ they may begin to think twice about their FUI water purchase. The Fiji
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It was a regular day at school; I didn’t in the least suspect that my life would have been altered so drastically that Tuesday morning. When I entered my English class we were assigned a task to analyze a speech‚ not my favorite writing exercise. A paper titled‚ Stanford University Commencing Speech 2005 by Steve Jobs was placed on each desk. The name rang a bell‚ I knew of his connections with Apple and squabbles with supposed rival Bill Gates but nothing else. Ignorance always led me to think
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