Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Takes us Back into Past‚ Reflects the 80s Classics and Television The Duffer Brothers certainly deserve kudos for creating ‘Stranger Things.’ Viewers are raving about the television series and for many‚ watching it was like taking a trip down memory lane as the science-fiction horror series has multiple cinematic influences from the past. It would not be wrong to call the series an ode to Steven Spielberg’s children movies and 1980s television. This Netflix tale reminds
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Based on a Patricia Highsmith novel The Strangers on a Train (1951) revolves around the inexplicable and unnatural link between Bruno Antony (Robert Walker) and Guy Haines (Farley Granger) which is established from the very first shot. Hitchcock draws parallel between the two. The opening shots introduce us to two pairs of men’s feet as their owners arrive at the station‚ the shoes characterise the two-one showy‚ vulgar‚ brown-and-white brogues and the other plain‚ unadorned walking shoes. Visual
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holding demonstrations. However‚ some blacks used writing as a means of contributing. James Baldwin published Stranger in the Village as a means of expressing his views of African-American racism. As a result‚ their efforts helped set the foundation for equal rights among blacks for generations to come. Although the basic needs were met‚ there is still a lot to be done today. In Stranger in the Village‚ Baldwin expressed how common he found racism within a remote Swiss village‚ which is thousands
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The Stranger - Journal Topic Six A human life is made up of patterns. More often than not‚ the events of a day fit into an established schedule for any given person. Reoccurences are the commonality- much more unusual would be the life which was composed solely of originality. It is much the same in books‚ after all‚ most intend to reflect some aspect of reality. However‚ patterns in books tend to have more significance to them than patterns of a real life‚ since the author has painstakingly considered
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Summary In the story Stranger in the Village by James Baldwin‚ he explains his experiences in a remote mountain village and how he was viewed by the people in that village‚ being a Black man. He quotes‚ “it did not occur to me-possibly because I am an American- that there could be people anywhere who had never seen a Negro.” So‚ in this village‚ James Baldwin was considered odd‚ but he also stresses how the unkindness of the people in the village was not out of bad intent; however‚ he was seen not
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Stranger Things is a Netflix Original tv show that follows the disappearance of a young boy and the story of how his friends and family try to find him. The show is set in the 1980s‚ in the fictional town of Hawkins‚ Indiana. His friends‚ Mike‚ Dustin and Lucas are helped by a young Telekinetic girl‚ Eleven‚ in their search for their missing friend‚ while Joyce‚ wills Mother‚ is also searching for him with the help of Chief Hopper. Meanwhile‚ Jonathan‚ Wills older brother‚ and Nancy‚ Mikes older
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James Baldwin: On What it’s Really Like In James Baldwin’s “A Stranger in the Village” and “Sonny’s Blues‚” our eyes are opened to the struggles of African Americans in the 1950’s. Baldwin writes about the struggles with identity‚ social acceptance‚ and racial discrimination. It is apparent that Baldwin has a very strong opinion behind the reasoning for these three struggles and he elaborates on each throughout these two stories. Through bringing these themes to life‚ he helps us to have a
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Living with strangers In the text “Living with strangers” Siri Hustvedt discusses the lack of solidarity and the social rules‚ one may meet in a big city‚ like New York City. Siri Hustvedt starts the essay by describing‚ the big difference she felt‚ when moving from rural Minnesota to New York City. She begins by briefly describing to the reader‚ how one was expected to behave‚ where she grew up. Whenever you encountered someone on the road‚ whether you knew them or not‚ you should always
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book by its cover is to form an opinion before you even dare to open the book and discover what’s inside. In society‚ it’s very common that people are quick to make a judgment about someone based solely on what they see. In his short story‚ The Strangers that Came to Town‚ Ambrose Flack is showing that true freedom is about being accepted. This is shown by the transformation of Andy’s perspective on the Duvitches‚ the judgments made by the locals about the Duvitches‚ and how Andy’s family forever
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There are three kinds of stranger rape: a blitz sexual assault in which the victim has not previously interacted the perpetrator and is quickly and brutally assaulted‚ usually in public and after dark; a home invasion sexual assault where a stranger forces entry into the victim’s home and commits the assault; and contact sexual assault where the perpetrator makes contact the victim and
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