Event |Technique(s) & Explanation |How they intro / develop / conclude theme | |Olive’s debut (as a slut) slow-motion walk down the halls. Olive’s character‚ major changes from ‘nobody’ to school slut |Slow-motion - shows every detail more clearly‚ and we get to see the momentary initial reactions of her peers which would otherwise be overlooked by viewers. Also highlights her actions‚ which are full of attitude and very provocative (she winks). Lighting - in this scene the light is shining in from
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Set forth and describe three scenes from The Matrix that illustrate Cartesian themes. Early in the movie‚ Neo pulls a book off of a shelf‚ Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulations‚ and opens it to reveal that it contains electronic contraband. In an instant‚ the directors ask us to consider his work. It completely avoids asking the logical question that follows after finding out that all of 1999 is an illusion: How are we to determine the truth or reality of any experience? The moment we believe
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major theme in this story is keeping innocence‚ which is portrayed through Caulfield’s theory about the catcher in the rye‚ his need to protect his sister‚ and the red hunting hat. Caulfield’s fantasy about the catcher in the rye is a good example of the theme of keeping innocence. Caulfield imagines childhood as a huge rye field with children running and playing. This is a model
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being kind to Doodle for his own sake. At one point the older brother admits with remorse‚ “I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.” (Hurst 173). The older brother wants Doodle to be normal‚ so he teaches him how to first stand and then walk‚ run‚ swim‚ paddle‚ and climb. Also the older brother states‚ “When Doodle was five years old‚ I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age that couldn’t walk‚ so I set out to teach him.” Even Doodle knows that his older brother is only doing this because
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We take for granted much of what we have in the world today. Our basic necessities – food‚ shelter and clothing – are easily accessible to nearly everyone in the developed world‚ and things that were once considered luxury items‚ such as televisions and refrigerators‚ have become common items in even the poorest of homes. Why do we have all of these possessions so readily available to us? Leonard Read’s explanation can be found in his examination of a pencil’s life. Read considers it a miracle
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brother admits with remorse‚ “I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.” The older brother wants Doodle to be normal‚ so he teaches him how to first stand and then walk‚ run‚ swim‚ paddle‚ and climb. Even Doodle knows that his older brother is only doing this because he doesn’t want to “haul him around all the time”. But‚ their parents and other people that know them think that he was doing these kind acts out of brotherly love for Doodle. Another theme is that often times when not much
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Animal Kingdom Question 12 - Explore how at least one theme has been constructed in this film. Theme – Two different worlds cannot coexist peacefully * Our ability to fight and stir conflict is based upon the notion of a battle between differences. As humans‚ being different is what sets us aside‚ it is one of our greatest achievements. Yet this tendency to be different can also be one of our greatest flaws. In order for us to recognize where this conflict derives from‚ the origins of conflict
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In his novel‚ Native Son‚ Richard Wright reveals his major theme of the Black population in America in the 1930’s. In the opening scene of the novel‚ Wright introduces his condemning message towards the ugliness of American racism and the social oppression of Blacks in his time. The opening scene of Native Son functions by foreshadowing future events that occur throughout the novel involving major symbols that are introduced in the scene to represent other elements in the novel. The scene also establishes
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In "A Rose for Emily"‚ William Faulkner uses a theme common to many of his works. The changing of values and attitudes in southern society. Miss Emily was born into a family‚ the Griersons‚ that were very established in the community. She was said to be "the last Greirson" in this southern community. The family was no longer wealthy‚ but continued to be held in high esteem after her father died. The only material thing her father left her was the family home. Miss Emily was left a pauper
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I Swear I Saw This is a record as visionary anthropologist Michael Taussig quotes in his own book ‘...you feel impelled to write in your fieldwork diary a few hours or days after a diary entry.’ This is a combination of fieldwork notebooks that also have a series of sketches in them which constitute Taussig’s impressions kept through forty years of travels in Colombia. The book tees off from a drawing he made in Medellin in 2006‚as well as its caption‚ “I swear I saw this” Taussig has always
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