The movie Do the Right Thing‚ written and directed by Spike Lee‚ has a man vs. society and man vs man theme. As a drama this movie shows the racial tensions in Bedford-Stuyvesant‚ Brooklyn in 1989. The setting is of the neighborhood street is important to this movie because the story is about the community dealing with being suppressed and racism. In Do the Right Thing‚ the film is shot on location with the addition of Sal’s Restaurant. The street corner is Malcom X Boulevard and Quincy Street
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need to dosomething that we do not enjoy.Many people think that we should be true to ourselves‚ so that we should choose what weenjoy most‚ regardless of what other people think. For example‚ if we do not want tostudy anymore‚ just give up and try to do what we really want to such as being an artist or a dance. It is meaningless for us to continue studying if we have no talents and no interest in it.Somebody consider health as an excuse for not doing anything that they do not enjoy. For a person who
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A Spike Lee highly inflammable film‚ “Do The Right Thing”‚ is an example of a relatively cheap work of art which‚ however‚ is capable of conveying million-dollars-worth ideas. This movie is not just about the life in an African American neighborhood of New York‚ it is rather a complex analysis of false assumptions and wrong perception of the African Americans as a social group and as a source of problems only. The first important fact which the film is focused on is‚ logically‚ difficulty of life
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“We are home!” On Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing With his Do the Right Thing producer‚ director‚ and actor Spike Lee has succeeded in creating a truely controversial film that leaves its audience with questions and a source for a lively discussion. And indeed many have taken the opportunity to comment on Lee’s work‚ mostly ignoring its general aspects and rather focussing on its message or deeper meaning. The film deals with both social and racial relationships and shows a community in which
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Do the Right Thing “When we open our eyes today and look around America‚ we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism‚ we see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don’t see any American dream; we’ve experienced only the American nightmare. We haven’t benefited from America’s democracy; we’ve only suffered from America’s hypocrisy.” Malcolm X Spoken in 1965‚ these words still ring true for people of color in
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After watching the film‚ Do The Right Thing‚ it should be included in the syllabus for this class Nationality‚ Race and Ethnicity because of the fact diversity is shown in cultural differences‚ assimilation‚ and is applied to all the qualities that make everyoney in the neighborhood different. In Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing he presents a powerful message about our culture. Throughout the film there are examples of how people in real communities deal with violence and racism and their circumstances
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three-dimensionality that affords them the agency to “act” rather than simply “react” to others. Hence‚ Nola has no choice but to passively resigns herself to being raped by Jamie (Tommy Redmond Hicks)‚ while Tina realises that there is little she can do to deny Mookie’s carnal urges‚ and therefore submits to him‚ aware that he possesses little interest in her
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English 1301-203 September 2013 The Things We Do for Freedom “Learning to Read and Write” sounds like a step by step introduction of learning how to read and write. Just reading the title makes the chapter seem tedious and mediocre. As if it were nothing except another chapter that was just sitting there gathering dust never to be read. After having read the chapter it become apparent that it was describing exactly what was happening. 1The chapter was saying that a person should always find a
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Saying “I Do” 1. If I decided to live with my significant other I would not feel social pressure to be married because I never want to get married. My family approves how I feel because if that’s what I want then they’re happy for me. Of course‚ my mom wants me to get married because I’m her only daughter but she respects the fact that I don’t want to. My personal expectations of cohabitations are I don’t want to be married; too many marriages fall apart so easily which leads to divorce. I would rather
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Future When I was a little girl‚ I would pretend that I was a nurse or even a doctor. I treated my teddy bears as if they were my patients from the doctor’s office‚ I would bandage up their broken legs and make sure they were not sick. When my mom was getting sick‚ I was helping my sister take care of our mother. Then‚ I started to take care of my mom by myself‚ because my sister had to do a lot of runs. Every day I came home from school‚ I would go and make sure my mom was okay. I would make sure
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