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In Persepolis, a story of a childhood in Iran, Western ideology and culture are prevalent in a country where it is prohibited. Throughout the graphic novel, the author incorporates many examples of Western culture and ideology which represent particular ideas, themes, and attitudes that are resented by the Islamic regime. Satrapi integrates most of the Western references through the protagonist,...
Critical ReflectionLiterary CriticismPersepolis
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Beauty And The Beach Traveling has always been an outburst of joy for me. Over the years I have seen and encountered so many wondrous experiences while traveling. Traveling begets I kind of happiness in me. Yet, over the years one major challenge has taken shape. Due to my extensive traveling expeditions, it is increasingly becoming hard for me to...
BeachCritical ReflectionTrip
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In the film Into The Wild, Sean Penn alters a variety of aspects originally found in the book which removes emphasis on Chris, but at the same time, preserves the crucial components of the story, making the movie seem less biased, and straightforward. Throughout the book, Krakauer mentions and thoroughly describes stories of other individuals which he ultimately uses to...
Critical ReflectionInto The WildRomanticism
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Living in a world where the battle for supremacy has been a pressing matter for centuries, with the constant change in the world's economy as well as changes within individual nations' governments except a very few, there is bound to be some debate as what is considered to be right and what is considered to be wrong form of government....
Critical ReflectionFilm AnalysisMovie Review
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Throughout his incredible career, award-winning director Martin Scorsese has never disappointed with his thrilling, thought-provoking films. And this one does not. Hugo is all about a young, orphaned boy. His father passes and his uncle becomes his new caregiver. His Uncle Claude, although rude and almost depressing, teaches young Hugo how to work in clocks in a bustling railway station...
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The 1927 silent black-and-white film Metropolis critiques the stark inequality between working and wealthy classes to champion Marxism through a science-fictional, dystopian world. The text follows Freder, son of the city master Joh Frederson discovering the underground workers who have suffered under the strict regimen, slaving away on machines that power the city above, hence feeling obligated to save ‘his...
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According to Milton Hershey School, “Family consists of the people who support and love you, and the people you can confide in and trust” In Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, the Bennet family has five daughters Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Cathrine, and Lydia. The goal for the Bennet's daughters is to be married move out and have a higher social...
Book ReviewCritical ReflectionPride and Prejudice
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Gurinder Chadha’s bold 2004 film Bride and Prejudice is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice (1813). The film serves as a clever, contemporary take on the classic novel. Chadha introduces the themes of cultural diversity in the romantic comedy. Kenyan-born and raised in England, Chadha aims to make non-westerners visible in the film as well as discuss...
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For my essay, I'm going to focus on comparing both of the villains from, The Dark Knight (2008) and The Shining (1980). Both villains are driven crazy by the events of the film but the ways they both handle it create compelling characters. The performance from Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson builds the character and pushes the narrative forward and...
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The first reason is because when Mary arrived she was clueless as to what she was gonna find in Vietnam. She was a reminder, for the soldiers, of the comfort back home and the innocence they too had before the war. War can cause anyone to lose themselves and who they were because they are losing their innocence. For example,...
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“What is more immoral than war?” (Sade). The Vietnam War was a bloody and gruesome war that affected many people in the United States and Vietnam. The war lasted 21 years, from 1954 to 1975. The war started as fear grew that communism would spread from Vietnam to nearby countries. The Vietnam War severely impacted many soldiers and their lives...
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In ‘The Things They Carried’, Tim O’Brien underlines the devastating effects of war and the lasting damage of death that a soldier may witness or experience. O’Brien employs a fragmentary and metafictional form of storytelling to highlight the theme of death and morality and explore the different perceptions of the actions of the war. O’Brien informs us that war isn’t...
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Introduction Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 film Breathless (À bout de souffle), a seminal work in the French New Wave movement, is a landmark in cinematic history. Known for its unconventional storytelling and groundbreaking film techniques, Breathless challenged traditional norms of filmmaking and narrative structure. The film follows Michel Poiccard, a small-time criminal, and his American love interest, Patricia Franchini, through a...
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The author Sayles who directed the film Lone Star is a movie based in Texas that touches on aspects in critical areas such as the history and boundaries of the borders between Mexico and Texas. In the 1800’s Texas fought Mexico to gain independence which is how the name Lone Star came about. Sayles tells a story that unfolds the...
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The chosen extract is taken from Barry Jenkin’s second feature film Moonlight, which he directed and co-wrote. The film follows the life and struggles of Chiron, a young and poor black boy, growing up and coming to terms with his sexuality, a life not often portrayed in commercial films. This analysis focuses on the economic and social context of the...
Critical ReflectionFilm AnalysisMovie Review
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Imagine a world without money, and wealth is non-existent! It must be a lifeless world. With money, one can satisfy many needs in one's life, and happiness is promised. In the times of Jane Austen, society is in an era where money and wealth are vital contributors to joy. In her book Pride and Prejudice, the aspect is highly unmistakable....
Critical ReflectionMoneyPride and Prejudice
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Introduction "The Revenant," directed by Alejandro Gonzålez Iùårritu, is a cinematic masterpiece that has captivated audiences worldwide with its visceral storytelling and breathtaking visual aesthetics. The film is based on the true story of frontiersman Hugh Glass, portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, who embarks on a quest for survival and vengeance after being left for dead by his comrades. Released in...
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Technology is changing the way we work, and even the work we do. Adaptability has always been a key ingredient to workplace success and even more so with increased automation, AI, and globalization. Companies that focus on growing and evolving will always have an edge in this competitive environment. Remember the days when you wind up the dial on a...
Critical ReflectionGrowth MindsetMind
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Andy Lee’s “Life of Pi”, is a miraculous achievement of storytelling and animated magic realism. Inspired by Yann Martel’s 2001 novel, it is a visual masterpiece that encapsulates the human ability to overcome hardship through faith and resilience. Audiences feel like active participants in the plot through powerful cinematic techniques and rich motifs. Life of Pi is a story about...
Critical ReflectionLife of PiLiterary Criticism
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Most critical incidents in the classroom (Tripp, 1993) are not at all striking or tragic but are very much ordinary and prevalent events that occur frequently in the practice of teaching. What makes them 'critical' is the fact that they have prompted us to think and reflect at that given moment. In the context of teacher education, 'critical incident analysis'...
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The other major factor in this story is when the prisoner is released from the shackles and can venture out. The prisoners are “set free from their chains and cured of their lack of insight” (Plato). This line also entails that releasing the prisoner is like a teacher teaching. They must push a vast amount of information out, for the...
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A common tactic that authors use in their novels, plays, and short stories is the use of contrast. More specifically, authors often use contrasting settings in their works that represent different ideas or different types of people to contribute to the overall meaning of their work. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is no different. The main story of Brave New...
Brave New WorldCharacterCritical Reflection
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In Aldus Huxley’s Brave New World, Huxley’s use of character descriptions and dialogue emphasizes his foiling of Lenina to Linda. He does this foiling not only to show differences between the characters but also to give insight into the society outside of New London. Other than coming from the same society, Linda and Lenina also correspond in their similar ways...
Brave New WorldCharacterCritical Reflection
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Both Virginia Woolf’s Kew Gardens and Katherine Mansfield’s Miss Brill use various techniques in their texts to explore the existential experience of individuals. Kew Gardens is centered around a series of small but significant moments in the magnificent botanical London garden called Kew Gardens. Woolf explores the themes of passion, desire, love, and regret by introducing the reader to four...
CharacterCritical ReflectionLoneliness
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The true story of an unwanted daughter Chinese Cinderella is the personal novel of Adeline Yen Mah. Adeline Yen Mah’s life was full of family rejection, poor relationships, abandonment, loneliness, low self-esteem, no identity, sorrow, disappointment, and resilience. The hopeless diary of Adeline Yen Mah's childhood encountering youth and entering her fight for affirmation from the time she was bound...
ChineseCinderellaCritical Reflection
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The document under study is an excerpt from Brave New World, a book penned by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932. It is a portentous novel that foresees the future. My essay will fall into two parts. I will first focus on the themes present in the excerpt. I will then show how technology illustrates these themes. First of all,...
Brave New WorldConsumerismCritical Reflection
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There are two mindsets someone can have about a subject whether it be related to work and school or something in one’s personal life and the difference directly affects one’s ability to succeed in any. Carol Dweck explains the two mindsets known as a growth mindset and a fixed mindset in her article “Brainology”. The fixed mindset is where one...
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Realistic, striking, and raw diction in a POV piece imbues feeling and therefore belief in the reader. In the case of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, post-war O’Brien admits to “...making up a few things to get at the real truth” (81). When post-war O’Brien reflects on the young dainty man he saw dead near the village of...
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This paper seeks to provide a reflection on justice in Plato’s Republic. I will first talk about what the Republic entails, define what justice is, and how the Republic defines justice. Plato’s Republic is a Socratic dialogue that focuses on education, justice, specialization, philosopher-king soul, and truth. Plato’s strategy in the Republic is to explicate the primary notion of societal...
Critical ReflectionJusticePlato Republic
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'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' is an inspirational movie based on true events. Seeing the poverty and struggles that the people from Malawi, Africa live in is very heartbreaking and humbling, but these conditions cannot hold back 14-year-old William Kamkwamba who is smart, dedicated, and driven. William fights all obstacles to educate himself and to find a way to...
Critical ReflectionMovie AnalysisMovie Review
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