âThe Boy in the Striped Pajamasâ, directed by Mark Herman, is based on the book written by John Boyne, which was influenced by one of the greatest atrocities in human history which was the Holocaust, where millions of people mostly Jews lost their lives. It remains one of the tragic events which reflects the capability of brutality in human beings...
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Human experiences can be fraught with danger and trauma, however, can still lead to self-growth and understanding. Human experiences are deeply embedded throughout texts to display and to emphasize how characters interact with each other. In âThe Boy in the Striped Pajamasâ, the director describes the three human experiences shown in the three characters: Bruno, Shmuel and Brunoâs father. The...
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Animation, which can be defined as âa way of making a movie by using a series of drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of objects (such as puppets or models) that are slightly different from one another and that when viewed quickly one after another create the appearance of movementâ, according to Merriam Webster. Such an example of animation, as we...
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âThe Truman Showâ, which is regarded as the turning point of Jim Carrey's career, is a movie that has been examined in many respects and opportunities. âThe Truman Showâ, which is often handled by Plato's cave allegory and our constant observance in today's society in other words, securitization, makes the audience laugh with his witty approach to the contemporary world...
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Nobel Prize laureate John Forbes Nash Jr. still teaches at Princeton, and walks around grounds every day. That these customary clarifications nearly brought tears to peopleâs eyes suggests the power of 'A Beautiful Mind', the record of a man who is maybe the best mathematician, and experiences schizophrenia. Nash acknowledged for a period that Russians were sending him coded messages...
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In the movie âThe Shawshank Redemptionâ, the main character Andy Dufresne is accused of the murder of his wife and her lover. Andyâs wife was having an affair with another man. Andy is sentenced 19 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Andy is put into one of the worst prisons at the time, Shawshank. The life...
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âForrest Gumpâ is a movie that follows the life events on an underrated and underappreciated man that suffers from not only a low IQ, but also mild case of cerebral palsy. Throughout his life, Gump faces many burdens and tribulations, but he never allows anyone to interfere with his happiness and mental well-being. Gump, despite facing many problems, continues to...
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In âThe Truman Showâ, Peter Weir uses setting, motifs, and features of the cinematic medium to demonstrate the complex and multifaceted interconnectedness that exists between the environment and the individual. Trumanâs entire physical world has been fabricated and orchestrated in such a regard that every blade of grass has its place. The rigidity of Trumanâs behavior and the conformist mentality...
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My early exposure to cinema was not unlike that of most American children. At the age of eleven, I still watched the movies that premiered on the Disney Channel and still felt slightly rebellious when watching any movie with a PG-13 rating. My parents had, for the most part, done a thorough job in shielding me from all the evils...
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Movie Summary Set in Berlin during the 1940s, âThe Boy in Striped Pajamasâ explores the complex, yet considerably simple, concepts surrounding morality and goodness through the eyes of an eight-year-old German child, Bruno. Son to the Nazi commandant of the German concentration camps, the young boy moves to the countryside from Berlin with his family. Confined within his new house...
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Attitudes are defined as having positive or negative judgments of people, things and concepts. It is believed that attitudes are formed from affective, cognitive and conative components. Societal and cultural norms have a significant influence on many individualsâ attitudes. Societal and cultural norms of physical attributes, socioeconomic status, and health status are portrayed throughout the media. The media has a...
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One of the most famous films about 1960s or âLong Sixtiesâ time frame in the United States history is âForrest Gumpâ. In fact, âForrest Gumpâ is a 1994 film, which is directed by Robert Zemeckis and acted by the top-credited stars like Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump, Robin Wright as Jenny and so on. The main character Forrest Gump with...
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In his article âHow Walt Disney Ruined Our Livesâ, which appeared in the Brandeis Magazine in 2013, Harvard-trained psychologist Robert Epstein talks about the impact of some of Walt Disneyâs most famous films on the nature and dynamic of committed human relationships, specifically marriages. He mentions how these Disney movies, which are themselves based on ancient (and quite sinister) folktales...
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Parents should write a petition to Disney to make their princesses fit the mold of young girls across the world and protest the amount of sexualization that is being presented to girls through TV and the Internet. Stephanie Hanes (2011), author of âLittle Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effectâ, claims that Disney stated: âThe Disney princesses teach girls...
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The film âThe Boy in Striped Pajamasâ written by John Boyne uses an array of language features such as descriptive language, imagery, tone, and atmosphere to comment on issues of concern. This includes the marginalization of the Jewish culture, discrimination of people based on their culture and race, and prejudice. In the opening scenes of the film, we are introduced...
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The 2001 film, âA Beautiful Mindâ, tells the story of John Nash, a brilliant mathematical mind and Nobel prize winner in economics who has suffered from schizophrenia throughout his life. The film faithfully portrays the passages of his illness, from the onset to the stage in which he chooses to ignore the hallucinations that will continue to accompany him throughout...
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Schizophrenia, like many other disorders, is an invisible illness that affects about 1/100 people within society. The illness itself is cognitive and emotional dysfunctions, including delusions, and hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior, and inappropriate emotions (Barlow, D. H., Durand, V. M., Lalumiere, M. L., & Hofmann, S. G., 2018).) Many individuals have mistaken schizophrenia as a âsplit personalityâ which is...
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Stop-motion is a form of animation in which figures are made, positioned, and photographed to build up frames individually to complete a film from the resulting images. I question the relevancy of stop-motion animation regarding its effectiveness in comparison to the digital advancements that has led to digital animation becoming, arguably, the mainstream form of animation. Typically, it is an...
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The media plays a significant role in our daily lives by providing us with cultural, educational, and supplemental information that cultivates our knowledge while also shaping our political aspects and framing our cultural guidelines in society. It has the role of being an effective educator, by informing us of anything newsworthy, which is quite true, but what most people donât...
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âForrest Gumpâ is an American drama-comedy movie written by Eric Roth and directed by Robert Zemeckis that focuses on the character Tom Hanks, who shares the same name as the movie. The movie rotates on the life history of Tom (Gump), a simple man with a low IQ of 75, short and wears braces on his legs. Despite his disability,...
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Introduction The exploration of innocence and ignorance amidst the backdrop of historical atrocities is profoundly captured in John Boyne's novel, The Boy In the Striped Pajamas. This narrative, though fictional, delves into the harsh realities of the Holocaust through the lens of a young boy named Bruno. The novel raises pivotal questions about the portrayal of truth and the appropriateness...
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Throughout the years, film has become one of the most iconic forms of entertainment. With so many different genres arising, people across the world can view films of their preference. Horror movies have been around for decades and we have seen the genre emerge as one of the most popular categories in film. Since the late 1800âs till now present...
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âThe Shawshank Redemptionâ is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont. To summarize the film, it tells a story of a banker Andy Dufresne, who was sentenced two life sentences in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife, and her lover despite the claims of his innocence. During the movie, he befriends a fellow...
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The most remarkable changes in humansâ collective exposure have been the introduction of mass media. The introduction of media has been an increasingly and rapid form of communication between human beings. The uses of radio, television, film, video games et cetera, has become an ever so present thing in humansâ lives and holds a great value in all aspects of...
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Texts motivate the collective to question the realities presented. Orwell's novel â1984â provides a political commentary on the impact of a totalitarian regime. Similarly, Peter Wier's film âThe Truman Showâ is used to depict the rise of mass surveillance and the paranoia that follows in the post-Cold War period of 1998. Orwell's and Wier's works likewise bring forth concepts that...
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Between the clichĂŠs of a love story and a fairytale, the film âShrekâ through the feminist lens shows defiance against male patriarchy, female weakness and self-acceptance issues through Fiona as the storyline follows. Despite Shrekâs wishes to not follow a fairy tale type of storyline let alone any type, he as an ogre falls in love with Fiona unbeknownst that...
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Ever since the dawn of every familyâs favorite franchise, Disney, young girls everywhere have had their minds contorted into believing they should portray a certain kind of woman and to never dare break the glass-ceiling. Right from the get go with the studios first feature film, âSnow White and the Seven Dwarfsâ (1937), by using a doolally doe-eyed sweetheart relevant...
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Science fiction texts effectively utilize a variety of textual forms and features to explore fictional futures, which cooperate to develop a commentary on the present. âGattacaâ (1997), produced by Andrew Niccol, and âMovementâ (2011), by Nancy Fulda, are two texts that reveal the ongoing rivalry between Earthâs creator, God, and the evolvement of scientific technology. However, as a consequence of...
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Introduction The Walt Disney Company, a titan of the entertainment industry, has profoundly influenced children's perceptions of the world for nearly a century. As a dominant force in children's media, Disney's animated films, television shows, and theme parks are cultural artifacts that shape young audiences' understanding of various social, cultural, and moral narratives. Disney's portrayal of fantastical worlds and characters...
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If you were to ask a little girl what she wants to be when she grows up, she is likely to say one of her dreams is to be a princess. Now this is not the princess you see in the Royal family; it is a Disney princess. A Disney princess is a slim physique, beautiful figure. From a young...
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