500 Days of Summer Essay

In fact, it is told through its main protagonist Tom's (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) perspective. The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey grew up believing that he'd never truly be happy until the day he met "the one." His belief originated from early exposure to sad British pop music and a total misinterpretation of the movie The Graduate. The girl, Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel) of Shinnecock, Michigan did not share this belief since the collapse of her parents' marriage. In referring to the main title the five hundred days is about how long Tom's life is spent with a girl named Summer. This movie doesn't play out chronologically, but instead jumps back and forth through time using flash back (Giannetti & Leach 2008, p.48). In depicting the relationships struggles faced by Tom , (500) Days of Summer addresses the main theme dealing with those small but significant moments between two people and taking a risk at love when uncertainty remains. Moments that can make someone wonder if the other person was feeling the same thing or if it was only an illusion. This is a different kind of love story but, not told in a conventional way about how our romantic

But then what happens when the relationship runs out of steam? Then you just have two people who really aren’t that compatible. In (500) Days of Summer that is exactly what happened. Tom is completely oblivious to it and instead Summer is forced to be the voice of reason. Summer is pictured as

Moving forward tom and summer had a lot of conflicts during their relationship. Tom had an issue with summer committing to him, and where they stand in their relationship. Overall commitment was the main issue. Summer just wanted to be friends and tom wanted more. For instance’s on day 118 tom is at a game, and he says what he should do in regards of asking what is their relationship status to summer. On the other hand summer shows not much of emotion to tom and keeps him confused throughout their relationship. Tom and summer could manage their conflicts by talking about the real issue of their relationship verses going through the emotions and not having an

Have you ever been betrayed by someone that you trusted? “The Summer People”, a fairy tale short story written by the author Kelly Link, portrayed the characters in a way that be can be greatly related. Throughout the story, she used several literary elements, such as symbols, allusions, and dictions to help the readers to understand the moral of the story. The main character, Fran, was bonded with the faith to be the caretaker of the summer people, and there is no possible way that she can escape from them. Despite the kindness of her friend, Ophelia, Fran decided to use her to gain freedom from the summer people. Ophelia has always been truthful to Fran, even though Fran bullies her during the beginning of the story. At the end, Ophelia was betrayed by Fran and forced to take over her responsibilities of the summer people. In an e-mail interview conducted by Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts with Kelly Link by the editor, Brian Attebery, explained the style of her writing. Link stated, “The primary goals of fiction — whether it’s fantasy or realism or whatever — are to entertain, to raise or answer question, to unsettle or to comfort, to communicate. The tool set changes. The goal varies too, and that’s independent of genre” (qtd. In Attebery 414). The statement from Link gives the readers that why she decided to write stories like The Summer People, which can be greatly related to realism, because it’s important to understand thing aren’t always going to turn

Kids can be  cruel when they are envious as shown in the short story, “All Summer In A Day,” by Ray Bradbury. The sun is what makes Margot happy, and when that gets taken away from her. In this short story there is several acts of cruelty to Margot by her classmates. These kids live in the planet of Venus, and they haven’t seen the sun in seven years, except for Margot. The kids are only nine years old so they haven’t seen the sun since they were two years old, but Margot moved there from Earth when she was four and she remembers the sun and that makes the other kids envious. In the beginning of the story it is the day that the sun is supposed to come out for the first time in seven years! The kids were skeptical except for Margot because she wanted to see it so bad. The kids were starting to prepare for the sun to come out but they were sitting inside waiting. While they were waiting the kids decided to lock Margot in a closet and not let her out. When the sun came out all the kids ran outside to play in the sun that felt so warm and nice on their skin, except for Margot, who was sitting inside in the dark closet. When the kids came back inside they felt sorry for leaving Margot in there. Envy can lead people to commit awful acts and cause shame as demonstrated throughout the character's actions in, “All Summer In A Day.”

The short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury illustrates the idea that jealousy can make people do unreasonable things. The children in her class argue with her constantly. This occurs especially when she tells the class what she remembers about the sun. Other readers have a different look on the story; they believe the story is about bullying. They think this because of their actions toward Margot. The evidence people have to show the theme was bullying can be viewed with many perspectives. Nonetheless, it fits with jealousy can make people do unreasonable things best. People are likely jealous if they do something horrible to someone.

“All Summer in a Day” has three main parts to it, before the sun appears, during the sun's appearance, and after the sun goes away. “The plot of a story consists of the events that occur during the course of that story and the way in which they are presented to the reader. Aristotle posited that plots must have a beginning, middle, and end, and that each event in the plot causes the next event to happen” (Literary Devices, 1). Bradbury demonstrates the use of plot effectively. Bradbury uses a distinct beginning, middle, and end which cause the sequence of events that take place.

The book that I am currently reading is titled, That Summer by Sarah Dessen. While, I am reading I noticed I happen to remember events that happen. That’s why I excel in AR tests and get a large amount of points by the end of the year. I also seem to read a lot during my free time besides being on social media. Picking up a book and just reading for a while seems to just relax me and helps me get away from being on the Internet so much. I happen to read for hours at a time, when I do pick up a book. Another thing I can do well is, getting to know my characters. When reading, I connect with the characters on a deeper level. For example, let’s say one of the main character’s family member dies, I will start tearing up and get emotional. I feel like I have known the characters for a long time just because I am along on the journey with them. It feels like I am physically in the story and going through the things with them. I also happen to know complex vocabulary words through how much I read. I use the words that I have learned from reading and use it in my writing.

but in time they began to see and remember the beauty in one another- the

He cares deeply about romance and finding “the one”. However, he still has fantasies and desires that he projects onto Summer. He may view and treat Summer like the most important person in the world but maybe it’s just because that’s how he views her. There are a few other women he interacts with in the movie and I think his interactions with them are what really caught my attention. The first woman is his little sister, Rachael. He goes to her when needs to talk about his real feelings for Summer. Men have a hard time expressing their feelings, especially in relationships because they don’t want to be views as a “wussy” or “emotional” which carries a feminine connotation. Author, Victor J Jeleniewski Seidler talks about men’s difficulty with being emotionally available in relationships. Seidler believes if men need to express emotions, in a nonviolent way, they do it on their own term and with someone who they are comfortable with so they don’t appear weak. (Seidler, 1997, pp. 173-174). Rachael is definitely that support system for Tom. Rachael appears to be more masculine then Tom. There’s a scene in the movie where Tom is asking Rachael if he should ask Summer to define their relationship. Rachel tells him to just ask her even though she knows he’s afraid he’ll just get an answer he doesn’t want which will only shatter the illusions he has of there relationship now. She then tells him that if she were him, she would ask Summer before she moves on to the next, more manly, guy. Then before running off says “Look, it’s easy, Tom. Just don’t be a pussy.” (Steelberg, "(500) days of Summer") Tom takes this a call to “man up” because in the next scene he does ask Summer. With Rachael being the one to challenge his masculinity, as appose to another guy, was taken and not reacted to in a violent way. I believe, like Seidler said, she is the support system for him so he doesn’t see it as a threat but as a

Some people like to stay in control of their life and avoid any amount of extraordinary risk to protect their self-disclosure. Other people don’t shy away from challenges as they are confident that certain obstacles are nothing more than just another thing standing in their way from living life to the fullest extent. Through personal experience, I’ve realized that personal comfort is nothing more than a variety of fears that limit me from challenging myself.

In the 2009 film (500) Days of Summer, viewers are introduced to a pair of young adults named Summer and Tom. The latter is faced with several relationship experiences and dilemmas when he meets and begins to romantically involve himself with the beautiful, but slightly out of touch, Summer. Although Summer and Tom get along quite well on a level of friendship, their different styles of social cognition and communication, as well as the largely ineffective ways in which they deal with conflict ultimately lead to the dissolution of their intimate, romantic relationship. One of the factors that seriously dictates the success (or rather, the failure) of Tom and Summer’s romantic relationship is the method of communication that both parties choose to use at certain times.

Summer Place wants to expand Diamond Design and Construction, Inc. (Diamond). It is considering a five-year expansion plan in County A located in eastern North Carolina. This expansion would support increased profits and business growth objectives. County A has enacted utility surcharge ordinance to increase economic develop, to recruit professional and skilled workers and to further growth of existing business organizations in the county.

(500) Days of Summer a film directed by Marc Webb is an underrated classic of its time, made in 2009 the film depicts the reality of heartbreak, love, and the clockwork within relationships. Initially, the audience is introduced to the film through narrator’s soothing voice, and begins to set the scene for the forthcoming events. The narrator explains the predicaments in which both our main characters, Summer and Tom, were raised and explicitly reminds us that while the story involves love, it is not a love story. Often as the audience we tend dismiss the simplest ideas and details given to us. However, it is through this film’s diegesis that we are able to identify the importance of the “sum of [the movie’s] parts.” Within (500) Days of Summer,

Webb uses body language to show intimacy. The intimacy between both characters is shown when Tom and Summer are holding hands, almost lovingly, as they race towards the bedroom section of the store. This common action is often naturally done by couples to show they find comfort in each other’s presence. Webb also establishes Tom’s facial expression with close up shots as he stares at Summer (while they both lie on the bed facing towards each other) with an almost love struck expression, signifying as if being with Summer is all he’s ever wanted. Thus portraying how mentally and emotionally enchanted he is with her. These facial expressions reinforce the supposed intimacy in their relationship but later on leave the viewers confused when Summer denies she is looking for anything serious and Tom