Analysis Of The Movie ' Copycat '

Separate but equal. A phrase that kept many African American citizens separated from white Americans for an extensive amount of time. While the phrase may sound like it could potentially be a good thing for African Americans separate was never equal. In the movie Separate but Equal, what originally started out as a request to the school board in South Carolina from one of the African American schools turned into one of the biggest court cases in the United States history known as Brown V. the Board of Education. This court case eventually led to the fair treatment of all African Americans over ruling the previous court case Plessey V. Ferguson which established the grounds of segregation under Separate but equal.

For my paper I have chosen to analyze the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird.” This movie is based on the novel – by the same name – written by Harper Lee. The story has two major plotlines. One follows Jem, Scout, and Dill as they try to uncover the secretes behind the infamous “Boo” Radley. It’s only at the end of the movie that we learn “Boo’s” real name to be Arthur, and that we discover he actually tries to protect people, as he saved Jem and Scout’s lives. The other major plotline, and the one more relevant to this class, follows Atticus Finch, Jem and Scout’s father, as he tries to represent Tom Robinson. Mr. Robinson is an African American man who has been charged with raping Mayella Ewell. The movie then follows both the trial and the

Divorce is common in the United States; remarriage is just as common. As a result many marriages result in a blended family. A family in which both of the parents have children from previous marriages. Often the blended family shares a permanent residence. Clair Cartwright and Kerry Gibson state in their 2013 report, The effects of co-parenting relationships with ex-spouses on couples in step-families, that in the United States in 2008, around 9% of households and around 12% of cohabiting households were blended families ( Teachman & Tedrow, 2008). A blended family is an excellent place to observe symbolic interaction theory.

The film Finding Forrester is about a young boy, Jamal Wallace. He is very educated, and has a gift for writing. Jamal meets a famous writer William Forrester, who wrote a book. Jamul is reading his book in class, and Forrester teaches Jamul how to find himself in writing. Through this, Jamul grows into a good writer. Forrester teaches Jamul it does not matter where you come from, if you are intelligent, take advantage of that great talent. Jamul takes advantage of Mr. Forrester’s writing and takes that to his advantage.

She wanted to be a role model for her children and at the same time, she wanted to become friend with them. Helen valued education, and she wanted Julie to go to college and have a successful life. However, after she found out that Julie had secretly being together with Tod, the poor, unambitious man. She was disappointed, betrayed, sad. Julie moved out of Helen’s home. Later, when Helen found out that Julie and her husband Tod had nowhere to live, she let them move in with her. She is a permissive parent, yet, she cares about her children, provides them as much support as she can. Helen stayed calm when Gary told her he wanted to live with his dad for a while. I can see her heart was bleeding when she heard her son’s words. She gave Gary his father’s phone number anyway, and Gary talked to his dad over the phone and figured out the cruel fact that his dad didn’t care for them anymore. Helen wanted to comfort Gary but he refused to talk. I felt Helen’s guilt and desperation at that moment. After she broke into Gary’s room and found out that Gary was carrying the bag that contains pornography, she immediately asked Tod’s help to talk to Gary. She had a chance to talk to Tod and had learned that Tod came from a broken family. She had a better idea of who Tod was and his help to Gary gained Helen’s respect. Helen supported Tod and helped her daughter Julie overcame the tough situation in marriage. Helen

In conclusion, Helen had gone through a lot of difficulties after her husband's death. She no doubt was confused herself and couldn’t take step at right time. Helen shows in the beginning that she really care about her children but later on she ignores them and always used to think about Cal. She always

The client is a 26 year old, single, male, African American. He is an active duty ship’s serviceman seaman serving in the United States Navy, aboard the USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3). Seaman (SN) Fisher is residing on board the USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) that is permanently stationed at San Diego Naval Base, 32nd Street in California. SN Fisher was given orders to report to Navy Mental Health Services Department on base as Involuntary Command Referral for diagnosis and treatments, to get an evaluation and expert psychiatric recommendation about whether the service member is mentally fit to stay in the United States Navy. SN Fisher is unwilling to begin counseling,

In the article, The Psychological Difference Between Male and Female Serial Killers by

After taking a college class that analyzes strategy, it has opened my eyes to the true virtues of people. My project was to contrast the strategies used by two documentary directors; Joshua Fox and Phelim McAleer. Fox directed Gasland and McAleer directed FrackNation. Reading Think Like A Freak by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, it was interesting to watch how both directors thought like freaks in their documentaries but it in polar opposite ways. Also, studying from the book of Strategy by Lawrence Freedman, I took the approach of Satan verses God while comparing the strategies used. FrackNation was a response documentary to Fox’s film, in other words, McAleer attempted to disprove all of Fox’s claims and to have fracking looked at in a better light. Studying many forms and interpretations of strategy, I was successfully able to discover the underlying meanings of the perspectives and motives of the two documentary directors.

The Conformist Textual Analysis (1:28:30) to (1:33:30) The Conformist, a 1970 Italian Drama set in 1930’s fascist italy, is a story of a man who conforms to his society and caves to peer pressure. It was directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, and filmed in locations across Italy and France, with a runtime of 1 hour 53 minutes. In this analysis I will be discussing the use of mise en scene, shot types, and color in relation to fascist Italy and the cultures that developed along with it, as well as the influence on Marcello throughout the film. In The Conformist, Marcello, a cowardly man who wishes to be normal, is hired to assassinate his former professor, an anti-fascist. Marcello agrees to the orders in order to make up for his mistakes he has

While reading about insanity defense cases, a particular movie came to mind. “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest,” was a movie about a guy who knew he was going to spend a lot of time in prison but found out that if you plead guilty by insanity, than he would end up going to a hospital instead of prison. Now, the guy wasn’t insane yet while being locked up he did many things to make people think he was insane, like eat cockroaches. Eventually, he got what he wanted and was transferred to a mental institution where he did end up going insane. The question that came to mind after reading this section, was “how sure can one be that someone is insane?” Can a criminal actually avoid prison, if they do enough to make somebody believe they are insane?

Most of the movie is taken in Joel’s mind or his memory removal process. Starting from his nearest memory that they broke up till his last remaining memory of Clementine that they first met at a beach. I think the most possible reason the movie is called Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind is referring to the deepest memory (or say, soul) survived and reserved in their both minds that brought them back to the beach and met each other again. This title quotes entirely from Alexander Pope’s poem which know as describing a very contradictory mood from the unattainable love. So does it, the movie shows Joel wants to remove all memory of Clementine while he still loves her, but then during the process he changes mind and want to try his best to keep these memory which is the “spotless mind”. In my mind, the soul theory is the personal identity that the movie most engage. According to the soul theory, to have a same identical, it’s not necessary to have a same memory, but it’s necessary and sufficient to have the same soul. In the movie, though Joel erased his memory, he still has his soul which makes him fall in love with Clementine again, even in theory he can never love her then. On the other hand, this movie seems to intensely against Loke’s memory theory that sharing a memory of an experience is necessary and sufficient to be a same person. And I think the movie also presents its own personal identity that for one person to be identical to the other person, they should have

Fight Club is a psychoanalytical film that addresses the themes of identification, freedom and violence. It acknowledges Freud’s principle which stresses that human behavior is the result of psychological conflicting forces and in order to analyze these forces, there needs to be a way of tapping into peoples minds. The narrator tells his personal journey of self-discovery through his alter ego and his schizophrenic experiences. The movie is told through a sequence of events is told through a flashback that starts with insomnia. Jack starts attending support groups for testicular cancer survivors that let him release his emotions and can finally is able to sleep at night. Although he

How Miyazaki persuades his audience to accept his idea on a new relationship between humanity and nature has not been fully explored and appreciated. The social impact and the religious elements of ‘My Neighbor Totoro ' made it one of the most important films establishing Hayao Miyazaki’s name and reputation in the film industry, both in Japan and worldwide. What makes this film famous and powerful is not only the magical, mysterious world or the adorable character that Miyazaki creates, but also the film’s persuasive way of delivering an unusual message on the three-layered relationship between humans and nature. How Miyazaki makes his audience feel connected with the characters starts with a comparison between Miyazaki’s early childhood and the story of the film. Miyazaki uses his childhood memories and his careful observation of others to create a realistic and believable world. Then, with a selected scene of the girls meeting Susuwatari, a black creature in the old empty house, I want to illustrate that Miyazaki’s use of a familiar fear from many people’s childhood introduces the audience to a magical and unknown world, but also makes the audience feel the world is familiar and acceptable. The sacredness of nature is presented through a comparison between Japanese religions and ritual practices and the symbols in the film. This section focuses first on the analysis of selected scenes that depict the sacred qualities of nature: Susuwatari’s flight to the moon after the

Helen has a need to find out what happen in her past with her relationship with her mother. Helen feels she