Billy Elliot Transition Essay

Billy is a handsome, young sailor, new to the ship and eager to impress. Billy becomes very popular with the crew. When seeing Billy accepted by the crew it reminds him of the their dislike for him and he becomes jealous. The Dankster’s conversation with Claggart also shows his fear that he will lose the power he held from the fear of others

Sunset Boulevard (Wilder 1950) explores the intermingling of public and private realms, puncturing the illusion of the former and unveiling the grim and often disturbing reality of the latter. By delving into the personal delusions of its characters and showing the devastation caused by disrupting those fantasies, the film provides not only a commentary on the industry of which it is a product but also a shared anxiety about the corrupting influence of external perception. Narrated by a dead man, centering on a recluse tortured by her own former stardom, and concerning a once-promising director who refuses to believe his greatest star could ever be forgotten, the work dissects a multitude of illusory folds to reveal an ultimately

     Ernest Hemingway's "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot" ultimately leaves us with a paradox. From its opening line, the story defines the marriage of Hubert and Cornelia as a marriage of failure: failure to conceive a child, failure to communicate, failure to have good sex. Indeed, the story's opening image seems the perfect metaphor for the marriage as a whole: "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot tried very hard to have a baby. They tried as often as Mrs. Elliot could stand it" (161). The Elliots' marriage is one of unfulfilled desires-of trying as much as one "can stand it", but never achieving success. Nevertheless the story's final line asserts, "they were all quite happy." How can we reconcile the failures of

Individuals venturing into new transitions could confront obstacles but may also gain significant rewards. Barriers often obstruct the achievement of goals which bring about growth and change within oneself and their surroundings. Billy Elliot is a film set in an English town of Evirngton, England during the 1985 mining strikes. The film depicts a young boy facing the challenge of overcoming traditional gender stereotypes to pursue his love for ballet. Billy faces extreme adversity from his family and community that hold traditional values and beliefs. The process of transitioning into a new phase of life may be confronting but ultimately lead to new understandings of self and others. Stephen Aldry’s Billy Elliot film epitomizes this idea as Billy tries to pursue his passion for dancing in 1980’s England. The obstacles he faces throughout his transition shape his journey throughout the text. Similarly, Clint Eastwood’s novel ‘American sniper’ explores how transitions can shape an individual and their relationships with others around them, Where Kyle returns from his first deployment and reunites with Taya Kyle. Taya immediately notices that her husband has changed, war has made him moodier and angrier. Yet this transition is yet to be complete.

Moments in Billy's life change instantaneously, not giving Billy a clue to where he will end up next. In one moment, he is sitting in his home typing a letter to the local newspaper about his experience with the Tralfamadorians, and in the next he is a lost soldier of World War II running around behind German lines aimlessly without a coat or proper shoes. He then became a child being thrown into a pool by his father and afterwards a forty-one year old man visiting his mother in an old people's home. In the novel, changes in time are made through transitional statements such as, "Billy traveled in time, opened his eyes, found himself staring into the glass eyes of a jade green mechanical owl." p.56 In the movie there is no such thing and different moments in Billy's life happen instantaneously. Because scenes are continuous as times change, the movie better displays the author's attempt to capture in the notion of being "unstuck in time." On the other hand, the novel does help the audience follow these time changes better by setting it up for the next scene, offering a background of Billy's experiences before they begin through these transitional statements.

This is explored in ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ through the repetition, first person perspective and vivid imagery of “Back and forth, back and forth, I watched her dirty nails scratch off flakes of skin” to reflect the tragic impact that has eradicated the consciousness of the mother. The quote clearly reveals the negative impacts on an individual through the process of transition. The mother is seen nervously taking part socialising with Tom, indicating the slow process of mental development. The provocative image enhances an emotional response of disgust and discomfort in the audience as they are passively involved with the rapid transition of mother. In comparison to the film “The Shawshank Redemption”, viewers are guided through Brooks’ transition with the use of narration demonstrating his struggle and suffering. The camera zooms in closely to Brooks’ face to reveal his discomfort and anxiety towards the new environment that he was exposed to. His hand is tightly clenched onto the rail of the bus, further emphasising his concern on moving out into the world. This scene is followed by a low angle of the buildings empowering Brooks, symbolising the world's control over him. The composer uses these physical behavioural aspect of the scene to create awareness of the pain and

hands. When Billy does this, it gives us a feeling that his Nan is in

“In a world where we are forced to conform to society, it is necessary to have personal chaos”, said Alan Armstrong. The movie Edward Scissorhands spotlights society’s structured rules and one man who refuses to be like the rest. Edward and I are comparable in the sense that we’ve both suffered conformity, been swallowed for our diversity and shocked by the intensity of love.

Love is anonymous. It is superior to everything that matters. Love is a test, that sometimes can be failed, or sometimes can be worth those one- hundred points. Love is messy, and unorganized, it spills over the edges of everyones life. When love is controlled, it is complicated to figure out how to deal with it. It can have a good or bad ending. Confusion can occur when the love is tampered with. It can be saved with re-uniting of the love, and then living a happy ending. Many love connections are effected somehow either that person doing it to themselves, or someone else who mixes the love relationships up . Confusion within the love can cause misconception and turn into a disaster amongst each other. In Midsummer Nights Dream by

Billy Elliot explores the concept of identity and how it can shaped and changed through life experiences. It tells the story of an 11-year-old boy named Billy, and his father, Jackie, amidst a mining strike in a town in Northern England during the mid-1980s. Billy creates his personal identity through dance as it is a means of expressing himself. In Billy’s world, strict stereotypes dealing with gender and sexual identity are enforced, which created not only an internal personal battle for Billy, but also an external conflict between him and his family. As a result, he was ashamed of and forced to hide his talent and passion for dance, shown in the quote, “I feel like a right sissy”. The song “Town called Malice” was played in Billy’s main

Another cognition maturity that adolescents reach is the development of adolescent egocentrism—the distorted feeling that one’s own action is the centre of everything. In the movie, Billy showed this distorted feeling. He wants to proof to everyone that he can do anything that an adult is able to do. For example, he wants to steer the bout and explore the world by himself.

Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry, details the life of an 11-year-old working-class boy who is caught up in the poverty and violence of North-east England during the 1984 miner’s strikes. After a local ballet teacher discovers Billy’s raw talent for dancing, Billy decides he wants to be a ballet dancer. Billy had to overcome many obstacles in order to follow his new found dream. Two of these were family traditions and expectations, and social class. Billy also received help to overcome many obstacles, this help came from Mrs Wilkinson.

“This scene not only expresses Billy’s rage, it visually represents his childhood. Billy is blocked by barriers of gender, class, and

The film, Billy Elliot directed by Stephen Daldry, is a classic film but it tells a story that is still relevant today. The story follows an adolescent boy, Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) who lives in a time where he must break societies expectations to fulfil his dreams of becoming a male ballet dancer. Living in Everington, Country Durham during the 1984 miner strike, not only must Billy overcome gender stereotypes but also the stigma around class that he faces as a boy from a working-class family. The struggles he has cause a lot of tension throughout the film and one moment of significant tension in the film is when Ms Wilkinson (Julie Walters) visits the Elliot’s house after Billy misses his audition for the Royal School of Ballet. The tension between Tony Elliot

The accomplishment of self-expression is an apprehensive experience that will bring forth a sense of contentment from the obtainment of a personal reward. The revelation of an individuals true identity is a daunting act without a sense of support but when succeeded it will bring a return that is untouchable. This is evident midway through the film ‘Billy Elliot’ in the character Michael when he comfortably dresses up in female clothing in front of Billy only. Daldry’s uses mise en scene to highlight to the audience Michael’s casualness with his surrounding and him self. The use of the mirror is purposeful for its reflection of whats on the other side and in the framing it foreshadows the real Michael within the mirror. It further symbolises