Blood Diamond Film Analysis

Making its debut 1982, The Dark Crystal, created and directed by puppeteers Jim Henson and Frank Oz, was a fantasy film that involved intricate puppeteers and animatronics. Aside from The Muppets and Sesame Street, which involves more comedic skits to relay their message to its viewers, The Dark Crystal was a different kind of muppet movie because it used fantasy, fiction and action to tell its story. With this change in Jim Henson’s usual way of story telling, the fantasy aspect of the movie becomes associated with the narrative patterns and functions of Propp. As the story line progresses throughout the film, some of the 31

The Sapphires, directed by Wayne Blair is a 2012 Australian musical comedy-drama based on a true story. The film is written by Keith Thompson and Tony Briggs, staring Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Mailman, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapselland and Chris O'Dowd. The film was based on a true story exploring the themes of family, courage and race identity. Wayne Blair explored these themes by using various techniques throughout the film to have an effect on the audience.

The Solomon character is also a traditional/loyalist figure, as he merely wants to use the diamond to find his family—as well as use it to find a way out of the country. He has traditional values that instill a better way of life (wanting his son to be a doctor) and to rise above the poverty that he and his family must endure under the European military occupation that had destroyed his village. In this manner, the conflict of the story arises from the values that both Danny and Solomon must abide by, which provide a moral question through the journalism that Maddy provides in the story.

There are many characters that display different levels of Grit throughout the course of the movie. However between the father-son relationship, Marlin wins the Grit prize because he proves that it is possible to overcome a traumatic experience and although it was extremely difficult he got to the point where he was able to become vulnerable again. He was real and expressed understandable apprehension in situations that he had no control over. He truly deserves the credit because unlike most of the other characters, he has been through a horrific ordeal. Although it is gradual and with some prodding, Marlin develops the Grit it will take to step outside of his fears and embrace the uncertainty that will come with

Danny and Reuven represent deeply committed friends. Their live intertwine when historical circumstances , religious realities, and their father's differences in child rearing dramatically affect their respective senses of security and happiness.

The dialogue changes throughout the story from a harsh Nazi yelling at prisoners to small delicate girls pretending to be Arabien to save their lives. In the story the author does an excellent job using different dialogue tones to differentiate the characters from one another during their conversations. Syntax: In Night, Elie Wiesel using syntax to show how cruel it was

Recently, rapper Kanye West raised the issue of conflict “blood” diamonds in his song “Diamonds” (featuring Jay-Z). Conflict diamonds — diamonds mined and traded by rebel groups — have been the source of murder and mutilation in the small, west-African country of Sierra Leone. In the song, West voices his own inner conflict with diamonds:

Individual’s identity can be formed through significant events but these events can also change and create a new identity. In the film ‘The sapphires’, Kay is introduced as a victim of the stolen generation which changed her life and her identity as she grew up believing she was white. This is evident in the scene where they show Kay with other girls in her apartment in Melbourne. The use of middle angle shot allows the responder to see Kay being assimilated into the white culture which juxtapose the difference in clothing, where and how they live and the way they speak between Kay and Gail and her sisters. As the film progresses, we notice the change in Kay’s identity as she feels the need to identify herself a black. This use of close up

In the novel Canyons by Gary Paulsen, the author use dialogue to describe how the characters feel and to show upcoming events in the novel. An example is when Greg was talking with his mother and said “yes. He is. I can’t believe what he

The main conflict in the novel is that the main character Henry also known as the youth is scared to go to his first combat battle. He is scared that he would run away and bowed out the fight and also getting killed. He wants his red badge of courage to prove his bravery and also be known as heroic. The “red badge’ is giving when a men gets wounded in battle. It symbolized their courage.

belonging and family, whereas in the outside world they were seen as enemies. As a result, it becomes apparent that minorities from different backgrounds face similar difficulties when trying to assimilate into the American culture. It is through these difficulties that they begin to develop feelings of loneliness, and what can potentially motivate them to go down a path of delinquency, as it is a lot easier than having to face the challenges of trying to adapt to a different culture.

The conflict in the novel is the two philosophies in the Jewish community. The differences between Danny and Reuven are that Danny is more open minded and Reuven is traditional, stubborn, and parochial. Danny

The film starts out as Solomon Vandy and his son, Dia, were on their way home and notices that a group of rebel forces were bound for their town. Many people were killed, some who were lucky got out (including Solomon's family) while some unfortunate ones got captured and made to work in the mines like Solomon. They were made to mine for diamonds, blood diamonds. These gems are used to fund wars throughout the country. While working in the mines, Solomon chanced upon a huge pink diamond. He was caught by the commander of the rebels while he was trying to hide the gem. The government forces then arrived, making

This lecture is a fictionalized creation of J.M .Coetzee, which upholds his belief that, “…a true sense in which writing is dialogic; a matter of awakening counter voices in oneself and embarking on speech with them.” The two central characters in this lecture, namely Elizabeth Costello a middle aged Australian lady novelist and Emmanuel Egudu are therefore the two counter voices in this piece which is both a lecture as

3. Description of the IMF Project to Help Africa Crack Down on Illicit Diamond Trade