Escaping The Eurocentric Train : Film Analysis

The Frontline film Separate and Unequal discussed about creating a new school system; however, there are opposition by others who wants to maintain the current school system. If we look at the perspectives of the two groups, it is understandable in why there is support and opposition from the people of the city. The supporters of the new system wants a system that can provide better opportunities for their children without any violence. As the film claimed “the school was not teaching and were only babysitting the children”, which was likely a reason why there was a need for a new school system. With the chaotic and uncontrollable situation in the current system, many supporters have push forward the idea of a new system in a new city. From

A League of Their Own (Marshall, 1992) explicitly characterizes an American era when a woman’s place was in the home. Even our modern perspective implicitly follows suit. Although women have gained rights and freedoms since the 1930’s, sexism remains prevalent in America. This film offers an illustration when men went to war and big business men utilized women as temporary replacements in factories, sports, and so on. Here, course concepts, such as gender socialization, gender expressions, role stereotypes, emotion expressions, and language, correspond to the film’s characters and themes.

1. Why do you think so many people are diagnosed with mental illness in the criminal justice system? Why do you think so many offenders in the criminal justice system suffer from mental illness?

The documented history of the incident which occurred at Rosewood, Florida in January 1923 is a group of recollections from a few of Rosewood survivors, new stories and/or coverage. Racial violence in the nation before the events of Rosewood happened. Because of the racial tension during and after the war, many blacks migrated from the south. Florida’s government soon supported black leaving the South. “…proposed Congress purchase territory, either foreign or domestic, and transport black such regions where they could live separate lives and govern themselves” pg 4.

development of the plot. It comes down to the point where a self-respected-man like himself

During the end of the 3rd Century, the Playwright Plautus wrote many of the first Roman comedies. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical comedy film adaptation of Plautus's comedies.Set in ancient Rome, many aspects of Roman theatre, including stock characters, were included in the film’s production. While the film is based off of multiple comedies, Plautus's Pseudolus character Calidorus is nearly identical to the film’s Hero. During the time Pseudolus was written, the Crisis of the Third Century led to up to 25% of Roman population being comprised of slaves(Southern). Of the many stock characters Platus included in his comedies, Calidorus/Hero, the son of Pseudolus’s owner and the stock character adulescens, best

The plot structure not only forces people to reevaluate their views on capitalism, the American Dream, and opportunity itself, but furthermore advocates social change. The book implicitly suggests communist ideals through the characters of Tom and Casey. Casey, in his questioning of Christian dogma, begins to reevaluate equality, in the terminology of what is holy.

The snowstorm that prompts the narrative event is described in a typically romantic way, using lively diction that glorifies blizzard. References to Asian architecture and the leaning tower of Pisa coincide with the romantic near-obsession with ancient civilizations. The evocative imagery of the ancient buildings and exotic cultures coincides also with the striking natural imagery that is characteristic of romantic poetry. In

The film analyzed in this paper, "Aladdin" is set in an Arab culture following the life of a street rat, Aladdin and his pursuit to marry the royal princess Jasmine. This paper will examine elements in the film such as culture and social class through different sociological perspectives. These will include conflict theory, the functionalist perspective and symbolic interactionism. It will also explore Cooley 's look glass self theory and how Aladdin 's negative self concept affects his actions. Lastly, it will view through the feminist theory how Jasmine and women are portrayed and other stereotypes and discrimination in the film.

Since the Great War, America has always been accused of theft especially theft of land from Mexico. During the great wars, the United States of America sent troops to the southwest into the Mexican land. During the war, the Mexicans were forced down to the south (Greenberg & Shaffer, 2012). The American troops settled there and after the war, all the land remained the property of America. After the war, some portion of Mexico was given back to the Mexicans and the misplaced Mexican citizens were forced to change citizenship and became Americans. What we always try to find out is whether the American grabbed the land from Mexico or are the Mexicans comfortable staying in the United States of America.

slowly corrupted by the men around him, turning him into a machine. It tells the story of a world as

Closely Watched Trains was directed by Jiří Menzel in Czechoslovakia in 1966. Telling the story of a boy who obtains a job at the local railroad stop as a station guard, the movie shows the experience of Milos as he explores sexuality and growing up.The film shows Milos before he gains his “manhood” as weak, unintelligent, and isolated from the other men. Using techniques such as cross cutting and low angles, the director is able to show how after losing his virginity, Milos’ is no longer foolish and innocent and his newfound “manhood” causes him to have the qualities that parallel what is respected by the Soviet community, such as intelligence and confidence allowing him to blow up a Nazi train and become a hero.

The movie, “Snowpiercer” directed by Bong Joon-Ho is about economic inequality. Bong’s inequality is shown by the use of religion in order to control the social structure. In the movie, Snowpiercer, Malory Nye’s theory about power is shown through the character development of Wilford since, he controls the fate of all the passengers on the train. John Beattie’s theory about Instrumental/Expressive acts is represented by the small children’s from the tail-section, the children are represented as instrumental acts since they are used to keep the engine running, everyday. The theory Habitus, by the theorist Pierre Bourdieu is explained in the entire movie, the sections in each train represent social class, the end tail being poor and the front

What were Edwin S. Porter's significant contributions to the development of early narrative film? In what sense did Porter build upon the innovations of contemporaneous filmmakers, and for what purposes?

Trainspotting presents an ostensible image of fractured society. The 1996 film opens, famously, with a series of postulated choices—variables, essentially, in the delineation of identity and opposition. Significant here is the tone in which these options are delivered—it might be considered the rhetorical voice of society, a playful exposition of the pressure placed on individuals to make the "correct" choices, to conform to expectation.