Eve 's Bayou Movie Review

Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain. The summer I killed my father, I was ten years old. My brother, Poe, was ten and my sister, Cisely had just turned fourteen." At its heart, Eve's Bayou is about memory and how it influences our perception of events of the past and our future actions. Eve’s Bayou is a gothic African American melodrama set in the bayous of Louisiana. Most of the characters are of a racially mixed heritage, though they live as African Americans. This film has too many subjects and

Mary Orr’s “The Wisdom of Eve” is a short, but very unpredictable story about a new life for Eve Harrington and about the individual she is perceived to be by her appearance however, the true identity of Eve that is hidden within is projected throughout the story. The narrator of this story opens up with “I shall call her Eve Harrington because this is not her name, though the Eve part of the alias is not unapt, considering the original’s snaky activities in a once-peaceful garden” (Orr 284). Eve Harrington made her way to stardom but in a very unusual way. Eve Harrington’s “idol” Margola Cranston and Cranston’s closes friend who narrates the story are of the few people who fell for Eve’s manipulative ways. Eve is describe an awkward and unappealing

The “fear” of women is one of the novel’s most central features. As most of the male patients in the novel have been damaged by relationships with overpowering women. The hospital, run by women, treats only male patients, showing how women have the ability to emasculate even the most masculine of men. The narrator of the novel, Chief Bromden, witnesses the

Then, we have Robin Stokes, who is a young, beautiful woman but is simultaneously insecure and anxious and looks for her self-confidence through men who abuse her financially, sexually, and emotionally. Her relationship with her family creates another burden her, as her father has Alzheimer’s and her mother is the only one who wants to take care of him. Eventually, they have no choice but to admit him to a nursing home, but it is a decision that is hard for the both of them. Her relationship with men is also a tumultuous one, in which she has an affair with a man named Russell, and even though she finds out he is married to another man, her good sense is pushed away by her attraction for him.

In Rear Window, Hitchcock uses visuals in order to capture the perfect cinematic film and experience. We as the viewers identify with Jeff because much like how he is watching his neighbors, we are also speculating his life as a film. Our hero, L.B. Jeffries or “Jeff”, out of boredom creates an outdoor theater for himself by spying on his the people outside his window. Hitchcock uses “murder-as-entertainment” and the idea of watching a cinematic film as ways to captivate the viewers and make us subconsciously take part in intruding on someone else’s life. Hitchcock then punishes Jeff and the viewers for being “peeping toms” and casting our unwanted voyeurism on other people’s private lives. Through fear and embarrassment, Hitchcock puts our actions into perspective as we become self-conscious of our indecent objectification toward human lives.

Ever since the age of three, Claireece Precious Jones suffered from sexual abuse from her father. Her mother knew about her husband raping her daughter be did nothing to stop and save her daughter from this man. Rather than taking out her anger on her husband she beats Precious until she is black and blue and accuses her for stealing her man. After the only man in their life leaves, the abuse does not stop it gets worse. Her mother begins to sexually abuse Precious as well and forces her to perform sexual acts on her.

In The Awakening, Edna Pontellier a wife and mother of two was at first very uptight and obedient as was the way of American culture. She was clearly unhappy, but diligently fulfilled worked toward fulfilling her role of a ‘mother-woman’. As a result of her husband’s absence due to his preoccupation with work, Edna spent most of her time adapting to Creole customs that she picked up from Adele Ratignolle, a woman who was admired for being the epitome of a ‘mother-woman’. Edna even engaged in an innocent romance with a character named Robert whom she later fell in love with. During the family’s summer vacation Edna experienced an ‘awakening’, she ignored the existence of her children and frolicked with the chivalric men of the town whom she shared physical attractions with. The shared companionship between Edna and Robert stirs up emotions she had never felt with her husband. She even started to take up her past time of painting as she had enjoyed during her youth, and often relived memories of her joyful youth experiences. Edna’s husband noticed a shift in her attitude and distance, and sought advice from Dr. Mandelet. The doctor instructed Mr. Pontellier to let his wife’s defiance play its course and she would come back around. He does as instructed, but her antics only became more severe.

In both stories “Girl” and “Story of an hour” there is use of gender that describes a typically unfair direction of the role of a women, yet the use of gender is describe differently. The use of gender in the “Story of an hour” is mainly about how the wife of a husband who dies in the train crash is going to deal with life without her husband and if she will be able to handle it emotionally. While the story “Girl” deals with a mom that tells her daughter to be well mannered fit in socially with society. The role of women in both stories is to be well mannered and considerate with high standards of behavior. For instance, in the story the women tell the daughter “ on Sunday try to a walk like a lady” (123). A lady is what the mom wants her to become because she is afraid of her becoming unfit for society. Ladies are expected to be very polite and speak in good manners in order to fit the ideal women. In the “Story of an Hour” there is a specific way her family wants her to handle her husband death. The facts Mrs. Malland was told about the tragedy at a certain times makes me believe that writer wants us to believe that women have harder time dealing with her marriage life.

Ellen Montgomery is a young girl who lives a happy life with her devoutly Christian parents. She discovers that her mother is ill and must go to Europe with Ellen’s father. Ellen then travels with strangers to live with a distant aunt. The strangers are cruel to Ellen, and she tries to escape. An old man sees Ellen crying and teaches her about God. Ellen decides to be more devout, like her mother. She reaches Thirwall, where a man called Mr. Van Brunt takes her to the home of her aunt, Fortune Emerson. Fortune treats Ellen badly and will not let her go to school. Ellen finds solace in Mr. Van Brunt and other neighbors. One day, Ellen discovers that her aunt withheld a letter from her mother, and she runs away crying. She meets Alice Humphreys,

Eve’s Bayou (1997) is a drama set in Louisiana and follows the narrative of a young girl named Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) who becomes aware of her father, Louis Batiste’s (Samuel L. Jackson) questionable actions and the toll it has on her entire family. The film is classified as a Southern Gothic due to its dramatic, dark, and somewhat mysterious tone and inclusion of supernatural elements. The supernatural aspect of Eve’s Bayou is addressed through voodoo. Southern films usually have a religious characteristic involved and in Eve’s Bayou, voodoo is the religion. Voodoo develops the plot, accentuates the theme of family and also enhances the Southern Gothic authenticity by blurring the lines between what is true and what is false.

While visiting his mom in the hospital, Russell is overcome by the tragic reality of the present, of the ability that life possesses to inflict much cruelty. During his early infrequent visits, he attempts to divert his mother 's senility and return her to the present. Hence, when he sits with her in a hospital, surrounded by the stench of illness, he relates much better to her situation and wonders where his fierce and confident mom vanished. So forth, it is in this whitewashed facility that it dawns on him that in essence, his mom had lost her happiness way before her mind had wandered and it irks him that he had not perceived that. Ironically, his mother, who is sitting in the same environment of doom, is oblivious to her bleak surroundings and is able to return to a place of serenity; her glorious past with wonderful memories. In contrast, Tillie Olsen sets a scene of a mother ironing in a warm and cozy environment with the happy banter of children in the backdrop. Thus, She portrays an image of a loving and prosperous rearing, of offspring. Yet, the opposite holds true and the same kid that is raised in this wonderful environment was not protected in her early years. In fact, Emily did not always have a stable home with parents who were available to her. In addition, the time frame of post depression and war era entwine the two stories. Both occurrences illustrate the harsh times that both

One morning, Mattie finds out that her friend Pollie died of a mysterious fever. Soon after, Mattie’s mother became gravely ill and forced Mattie and her grandfather out of the country to ensure they don't catch the disease. However, on their ride out of town they were suspected of having fever, so officer dropped them off on the side of the road. After their walk home began Mattie became ill and fainted. Shewoke up at a hospital in Bush Hill and as soon as she recovered they returned home. But Mattie discovered that her mother was nowhere to be found. That night robbers broke into Mattie’s home and killed her grandfather. Now all on her own, Mattie set off on a journey to find food. She soon finds an orphaned girl named Nell who becomes

The story has two key characters, Mrs. Hax, a seasoned caregiver and Mr.Bethge her patient. The story largely revolves around Mr. Bethge and his mistreatment at the hands of Mrs.Hax. He often wets the bed, has trouble remembering important details and sudden burst of confusion. Mrs.Hax’s general reaction is to shame the man for his behaviour, she often blames him for wetting the bed and forgetting things. The two frequently have power struggles between each other as they both fight for dominance, verbal conflict seem to be a staple of their

William lived with his wife, and one day he received a phone call from his mom telling him that his father has cancer so finally he went back to see him. His mother thought Edward and William were not going to talk again, but they started talking fine, like story-tellers, father speaks his out, and son writes his down as a journalist he is. They all set together on the table eating dinner, but Edward and William didn’t talk a lot, it was just Josephine and William’s mother talking. After that, Edward was asleep when Josephine (William’s wife) came to the father’s room and asked him to share the story of how he and his wife were married.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan, and is based on the novel by Harper Lee of the same name. The film stars Gregory Peck (Atticus Finch), Mary Badham (Scout Finch), Phillip Alford (Jem), John Megna (Dill), Robert Duvall (Boo Radley), and Brock Peters (Tom Robinson). To start the film a woman is narrating her childhood in Macomb, Alabama that was "a tired old town even in 1932." She (Scout) recalls that she was six years old that summer. Scout and her brother Jem are fascinated by the neighbors a few door down, particularly Boo Radley, which they share with Dill, a boy visiting town for the summer. The primary plot line for Scout, Jem, and Dill revolves around Boo Radley.