Gore Vidal Pros And Cons

She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, directed and produced by Mary Dore, is a film that documents the struggles that women within the United States endure concerning the historical lack of women’s rights. Prior to the Women’s Rights Movement in the 1960’s and 1970’s, a number of stereotypes about women existed within society that limited both their personal and professional progression. She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry – a modern adaptation and documentary of this period of emotional strife – pays tribute to the women who courageously fought in order to ensure that gender discrimination became an issue of America’s past. As a documentary film that succeeds in taking its audience down memory lane and establishing an activist approach to cinematically

The movie chosen to be written about was “Easy A” where the director, Will Gluck, directs a film about a student, Olive Penderghast, who feels bad for those who do not necessarily fit in. Therefore, she allows them to spread rumors about her and certain sexual exploitations. In doing so she becomes the school’s most talked about student, while jeopardizing her reputation, while at the same time making some financial gains. She first pretends to lose her virginity to a friend who is too afraid to come out and say he is gay, causing praise for him and humiliation for her. This rendezvous begins a whirlwind of endeavors and a chain reaction of situation she would soon regret. Luckily, in this movie, there is also a

“It is my first morning of high school. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate, and a stomachache,” (Anderson 3). These are Melinda Sordino's first thoughts as she enters her first year of high school. Melinda dreads having to be around so many people and is shunned by other students for calling the police at a summer party. She falls into depression and decides to stay silent about what happened. As the school year goes on, Melinda knows that she will have to face her biggest fear: to speak. Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak, uses numerous archetypes and allusions to put a powerful impact on readers. These archetypes and allusions make Melinda’s struggles relatable to real life problems and situations and reflect universal

For my movie analysis, I chose the 1984 satirical documentary, This Is Spinal Tap. The movie is written to be viewed as if it were a real documentary about a heavy metal band going through the stages of being on top to hitting rock bottom, only to come back in the end. The movie pokes fun and real rock documentaries, by showing you that rock stars are, still in the end, people too.

Elizabeth’s sensible nature exposes Abby’s erratic and power hungry disposition. Elizabeth keeps a calm mindset even in a bad situation.

In the novel Speak, the author uses the protagonist, Melinda, to teach the reader the importance of verbal expression. Melinda refuses to speak up about an event that occurred in her life; therefore her classmates cannot show empathy towards her. Melinda never spoke up about why she did what she had done during an event in her life, so people judge and bully Melinda for her decisions. Melinda’s silence slowly erodes her self esteem and leaves her alone to handle her depressive behavior and decisions.

Inside the girls head, few emotions wonder around. Most of them include the thoughts of “why am I here” and “I can't do anything”. The novel “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a freshman in highschool named Melinda, she has not been able to speak up since the summer of 8th grade. The poem written by William Blake called “The Poison Tree” is about anger that can not be released by the speaker, this causes anger to grow and change his identity. Through the use of symbolism and trees, both “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson and William Blake the author of the poem “The Poison Tree”, reveal that speaking up helps define who you are, and keeping silent can block your true personality.

All of the writers were great but the three I think you should use again are, Ian Frazier, Leslie Silko, and Gore Vidal. These three writers wrote about some of the top discussed topics that are cycling around the United States. Frazier wrote about common heroism, and how anybody can be a hero. Silko wrote about whether or not carrying a concealed weapon should be legal or not, and the dangers if someone with improper training of a concealed weapon can be. Vidal wrote about whether or not drugs should be legalized, and the effects it will have on people. I have heard each of those topics in the news, on the radio, and on TV. They are three big topics that people should definitely be reading on and learning about, and have other people’s

Have you ever spent nights where you slept with hot tears rolling down your cheeks? Days where you wake up with the same nightmare as yesterday? Imagine that all you desired was someone to be beside you, to have a friend. “Speak”, by Laurie Hase Anderson reveals the bitter life of a high school outcast, Melinda Sordino. This story uncovers how Melinda manages to confess an appalling truth to a group of friends that despised her ever since she called the cops at an 8th-grade summer party.

Characterisation, through dialogue and free indirect disclosure allows readers to perceive for themselves the personality and agendas of each individual.

The romantic comedy is a subgenre that has as its central narrative the quest for love that almost always ends with a successful conclusion. It accents love in a light and upbeat manner while also frequently embracing sentimental or melodramatic story developments. Similar to every other genre, it has a set of characteristics or conventions that allow the audience to know what to expect. The key traits that allow one to recognize a movie as a romantic comedy are its realistic characters, traditional dating ritual, and slow story pacing. These conventions of romantic comedies can be further understood by analyzing the narrative functions of two films that depict positive images of true love and its power to transform one’s life: Roman Holiday and Notting Hill.

her production. The film itself is not a live-shot documentary, but attempts to represent a

Most romantic comedy movies fulfil the viewers’ expectations of the perfect love story whilst incorporating comedic elements. Typically there is always a pretty girl who falls deeply in love with a male character, often less popular and less attractive, who makes multiple comedic attempts in winning her heart until eventually they both fall madly in love and live happily ever after, in this case a genre movie is expressed as “those commercial feature films which through repetition and variation, tell familiar stories with familiar characters in

Just as other interpersonal themes, sexual themes in film are often depictions of sexual themes that exist in real life relationships. For this very reason, it is very easy for a person to compare his relationships with that of a relationship shown in media or film. Some relationships are total train wrecks from the start while others are not necessarily ideal, but healthy. Although not seen very often, ideal couples in film are attributed with characteristics that are seen by society as desirable; youthful, attractive people who are hyper-sexual and affectionate. As cliché as it sounds, sometimes relationships are simply “complicated”. Such is the case in the film It’s Complicated.

Alice Walker once said, “No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies you the right to grow.” Due to the extreme patriarchal society based in the sixties era, women’s voices were often disregarded and silenced. In the historical novel Meridian, by Alice Walker, the main female protagonist, Meridian, struggles to comply with the harsh patriarchal systems set in place in her community, in turn, she uses her silence as a form of resistance. She has various encounters with a man named Truman, whom she is in love with, but fears she’s not good enough because of the color of her skin. She begins articulate her thoughts and acting without explanation. To replace her silenced voice, Walker uses third-person omniscient and characterization.