In Our Own Back Yard Analysis

Drugs can ruin your life, family, career and future. Jude Hassan author and main subject of the novel Suburban Junky, has a lot of similarities and differences with Chris Herren, former NBA player and star of the ESPN Documentary, Unguarded, regarding their addictions to drugs. The major similarities are their rehab time, painful withdraw and the major difference with them is that Jude did it to be popular and Chris did it to deal with the stress. Both Jude and Chris served a long period of time in jail because of their problems with drugs.

In James's journal entry, he feels apprehensive towards the events of 9/11. He uses an anaphora to emphasize his angst over his actions during the moments of the terrorist attacks. However, the first thing he thinks about, even before the millions of deaths detailed in the 9/11 show, was his daughter. His repetition of "shaky" shows his unease in the fact that he was so unaware of the chaos happening while his daughter was playing. The juxtaposition of his daughter "playing while the towers burn" is used to further emphasizes his anxiety. The feeling of vertigo and that the "whole world was tipping over" shows his increasing fear over the world his daughter will grow up in. His sentence fragments are used to draw attention that the world was

The director, Clint Eastwood, included the similarities for a couple of reasons why. The first was to represent how most soldiers/veterans feel about the war. Eastwood wanted to show that most soldiers/veterans are very humble about the war, but in Chris Kyle’s case, he was not. The other reason the director included the similarities and differences he did, was to emphasize the effects of the war of soldiers and the people around them. By changing what he did, and keeping what he did the same, between the movie and the real event, Clint Eastwood revealed what he believed to be true about war and anyone

This image has many important elements. In this image the sunlight is shining on the boy making him brighter in contrast to everything else in the photo. This directs our concentration to his face and the emotion he is presenting. It shows how serious and sad the moment is as well. The image appeals to an audience of all americans in the sense that we all have something invested in war. It may be something as simple as money or more valuable such as family members, friends, and neighbors. The image appeals to emotions and uses somewhat of a shock factor to do so. It also uses

Jordan Peele’s Get Out presents the notion of racism and injustice through the guise of a horror movie. While elements of horror such as gore and fear are included and the movie leaves us on edge throughout, Peele uses satire to highlight racial tension and anxiety in society. The protagonist, Chris, who is a black male, travels with his white girlfriend Rose to visit her parents at their house. Throughout the movie, Chris is faced with many weird encounters involving Rose’s family, leading up to the climax where Chris realizes Rose has tricked him and has been the antagonist the whole time. Rose’s family attempts to conduct an operation that will give Jim, a family friend, control of Chris’ body, but Chris manages

James Nachtwey, a photographer at the scene, recalls being “ushered away to a safe area” and he remembers

The central aspects of documenting everyday life into a narrative that holds purpose and yet leaves the audience with a resounding message is the essence of what a short film attempts to accomplish. Film connects the two paradigms of visual and emotional appeal, while still capturing what it means to be human. From the monotonous to the exorbitant interior of the seemingly intricate parts that ultimately create the sum of our lives, the subject of death in of its parts, is insensitive to the narratives that we place on ourselves. The affair of death within its incomparable and obstinate state of the absolute is portrayed in a thoughtful way in short film “Our Time Is Up” by Rob Pearlstein, where a psychologist named Dr. Stern finds out he only has six weeks to live. The attentive matter that is due in part of death is depicted in an unconventional way in which engages the audience in a relatable and humorous way through the different yet personalized perspective of the characters in “Our Time Is Up”.

Racial stereotypes and perspectives are prevalent within both Get Out by Jordan Peele and Benito Cereno , originally published in 1855 by Herman Melville. They interplay the struggles of being a black man in a white society as well as demonstrating how segregation can still occur in a modernized society. Peele provides an insight to modern America’s “fetishism” for the black community creating a dystopia, whereas Melville provides insight into the confinements of race as well as perceptions of slavery. Both texts utilize irony and satire to portray the notion of slavery and emphasise how freedom is never fully achieved when regarding the black community.

One of the more interesting parts of the movie is James’s reaction to the real word. It shows that James cannot cope in a civilian lifestyle. This is very evident when he goes back home to the States. In the supermarket he seems lost, a feeling he never really seemed to have in Iraq. He hesitates when he picks out a cereal; James never hesitated back in Iraq. His inability to cope with civilian society is also very evident when he is in his house. He tries to tell his ex-wife all about the stories he has from Iraq but she does not listen. It appears that being in a bomb squad is the only thing that he talks and cares about. The defining moment that explains James’s inability to be a civilian is when he talks his son. He says that there is only one thing in the world he loves. The next scene shows him going back to Iraq and putting the bomb suit back on. This scene in particular highlights his addiction to war. He was unable to have a happy life at home so he needed to go to the one place that made him happy. It can be compared to a drug addict going back into a relapse after a break. Although one can argue that James’s addiction to war is an effect of the war which would make the movie anti-war, the last

This week we discussed parenting in America compared to that of Dutch culture, as described in Not Under My Roof by Schalet. I personally plan on having children when I reach the right age and this book allows you to pick which way of parenting you might prefer. An American culture seems to have a controlling and direct role over their children. This meant limiting a child’s individual understanding of how to go about life. I prefer a Dutch culture when compared to this. Their culture encompasses giving your child a more individualistic reign over their life. With this, the parents are open to talk about anything, including sex, alcohol use, and birth control. Each culture has concepts I like individually; with some I do not completely agree

“Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing”- Ethan Embry. What this quote is saying is it’s ok to be an outsider because everyone tries to act the same so standing out isn’t a bad thing.Being an outsider can seem as an negative thing to everyone else but in To kill a mockingbird the author Harper Lee shows that it doesn’t always have to be a bad thing. Being an outsider is not a bad thing and the characters from the story prove that. Scout was an outsider in the story but it in a way helped her grow as a person. Arthur Radley was also an outsider which kept him from the negativity happening in Maycomb. Even Atticus was seen as an outsider because of who was defending. Anyone can be an outsider and that’s okay.

The first fascinating difference between this work and the majority of other war photography presents itself in a fairly obvious manner. The soldiers’ faces in “Into the Jaws of Death” are turned away from the photo so as to make them invisible to the audience. Instead, we see only the supplies on their backs and the camouflage on their uniforms. The effect of this lack of eye contact is that the audience cannot connect with the people in the photograph. The majority of other wartime photographs used iconic images of courageous and vibrant soldiers rushing fearlessly into the glory of battle or contained motivational quotes requesting support for the troops. “Into the Jaws Of Death” does neither of these, entirely on purpose. Because we as the audience do not have eye contact

A snarling wolf can be as nice as a loving grandmother, and a cute bunny might actually be a demon in disguise, but you never know until you get to know them. The Landlady, written by Roald Dahl, is a short horror story of a young man named Billy Weaver going to the town of Bath for a business trip. While looking for a place to stay, he finds a seemingly kind, old lady who offers cheap bed and breakfast. While treating Billy to tea at night, the landlady poisons Billy and goes to make him one of her taxidermied collections. Dahl uses foreshadowing, characterization, and irony to examine how innocence can change the way things seem.

Photographers were expected to be able to take these mind blowing pictures of the war in rapid action, but the truth is there technology back then wasn’t advanced enough to be able to produce these sort of images. The images took only minutes to develop but a huge

In the novel, Behind Closed Doors written by B.A. Paris., power is the focal point of the text portrayed by the antagonist, Jack Angel, whom uses power to manipulate the protagonist, Grace. Paris uses Jack to shine a light on a societal issue dealt with on a daily basis. Paris is able to illustrate patriarchy through the power demonstrated by Jack and the position that he has on Grace which makes him the one always a few steps ahead of her. Power is illustrated through the language and dialogue between the characters as well as word choice. The author’s purpose of the work as a whole focuses on Paris’ concern about a social issue on male authority and inequality or feminism and patriarchy. Paris presents these beliefs she uses to convey the ultimate or the overall meaning of the text through the main characters as well as through tone, voice and the author’s writing style.