Irreconcilable Realities, an Essay Written by Aaron M. Kenrner

Another theme, personal identity, is seen throughout all of the characters in the book. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of

As a whole, these characters have relevance today because each of these characters individually can be realistically portrayed and believed. These are situations that anyone could be in and the way that they actually challenge the positions they are put in is what helps us to continue to break down gender boundaries shown here still today.

Normally, when a movie is made about a story in a book the two stories are not exactly the same. The movie is adjusted by adding small details or leaving out some parts in order to make the story more

The characters in the film are identical to the characters in the story with exception to a couple of other characters that play no major role, such as Father McCasslin, meanwile the District Attorney plays somewhat of a big role in the film. Matt goes to meet the District Attorney who is on a lunch break. Matt seems pretty desperate and asks, “What can I do Bill?”, Bill replies, “There’s nothing…”

By having Everyman interact with these conceptualized characters, the author externalizes his inner conflict. Perhaps this technique seems too obvious or almost condescending to our more literate age, but whatever the case, it effectively conveys the central message of the play.

These are just some examples of how the characters change throughout the movie, however there are specific scenes where this takes place quite obviously.

amongst the characters.​The lack of sophisticated words and using strictly plot allows the story to

authors stories can have a different meaning than what the author had intended for it to have. In

The antagonists of the stories, who are seemingly evil characters, are interpreted differently because of the narration, thus creating ambiguity in the nature of the antagonists.

Through the masking of narrative, secret window exposes order and chaos. The use of mise en scene throughout the first scene

that they have gone through so we are able to know a lot more about what is going on

There is more to know about a person besides the single story that most people believe is true. A single story is something we hear about another person, culture, or where they are from. This can lead to critical misunderstanding of how their lives actually are. In the book, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. His writing makes sure that most of his characters don't fit into the group of having one single story this is how.

is portrayed and how it relates to the moral of the story – if, in fact, there is one.

The journey of Rachel and Samuel Lapp to Boston to visit Rachel’s sister becomes quite an experience. The varieties of camera shots give the audience Samuel’s perspective of Philadelphia station. Harsh and loud noises from large crowd contrasts with the high level angle shot of people walking around independently in the train station, increase the individualism of the modern world. In contrast, Amish community is a collective group. Within the murder scene at Pennsylvania train station, Samuel, a young, innocent and naive Amish boy views a horrific murder. The close up shot of Samuel’s terrified eyes is strongly contrasted with the camera shots were moving back and forth from Samuel’s face and the horrific event happening in front of him, the shots kept increasing in speed demonstrating Samuel’s beating heart. This is an unnatural scene to Samuel, one he would never have to experience within his Amish world. This emphasises the culture different views on violence in such a violent way. In the Amish society everyone is considered to be equal and taking of another people’s life will be shunned. However, this scene reinforces that violence has no place within the Amish culture, whereas the Western world would resort to whatever is necessary. Weir’s choices of urban

Indeed, the creator chose to proceed with two stories to pass on his focuses more