Kevin Williamson's The Following Analysis

The article It’s Not About You by David Brooks, presented the struggle in today’s society for graduating students, due to the trouble of finding passions or use of strengths. “Instead, they will confront amazingly diverse job markets, social landscapes, and lifestyle niches. Most will spend a decade wandering from job to job and clique to clique, searching for a role.” (Brooks 4). Newly graduated students have had difficulty discovering their strength and weaknesses. Instead, students should find themselves before taking on life's journey. “This year’s graduates are members of the most supervised generation in American history. Through their childhoods and teenage years, they have been monitored, tutored, coached and honed to an unprecedented

I, Jaylen Ferrell believe my art of life is really special because help someone get back on track motivates you to do the same thing and you will be confident in your ability’s to help yourself and others. Being able to help people is a good thing because the more you succeed the more will not question your ability to do so. For example a teacher seeing his or her student pulling them self together from something that happens to them some time ago. The teacher might look at it like if he can do it I can do it.

“Recession is when a neighbor loses his job, depression is when you lose your job” Ronald Reagan. Recession is only a temporary decline and depression is a long and extended period of economic failure. There was a crisis in America during the time period the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? was based on. The Great Depression was occurring at that time and the characters in this movie reflected and showed was it was like to live in a time like that. Each character in the movie symbolized what an individual person would have went through during the Great Depression.

Alex Kotlowitz’s There Are No Children Here is a documentary exploring life in inner-city Chicago during the late 1980’s. The book follows the lives of two African American youth, Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers, who live in Chicago’s Horner Homes over the course of two years. It tells of a lifestyle that is a reality for many Americans and forces the reader to acknowledge a broken system that so many turn a blind eye toward. Kotlowitz does not sugarcoat the struggles and hardships that the citizens of the inner-city face every single day. The Rivers’ boys, like all the children of inner-cities, experience situations and know of unimaginable horrors that rob them of their innocence and childhoods. Lafeyette and Pharoah have to face and overcome many forces that can change their lives for the worst, such as: gangs and drugs, the social system, the Chicago Housing Authority, and the battle within them to give into the worst of society. Sociological concepts, including: racism, strain theory, and social stratification can explain some of the exploitation of Lafeyette and Pharoah.

Why does Holden continuously judge people based on their physical appearance? Could this be a projection of his insecurities or a reflection of his mental health?

-O’ Brother, Where Art Thou quote: movie was centered around flooding of the valley by TVA dam (Coen & Coen, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 2000) -Created by the TVA Act in 1933 election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR). -New Deal which was a series of programs, ‘alphabet soup,’ established during the Great Depression, restoring dignity back to the American people. (History.com Staff, 2009)-Energy, environment, jobs, economy (Our History, n.d.) It did this through power production, flood control, and reforestation and staying with its mission of “making lives better for the people of the Tennessee Valley region.” (How TVA Changed Lives, n.d.) -Effects are still felt today in the citizens of the southeastern United States. (The Editors

One thing that was unique about Geeks was that Jesse wrote letters to John Katz, the author of the book, and John Katz responded to Jesse about his opinions. John Katz told Jesse about his opinion of the decisions Jesse made throughout the book, and Jesse benefits from his tips. John Katz asks Jesse, “ Jess, do I get the sense you’re thinking about the University of Chicago?”(102 Katz). Jesse responds by writing, “you might say you at the fantasy stage . That's all. You think there's anyway?”(102 Katz). John gets a feeling that Jesse was trying to get into the University of Chicago. Jesse then asks him if that was going too far. When we get both Jesse and the author's opinion in the story, it is very unique because the readers can get both

One must inevitably confront the daunting face of adulthood. In J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger depicts the disheartening journey from adolescence to adulthood that Holden Caulfield endures. Although holden seeks the freedoms that mark adulthood, he has yet to take up the role of a truly mature citizen as the society conforming nature of those adults disgust him, leading him to his gradual mental decline. J. D. Salinger uses the immature character of Holden Caulfield as a means of revealing the difficult transition from adolescence to adulthood and its psychological effects.

Connor Manning addresses some of the more common stereotypes bisexuals experience such as people not accepting your sexuality unless you have had sexual experiences with multiple genders, that bisexuals are more likely to cheat on a partner, bisexuals are greedy, that sexuality is black and white between homosexuality and heterosexuality (Manning). Within media representation of bisexuals is scarce. When there are bisexuals in media, writers often either rely heavily on stereotypes instead of developing an interesting and complex character, like Alice in The L Word (Schrag and Dabis), or they use bisexuality as a plot point and gloss over it for the rest of the show, like Reagan in New Girl (Meriwether). If bisexuals were portrayed more

Though every word should be used, many of the more interesting words fall into disuse. Similarly, many people go through life without being acknowledged. A word to describe these demure people who have no one to dance with and are usually alone is wallflowers. In her poem “Wallflowers,” Donna Vorreyer expresses her idea that every word, like every person, should be welcomed into people’s lives. Beginning with a cherishing tone and then one of concern, she entices the audience and highlights the importance of unused words. She aspires for people to employ unused words in their lives. Because Vorreyer uses an extended metaphor, a direct juxtaposition, and a subtle shift, she illustrates how people need to make room in their lives for things that go unused.

The journey of self-discovery is one we must all take. The presence of fame can make the journey even longer because of the expectations that often accompany it. Donald Glover is a versatile part of America’s entertainment industry. Known primarily for his comedic endeavors and the music he releases under the pseudonym Childish Gambino, Glover is a force to be reckoned with. Prior to the release of his project “Because the Internet,” Glover posts an open letter on Instagram sharing his fears concerning life, relationships, and self-identity. Following suit of 2010’s “Donald for Spiderman” campaign, news of Glover’s deteriorating mental health spread quickly, shocking his growing fan base. Gone is the bright and energetic Troy Barnes, Glover’s

The drama series The Following was written by Kevin Williamson for Fox network. Season 1, episode 1 was called the pilot and it was about a psychopath serial killer called Joe Carroll who escaped from Virginia Central Penitentiary disguised as a prison guard killing five guards. He was in prison for eight years and was schedule to be executed the next month. He killed fourteen college students by stabbing them and removing their eyes as a nod to his favorite works of Edgar Allan Poe. Joe Carroll was obsessed with the romantic period and a fan of Edgar Allan Poe who believed in the insanity of art and that the eyes are our identity and a window to our soul. While Joe Carroll was in prison, he read a book called Poetry of a Killer written by Ryan Hardy a former FBI agent who captured him in 2003. He also wrote a note to Ryan Hardy asking him if he was considering writing a sequel of the book.

On the surface, Tim O’Brien’s 1978 novel Going After Cacciato seems like a typical telling of the Vietnam War from the perspective of one of the soldiers as the Third Squad searches for Cacciato, a soldier who has gone AWOL. However, a closer reading would reveal that the vast majority of the novel does not actually take place in reality. This search for Cacciato is a fantasy which takes place in Paul Berlin’s head, and the scenarios and even the Vietnamese people who aid the Third Squad are completely fictitious. Only in a handful of chapters does the novel take place in reality, and even fewer of these chapters takes place in one which is permanent. Reading the

Oh brother indeed. While in the 2011 article by Richard Shone entitled, ”Oh brother!,” Shone argues while the information presented by the book isn’t necessarily new, the different ways in which the authors approach the subject makes for an interesting read. Yet, Shone often contradicts his own claims, with his diction often invalidating what he said previously, establishing credibility for the authors then destroying it by pointing out their biases which results in an overall inconsistent, disorganized and chaotic article. He fails to adequately address his arguments claim and his purpose of reviewing the book, for a book review serves to either praise and persuade others to read it or decry it and critique it for its flaws. The author seemingly

“I love who I am when I’m with you, Amanda. You are my dearest friend, my deepest love. You are the very best of me.”(Dawson). Everyone wants a love similar to Amanda’s and Dawson’s, in Michael Hoffman’s The Best of Me. This analysis will explore how flashbacks show the characters’ background and history, the plot is based on the growth of the characters, and the irony of specific points in the movie. Michael Hoffman’s The Best of Me is relevant today, because love does not occur in isolation with only two people. In addition to a couple’s own responses to life situations, pressures from outsiders both positive and negative, are placed on every couple.