Movie Analysis: The Book of Eli

The understanding of the literacy for the reader is important so they become aware of the relationship between language and power. The reader must be able to evaluate what they had read and reflect on what they’ve learned from it. As for the awareness of the rhetorical situation for the the composer of the writing is important as well so they are able to to write in a manner that is unique to them and is also an effective way of conveying their message to their audience.

Writers always write for a specific reason. It may be something as general as writing for the sole purpose of passing a class or as intricate as attempting to change the way a reader views a topic or idea. The latter is loosely described as exigence by rhetorician, Lloyd F. Blitzer, and focuses on the author’s belief that their audience “can be altered [by reading] a text presented to them” (Rhetorical Choices 22). Before an audience can be “altered,” however, the author must first possess a firm understanding of the meaning of the word audience.

We see from John Green’s video, “Why and How We Read” and Gary Morson’s article, “Why College Kids Are Avoiding the Study of Literature”, that literature is given a bad name because of how it’s being taught, people think it’s a waste of time to learn, because of the unnecessary critical analysis. We can also see that the two articles and video all show us that authors are trying to communicate a message through their writing, and ultimately, teach us something. In both articles and the video, it is emphasized that we build the necessary skills to empathize and communicate with others. Ultimately, we also understand and express our own emotions more efficiently, when we do read. Finally, in “The Business Case for Reading Novels” by Anne Kreamer

Lazere, Donald. Reading and Writing for Civic Literacy. Thinking Critically About Mass Media. London: Paradigm Publishers, 2009. Print

Since the dawn of time, man has set out on the pursuit of knowledge required to understand the complex world. Literature taps into such primal instincts of curiosity - our desire to grasp knowledge about others, our surroundings, and perhaps, most eminently, ourselves. Yet, to what extent, does literature suppress this innate hunger for more knowledge? Readers are fed bits and pieces of information to which we react with a smile or frown; thereafter, we proceed with the belief we are knowledgeable. But true knowledge, a deep understanding of a topic, requires literature to challenge the reader and uncover hidden truths bye being more proactive and insightful, which literature appears to have failed to accomplish. However, this conjecture seems

The movie I have chosen is The Book of Eli. This was a highly rated movie and made 157.1 million at the box office and won an award called the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture. The movie is about a man named Eli played by Denzel Washington, we watch as Eli journeys across a waste land as a lone wolf. While watching the movie we see Eli walk across a ruined landscape. One review named Roger Ebert a well-known American film critic who passed away in 2013 states “It grips your attention, and then the end throws in several WTF! Moments, which are a bonus. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible—but, hey, WTF.” One thing comes to mind when I watched the movie The Book of Eli after reading The War of the

Holden calls up Carl Luce to go drinks instead of dinner despite the fact Holden “called him a fat-assed phony” since Holden wanted to have a relief of his loneliness. In the meantime, Holden goes to the Radio City Music Hall to be annoyed by The Rockettes phony pre-movie dance. Until the kettle drummer comes to the stage and is the exact opposite, remembering how Allie and he agreed that the man seems to enjoy what he is doing. Watching the movie, about the war, Holden thinks about D.B.’s experience during World War II. Telling himself that he could never be a soldier and that if a war came again, he would be the one to volunteer to sit on top of an atomic bomb. When thinking of war, Holden is being selfish since the first thing that comes

Critical reading, as I have learned, is composed of three main goals; Identifying the writer's purpose for the piece, being aware of the persuasive elements and tone of the article, and finally recognizing whether the author is being biased or not in his or her writings. I find my strength lies in mostly the first of the goals, identifying the writer's purpose. It helps that identifying a writer's purpose isn't always very difficult, sometimes all it takes is looking at a cover or title to figure out what the author's goal is in a text. An example is a fiction novel, now obviously the author of the novel is not going to be trying to convey information, at least not in a factual easy to understand way, the main goal of a fiction novel is to keep the reader entertained. Whereas, if you have a textbook or even an instructional menu for a game, you can easily assume the writer's purpose is to communicate facts and information while properly explaining things to the reader.

that the role of the reader cannot be omitted from our understanding of literature and 2) that readers do not passively consume the meaning presented to them by an objective literary text; rather they actively make the meaning they find in literature" (154).

The necessary basics a writer must consider are audience and purpose as both of these are the foundation of a writers work. For proper consideration, he or she must determine whom they are directing their work towards and the purpose of their writing. Purpose is not what a writer wants to do, it is what the writer wants the audience to do as a result of the interpretation of the writer’s theme. A writers purpose is the reason for communicating with someone and it will determine what they write about. A writer may want to inform, persuade, or express an idea. On the other hand, it is necessary for the writer to understand their audience. The audience is the person or people the writer is trying to communicate with. It is important for the writer

Lighting and colour theory is an often overlooked aspect of filmmaking which can have drastic effects on the perceptions of the audience, the atmosphere, and the watchability of the film. In The Book Thief they use lighting and colour to show ideas about locations and perceptions and perceptions of characters. One such way colour is used is the vibrant greens used in the wealthier area of the town, compared to the shades of grey predominant in the majority of the town. This change in colour shows the audience that the rich weren’t as badly affected by that which affected the rest of the town. Secondly, lighting was used in the scene wherein Liesel meets Max when he wakes up for the first time. In this scene Max wakes up and sees Liesel, but

An author’s purpose is his or her primary reason for writing a text. This is important for engaging the reader into a suspenseful mood, or building their curiosity to find out what’s next. A couple of ways is to inform and explain a topic to readers by providing facts of data, to entertain and engage readers with a vivid narrative, and to persuade and convince readers to take a certain or support and idea. H.G. Well greatly uses these and in turn made a very engaging novel.

Jesus of Nazareth was a beautiful movie recapping the life of Jesus Christ. This film had no bareness, no vulgarity, and no sex scenes. It was ideal for both the young and the older audiences. I do not recall anything that may have gone against the word of God. Jesus of Nazareth embellished the birth, life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It remained true to the four New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Critical reading is a very useful skill in everyday writing. Critical reading is different from passive reading and involves skeptical about every text that you with read to analyze the content so you can figure out what the author’s objective is in their writing (Maltepe).There are three main goals while critical reading . The first goal to recognize the purpose of the text conveyed by the author in his message .This is done through analyzing the content of the text. The second goal is to understand persuasive elements and tone of the text. This is to classify the choice of the language used by the author. The Third goal of Critical reading is to recognize bias, and this is achieved through classifying the patent of language the author chooses.

Literature has different colours and shades. It is the reflection of day- today incidents in human life. It is the accurate picture of social lifestyle. The incidents and events of daily life are mirrored in it. In modern life, violence and terror became the part and parcel of our daily life. The world is becoming the victim of terrorist activities. There is dramatic fall and devaluation of moral values in the modern society. Commercialism and materialism are eating into the moral fiber of our society like a cancerous