Movie Review : Astray By Amy Christine Parker

There’s no doubt that Star Wars is one of the most impactful films of all time, having changed the movie-making game ever since it premiered in 1977. It quickly became a global phenomenon and has accumulated some of the most passionate fans in the universe. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope is a great example to use in order to illustrate the properties discussed throughout the course. In this paper, I will analyze the entire movie. To begin, I will start by giving some basic information about the motion picture, such as the director and type of film. Next, I will provide a brief summary of the film.

The novel that I am reading is All we have left and it’s by Wendy Mills. Aila is a Muslim and she got caught with cigarette in her hand. Her parents don’t trust her anymore and she wants to go to a program that is a NYU and it’s for drawing program she just can’t go because of her mistake. Alia told her mom that she hates and her mom and runs out of the building and the reason why they don’t trust her because the last time she ran away from home. Now, Jesse is going to Nick’s house and her friends are telling that he’s not right for her but she thinks he is. She goes to his house and he tells her about the bombing of 9/11 and she remembers her brother’s death in the twin

In Rear Window, Hitchcock uses visuals in order to capture the perfect cinematic film and experience. We as the viewers identify with Jeff because much like how he is watching his neighbors, we are also speculating his life as a film. Our hero, L.B. Jeffries or “Jeff”, out of boredom creates an outdoor theater for himself by spying on his the people outside his window. Hitchcock uses “murder-as-entertainment” and the idea of watching a cinematic film as ways to captivate the viewers and make us subconsciously take part in intruding on someone else’s life. Hitchcock then punishes Jeff and the viewers for being “peeping toms” and casting our unwanted voyeurism on other people’s private lives. Through fear and embarrassment, Hitchcock puts our actions into perspective as we become self-conscious of our indecent objectification toward human lives.

“Hollywood usually ends up swallowing people and eating them alive”, are some of the beginning words in the National Geographic docu-series Drugs Inc... The documentary is rightly names “Hollywood high” because of its raw footage. This film is a chilling depiction of drugs and Hollywood. Its uncut material shows the reality of how drugs can affect people of every walk of life. A person doesn’t have to be rich or poor to become drug dependent. The film goes on to say how “fame hungry wannabes” and the “panhandling homeless” are two of the main populations to be affected by Hollywood’s thriving drug trade. Some of the other populations affected by Hollywood’s thriving drug trade are those who want to “stay up” and “be thin”. This film is not only about the populations affected by the thriving Hollywood drug trade but also the drug dealers and doctors who provide the drugs to that population.

Personally, I relate to the main character, Stargirl, the most. I learned about her character throughout the book and sympathize with her individuality. As a teenager myself, it is tough to be original and learn how to develop personal independence. Stargirl is not bothered by her peer’s negative comments and I can relate. Furthermore, Stargirl likes to satisfy others and keep them happy. I have four sisters and I also can understand how she feels. I also relate to Stargirl because I tend to help others out. I do not like seeing people alone or sad. For example, I transferred to Saint Margaret Mary from Susquehanna Township. The first week was difficult socially. It is not a great situation to be in, and like Stargirl, I try to help individuals out like Dori Dilson. To conclude, Stargirl and I are similar because we both enjoy life and rather give than

My other summer reading book was a fiction novel by Nancy Farmer called "The House of Scorpions". I choose this book based on a recommendation from a friend. I also choose this book because science-fiction is one of my favorite genres. I was overall pleased with this book and glad I gave it a shot. I read this books every night, just before I went to bed for about a week and a half. I would recommend this book to my classmates because it's an exciting but thought-provoking book. The book made me rethink topics of soul, identity, who we give power to, and human rights. The book was was well-paced with a great plot line.

Comedy is also relatively short compared to other genre of movies. These two genres found to be the most popular movie genres than the other categories.

At the end of the movie Moonlight Chiron does not become a better version of himself. He was a shy kid in the beginning, and at the end. In the movie Moonlight the very beginning Chiron is called little by everyone because he was a little boy compared to others. He would go and play ball with the boys and when the circle shot was shown we’d see how all the boys from Chirons perspective were 2 times bigger than him. They continue to play and chiron leaves then Kevin sees him running away and catches up to him.

Have you ever been asked when you read a story if you could relate to it or the character one way or another? Will your not alone with being asked that question during class we read three stories one was about a man who did not trust his friend with a fish who could grant wishes in result he had committed murder, another story we read was about a girl who has/had a dad who had to leave behind his Indian ways but she remembers every little detail about him from when he would arrive home to how he slept, and the last story we read was about a village woman who lived in a village with tradition of throwing stones at the chosen one till they die. In some ways a person would be able to relate to the characters but what I had been asked was what relationships do they have with other characters and how would they relate to me. In many ways they do relate to me in personality traits. Others relate to me by friends and family essay is about how they relate to me and in what ways.

The book I chose to do my summer reading assignment on, was Ashfall. Personally, I was very fascinated by this book, it truly was one of those novels that left you questioning, what would I do if I was in that situation?. Mike Mullin kept the storyline going with very imaginative descriptions and detailed scenes, that left me turning the pages, till I realized the book was almost done for. Nevertheless, I thought this book was a riveting tale of survival that demonstrated, how dark times can turn good people into creatures with no emotions. The protagonist, Alex, was extremely strong willed and his character was deeply authentic. Throughout the novel I could connect with Alex, to the point where I felt like I was in the book making the decisions

Wow. The first glowing reviews have nailed the book with NO spoiler alerts needed. I feel inadequate to add much EXCEPT:

I say the most relatable person is Donovan Curtis as he went to a middle school just like me and acted very much like me. I’d say I’m not much of a troublemaker like he was but most people in the book are just aren't as relatable as he is, for example I was never a teacher or I was never raised in a genius school, I was never in a sheltered environment.

It’s the story of a Native American woman not born on the Reservation who decides to drive from New York to Montana in search of her roots and spiritual healing after a bad divorce and is unaware that her ex-husband is tracking her trip.

The movie I have chosen to do my psychological film disorder assignment on is Girl Interrupted which is a psychological drama directed by James Mangold. The movie takes place in a mental institution for troubled women. All of the characters in this movie suffer from one or more mental illnesses such as depression, borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia. The movie gives us an inside look on how poorly these women are being treated and how they are treated as if they are abnormal because they are in this institution. Similarly the women are faced with their own personal and outer issues within the institution. The director gives us an inside look on how the patients are being treated poorly are

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan, and is based on the novel by Harper Lee of the same name. The film stars Gregory Peck (Atticus Finch), Mary Badham (Scout Finch), Phillip Alford (Jem), John Megna (Dill), Robert Duvall (Boo Radley), and Brock Peters (Tom Robinson). To start the film a woman is narrating her childhood in Macomb, Alabama that was "a tired old town even in 1932." She (Scout) recalls that she was six years old that summer. Scout and her brother Jem are fascinated by the neighbors a few door down, particularly Boo Radley, which they share with Dill, a boy visiting town for the summer. The primary plot line for Scout, Jem, and Dill revolves around Boo Radley.