Mystic River

Andy Simms – hinders the protagonist. He is Mike’s classmate and is a bully. He and Mike got into a few fights in school. Andy calls Mike Macaroni Boy and Rat Boy.

Ronald Veinot, is the general manager for the Riverside Motor Inn. He wrote a letter on October 1, 1997 to Heidi Smith welcoming her to the staff of the Riverside Motor Inn. Chapters Lounge is a subset of the Riverside Motor Inn that just hired Heidi Smith to finds ways to generate profit alongside of promotion to manager if everything goes according to plan. The Riverside Motor Inn is located in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Heidi smith was specifically hired to find ways to modify the operation management of Chapter Lounge. To this date, the owners have invested over $250,000 and need tactical strategies for improving sales to recover and steadily continue to generate

“The suburban subdivision was unquestionable a successful product. For many, it was a vast improvement over what they were used to. The houses were specious compared to city dwellings, and they contained modern conveniences. Air, light, and a modicum of greenery came with the package” (Kunstler, 105). Once again, living in Levittown was more logical than living anywhere else.

The housing stock is varied. There are split level homes and ranches that were built in the 60’s and give parts of the town an old world, small town feel. The stately older homes have made way for newer Mediterranean styled and ranch style houses with lots of garden space and tree-lined backyards.

The Sokoki Valley or Connecticut River Valley, was formed over 200 million years ago, when Pangea split and created all seven continents. The river was formed by the melted glaciers of the last Ice Age. The last Ice Age ended about 10,000 to 13,000 years ago. The land was stretched. Geologist are interested in Sokoki valley because of its old bedrock that sits in the river and along it sandy beaches.

How does the river function in the story? Is it a metaphor, a catalyst, or both? Is it a character?

character where the movie had seven or eight. The story line in the book of a

Throughout the film, many stories are told by different characters that are involved in the story. There are

A River Runs Through It is about two brothers, Norman and Paul, who grow up in Montana with religious, and somewhat strict, parents. The Big Blackfoot River runs beside their town of – and becomes the focal point as the story progresses. The brothers grow up fly fishing on the Big Blackfoot river with their father and their love for fishing continues into their adulthood. The Big Blackfoot River has significance throughout the movie because it impacts the brother’s relationship with their father, each other, and Paul’s decision to stay in Montana.

(Shultz, 2012) Living in the city was the most fashionable place to live during the middle of the 19th century. Merchants, Lawyers and manufacturers built substantial townhouses on the main though fares within walking distance of the docks, warehouses, offices, courts and shops where they worked. (Urbanization)

The drive for suburbanization reached its acme in England in the inter-war period. Whereas in the nineteenth century it had remained essentially a middle-class phenomenon, after the First World War, fuelled by a major government housing drive and a powerful reaction against high-density inner-city living, it also became the model for British working-class housing. The pace at which rural land was transformed into suburbia during 20 or so years between the two worlds were far outstripped that of any previous period. Outside the English speaking world, although the tradition of living in tenements continued, suburbanization quickened but was still slow compared with that in England and was to remain

Another monumental change in American domestic life in the 1950s and 1960s was the flock to suburbia. Document 4 describes the new housing boom that took place in America in the years after the war. The purpose of this document was to highlight the changes in American society by citing data that illustrates the majority move to suburbs over cities. The document also notes how city conditions and technological innovations have spearheaded this

One of the big characters the movie left out was Uncle Jack. He was a relatively large player and played the role of a usual man from the south back then. I believe the reason Uncle Jack was left out is because if you bring in Uncle Jack, the rest of the family has to be incorporated and that is a lot more characters.

A River Runs through It, by Norman Maclean,is a story about a family of a Minister father, a mother and their two sons living in a small town in Montana. The film begins with the narrator Norman, the older brother of the two explaining how his father had asked him to write their family story. As the film continues it becomes clear how different the brothers become. In A River Runs Through It brothers, Norman and Paul are very different; Paul tends to act before thinking while Norman on the other hand, tends to think about his every move with precision, Paul became a reporter while Norman became a professor and poet, Paul is more attracted to Fly Fishing and Norman is more drawn to his religion.

During the 1980’s, the increasing amount of industrialisation brought about a new period in time, the Industrial Revolution. Literally revolutionising the world, the Industrial Revolution changed the way the world was perceived, no longer an agricultural based society but instead one overrun with globalisation and consumerism. Scott portrays this in an overindulged manner, looking at the extreme effects to long time globalisation and consumerism. As depicted in the film, the city is subject to a constant downpour of rain surrounded by numerous skyscrapers that effectively block out the view of