Pleasantville and Back to the Future

Throughout the entire movie we can see that David is the character that changes the most. David is portrayed as a nerdy and lazy teen that spends all his time watching the show pleasantville and eating junk food. The director shows us that his life at home is not really good and his only escape is while watching pleasantville. When he gets teleported into the show and town Pleasantville he’s stuck in the traditional way of living there, not changing anything and constantly worrying about his sister Jennifer altering the entire town. His fear of change sprouts with the worry of the disturbances his sister will create. In this circumstance the power of fear leads him to be controlling of the situations. We can see this how he tries to control the change when he finds out Mary Sue has been intimate with Skip and this creates a domino effect for

People change and grow through their experiences and conflicts. For example, just 2 years ago I was a sixth grader. There was a lot more homework than I ever had in my non-accelerated / magnet elementary school. I had to work harder and for longer hours, but as a result, I was much more mature and knowledgeable. I improved my work habits and increased my concentration. In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “First Love”, a 14 year old girl is in love with a high school senior. She does everything she can to try to see him more often. At the end, she thinks she learns the true meaning of love. In Richard Wright’s “The Street”, a boy has to go shopping for food, but he is constantly stopped by a gang who beats him up. At the end, he beats up the gang with a stick his mother gave him because he had to to return home. In both “The Street” by Richard Wright and “First Love” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, the characters start out as shy and naive, but end up as aware and wiser as a result of their respective conflicts.

Change is a process of alteration it can be instantaneous or it could be a gradual change, change may be physical, psychological or environmental all change that occurs is either positive or negative, in relation to the prescribed text “ The Dreamers” a play by Jack Davis, a related text of Kevin Rudd’s sorry speech and a cartoon by R.Cobb use a variety of visual and literary techniques to show that a large amount of change that occurs around the world results in negative change rather than positive change.

Change will stimulate growth among individuals. The motif of time in, ‘first of the season’, demonstrates change will gradually occur with time. Clearly, the family’s lives have been transformed through their transient lifestyle when moving houses. The morbid tone, ‘she won’t even ask why they’re leaving this time’, shows the family has conformed and transformed from change. Indeed, progression from an excited to a miserable tone stresses an individual’s perceptions on change will alter throughout life experiences. Further, the kinaesthetic imagery, ‘the loaded ute bumps down the drive’, emphasises the family’s transformation throughout change. Here, the metaphorical ‘bumps’ is symbolic of the barriers individuals experience with change, in order to grow.

While in the Pleasantville show, David and Jennifer cause some trouble in the town and begin to change the views of the other students as well as their own. David and Jennifer show other students that they can ask questions and that they can make decisions on their own. You are able to see how people and environment are influenced by David and Jennifer by how color is added to people and things around them. Some embrace the changes as others fight against any change. As more people become influenced by David and Jennifer’s ideas the more color is added to the show, which is depicting how certain changes can have a ripple effect. As more people accepted the changes, the more color was added to the show and the changes became their new normal and life wasn’t so defined as it had been and there were a lot more choices and acceptable scenarios of life.

Life is constantly changing, like clouds in the sky; always shifting and turning. People never really know which way life will turn next, bringing them fortune or failure. When you look at how things change it is best to compare it to something that you can relate it to. The changeable nature of life can be related to the novel 'The Bean Trees.' This is a book written almost entirely on dealing with changes in the characters lives.

In life, we all have an impulse to change. We grow in both good and bad ways. We mature, and most importantly gain a better understanding of life. A crucial aspect of change is its ability for other perspectives to emerge. Change and dynamic characters are demonstrated effectively in the novel, The Outsiders, which focuses on a gang in the 1960’s, their everyday troubles and interactions, as well as the effects of them on their lives.

Some people never change their entire lives. That is one of the themes in the realistic fiction novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. In the book Freak, a child with morquio syndrome, and Max, the main character, become close friends and go through many struggles such as Max’s father, Freak getting sick, Blade, and many others. As two children’s friendship blossoms, you will come across many themes.In my opinion, as I read deeper into the book I found two main ones. I found that everything that matters in a person is invisible to the eye, and that some people never change. These themes are so important in life.

Change can be seen as a form of transformation or conversion. A form of change can be seen in “Victory Lap” by George Saunders, a short story written in such a way that the events that are enrolling throughout the story are being processed and told through the minds of three main characters. Having the perspective of each character allows us, the readers to get a much greater understanding about them and to make a better character analysis. Having said that, this story is simply about a girl, Alison getting kidnapped by an unnamed kidnapper. What were really captivating were the changes spotted on characters as the conflict progresses. One character in particular is very intriguing and his name is Kyle. One of our main character, Alison

Raymond Carver with “Cathedral” and “A&P” by John Updike are both short stories, even if in facts they are written during the same century, readers can interpret the changes that occurred to be really different. They both introduce characters that are being victim of stereotype by the protagonists, but somehow these characters made a great change into the protagonists’ view of the world and life itself. The stories differ in atmosphere and the quantity of people involve in each story which might be important to understand how changes occur. The audience can understand after analyzing these two stories that change is always possible and based on your action, a lesson is always to be learned the

Change is something you are probably familiar with. In “Beneath the Smooth Skin of America,” Scott R. Sanders talks about many changes in his life. The author starts the story looking throw the eyes of himself as a child. As a child he remembers that all that was in his sight was all he could see. The author’s best example of this is he says, ”Neighbors often appeared…where they came from I could not imagine” (27). As the author begins to see more by leaving the area he was around so often he starts to see more and more things. He started moving around to different places and started seeing the things that he had not see before. The author points out many things that he began to see like the stores

age and the big changes. However, the main plot line tells the story of two women, Idgie

It is often said that people never change, and always have the same qualities from when they were born. This is seen in Christopher Pauls Curtisś historical fiction novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1960, when Kenny asks why Byron is acting so nice and respectful. The dynamic characters in the novel, Kenny and Byron, transform after arriving in Birmingham.

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”.This quote is by George Bernard Shaw. In Humanities 9 we read a book called “Like Water For Chocolate”. “Like Water for Chocolate” is a book about a mexican romance with magical realism. The book was written by Laura Esquivel. A consistent theme in his book was change for the good and the bad. In my opinion the main thing that affects all of the characters is change.

Annie Hall is a romantic comedy directed by Woody Allan in 1977. The film is not any everyday movie but rather a film that revolves around the life of the main actor, Alvy Singer played by Woody Allen himself and his relationship with Annie Hall, cast by Diane Keaton.