Essay Pulp Fiction

In the movie Wit, English literary scholar Vivian Bearing has spent years translating and interpreting the poetry of John Donne. Unfortunately, she is a person who has cultivated her intellect at the expense of her heart. Both colleagues and students view Bearing as a chilly and unfriendly person lost in her private world of words and mysterious thoughts.

“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” Forrest Gump is the portrayal of a man that has been alienated from society, not because he is unintelligent or dimwitted, but rather because he is not restricted by the conventional ideals which are embedded within his culture; thus, Forrest challenges the conformities and principals that most people are accustomed to. The contrast that Robert Zemeckis, director of the film, is attempting to convey through the character of Forrest Gump is how most people are too smart for there own good; and thus, try to escape the realities and actualities of life. While other characters in the story are suppressed by society’s conflicts, Forrest remains blinded

When talking about a true American crime story, one can start and end the discussion with one of the most powerful and influential true stories ever told: GoodFellas. Based on the incredible true story, the film follows the rise and fall of Lucchese crime family associates Henry Hill and his friends throughout the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 1980s. Originally written as the non-fiction novel “Wise Guys” by Nicholas Pileggi, the story takes you deep into the world of arguably the most notorious crime posse America has ever known: the Italian Mafia. It is viewed by scores of critics and moviegoers alike as one of the greatest crime/drama movies ever filmed – so needless to say, with such a

David Flincher's movie, Fight Club, shows how consumerism has caused the emasculation of the modern male and reveals a tale of liberation from a corporate controlled society. Society's most common model of typical man is filthy, violent, unintelligent, immature, sexist, sex hungry, and fundamentally a caveman. In essence Tyler Durden, is the symbolic model for a man. He is strong enough to withstand from society's influences and his beliefs to remain in tact. Jack, the narrator, on the other hand is the opposite. He is a weak, squeamish, skinny man who has not been able to withstand society's influence; therefore, he is the Ikea fetish. Unlike Tyler, Jack is weak minded. Both Jack and Tyler are polar opposite models of

     This classic move focuses on a single night in the early Sixties, the hopeful future of the main characters is followed by the events which occur. Steve (Ron Howard), and Curt (Richard Dreyfuss) will be leaving for college the very next day, the build up of years of hard work. Finally they'll be able to leave their small hometown and "spread their wings", experiencing life in ways they never have. Curt is unattached to anyone, but Steve will be leaving behind his longtime girlfriend Laurie (Cindy Williams), who happens to be Curt's sister. Also remaining at home are Terry (Charles Martin Smith), a fumbling nerd, and John (Paul Le Mat), an older kid with "the fastest

Pulp Fiction employs various devices such as dialogue and visual motifs that provide narrative clarity and unity along the lines associated with classical Hollywood cinema (Bailey, 52). The dialogue in the coffee shop indicates that the film has more to do with the mundane aspects of a life of crime than it does with the "glamour," "danger," and "intrigue" typical of thrillers or film noir (Howley). The film’s dialogue can range from absolutely pointless to completely captivating moments. These conversation establishes character and character relations early in the film in an entertaining fashion. This is depicted when Vincent and Jules are having a normal conversation about Amsterdam and foot massages directly before they are about to commit multiple murders. This organic conversation establishes the characters as reasonably ordinary people to the audience till they arrive at the apartment and appear stone cold. Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction clarity illustrates the style of mundane versus the extreme. A motif that remains constant in the film is the bathroom. Various of the film’s major events occur while someone is using the restroom. For a majority the film this phenomenon occurs to Vincent. When he uses the restroom in the diner, Jules has a heart-to-heart with the robbers, Pumpkin and Honey Bunny. Next, Vincent is using the bathroom at Mia’s and she comes across his heroin.

American Hustle is a movie that attempted to portray the Abscam Sting of 1978. This name was given to an FBI operation that involved seven members of Congress. The FBI lured public officials into accepting bribes and was given the name “Abscam” because it refers to Abdul Enterprises. The FBI agents were undercover as Arab business men and convicted all seven congress members of accepting bribes. Hollywood does not accurately depict the way Sydney Prosser was portrayed and involved in the operation, how Rosalyn was portrayed, the involvement of the FBI, the Abscam Sting of 1978, and the inclusion of the on-screen message “Some of this actually happened”.

The movie Sicko talks about how hard it is for people to actually get health insurance. They are always trying to find an excuse or little thing that's wrong with people's applications just to decline their request. Then, about how healthcare is in other countries and how it differs from the United States. To try to get people to understand more about the healthcare system. The government and insurance companies make it very challenging to actually get healthcare in the US.

Surprisingly, I am one of the few teenagers who has not seen the movie Mean Girls. Some may consider it a classic humorous movie. To me, it’s was just another funny chick flick.

“Mean Girls” is about a 16 year-old girl named Cady Heron. She was homeschooled by her zoologist parents in Africa. After a 12-year research trip in Africa, Cady and her family moved to the United States and settled in Evanston, Illinois. Here Cady attended public school for the first time ever. Cady’s first day of high school was not what she expected, she did not find any friends and the people at the school were unwelcoming. On her second day of school two classmates, Janis and Damian, took her under their wing to guide her how the high school worked. Both Janis and Damian warn her about ‘The Plastics’ who were the most exclusive clique in their high school. The Plastics consisted of their queen bee Regina George, the insecure rich girl Gretchen Wieners and sweet but ditzy Karen Smith. The Plastics seemed to take interest of Cady and make the decision to invite her to eat lunch with them. Now that Cady was becoming one of The Plastics, Janis creates a plan to get revenge on Regina, using her as the spy.

“The first rule about fight club is that you don’t talk about fight club” (Palahniuk 87). The story of Fight Club was very nail biting; you never knew what was going to happen next. There were so many things that led up to a complete plot twist. It was amazing how closely directed and written Chuck Palahniuk and David Fincher’s versions were. However, the role in both that stood out to me the most was the role of Marla. Marla was the biggest influence in discovering the narrator (or Jack’s) identity.

One must never judge or discriminate a person based on their physical attributes. Prejudice and discrimination directed against someone of a different race is known as racism. It is evident in the movie “Crash” directed by Paul Haggis, that people misconceive others due to judgement on their physical traits. Throughout the movie, the characters living in Los Angeles face the challenges of fitting in a town populated by people of different colours. The offenders are the “white” people whereas the victims are everyone else. The presence of racism is the main cause of every conflict that occurs in the movie.

Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club is a seductive novel which chronicles an unnamed narrator’s ability to cope with an emasculated, self-centered, materialistic society by creating an alter ego. Throughout the text, the theme of the emasculated modern man is presented both in the life of the narrator, and in the lives of the male characters he surrounds himself with. Through notions of absent fathers, consumerism and an innocuous/aimless existence, Palahniuk presents how men in modern society have lost their masculine identity and the extreme actions they go to in order to obtain it again.

This movie is mainly about a narrators search for meaning and the fight to find freedom from a meaningless way of life. It setting is in suburbia, an abandoned house located in a major large city. Ed Norton, plays the nameless narrator, Brad Pitt, is Tyler Dunden, and Helena Boaham Carter is Marla Singer, the three main characters. David Fincher directs this film in 1999, which adapted it from the novel written by Chuck Palahnuik.

     For the following analysis, I will be discussing the movie Fight Club’s two main characters. They are “Jack” played by Edward Norton, and Tyler Durden played by Brad Pitt. However the twist to the movie turns out that Jack and Tyler are the same person and Tyler is Jack’s real name. Tyler the character is everything that Jack the character is not. The story narration is provided by the protagonist of “Fight Club,” “Jack.” The ambivalent protagonist, who only refers to himself as “Jack.” An ambivalent protagonist, usually the main character, is someone the audience likes, but who possesses character flaws.