Summary Of ' The Clown ' Essay

The Obituary states that John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17th, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois and he spent most of his youth in a small house with his mother, two sisters, and a violent alcoholic father. As John grew up, his long downward spiral towards alcohol abuse, drug habits, and the death of over 30 teenage boys began to rise after his first arrest and sentence of 10 years for sodomizing a young man and the divorce of his first wife in 1968. After serving only 18 months of his 10 years sentence, John was settled back into his old surroundings in Chicago, which where John made a name for himself as the local party clown “Pogo”. Soon after the gratified “Pogo The Clown” made headlines as “The Killer Clown of

“The Clown” by Patrick F. McManus is a narrative selection about an unpleasant teacher and a boy in her math class with a weird sense of humor. In this story, Pat, a “fairly timid fellow”(McManus 59) in seventh grade, is the main character. Other critical characters include Miss Bindle, a mean math teacher who is “tiny, scrawny, and fierce, with an eighty-year-old face and twenty-year-old red hair”(McManus 58), and Slick, the class clown. To begin with, Pat’s main goal is to finish seventh grade without being sent to the principal’s office by Miss Bindle. To do so, Pat “took great care never to attract the wrath of Miss Bindle” (McManus 59) and virtually became ‘invisible’ in her class. Later, Pat gloats about this to Slick. However, Slick

In usual fairytale movies, filmmakers intend to make films that give happy endings with simple miraculous entertainments. However, in the fable movie, Edward Scissorhand, the director, Tim Burton, positions the viewers to understand the significant meaning of particular issues. “E.S” is can be seen as a story of stereotypical suburbia with social criticism. In this essay, starting from analysing this film and providing dominant discourse, the use of characters will be discussed followed by debate of technical and symbolic codes which help to put up the discourse. In particular, this essay will consider the technical code of camera angle and symbolic codes of colour which emphasize the dominant discourse.

What you see may not always be true; sometimes it takes a little bit of thought to correctly process what is in front of you. The House on Mango Street, written by Sandra Cisneros, is centered around a young teenage girl, Esperanza, who is trying to find her identity. While trying to figure out who she is, she meets new women, such as Elenita, and other teenage girls, like Sally and Marin, who play a role in helping Esperanza to reach adulthood. “Red Clowns” is the most important vignette in The House on Mango Street because of how it uses repetition, imagery, and sentence length to show that what they may presume about what they see may not always be true and this idea is illustrated by Esperanza reflecting on her first sexual interaction

Richie is faced with a personal conflict that greatly impacts how is able to function in the

Outsiders Essay In the novel “The Outisders” by SE Hinton there are three themes, Family, Bravery and Death. The first theme is Family because the Greasers all treat each other like family and do anything to help. The second theme is Bravery because when the children got trapped in the church with a fire Johnny and Ponyboy help get the kids out of the building and Johnny gets badly burnt. The last and final theme is Death because Dally dies when robbing a supermarket with police after him.

Hitchcock's Psycho Psycho first hit our screens in 1960 directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It faced major controversy, as it was different. Horror films before this were more unrealistic and gruesome. Psycho was a groundbreaking film of the horror genre. It was more realistic the events could happen in reality.

In the opening scene of the movie, a little boy is shown playing in the rain. The boy’s name is Georgie and he is doing what kids have done in the rain for years, which is playing with a toy boat in the gutter. The camera then shows Georgie’s paper boat unfortunately flow into a gutter in the sidewalk. Georgie starts yelling “NOOO” at the loss of his boat and scarmbles up to the gutter. At first the gutter appears empty, until the audience hears a terrifying voice say “Hi Georgie!” and the terrifying clown head shown in my image appears inside the gutter. The clown we know as penywise. Pennywise asks if Georgie wants his boat back and Georgie says yes. Pennywise then asks Georgie if he wants a balloon and cotton candy. Georgie eagerly reaches inside and the demonic clown pulls him in and murders the boy.

Bottom from Midsummer Night’s Dream and Mr. Sponge from Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour have many similarities. Both characters are not who they seem to be and have far more meanings at the end of their texts. William Shakespeare and Robert Smith Surtees made the characters in a way that draws the reader’s attention to them. Bottom uses comedy to draw you in and Mr. Sponge is unpredictable. Trough out the writings there are examples of these. The comparisons between Bottom and Mr. Sponge can be found in their actions and personalities given to them by their authors.

Good afternoon Ms. Kovats and students, today I will be speaking to you about a small collection of texts that I believe explore how people can form emotional connections through sharing experiences felt through the literature. I highly recommend these texts for their ability to connect with the audience emotionally and personally through heart breaking experiences as they delve into the terrible impacts of war on children. The two texts I recommend include the poem, 'Little Polish Boy', composed by Peter Fischl and the picture book, My mother's eyes, written by Mark Wilson. 'Little Polish Boy' is a poem set around a Jewish boy growing up through the cruel holocaust of World War II in Europe. 'My mother's eyes' is a picture book of

the coyote relies on his own wits. The coyote is always looking for the short

Fences are an expression of separation, an expression that no one should face. They separate benevolent from evil, friendly and cruel. They are not meant to separate Jews and others. In the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne, the setting, characters, plot and theme are chilling and exciting in this Holocaust novel.

The boy in the Striped Pajamas is during World War 2, where a boy named Bruno and his family have to leave Berlin and take up residence next to a concentration camp. Bruno's father has just become commandment. Bruno looks out of his bedroom window and finds an odd-wired fence next door. He notices the people next door aren't all children, but appear to be wearing striped pajamas. Bruno always liked an adventure, the next day he begins exploring the fence.

What is a grotesque character? In literature, a character or location that is irregular, extravagant or fantastic in form. When used as a device, the purpose is often in the style of expressionism, making the grotesque a parody of human qualities or a distorted reflection of a familiar place. In many ways grotesque characters have some kind of problem in society, and example would be a veteran who lost a limb in war and trying to fit back into society, or anything that we see as not normal in our society. Characters in this particular subject can be deformed, obsessed, or in our terms just not normal or right. Another definition of a grotesque

The rise of tension between characters is another characteristic of comedic plays. After Oberon sees the way that Helena has been treated by Demetrius, he orders Puck to apply the juice to the eyes of Demetrius. Puck accidentally applies the juice to Lysander’s eye, which causes him to fall in love with Helena. After the mistake had been caught, Oberon sends Puck to watch Helena and Oberon applies the juice to Demetrius’ eyes. This causes both men to fall for Helena and now the battle is for Helena and not Hermia. Helena is convinced that this is a joke or prank because neither of the two men loved her before. Now because of Puck’s mistakes the four decide to find a