The Graduate Symbolism

3. Examine the cover of the novel. What images do you see? How do you think the images are connected to the story?

4. As I watched the movie, I could not grasp that the things that I was seeing were real, especially the body parts just laying around. It made me feel sick to my stomach that stuff like that happened.

The director mainly used eye level shots, to leave it up to the audience to judge the two main characters of the movie, although certain power struggles in the film are shown from high angles to illustrate someone dominating a conversation or argument. Figgis also uses some point of view shots to show the imbalance during Ben’s drunken periods where the camera is placed at an oblique angle to show tension and approaching movements. The images in the film are in high contrast with streaks of blackness and harsh shafts of light to underline the dramatic events that occur.

4.) What aspects of their past did characters in your film carry with them into the mysterious future?

Characters play a major role in ensuring that the novels can be read and comprehended. However, the success of a novel is dependent on the quality of characterization and whether they will attract the

Analyse how the use of film features shaped your response to one or more themes in the film.

The movie starts up with Ben Braddock sitting on a plane bound for Los Angeles, which pans outward to reveal passengers with blank, empty faces, a hint at Existentialism’s belief that no one has meaning or purpose. After Ben has landed, he leaves the airport, and in the background 3 arrows point in all directions, yet he chooses the path with no arrow or guidance. The doors he does leave out of, are also marked with

There are many different elements of film that filmmakers can utilize to make a film. Direction, storyline, cinematography, mise en scene, as well as point of view and tone can all lend a hand in making a film great. One might say that the most important aspect of a film is the script. Others might argue the actors are the most important part. However, an impressive balance of all of the different elements of film are what can elevate a film to greatness. That is why the best film viewed this semester is Night of the Living Dead.

Ben’s Purpose in the Drama (Consider how his appearances give meaning to the drama as a foil* to Willy.)

Begins with a comforting scene of Ben with his parents. The dreamy filter the scene is given makes it seem like a dream and/or a flashback. Initially, Ben was excited to have a sister and pleased as he says to his Mum, "I can't wait for the baby to come then we're gonna be best friends, aren't we?" However this is quickly changed when Ben drifts in and out of sleep, his first view being of his Mum singing to him and the third one of his Mother’s hair turning white and the desperation he

1. Who is the main character in each book? What qualities does the character have that you relate to or admire? Why?

War can be very traumatizing and can have extreme last longing effects on the people who are involved in it, one of those effects can be post-traumatic stress disorder. Soldiers suffering from Post-traumatic stress disorder have to live everyday with problems that most people do not have to deal with, much like various symptoms that include change in mood, behavior and mental state. The unbearing pain experienced within PTSD can lead the person to distance themselves away from close friends and family members. Being alone can have an even greater negative effect on the mind and even the body. Much like the experiences Billy Pilgrim, a victim of PTSD, went through because of the war. Isolation is also a major theme in Slaughterhouse Five.

Characters What factual details do you notice about the character? (Occupation, Attitude, Description, etc) What obstacles does the character face? Physical, Mental, and Emotional Explain how this obstacle is or is not a human rights issue. How does the character respond to each obstacle and what is the effect of that response? Include a quotation with the page that shows the obstacle.

Not only do the roles of the characters compel a reader, they also illustrate the

Later on we learn that Ben killed his mother because he was so still hurt about the way she treated him when he was a young boy. He tries to cover up what he did because he thinks Jean knows so he kills her to cover up his mother murder. But Jean painted a picture in her living room but no one has been to Jean living room. So Ben and Clara are cleaning the living and then Clara leaves Ben in the living room by himself and he erased himself from the picture so no one else would find out it was