The Movie ' Amelie '

Throughout the first year of life we do not know how to communicate, what to do or even who we are. We expect our mothers or caregivers to be there and give us the supplies and attention we need to succeed during the first year of life. The movie Babies captures the growth of a baby in their first year of life. Ponijao is a baby from a Namibia is located in the west south side of Africa. Another baby is Mari from Japan, Hattie from the United States and the final baby showed in the movie is Bayarjagal from Mangolia. Out of all babies the one that stood out to me the most was Bayarjagal because in the movie we do not see the mother around very much and even less a father figure. In the next two to three years there is a possibility the baby will have a mental health issues especially in attachment and in speech. Bayarjagal is a baby from Mangolia which is an Asian country. The family lives in a rural area with cattle and other animals. The baby throughout the movie does not seem bothered by them because that is their normal life.

For instances, in the book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam gives up her life and surrenders to the Taliban, so Laila and her children can live a better life, one without fear of the Taliban hunting them down for the death of Rasheed. Insert quote. Mariam could have run away with Lalia, but she knew that they would always have to look over their shoulder, to worry if today is the day that the Taliban come. She wanted Laila and her children to live a long happy life, especially after all the hardship they have already suffered. Mariam only had Laila and her children’s happiness in mind when she made her decision. She made the most noble gesture anyone can do; she gave up her life for others. Sacrifices don’t always need to be made with someone’s life though. Another example is ‘sacrificing’ or donating money. Thousands upon thousands of people donate money to charities, whose only goal is to change the lives of others for the better. When most people donate money, their purpose isn’t to make themselves feel better or to bring them more happiness, their true purpose is to give to those who need it, to help establish a better life for others. Sometimes we get so caught up in the grandeur of things, that we don’t always remember that sometimes the little acts can also make a big

The movie ‘Her’ is the story about Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), an intelligent computer operating system personified through a female voice. At the beginning of the film, Theodore is completely inept when it comes to how to make relationship with person, specifically women. However, after he gets to know Samantha, an OS program, a feeling of true love develops inside of Theodore’s mind. Then he realizes how he was fatuous in his past. Throughout the film, the director (Spike Jonze) uses five distinct color schemes to correspond Theodore’s feeling and situation.

Would you sacrifice your life and happiness for someone else to give them a life of perfection? Alistair Macleod; raised in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, known as the protagonist and author of The Boat began to realize that his happiness isn't the only thing that matters. He told his father that he will stay by his side as long as he lived. Then he was suddenly gone. Alistair had no idea whether his father left because the sea wasn’t the right life for Alistair, or for himself. In The Boat Macleod conveys the idea that sacrificing happiness for another can ultimately lead to internal and external destruction through the use of irony, the protagonist's journey, and symbolism.

The play Cyrano de Bergerac, written by Edmond Rostand, was written based on the life of the real Cyrano de Bergerac. Even so, the setting of the story itself contributed greatly to the character Cyrano de Bergerac and the development of the story itself. Overall, the play has very specific stage directions and gives a very detailed description of the setting for every scene. This helps the character develop as the story continues, while also giving background and mood to that scene in which it describes. For example, things like the season being autumn in act five, stage directions stating “the green lawn has turned red” (Rostand 199) and “spots of darker color formed by box shrubs”(Rostand 199) showing how death is coming. It is being represented by the falling leaves and its change in color. The setting of the play also gives cultural background to the society in that time period.

The play Cyrano de Bergerac written by Edmond Rostand was written based off the life of the real Cyrano de Bergerac. Even so, the setting of the story itself contributed greatly to the character Cyrano de Bergerac and the development of the story itself. Overall, the play has very specific stage directions and gives a very detailed description to the setting for every scene. This helps the character develop as the story continue and while also giving background and mood to that scene in which it describes. For example, things like the season being autumn in act five and “the green lawn has turned red” (page 199) and “spots of darker color formed by box shrubs”(page 199) showing how death is coming and being represented by the falling leaves and it’s change in color. The setting of the play also gives cultural background to the society in that time period.

Mulan is an animated film that was released in 1998 from Disney during third wave feminism, which features an Asian woman protagonist. She is a Disney princess, but at first glance you wouldn’t think so. Mulan is introduced as a clumsy tomboy who did not think she would ever bring honor to her family. In order to accomplish said honor, she would have to by being the perfect bride, in accordance with the matchmaker. The film has a great amount of feminist ideals, however, it doesn’t leave out stereotypical gender roles and several examples of overdetermined ideologies. Patriarchy is very prevalent in this film, from the woman characters positions, down to the songs they sing throughout the film, patriarchy is a theme that cannot be missed. This paper will discuss how feminine and masculine stereotypes are conveyed in the film, how gender stereotypes are portrayed, and of the patriarchal themes included in the film.

I recently watched the film, The Royal Tenenbaums, by Wes Anderson. I have always absolutely loved the mise-en-scene in Wes Anderson's movies because he consistently captures the exact mood he is hoping to convey through the set, the scenes composition, the lighting, the costumes and basically every of aspect of what is in each scene.

Moreover, the academy-award winning film Moonlight follows the three stages of a black man’s life from adolescence to adulthood. The film also illustrates the pressures placed upon a poverty striken black young man in society. The film is sectioned into three different parts, “Little”, “Chiron”, and “Black”, the heroine of the film is named Chiron. The chapter “Chiron” places a specification on the heroine's identity. In addition, the “Chiron” section of the film focuses more on the character's self discovery as opposed to the other chapters. Thus the film illustrates the degradation in the character's arc and the personal inner struggle of the character. In the early stages of the character’s life, he is called “Little” little suggests someone

Moonlight is an amazing movie which tells the story of Chiron, a young African-American boy growing up in a difficult environment, that only becomes harder when he and those around him begin to realize that he is gay. The movie portrays the experience of Chiron through three key stages of his life (as a 10-year-old, a teenager, and an adult), as he goes through tough circumstances to figure out his (true) identity and a place in the world.

The French movie “Welcome” is a film by Philippe Lioret. The film takes place in France amidst the refugee crisis. The issue presented in the movie is the refugee crisis in France. France has a problem in refugees because many of the refugees comes into the country to live a better life or to try to make it into England. However, France has made it illegal to help refugees, such as housing them inside one’s own home. The Calais jungle has many refugees housed, all seeking asylum. Refugees would sneak into trucks going to England of this and try to sneak into trucks in order to reach England for a better life. To combat this, France set up higher security to spot these refugees and to stop them from going. These methods are shown in the movie. Security would use a device to detect the amount of carbon dioxide being produced because refugees would hide in the trucks. The other method that people have tried reaching England is by swimming. Refugees wants to go to England for many reasons, some being to live a better life and others to rejoin loved ones. Bilal, a seventeen-year-old refugees who is all by himself, wants to go to England to be with his loved one, Mina. Bilal pays five-hundred euros to sneak to England by truck, but that fails because he cannot keep the bag, to stop carbon dioxide from going out, on long enough. He then goes to get lessons from Simon, a depressed man going through a divorce with his wife, Marion. Marion does not like Simon’s indifference,

From the moment he meets her, Jean Valjean is ready to sacrifice everything for Cosette; whom he cares after as if she were his own daughter. From the moment he escapes prison to find her to the moment he risks his life at the barricade to save the love of her life he lives selflessly. “He went to the barricade to save me. As it is a necessity for him to be an angel, on the way, he saved others.” (326) His realization at the bishop’s house made Jean

A child with a strong mind and powerful spirit are not easy to come by. When one is stretched beyond a specific mental capacity, they could go insane, or if a child is given no hope, only fear and sorrow, they would perhaps give up. In a scenario such as this, a normal child would curl up, cry, or run away. Cosette however, was not a normal child, however a very strong willed child. In Les Miserables, Cosette represents not just redemption, or hope, but describes strong willpower. She goes through worse than most children today would depict as ‘unsurvivable’, while still holding onto a small fragment of a calm mind. There was more to Cosette than a simple girl, for years she was beaten, but she always knew that someday it would end. She trudged

The movie “Crash” is a very thought provoking movie about the underlying racial tensions in our society. It represented black, Hispanic, and Middle Eastern ethnicities and the stereotypes associated with each. The character I will be analyzing is Officer Ryan who is played by Matt Dillon. Ryan is a middle-aged police officer in Las Angeles, California who has been with the force for 17 years. He appears to be extremely racist in his multiple encounters with African Americans.

Although it seems like a heartless and ridiculous response to the subject matter, Meursault's existentialistic honesty makes him heroic. In a way, Meursault loves Marie, but his problem with communication is one of the root cause for his alienation because his response never satisfies the society.