The Movie ' Babel '

She soon got involved in the wrong crowd which resulted in her skipping curfew and smoking cigarettes. Not only was she doing those things but she withdrew from her family as well . A couple months into the camp she soon stopped talking to her brother and mother. These are all signs of depression. If the family weren't placed in these camps they wouldn't have gone through all these struggles. The families relationships between one another and their mental health would have still been intact . The internment camps, in various different ways, affected thousands of Japanese-American families across the nation. From broken homes to low self-esteem, one could say the internment camps were meant to break these Japanese americans down . They made these people feel inhuman which resulted in them acting out of character. This novel gives you insight of just one; of many, families that were affected by this act of war. The girl, for example truly acted out of character . She went from being a well-behaved girl to being in a constant state of rebellion with her new friends she had made in the internment camps. The girl, unlike the boy having to step up and be the man of the house, she decided to mentally withdraw and let the situation take control of her, rather than her taking control of the situation. Putting the girl in the internment camp resulted in her acting out and showing minor signs of depression. The Girl, Boy, Mother and Father suffered in various ways that

But was it for the best or for the worst ? The girl had much insight and could cope with almost anything, a 10 year old with a family and a home, a smart young lady who was unimpeachable, given the options to make her own decision she did so. While she did have her insecurities she would put them aside, and the contempt feeling went away. While in the kitchen, the girl walks in and drinks her water, knowing it was time for her piano lessons, she sits ¨Do i have to? {the woman thought for a moment} No, she said, only if you want to. Tell me i have to.¨[pg.16] When the girl wants her mother to tell her what to do, this symbolizes both the relationship they have and how the girl is still a child that wants reinsurance and is still dependent on her. Though during the time they were in the internment camp many things had changed her. The girl had became both reckless and careless, making impulsive decisions without thinking of the after effects or consequences. When she was in the internment camp, the girl became irresponsible and stop caring about everything “ In the morning she did not return until long after dark. She was always in a rush now...she ate all her meals with her friends. Never with the boy and his mother. She smoked cigarettes.[pg.92]” When the

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.

as she grows up during World War II in a Japanese internment camp. Along with

Finally, she had people who understood her and were willing to listen to her. She had people who believed in her, stood by her when she had her baby. The girls were not perfect, she had some not so good moments with them but even in their imperfections, they were people she could relate with. Being able to read her story to them, and hear their story, gave her a sense of belonging. When Ms Rain asked her how she feels participating in class she said “I feel here”. This is an indication of a sense of belonging.

In every story there was some kind of conflict. In the “Sniper’’ there was two snipers and they

girl’s life from childhood to her early adult life. Johnson begins her piece by talking about the

Even more shocking was the fact that she accepted these feelings as perfectly normal. Also distinct about her schooling at Manzanar was the fact that she felt very prepared to enter American schools. This showed how eager Jeannie was to be a part of mainstream American cultures, even though she may not have been welcomed. Jeannie’s experience in American schools was drastically different from her experience at Manzanar. She had problems making friends because the parents of the other children would not allow their children to befriend a Japanese girl. For Jeannie, the first thing an American girl said to her, “Gee, I didn’t know you spoke English” defined people’s attitudes toward her and other Japanese people at that time in history. However, most of the other children slowly accepted her, regardless of her race. On the opposite end of the spectrum, most of the parents and some of the teachers were very unreceptive to Jeannie for the simple fact that she was Japanese. This fact very much disappointed her, and she directly stated that when she said “From that point on, part of me yearned to be invisible. In a way, nothing would have been nicer for no one to see me.” However, she was not excluded from all activities, as she was an active participant in athletics, scholarship, yearbook, newspaper, and student government. Her

In the story “A Choice of Weapons” the author chose the camera as his weapon the expose the racial unbalance of freedom present in society. The author use his camera by showing society’s symbol of “freedom” but contrasts it with an African American women who is not given the freedom the flag represents. The photographer was told by his boss to go and follow the African American woman and see what her life is like and truly discovered the freedom she is deprived of in life. He discovers that her life has been full of tragedy, loss of opportunity, and sadness. The woman had to live without her parents, her husband was killed, and she had taken on 3 children that are not hers. She cares for the children even though she

Language devices capture Ying-ying’s emotions of disconnection and her careless personality. Ying-ying starts to talk about her daughter Lena and the effect her passive personality has on her. Ying-ying explains how she lived in America, accepting everything that came her way and how she accepted Lena’s American ways. She says,

The remainder of the poem's setting takes place in the United States, where the speaker and her family now reside. Living in the United States, the speaker's miserable tone results from the fact that she feels alienated from her children, but now they, "go to American high schools/ They speak English" (Line 8-9). English, a language she does not understand and is, "embarrassed at mispronouncing words" (Line 16). This barrier of language has broken off a major form of communication between her children and her. There once was a time when she would laugh along with her children as they told jokes, but now all she can do is, "stand by the stove and feel dumb, alone" (Line 11). The speaker's setting has distorted her self image. The fact that she now feels dumb is a completely different feeling from how she felt in Mexico where she, "understood every word they'd say" (Line 4). Yearning for that familiarity of the bond between her children and herself she, "bought a book to learn English" (Line 12). This is her only way to adjust to her new setting and because she feared that one day she, "will be deaf/ when (her) children need (her) help" (Line 21-22).

As the girl continues on to grow up she is continually facing challenges with her confidence and thus affecting her emotionally and physically. For instance, one of the line states that “ she went to

Tomi overcame this hardship by realizing what she was doing wrong. She found out she wasn’t trying and wasn’t really interested in doing it. But when she tried and put in love and gentleness, she arranged the flowers. And she finally felt Japanese. Yet, the theme of overcoming hardships and facing challenges was clearly seen in both works of

The film Amelie provides multiple examples of individuals sacrificing, and applying Campbell 's moral objective to their own lives. One of the people from the film that follow the objective is Dominique Bretodeau. When he was a young boy, he lost his treasure box. Directly after it was returned to him from a stranger, he began to tear up over the lost memories that the box contained. He then confides in people at the bar that he has not spoken to his daughter in years, and because of this does not know his grandson. This simple act of kindness was enough to make Bretodeau sacrifice his pride enough to reconcile with his daughter and grandson. He had no idea if his family was going to open their arms, or push him away for being away for so long. This failed to stop Bretodeau. This journey of becoming a hero was a spiritual one. Most of the conflict happened within his own heart. A small act of thoughtfulness helped a man choose to create a better life for him, and his estranged family.

The Language of 'The Catcher in the Rye' Author(s): Donald P. Costello Source: American Speech, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Oct., 1959), pp. 172-181 Published by: Duke University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/454038 . Accessed: 30/01/2011 11:19