Alan Pardew

Both the original text and the adaptation of V for Vendetta provokes us to analyze fascism, dystopian societies, and anarchism in order to establish an idyllic society. Through specific attention to detail, they both share a narrative, which centers on the characters V and Evey, provoking us to question V and at some point Evey’s morality. V for Vendetta serves as an interpretation on England in the later 20th century. The graphic novel and the movie adaptation of V for Vendetta carry many major

In V for Vendetta (2006), James McTeigue uses several editing techniques to emphasize the dystopian environment the movie is set in. One of the film’s most compelling scenes is a domino montage where the protagonist, V, is seen setting up dominoes while Eric Finch, the detective in charge of capturing V, is in his office telling a colleague about his findings. McTeigue uses juxtaposition to connect these seemingly unrelated scenes and add suspense to this pivotal scene in the film. McTeigue incorporates

The Great Gatsby and Citizen Kane are both stories in which the main character wants to get back to times before where they presently are. In both stories they have an object that symbolizes a time and person they wish to be. For Gatsby it is the green light and for Kane it is Rosebud. What I want to explore is what happens when theses symbols are no longer symbols, but memories. First I want to talk about Gatsby, in the book the green light symbolizes Daisy, which we find out in the fifth chapter

The Imitation Game is a 2014 American historical drama film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore, which is based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. It is about the code breaking program by the British during World War II, which helped Britain to break encoded Enigma messages from the Germans. Alan Turning, the main character, is a homosexual mathematician that is in charge of the project and is portrayed as a selfish genius that builds the code breaking machine

“We can see only a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” Alan Turing, a forgotten hero, said this when challenged with the prospect of technology that could think for itself. This figure hidden in the shadows of history has impacted every aspect  of society. Because of his accomplishments in the realm of computing, the vast majority of the population has handled an electronic device. Turing, truly a catalyst for social change, who society tried to bury because

of how we can learn from the theme of Homophobia and the idea of Individualism. The film is about Alan Turing and his struggle to create a machine to decipher the enigma code used by the germans in the second world war. Throughout the film he works past obstacles in his way in order to achieve this goal of creating a “mechanical mind”.The film is mostly shown as a series of flashbacks from Alan as he is questioned by the police about being accused of the crime of indecency (homosexuality). The

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore-- a graphic novel with the man who was tortured from room number V at Larkhill-- the man who now goes by the name of “V” and is the main character in V for Vendetta. Initially, he comes off as having an unstable mind and debatably without any morals. Contrastly, throughout the story’s progression, his character becomes deeper and more profound, showing an underlying grand scheme to overthrow the dystopian and totalitarian government of Great Britain-- with an obvious

Change can be difficult for nurturing individuals. Alan Paton examines this problem in Cry, the Beloved Country. Throughout the story, Paton adds specific personalities to his characters to contribute to change. Characters in Cry, the Beloved Country went through hardships that changed them to realize reality and its outcomes. Paton accordingly creates a picture throughout his story to explain the problems in South Africa. There are many contributing factors of Paton’s idea to identify as being

Agitation and turmoil of whites and blacks filled South Africa. A major theme that Alan Paton develops throughout the novel, Cry, the Beloved Country is the importance of acting with kindness. The author promotes the idea that kindness is a part of the solution to the problems in South Africa. Being able to be kind helps people understand one another which can help bring reform and hope to the small community of Ndotcheni. Alan Paton through the novel teaches the idea of love thy brother as yourself, as

The idea of portable touchscreen devices have been many years in the making, In the 1966 television show “Star Trek Captain Kirk had the PADD (Personal Access Display Device) (Star Trek)” , “The 1968 movie 2001: Space Odyssey, there was a similar device called the Newspad” (Sande). A device by the same name was described in Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy aired on BBC radio in weekly segments, starting on March 8, 1978, and published in a novel in 1979 (Adams) History of the Tablet before the 2010