Bill Wallace

Both Robert Burns and William Wordsworth use the past in their poetry to inspire readers to change their future but the two poets go about it in very different ways. Burns focuses on the collective history of Scotland, drawing on its folk songs, national heroes and culture to create revolutionary sentiment in his readers. Wordsworth sits at almost the other end of the spectrum he focuses in on the past of individuals and how their futures could be changed through their mind-sets. Unlike Wordsworth

Travis Bickle is a veteran of the Vietnam War and now works as a taxi driver in New York. All through the night, he goes on working alone in a metropolitan city, because he can’t sleep at night. Travis lives alone, without his family, any friend and lover, so he doesn’t talk to anybody, but he spent watching porn and thinking about himself. He seems to be alienated from others and the society, at the same time he has already noticed his lonely situation. In Taxi Driver, Travis feels loneliness which

The 2003 film, Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton tells two stories. In the first story, told in the present tense, Will Bloom (Billy Crudup) is attempting to reconnect with his dying father, Edward Bloom (Albert Finney). At the same time, Edward is recounting his journey in life in a series of flashbacks. The story explores vast themes such as the reality versus fantasy, power of love and of imagination. The film begins at Will’s wedding which took place several years earlier. As Edward gives a

Patrick Rothfuss, an American writer, once said, “It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” Rothfuss explains how storytelling is always a part of everyone. Stories are told in different ways, and those stories shape the person tremendously. Many of the stories told today are what shape the audience. In “The Things they Carried”, by Tim O’Brien, and the film “Big Fish”, directed

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement where African Americans embraced their newfound freedom through various types of art. An important figure involved in this movement was a woman named Gwendolyn Bennett. Being one of the most versatile figures she was a Poet, short-story writer, columnist, journalist, illustrator, graphic artist, arts educator, teacher, and administrator on the New York City Works Progress Administration Federal Arts Project (1935-1941). Bennett was the first African-American

Scottish Warrior: William Wallace Sir William Wallace notoriously represents a hero in Scottish history and culture. He was a Scottish knight best known for his leadership during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Perceived as a hero by the Scottish people, Wallace lived by the Gaelic warrior chant, “ Bas agus Buaidh”, which means Death and Victory (“Wallace’s Liberty Cry” 1). His epic campaigns against England proved his patriotism to Scotland. In fact, a plaque displayed at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital

Imagine being attacked by mobs on the way to school. Melba and Boston school students are experiencing this. In the book, Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba is part of the Civil Rights Movement by being one of the first black students to integrate into Central High School. She experiences abuse and hate from people who do not want her to come into Central High. In “Selma and Civil Rights”, 600 civil right marchers march through Selma and towards Montgomery. The governor tries to stop the march, while the

Have you ever thought about how your actions or opinions affected the environment around you? We’re constantly unaware of what we do that impacts the environment’s condition. One author named Wendell Berry blames the public in his article regarding the way society and the industry has treated the environment and its natural resources. This raises concerns whether we should be putting more importance on the economy or the land that we live in for the sake of our future survival. While I agree with

Difference between Eastern European and Western European Animation The definition for animation as stated in Oxford Dictionary is “the technique of photographing successive drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement when the film is shown as a sequence”. There are many types of animation besides 2D and 3D. Some of them are stop-motion animation, puppet animation which we commonly known here at Malaysia as wayang kulit, clay animation or claymation which uses clay

WILLIAM WALLACE By Laurence Simic-Bentley LIFE and ACCOMPLISHMENTS (ASSESSMENT) William Wallace was a Scottish born freedom fighter who fought for the independence of Scotland from England. Not much is known about his background although it is thought that he was born around 1270 CE. Historians suspect that Wallace was born either in Elderslie, Renfrewshire or Ellerslie, Ayrshire. His father is believed to be either Sir Malcom of Elderslie or a commoner by the name of Alan Wallace. The identity