British films

period drama film directed by Deepa Mehta. The story is set in Lahore in the time period directly before and during the partition of India in 1947. The film recounts the holocaust of Partition through the eyes of Lenny, a crippled Parsi girl. Lenny 's parents live in Lahore with an army of servants, including the delectable ayah, a beautiful Hindu woman, Shanta. The movie starts with Lenny revisiting her childhood days as a student coloring her drawing, and remembering the downfall of British Empire in

colonies; allowing them to still profit from these third world countries without actually occupying them. Neo-Colonialism produces a number of effects on the subject country, the majority of these effects being negative. The novel A Small Place and the film Motorcycle Diaries discuss the numerous effects of neo-colonialism to a great extent the

Q. In what ways do Christopher Nolan and ________ develop the idea of causality of war in Dunkirk and Evacuation of Dunquecue, respectively? Within Christopher Nolan’s Film Dunkirk and _______’s poem Evacuation of Dunkirk both authors explore the causality of war. Both texts are set in the same situation and both explore the different aspects of the evacuation of Dunkirk from two similar but different sources. They both develop the themes of isolation, honour and hope. Specifically, Nolan uses

and regimes that uniformly determine access to such markets; namely privatization, free flow of capital, deregulation and foreign investment rights. India currently stands as the world’s largest democracy; a parliamentary system inherited from the British Commonwealth tradition where approximately 700 million citizens enjoy enfranchisement. The fault lines of India’s democracy run parallel with the country’s economic divisions; a profound disparity of wealth is widespread. The large class divisions

the Dover cliffs, Kenneth Branagh’s Vice-admiral Bolton oversees the role of pier master, organizing soldiers onto the ships. Bolton’s role of pier master more closely resembles Canadian James Campbell Clouston, who was completely omitted from the film. Clouston was tasked with ushering troops along a port on the beach in Dunkirk to a fleet of ships awaiting their arrival in the English Channel. Before Clouston was appointed to the mission, allied soldiers were being evacuated from Dunkirk at

The long term effects of British colonization on the feminist movements in India and Nigeria can be seen through Katherine Mayo’s Mother India, the film, “Mother India”, Misty Bastian’s Vultures of the Market Place, and Falola and Paddock’s The Women’s War of 1929. In India, imperialism delayed the advancement of the feminist movement due to the priority of the nationalist movement. In Nigeria, imperialism spurred the feminist movement due to the autonomy of the women. Throughout this essay I will

Three different cultures, that of British high class, Portuguese Creole and Saint-Domingue Native, influence one another’s collective ideals of freedom in Burn!. Three specific men, William Walker, Teddy Sanchez and José Dolores represent each of these three cultures. These three men demonstrate ideals of both collective and personal freedom. They all work to better the economies and way of life for their homelands and enhance their personal freedom. Sir William Walker travels to Quemada in order

In the film John Adams, by Tom Hooper, it is indisputable that majority of colonists never ruminated about their independence from the British crown until the Intolerable acts was put into effect. Also known as the Coercive Acts, The Intolerable Acts were responsive measures, taken by the British, to the Boston Tea Party. Consisting of four different acts, they placed even more restrictions on the colonists then what they already had. For example, one of the acts established was the Massachusetts

audiences will first visit, and it can let audiences have a first impression of traditional Indian art. For the two exhibition rooms, I will use the large exhibition room to exhibit the Christian art in medieval India and the works of art that depict the British colonial period and partition.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming "Jack" Churchill was a British army officer during the second world war and beyond. He acquired two Distinguished Service Orders for his ability to go above and beyond the call of duty at the battle of Salerno. In addition to all this, he's my hero. For his bravery on the battlefield and his eccentric attitude for all his exploits in life. Jack Churchill is the essence of the man I want to be. There is no one event or experience that inspires me, but