English-language films

Despite the fact that each character comes to the same realization, the film better covers the theme of staying true to your own beliefs because Rat likes to tell stories that are not always necessarily true, and Adrian only does what he wants to do and never lets anybody stop him from telling his unwavering truth. In The Things They Carried it comes across weaker because Rat likes to tell stories, but he sometimes exaggerates the truth or doesn’t tell the full story, so we never know if he’s telling

“Why would I assume a woman wouldn’t be involved in this kind of research? The wonderful thing about working on this film is, historically in movies, lead characters are played by women who are defined by men, whether it’s a love interest, or they’re the victim of a man, and Maya’s not like that.” This critical element is one of the driving points of the film: the fact that Maya is simply a character, and not “just” a female character (a.k.a. “plot device”) to further a male character’s

remembered my deep fascination for east asian culture. I found that I was more interested in east asian culture than my own. But I had no idea how to contribute this hobby into my college studies and future career. I am fascinated with japanese animated films because of the art behind it, I enjoy south korea's entertainment and music because that's what I spend most of my time watching and listening to, but most of all i enjoy the geography, culture, historic landmarks, and easy life styles that both japan

Jose Hurtado Mr. Ortiz English 12 27 February 2017 Unit 3: comparison essay The play of Macbeth has been film and named as the Throne of blood, Macbeth is a story of bad decisions that Macbeth did because his wife was like a serpent that always want to cause damage on other people, so Macbeth did a lot of bad decisions with all the bad advices of his wife, she was like controlling him to get power and force everybody to serve her. Macbeth was a man with ambitions that believed in the three

violence and persecution. The end date also marks the start of the Great Depression, and the reader is left with a tingling premonition that the narrator’s mission now is to lead the world out of despair. If you are a fan of Jodorowsky’s bizarre cult films, Holy Mountain (198-), El Topo (198-), or Santa Sangre (198-) to name a few, you might agree that the prolific creator has indeed accomplished something to that effect with his

Preece 1 Mr. Ortiz English 12 24 February 2017 Unit 3: Comparison Essay The Japanese film Throne of Blood is considered an extremely accurate portrayal of William Shakespeare’s piece the Tragedy of Macbeth. Both works are comparable in almost every way and aspect. Most noticeably, the similarities and differences of the relationships between each work’s characters are apparent. The characters of each piece of literature affect the accuracy of the film in mirroring Shakespeare’s Macbeth

character of a man cannot be determined by the adversity that they face throughout their lives; rather the true definition of a man’s character is determined by how they react to adversity. Masterful actor and implausible film writer, Sylvester Stallone best describes adversity during a film in which he acted as Rocky Balboa instilling important life values into his son “Let me tell you something you already know… [Life] ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward

like, because we can. We have traditions of our own that are well kept, but we have stolen a few too. Like for example Halloween and Santa Claus. These are also American traditions . The Norwegian language has taken a lot of English words and abbreviations like “CD” and “TV ”. “Kebab-norsk” is a language that’s developed by our new Norwegian immigrants. Or maybe it’s more like a “slang” I guess. How you talk, is a big part of the impression people get of you . In Norway, foods like pizza, sushi,

Synopsis – 205 words The film Yuri and Lili is set during the War of Resistance, in Beijing as most audiences are already aware of the tension between the Japanese and Chinese of the time. Yuri is highly skilled Japanese spy sent to China to seek highly guarded Chinese plans, which could help the Japanese win the war. He takes a casual and relaxed approach to his job. Lili is a top police detective in China, whose job is to seek Japanese spies who are trying to steal confidential information. She

elections, my interest was piqued. After grabbing the necessary papers from from the front office, I decided I would run for treasurer. After I filled out the paperwork and later spent weeks of rallying students for their votes, it was time for me to film my speech that would later be broadcasted to the entire student body. I had chosen my time slot for filming to take place during one of my lunches that week, and as the day quickly approached and suddenly came I was overcome with a sea of anxiety.