François Mauriac

In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray bradbury, Bradbury shows that behind the destructive fire and the burning of books, citizens believe that the key to happiness is ignorance. In the story, the citizens of the dystopia don’t question what is hidden from them, but the main character of the story ponders what he is told and discovers truth and happiness through the knowledge gained from reading stolen books. Bradbury shows the ignorance the citizens possess,through many examples. In the beginning of

Did you ever wonder what it means to be a true hero? Nikolai Kretzsky in Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys, shows what it means to be a true hero. The story is about a fifteen-year-old girl, named Lina Vilkas, who lived in Lithuania during the time of World War two. She was deported to many different camps with her brother and mother, while her father was separated and deported elsewhere. In this novel Nikolai Kretzsky was an NKVD officer that oversaw Lina’s group. Many people debate whether

Bradbury also warns against the materialistic view of his society. In all three texts, the characters live in very materialistic societies. In Fahrenheit 451, people become so consumed with gaining the newest in technology. Montag’s wife asks him for a new TV, even though they had just gotten their third one not that much earlier. With people so focused on buying more and more, by influencing what is available, the people can be controlled. In an effort to please every minority, books are outlawed

People can change your point of view of things due to the influence of other peers. Guy Montag used to be a book burning fireman, and due to Clarisse influence on him he is now a independent knowledge seeker. In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse, the burned lady, and Professor Faber helped him become the person he was in the end of the book. After meeting Clarisse, Guy Montag begins to question things about his daily life that he unfortunately never realized before. Before he crossed paths with Clarisse

Every film that is made has a collective group of people who lend their vision to a film. The term auteur theory, originating in France in the 1950’s, is a French word that means “author” and in the world of cinema that would mean the director is the one who is the major creative force behind the film. As stated in the article The Auteur Theory, “the term “author” carries another association- namely, the idea of a lone, individual creator.” With the word auteur being involved it means that the director

According to Andrew Sarris Notes on the Auteur Theory in 1962, there is no definition of the auteur theory in the English language. Outgrowing the cinematic theories of Andre Bazin and Alexandra Astruc, arising in France in the late 1940s, auteur theory became the theory of filmmaking where the director is deemed as the major creative force in a film. A foundation stone of the French Cinematic movement known as the ‘novelle vague’, or ‘New Wave’, the theory of director-as-author was principally advanced

In the year 1954, Francois Truffaut wrote that French cinema was suffering from a “tradition of quality,” referring to the fact that films were not implementing one’s artistic integrity, but instead being made specifically for festivals (Staples). Traffaut wanted something to be done to fix this, and soon he created the auteur theory. Auteur Theory is the theory that the auteur, French for author, is the person that brings a film to life and uses the film to express their thoughts and feelings about

When I read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, I felt very depressed and angry over the idea of burning books. In Fahrenheit 451 society it is against the law to read or own books. If you do, you could go to jail or be killed. And burning down houses, if there are books in them, is also acceptable. But in real life burning houses and books is not good. Fahrenheit 451 society and our world are very different because they have different laws and rules. Another example of how Fahrenheit 451 and our

Jean Antoine Watteau was born October 10, 1684 in France. He was a French rococo artist in the 18th century during the Rococo art movement. Rococo painting was light, airy, frilly and bejeweled, which is fitting as it was intended for the powerful aristocracy and wealthy upper-middle class (Biography of Jean Antonio Watteau 2017). Watteau gained his love or interest in theater and ballet after studying with Claude Guillot who painted scenery for stages. He enjoyed the curved lines and decorative

A carnival is an event that entails some form of public celebration which includes a simplified version of a circus, costumes, masks and is aught time accompanied by some form of street or community party. With this in mind, Pulitzer Prize Winning novel, Dressing up for the Carnival stories, written by Carol Shields, enlists the reader for getting ready to go to the carnival. However, Shields is not getting us ready for an actual carnival, The stories that were analysed from the book are, “Dressing