Imitation

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

In “Imitation and Gender Insubordination,” Butler ridicules normative cultural expressions and performances and encourages us to resist the power structures which regulate our lives and gender identities. She uses key terms that denote both conformity and ownership to expose the control society has on our way of thinking about gender. Butler believes that we are tricked to recognize that gender “belongs properly to some other group” because society has crafted a standard as to what is “natural.”

to better define who they are and to better solidify the hierarchy that has been developing through United States history. Imitation of Life (1934) directed by John M Stahl and Pinky (1949) directed by Elia Kazan both contain plotlines, characters, and racial theories that aid in portraying racial Otherness among blacks in both films to boost the success of whites. In Imitation of Life, Delilah, the Other, is used by Bea to promote her own success as a widowed white entrepreneur as well as mistreated

Synopsis On Portrayal of Homosexuality in Alan Turing’s - The Imitation Game In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Award of Degree of Bachelors of Arts (Hons.) in English 2013-16 Submitted By: Supervised By: SHAKUL AGNIHOTRI

At the end of An Imitation of Life, Annie dies, all the character's are left in grief, and there is no real resolution. The lack of resolution is important because it shows that Sarah Jane's choices are ones that she must deal with for the rest of her life. As the movie ends, Ms. Meredith takes Sarah Jane in, and will presumably take on a motherly role with her. This has always been what Sarah Jane has wanted, a white mother, and for herself to be seen as a white person. From a young age she always

The skill of imitation can be used in the most perilous events in order to gain an upper hand or destroy our position completely; as we have seen from the various works we have been studying up until this point. Melville’s short story “Benito Cereno” is another example of a situation where people who we expect to behave in a certain way did so; who had events work out in their favor for the most part; until the façade faded away and they were no longer in a position to play their parts. We are able

“Imitation of Life” was an American romantic drama movie which was shown in 1959. There were two families which both only had a mother and her daughter, in the movie. Lora was an actress who tried to become famous in Broadway. Susie, Lora’s daughter, fell in love with the same guy that Lora loved. Annie, a black woman, was Lora’s maid. Sarah Jane was Annie’s daughter who never admitted herself was black. The stories of two families were tragic, and movie highlighted the problems of racial discrimination

Reflective Essay: Poem ["Lana Turner has collapsed!"] In 1995, an actress by the name of Lana Turner was found dead in her Los Angeles mansion. It was not a surprise since she was publically diagnosed with throat cancer only a few years beforehand and was known to be a lifelong smoker. Yet, her death at the age of seventy-four seemed to capture national attention. Even though a majority of the population knew of Lana Turner, not many people knew who Lana Turner was as a person. After reading the

Imitation of Life directed by Douglas Sirk, 1959. This movie is a melodrama that shows the love and the hardships between mother and daughter while juggling the tasks of work, love, and personal problems. The French term mise-en-scène is shown throughout the film in different ways through the camera angles, lighting, and costumes. These elements help show the little details about the characters, and their life lessons with themselves and each other. Mise-en-scène is the director’s idea behind where

arsenal of writers that I want to be like, but I haven't spent the time trying to be like them. I spend most of my time thinking of ways that I am unlike these great authors and this huge gap stops me from ever putting pen to paper. The section on "Imitation is Flattery" helped me see that this is no way to live. Great writers don't just appear, they take time developing their own style. This section encouraged me to just do it, just start writing. When an idea comes to mind I should go for it, and write