Philip Zimbardo

Comparing ChinaTown and the Big Sleep      ChinaTown, directed by Roman Polanski, is a non-traditional hard-nosed detective film made in the 70's. The typical elements of character type are there; J.J. Gittes (a private detective in LA) played by Jack Nicholson is the central character, sharing the spotlight is Fay Dunaway playing the femme fatale Evelyn Mulwray. This film breaks all types of norms when compared to the hard-nosed detective films it is modeled after. The film is filled with allusions

In the film Big Men by Rachel Boynton, it is exposed the true meaning of what a “Big Man” is. This documentary is based on oil companies trying to extract oil from Ghana and Nigeria and how corruption is being proceeded in theses countries. Director Boynton interviews the businessmen from oil companies which are from Kosmo energy company, the government officials of those countries and of course the people of the country. The citizen see government officials and oil companies as the the “Big Men”

Both texts deal with the ideas of procreation and children, however they differ in the aims of their speakers since Shakespeare’s Sonnet 1 aims to persuade for children whereas Hemmingway’s Hills Like White Elephants consists of the American attempting to convince Jig against them. Despite the thematic differences both of the texts use their speakers as a device to relay the narrative and intend to allow their interpretation to be affected by the reader’s perspective. Part of the Fair Youth sequence;

Chapter 1 Philip Marlowe, who is a private detective, goes to see General Sternwood. Who is a very rich man. Philip Marlowe has an appointment with him. Chapter 2 As Philip Marlowe is at the mansion, General Sternwood tells Philip that he is being blackmailed by a guy named Arthur Geiger, he sent in an envelope to General Sternwood with his daughter’s gambling debt, and wanted to see a few thousand dollars. General Sternwood once paid a man named Joe Brody 5000 dollars to leave his daughter be.

optimistic than the other diplomats, and the Queen was not as confident in his reply as in the replies from other representatives. Philip continued in politics and entertained foreign visitors and diplomats. Philip was quite intelligent, and was able to discuss chemistry, science, art, literature, poetry, law, religion, history, politics and military with ease. In 1579 Sir Philip Sidney

Fever Crumb Characters In the beginning of the story the main character, Fever Crumb, is rational and reasonable. “Then there was her hair, or rather, lack of hair. The order was keen to hurry humankind into the future, and they believed that hair was unnecessary. Fever shaved her head every other morning.” (8). This quote shows how Fever is rational because she removes things from her life that have more to do with comfort and beauty, which she believes to be irrational, than have to do

William Shakespeare's 18th and 55th Sonnets Both William Shakespeare’s 18th and 55th sonnet’s are full and complete examples of poetry at its best, and, while studying Shakespeare’s form is very important, it is equally so to look at the content and even further deep to its true meanings. His techniques which have immortalized him over several centuries are displayed at their best while still capturing his goal of honoring his lover. Although the two poems were written separately

In the Book A Clockwork Orange, the short stories Harrison Burgeron, The Lottery and the movies Gattaca and the Truman Show by Anthony Burgess, Kurt Vonnegut, Shirly Jackson, Andrew Niccol and Peter Wier respectively. These pieces of literature(and cinematography) all have a society that controls and manipulates the individual or Protaganist. The society does this because it wants total control over both the individual and the society as a whole. A Clockwork Orange is futuristic look at England

Throughout the Eighteen Years of my life I read many interesting short stories. Some stories where more eye catching than others. Furthermore “A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner and “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka were not on the top of my list. In my opinion, the stories were eye catching because of how the author made its characters react and respond toward the suspense and eeriness in certain parts of the climax of the stories. For example, in “A Rose For Emily” the ladies of the community said

Comparing the poems Neutral Tones and Absence Both the poems 'Neutral Tones' by Thomas Hardy and 'Absence' by Elizabeth Jennings mention and describe the poets' feelings about losing their partners. Even though the general theme, the loss of love, is the same, many features such as tone, imagery, language and rhyme scheme differ from each other. Hardy emphasises more on his feelings towards his break up. He doesn't actually mention how he feels, but instead, the imagery he uses and the