Russell Mulcahy

"The Sweet Hereafter and the Pied Piper" A tragic event can occur in no longer than a moment and produce a domino effect that can change everything in your life. The book "The Sweet Hereafter" by Russell Banks contains such an event. This book has a modernized undertone of the folk tale "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning. This tale is carried throughout the books entirety. Both of these stories show connections in many ways and almost parallel one another in their basic plot

The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks Through our life experiences, we all have a different story or perception of an event that we envision to be the truth. The question is, how do we know what is the truth? In the novel by Russell Banks, "The Sweet Hereafter" tells a handful of stories from different points of view providing contrasting angles and meanings to the same event. As these stories interlock with each other and intertwine together the accounts of how each of these people cope with

Ridley Scott’s epic film, Gladiator, won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture in 2000. Scott’s film, details the fall and rise of the great Roman General, Maximus Decimus Meridius. The Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, tells Maximus that he wishes that he become his successor, instead of his son, Commodus. Angry, Commodus, murders his own father, thus becoming the emperor, and sentences Maximus and his family to death. He escapes, but the Emperor’s men murder his family and burn his home

Russel Conwell Acres of Diamonds According to Russell Conwell's speech "Acres of Diamonds," wealth is accessible to you no matter who or where you are. The term acres of diamonds doesn't literally refer to acres of diamonds, but is a metaphor used to express the belief that opportunities are endless if you just use your resources. You should also be reasonably ambitious to attain your goals. A man's ambition to attain wealth helps to make him a good man. Opportunities surround us in our

Corporate social responsibility has been a fixture in the business world for decades, and has become embedded in many universities as higher education leaders seek alternative ways to achieve sustainability (Weiss, 2016). Social Responsibility can be defined as a code of conduct and action beyond what is required by laws and regulations when running a particular organisation. As organizations do not operate in a vacuum, their activities will impact their surroundings which include their stakeholders

Isaac Newton’s third law states that “To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.” Not only can this statement be applied to the sciences, but also to how we behave on a daily basis. Russel Conwell’s claim in his speech “Acres of Diamonds” that poor people make themselves poor and rich people make themselves rich defends the belief that we are responsible for our own success. This means that even if you come from an impoverished background you can change your situation for the better

Worldview Reflection paper Philosophy is all about knowledge and the comprehension of existence. It tries to answer many questions about our reality. In fact, lots of philosophers, or as some are called, Humanists, wants to understand the purpose of life and so, the human’s status. In this essay, it will be discussed how Worldviews can have many aspects and how interpretations of life might be different from a person to another. In fact, Bertrand Russel’s worldview will be explained, as well as

Sometimes there is a situation that one is dragged into, such as some type of accident. For example, Mitchell Stephens is one of the narrators in “The Sweet Hereafter” by Russell Banks. In his side of the story, he is a lawyer from New York who heard about a bus accident in Sam Dent where ten children died in a bus crash. Mitchell is also the one lawyer representing Risa Walker and her husband in a negligence suit that financially compensated them for the loss of their son Sean. Mitchell is not only

Cameryn felt something on her foot, pulling her down. She looked at her feet to see it was just seaweed, she kicked the green plant off her foot. As she looked back up the thing in the distance had come closer, and closer. When she was able to make out the object, she knew she was in trouble. A shark was coming at her and it looked like it wanted to kill. She cursed under her breath and started swimming away. She was a fast swimmer but the shark was faster. Soon the shark was swimming next to her

The movie Gladiator, released in 2000, was directed by Ridley Scott. It was produced by Douglas wick, David Franzoni, and Branki Lustig. The three stars were Russell Crowe playing Maximus, Joaquin Phoenix playing Commodus, and Connie Nielsen playing Lucilla. Gladiator is a one-part movie that won five academy awards. Maximus decides to retire from the Roman Army after a battle over the germanic tribes. After Commodus has killed his father the enperor and Maximus' family, Maximus is captured and