The Invictus, a biographical film about Mandela’s leadership on the Nation of South Africans, is called “The Invictus”. A book was also used as the basis for the film. “Playing the enemy: Nelson Mandela, the Game That Made a Nation” …
Month: March 2023
Alfonso Cuaron’s Children of Men (2006) demonstrates a world where humans cannot reproduce and are at risk of extinction. With Britain the last working nation left, and the rest in turmoil, the plot unfolds. Many people wish to immigrate, making …
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You murdered my father. Prepare to die.”
As a loving parody of fantasy, The Princess Bride has become a cultural icon. This movie elevated the story to popular culture status. The film made Westley …
Impressionism was music that was dynamic between 1875-1925. It was a way of expressing your emotions through music. Maurice Ravel was the major contributor to impressionism. However, Claude Debussy is the most important. Impressionism is a French painting. This essay …
The Green Mile was an suspense film that Frank Darabont directed. It was adapted to the Stephen King novel. This film is still extremely popular today. It’s often used by students researching the topic to create lists of possible racism …
The Disney studios are the source of our childhood. They produced films such as Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Dumbo, Treasure Planet and Dumbo, but the most iconic was the Disney Princess line. Modern cinema culture has had strong representations …
Joseph Campbell’s 1949 book The Hero With a Thousand Faces was published. It outlined a monomyth, the hero’s journey, that would be passed down through generations. This template could then be used to create thousands of stories. It’s not hard …
Simon Spier, a 17-year-old gay protagonist, has not come out yet and is currently in an online relationship. He is with “Blue” (a boy called Blue). Simon is a huge fan of Elliott Smith and loves oreos. Blue has been …
James Fenimore Cooper’s novel, The Last of the Mohicans was published in 1826. It takes place in the New York wilderness between 1757 and 1763. The book is about the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The book is about Alice …
Mark Twain suffered through many of the horrors of the Civil Wars to the racial-religious unrest that was known in the late 1800s. Twain reflects on these times and writes his humorous philosophical essay ‘The Lowest Animal. Twain uses macabre …