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- 1011: The Simpsons
- ... or at least beneficial, material to help kids who are developing into young adults. However, the ideals that The Simpsons conveys are not always wholesome and, sometimes, not even in good taste. Through the immoral stories and ill-mannered characters of the cartoon, it is evident that The Simpsons affect children in harmful ways. Matt Groening took up drawing to escape from his troubles in 1977. At that time, Groening was ... Yes" Bart: "What about a robot with a human brain?" Teacher: "I don't know! Is a little blind faith too much to ask for?" (Pepsin) The pastor, Reverend Lovejoy is a hypocrite. In "22 Short Films About Springfield" he leads his dog into Ned Flanders' yard to go to the bathroom. He praises the dog until Ned comes outside. Suddenly Rev. Lovejoy acts angry and threatens the dog with hell ... and words. With ethnic and religious stereotypes, foul language, and Bart and Homer's influence throughout, it is clear that The Simpsons is not a beneficial show for the audience it targets. Works Cited "22 Short Films About Springfield." The Simpsons. By: John Swartzwelder, Dir: Jim Reardon, Prod: James L. Brooks. Fox. WFLD, Chicago. 12 May 1996. "Bart the Genius." The Simpsons. By: John Vitti, Dir: David Silverman, Prod: James ...
- 1012: Poe's Literary Vengence
- Poe's Literary Vengence Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be the master of the short fiction in Literature. His works seem to be based upon his tumultuous relationship with his stepfather. Grolier's Encyclopedia tells us Poe like his stepfather was an orphan at an early age. It also tells ... and each story provides a different plan for executing the plans of death. No one will ever know the true meanings of Poe's literary works. There are only theories and beliefs of what his stories, poems, and essays mean and represent. I do feel that his writing is a reflection of horrible relationship between he and his father and the death's that he endured to his dearest loved ones. He is without a doubt one of the great literary writers of his time and will always be considered one or if not the best short fiction writer ever. Works Cited Bonaparte, Marie. The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe: A "Psycho - Analytic Interpretation". Imago Publishing Co., 1949. Hoffman, Daniel. POE POE POE POE POE POE POE. Vintage Books, ...
- 1013: The Grapes of Wrath: Rose of Sharon and The Starving Man
- ... of Sharon and The Starving Man Ma's eyes passed Rose of Sharon's eyes, and then came back to them. And the two women looked deep into each other. The girl's breath came short of gasping. She said, "Yes." Ma smiled. "I knowed you would. I knowed!" (Chapter 30) Nothing in The Grapes of Wrath outraged readers as did the scene in Chapter 30 where Rose of Sharon offers ... even hired private detectives to verify Steinbeck's story who reported that the conditions were even worse than those depicted in the novel. However, Steinbeck was not without defenders. Magazines such as Life ran feature stories on the plight of the migrants, and before the novel was made into a movie the director sent men to verify the accuracy of the novel, and his agents also reported that the conditions were ... cars as they rush by the side of the road. Others of these intercalary chapters are written as essays or as historical accounts of past events. To make his novel effective, Steinbeck has two different stories, one of the individual journey of the Joad family, and one telling of the general plight of the migrants. In telling the story, there seemed to be a lot of material left over that ...
- 1014: Western Films
- ... flexible genres and one of the most characteristically American genres in their mythic origins - they focus on the West - in North America. Western films have also been called the horse opera, the oater (quickly-made, short western films which became as commonplace as oats for horses), or the cowboy picture. The western film genre has portrayed much about America's past, glorifying the past-fading values and aspirations of the mythical ... Lewis as a white scout named Hawkeye raised as a Mohican in The Last of the Mohicans (1992)), Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail (1849), Samuel Clemens' (Mark Twain) Roughing It (1872), Bret Harte's short stories, and other mythologies (tales of Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Jim Bowie, Gen. George A Custer, Calamity Jane, and outlaws such as the James Brothers, the original Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Billy ...
- 1015: Imagery Words And Their Role In Literature
- ... of images to show what Mrs. Loisel would like her life to be. “She daydreamed of large, silent anterooms, decorated with oriental tapestries and lighted by high bronze floor lamps, with two elegant valets in short culottes dozing in large armchairs under the effects of forced-air heaters.” The images tell us how materialize this lady is. She belongs to the middle class. She tries to escape her class, though she ... like this. Old people are lonely. Even to strangers, they have a lot to talk to. Old people tend to talk about the past and repeat things often. They need us to listen to their stories. Writers use imagery to represent something that is more successfully when express into images. Good use of imagery is often written in a simple ways. Among all the stories, I think A clean, well-lighted place uses this skill the most successfully.
- 1016: The Dead: Summary
- The Dead: Summary In 1987 director John Huston brought “The Dead” to life. His interpretation of James Joyce’s short story could be verbatim to the text aside from a few added lines and scenes. This reproduction of the story must have been difficult considering the complicated symbolism and silent reflections. “The Dead,” like all the other short stories of Joyce’s Dubliners reveals an epiphany. The epiphany in “The Dead” is ironically an awakening to life, a new way of life, and a new outlook on life. This, being Huston’s final ...
- 1017: The Development Of Dance And Theatre In The East Asian Nations
- ... of the court impersonated mannerisms of a recently deceased prime minister so faithfully that the emperor was convinced the minister had been restored to life. Drama was not yet developed, but large-scale masques (a short allegorical performance with masked players) in which dancing maidens and young boys dressed as gods and as various animals were popular. Sword-swallowing, fire eating, juggling. acrobatics, ropewalking, tumbling, and similar stage tricks had come from the nomads of Central Asia by the 2nd century BC and were called the "hundred entertainments". During the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) palace singers acted out warriors’ stories, the forerunners of military plays in later Chinese opera, and by the time of the Three Kingdoms (AD 220-280) clay puppets were used to enact plays. These evolved into glove-and-stick puppets in ... musician, Wei Liang-fu, of Su-chou, devoted 10 years to creating a new style of music called k’un-ch'u, based on southern folk and popular melodies. At first it was used in short plays. Liang Ch’en-yu, poet of the 16th century, adapted it to full-length opera in time, and it quickly spread to all parts of China, where it held the stage until the ...
- 1018: Famous People With Mental Illnesses
- ... very real problems, his suffering and death, with courage and dignity. Tennessee Lanier Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi. In addition to twenty-five full length plays, Williams produced dozens of short plays and screenplays, two novels, a novella, sixty short stories, over one hundred poems, and an autobiography. His works have been translated into at least twenty-seven languages, and countless productions of his work have been staged around the world. Williams struggled with depression ...
- 1019: Ernest Hemmingway
- Alienation Paper The novels The Old Man and the Sea and The Sun Also Rises are both written by Ernest Hemingway. Some of the aspects of the stories are similar, and some are different. Each book presents a character that has been alienated, but the method used to present the character varies. The most obvious similarity between the two books is the author. This similarity leads to several others since Hemingway seems to have a certain writing style that can be found in all of his works. For instance, both stories are written in a very concise manner. The sentences are short and to the point, and he doesn’t add any unnecessary words. After a first reading, the sentences even seem drab and emotionless. Another similarity between the books that could be due to the ...
- 1020: Everyday Use
- Dee’s Idea of Heritage/Culture The short story "Everyday Use" is central in Alice Walker’s writing, particularly as it represents her response to the concept of heritage as expressed by the Black political movements of the 60s. "Everyday Use" is found in Alice Walker’s collection of short stories, In Love and Trouble, which was published in 1973 (Walker 73). This was in the prime of the Black Power ideologies when "Black was beautiful", the Afro hairstyle was in fashion and Blacks were ...
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