Boyhood, By Richard Linklater

Parenthood was a factor in the boy’s life, this ideas gives you an insight on what he wanted the reader to convey. here are two different emotions running through this story from both the boys. In the author Wes Moore the emotion you feel while reading it is hurt and compassion.

The arc from the innocence of the little boy to the uncomfortable vulnerability hiding underneath the muscles and gold fronts of the hardened adult is moving on multiple levels. Observing his difficulties forces you to absorb the conflict and inescapable trepidation that surrounds the shared character. Pressing his heart to your own makes for one of the most moving and rewarding film experiences of the past few

Conversely, Kusserow, instead of using irony or literary images, she forms meaning in her poetry through the use of metaphors. As Tyson states, “ A metaphor is a comparison of two dissimilar objects in which the properties of one are ascribed to the other” (143). Kusserow uses several metaphors throughout her poem to help elucidate the effects of the Second Sudanese Civil Wars on the Lost Boys. Regarding the “Lost Boys”, the name given to the groups of over 20,000 boys of the Neur and Dinka ethnic groups who were displaced and orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War, Kusserow writes, “packs of bony Lost Boys / roving like hyenas towards Ethiopia, / tongues, big as toads, swelling in their mouths” (15-17). Here, Kusserow has used two zoomorphic metaphors, applying animal characteristics sot humans. She compares the Lost Boys to a hyena, a wild and chaotic animal, depicting the boys as a bunch of mad and violent scavengers, implying that they try to search for and collect anything that can be a source of food for them. Moreover, her comparison in which she describes the tongues of the Boys to be as big as toads, she is illustrating the extreme level of dehydration that the boy’s probable experienced, and how their tongues swell up since that is a symptom of dehydration. From Kusserow’s use of zoomorphic metaphors, we can see that she is trying to show how the Lost Boys have been dehumanized due to the dreadful condition they have had to face as a product of the Second

The writer of the song Neil Thrasher thought he had known everything about his best friend, fellow writer Wendell Molby. But there was one thing he didn’t know about him that his best friend had gotten his high school girlfriend pregnant and he never told anyone about it because they had lost the baby so it hurts him when ever the baby’s birthday comes around it gets to him. Wendell had thought about the idea of writing a song about a couple at 19 that was going to have a baby and it was going to ruin his plans for going to college for football.

Music helps everyone connect with other people. By playing a sad song, it can show that they are sad and need someone to talk to them. Or if someone plays a country song, it could mean they are happy and want to dance. That is how Lil Wayne wrote his music; through the pain and sadness, he felt in New Orleans. It was with the help of Lil Wayne’s music; David Ramsey survived his first year of teaching, connected with his students, and began to understand how connected the students were with Lil Waynes lyrics.

The sport of football is arguably one of the most popular sports in the country. The National Football League makes around Nine Billion dollars every season (Isidore). Tickets to each game cost around one hundred dollars per person. However, ticket prices are not the only price when it comes to the sport. Players risk serious injury when competing. Some minor injuries include bruises, scrapes, and burns. More serious injuries consist of muscle pulls, strains, and broken bones. However, one of the most severe and problematic injuries that can occur, happens in the head. It is known as the concussion. Minor and major head injuries, such as the concussion, can lead to problems in a person’s future life, such as depression, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy,

Imagine if you go outside your front door and you look left. There are two people dealing cocaine. You look right and there is someone being robbed with a gun. The movie Moonlight tells a story about a kid named Chiron who was different from everyone else, because he is different he got picked on and got taken advantage by everyone else including his mother, Paula. When Chiron had an opportunity to start all over he pretended to be someone he wasn’t so he could survive and be respected by others. The film shows Chiron in the parts of his life, when he was a kid the others called him Little, throughout his teenage years he was called Chiron, and as an adult he was Black. The movie took place in Miami, Florida in the “hood” around the 1980’s

A big applause goes out to Simon Ellis, the writer and director. He competently anchors this film on the shoulders of Oliver Woollford, who portrays Robert. The kid is hysterical and innocent and mischievous all at once just like an 11-year-old boy. His performance not only shows his acting chops, but also Ellis' directing skills. From behind the camera he brought out a wonderful performance that matches those of Robert's parents, each skillfully portrayed by Helen Barford and Jonny Phillips. This is a well-made film all around, with skilled camerawork by David Proctor and post work (also by Ellis), but the star here is Robert and his story. It's a relatable tale and Ellis deftly tackles it, bringing out the innocence of the journey, but not shying away from the scars and the "I'd rather forget" moments because here is a filmmaker who knows life is populated with both on a 50-50 to 60-40 scale, but even so, there is joy to be found. It's like jamming with your buddies. Sometimes Jim's guitar solos are not always fun and there are missed notes and overdone stresses throughout, but usually by song's end, it all comes together nicely and wonderfully. Life's one big song, man. Who

Without music, we wouldn't have any movies today. It plays a giant role and dictates how you are supposed to be feeling while watching a movie. The music in this film suited the needs for their message but was also confusing. The reasoning behind the confusion is Jake's singing. Jake is known as someone to not deal with that has a reputation for being a violent, crazy man.

Richard Linklater’s Boyhood leaves the audience questioning, asking, and wanting more. The entirety of the film is a recollection of memories and experiences throughout the course of Mason’s childhood. Overall Boyhood is like an unsolved puzzle with missing pieces that aren’t enough to solve the puzzle. The entire movie is questionable and has so many gaps in-between each memory that there really is no plot. Since there isn’t a plot it makes you question if it is really about boyhood, about family, maybe Mason’s childhood, or girlhood. Certain questions begin to formulate like, why doesn’t Linklater use the typical format of storytelling during Mason’s childhood? How come we never know what happened between Oliva and Mason Sr? Why doesn’t

The memories of childhood development stick to the minds of many people for long periods whereas, people can recall many moments from their childhood lives, but don’t possess the cognitive ability to link them together.in this sense, "Boyhood" is an American film depicting the growth of a young boy, Mason Evans Jr from the age of 6 to 18 years. The film was written and directed by Richard Linklater, who took approximately 12 years to complete the task of composing the film. Hence, its writing and composition started in 2002 and ended in 2014, where Linklater aimed at explaining the transitional stage from childhood to adulthood. The American modernization has been portrayed in the "Boyhood" film where objects, events, themes, and institutions

The same applies to a dramatic scene where the music may be deep and frantic to convey to the audience the feeling of anticipation. A scene i would like to focus on is the scene in which Garry and his father have a final ‘showdown’, if you will, at the front of the house. The scene consists of the father imposing himself on Garry and proceeding to continually beat him down time after time only for Garry to rise up and face his father on each occasion. This scene evoked a feeling of pride and admiration from the audience as to Garry’s courage and determination to convey the message to his father that he is ready to stand on his own two feet and defy him. This is a very powerful scene within the movie which initiated powerful emotions within the audience. All of this was accomplished with the notable absence of music of any form. The omission of music in this scene created an atmosphere in which the dramatic affect was amplified due to the silence.

Director and producer, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood was a super-hit American drama film that was released in the United States in July 11, 2014. Boyhood, to this date is still one of my most favorite movies. It is taken place over a course of ten to eleven years (2002 – 2013). It is about a boy named Mason Evans Jr. who lives with his older sister Samantha Evans, and his single mother Olivia Evans. Mason’s father, Mason Evans Sr. had great impact to Mason Jr. throughout his childhood. What’s spectacular about this movie is that the same actors and actresses were used all throughout the time span.

This clearly explains the significance of music and the role that has in motion pictures. Music has to match the emotions that the actors are showing and the environment they are in. If fail to do so, the movie could be a dreadful thing to watch.

     The music helped in elaborating this great film. As I mentioned in class different instruments helped create different moods for different scenes in the movie. We heard the cello and the violin to create sadness and remorse. The flute created eeriness and the trumpet created awareness. I thought these were instruments and tools that help make this film extraordinary.