Look Both Ways: Unearths Intrinsic Human Vulnerabilities

The short story, The Sound Of The Singing, deals with conflicts and how they effect the people in them and around them. Vanessa McLeod is a dynamic character who changes her perception of herself in the course of the story. Through her changed perception, Margaret Laurence is suggesting that a person’s identity is change by their surroundings and the conflicts they fight through in there lives.

The newsreader talks about may famous and well known subjects that happened in the 1960’s. One of the most tragic and gruesome topics is about the murders of the 9 nurses; he reads “The notorious Richard Speck was accused of murdering 9 student nurses, gruesomely stabbing and strangling them one by one.” The words from silent night are “Silent night, Holy night All is calm all is bright”, this is another contrast from the moods portrayed from the song and the news, and the newsreader is talking about the murders and grief that occurred at this time. This shows the audience another contrast as the night of the killing

The story of Sarah touched the lives of many characters in the book “Sarah’s Key” by Tatiana De Rosnay. Sarah had such a profound impact on every character in the book, whether it is the scarring and unforgettable memories they have of her or new information they have gathered from the past. Julia invested her entire life into finding out more about Sarah, her life, and what happened to her after a daring escape from a concentration camp. She sacrificed her marriage and many personal relationships because she cared so deeply and passionately about Sarah and what had happened to her. Julia blocked out all of the negative opinions and people telling her to stop and worked nonstop to learn the truth, to never close her eyes on the past. The brutal past of Sarah left a

Julia Alvarez writes a poem, On Not shoplifting Louise Bogan’s, that shows readers the journey of explorations and self awakening that the speaker in the poem goes through and the impact the self awakening has on the speaker. Julia is able to convey the discoveries of the speaker by the use of tone, vivid and expressive imagery, and selection of details in the poem.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a uniquely captivating film that is an exemplary style of cinematic craftsmanship. Reaching into the minds of the characters, as well as the audience, Alfred Hitchcock is the master at utilizing the juxtaposition of images to bring us into the minds of the characters. In Rear Window, the story is so distinctively executed that it allows us to relate to our own curiosities, question our identities, and ponder our closest relationships. What is happening on the screen is merely a projection of our own anxieties, our own existence, and our self-ambiguity as portrayed by the characters in this wonderful film.

“The Book Thief” presented a story filled with various themes that comprised a powerful plot line. Although there were many themes in the story, there was one that stood out to me more than others. In the process of reading the book, the theme of suffering affected me the most. The definition of the word suffer is to experience or be subjected to something bad or unpleasant. Different characters within the story are subjected to dreadful feelings and are therefore suffering. Through my analyzation, I observed the three different types of suffering that the characters experienced: guilt, feelings of emptiness, and anxiety. The characters of “The Book Thief” experience these three types of suffering in different ways.

Her mother, Helen, is a former actress turned teacher, whose beauty and theatrics are still resonant in her being. Her father, Joel, is a hardworking doctor who specializes in high-risk births and still dedicates time to his family. Julia is an only child, a fact that indicates almost all of her parents’ attentions and affections are devoted to her. As the slowing proceeds to seep into the cracks in her world, Julia’s mother begins to grow sickly. Not much is known about the gravity sickness, yet its symptoms include dizziness, nausea, fatigue, and fainting. All of these symptoms begin affect Julia’s mother, only getting worse as time passes and days lengthen. Joel attributes this illness to fear or anxiety, and does not sympathize with Helen. This lack of trust and understanding causes a rift in their relationship. Then one day, something horrible happens as her mother is driving; she faints while behind the wheel. Julia recalls, “…the sudden slackening of her body, the rolling of her head, the way her hands fell from the steering wheel” (Walker, 143). During the short lapse of time, her mother strikes a man lunging into the street. Julia recounts how “Eyewitnesses reported seeing a bearded man, dressed in robes, howling Scripture on the side of the road” (Walker,

Sarah Watt’s film, “Look Both Ways” depicts the initial inability of people to deal with grief but with understanding and communication its shows everybody is capable of dealing with pain. Presented when fear had taken control of the Western World as a result of the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, Watt convinces the audience that there can still be optimism which leads happiness even when people are fearful. Watt’s portrays a view that pessimism can lead to optimism when the characters develop their own individual ways of coping with grief through strong animation, photo montage and subtle symbolism. Nick struggles at first but develops an

It is evident that this literary work has an expressive approach. The author shares a personal experience of rescuing a kitten from “beneath her house.” In her reflection, she reveals what the basement symbolizes to her, which is both comfort and death: comfort, because she finally rescues this “tiny creature”; death, because she is in need of a rescue herself. No one else is aware that she is beneath the house, and she is so far beneath, in a small space; she feels as if she may be stuck and die there. She compares her feelings to what she thinks a fetus may feel right before delivery, and states that,“what the body remembers of birth it anticipates as death.” Erdrich expresses her emotional reactions throughout, and she carefully selects words that cause an aesthetic effect. She says the kitten has a “piteous cry” that she can hardly stand to hear. Then, she gets so close to the kitten and brushes its fur, but the kitten “scrambles away,” and she feels a “slight warmth” come over her, which is a “mad calm.” This “mad calm” pushes her to complete this rescue mission. She continues to try and catch the kitten, and she continues to fail. Her desperation is apparent, but she prevails and “takes a deep breath, and remains patient,” and finally she catches the kitten.

The cinematography of this film features numerous close-ups of its adolescent protagonists as well as point-of-view shots acquired predominantly from their perspective, thus making the viewers position themselves firmly on the boys’ side of

He is able to use these parts to manipulate the audience’s emotions. The music playing from the car is an on-screen sound. As the man gets attacked, the volume increases. The sound helps intensify the scene that has been created by the film’s visual elements. The audience then subconsciously forms ideas, opinions, and feelings about what they are seeing. The viewers develop scared feelings as the scene intensifies to the happy upbeat tune. The increasing volume of the cheery song reflects the violence and the sinisterness of the scene. The song stops with the slamming of the car’s driver-side door as the man is abducted. There is a moment of silence and then a new song abruptly entered the silent scene. The music is non-diegetic and is an offscreen sound. The song is screechy, high pitched, and jagged sounding at first, continuing the anxious and scared mood. The song shifts into a sort of soulful hymn. The tone shifts along with the song. The audience begins to feel relieved and relaxes to the peaceful song.

The fictional life and death of a twelve year old little boy named Robert is vividly articulated in this moving tale by Thomas Wolfe. The reader learns of the boy’s life through four well developed points of view. The reader’s first glimpse into Robert’s character is expressed through a third person narrative. This section takes place on a particularly important afternoon in the boy’s life. The second and third views are memories of the child, through the eyes of his mother and sister. His mother paints the picture of an extraordinary child whom she loved dearly and his sister illustrates the love that the boy had for others. Finally, an account from the narrator is given in the ending. It is in the last section of this work that the

The luxurious tone of Daisy’s voice snatches the attention of all who are nearby, urging them to listen to her siren-like cry. While at Nick’s house for tea, “ the exhilarating ripple of [Daisy’s] voice was a wild tonic in the rain” takes Nick on a journey, causing him to “follow the sound of it for a moment, up and down, with [his] ear alone, before any words came through” (85). Making Nick stop and listen to the bobbing rhythm of her voice, Daisy captures Nick’s ear and guides it on a riveting expedition. The voice leads Nick’s ear in a consistent pattern of up and down coercing him to listen to every beat. Daisy’s voice is unique in the sense that “it was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again” (9). With the use of a metaphor, Daisy’s voice becomes an arrangement of notes resembling a song, arranged in a specific lyrical pattern. Fresh in the mind of those

In this passage, Jane breaks free from the bonds that hold her down and repress her, and for the first time the reader realizes Jane’s true personality and individuality (Anderson).

The lighting being used is side lighting. There’s a brighter side to the room that reflects on one side of the characters’ faces. The lighting helps explain that they are in dark times in their lives. It helps the audience see how Amelia’s sleep deprived that is shown earlier throughout the movie that she couldn’t wake up after her alarm rung. She struggled to get out of her bed and she put the alarm on snooze. The frame composition is tight framing that reflects a mother and her son hugging her, but how uncomfortable the moment is.