Pan's Labyrinth Comparison

Zane Wilson Ryan Butcher Comp 1 MWF 11AM 05 April 2024 Movie Essay In the film Pan’s Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo del Toro, we jump into Spain during the 1940’s. The fantasy events Ofelia experiences during the film were all real and not made up in her head.

Sometimes in literature, two different forms of writing tell two different stories with lots of similarities through characters. The book The Catcher and The Rye by J.D Salinger and the movie The Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir is a perfect example of two different literary works that share similarities through characters. The Dead Poet Society follows half a school year of 5 main characters at Welton Academy each with a different connection to Holden Caulfield the main character from The Catcher in the Rye. These 6 main characters are Neil Perry, the smart one, Richard Cameron, the sycophant, Todd Anderson, who is exceeding shy, Knox Overstreet, the romantic, and Charlie Dalton,

The two protagonists in the story share many similar traits, but also are very different.

Salman Rushdie’s novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, and Guillermo de Toro’s film, Pan’s Labyrinth, focus on the spectrum of silencing individuals and a given group. They go into the realm of magic but yet keep it realistic. Both works emphasize the idea of escaping and facing reality. The government systems in our world calls for us to follow any given rule and should be expected to be followed. Both works show what can happen when one does not follow the rules.

While some people think that people can only be similar or only be different but people can be similar and different at the same time. Just like Squeaky from the short story Raymond’s Run by Toni Cade Bambara and Olivia from the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Squeaky, a young girl with a negative outlook on life but stands up for her brother Raymond with special needs. Just like Olivia stands up for her Brother with a face deformity. Something that makes them similar is how they treat their brothers.

Daisy Buchanan, from the novel,The Great Gatsby, exhibits similar character traits as I do. I believe that Daisy and I are similar because both of us are emotional and soft-hearted. Also, I feel that Dr. Berger, a character from Ordinary People, and I share traits that would include being understanding and helpful. Although I share similar aspects with these characters I also find myself being in contrast of their actions. Although Dr. Berger shares many traits with me, he is different in the way that he has twenty more years of experience understanding the world and helping people deal with their situations.

Two characters that have a lot of similarities would be Antigone and Song-Sam. Both of these characters have similar morals that cause them to make decisions based on what they believe is right, compared to what the law is. These two people may have very different pasts, but they both think about helping people before themselves. I would describe them as brave, heroic, and caring.

My friend Jayden and I are a lot alike, but we have our differences just like these two characters from two different stories. These characters Wesley Harris and Jeffrey. These characters are from two different stories. In Jeffrey’s story he had a true love and was getting sold so he tried his hardest to get her and Wesley was trying to get out of slavery. But even with these stories being so different these characters still have many similarities between them.

Many people think they are alike characters in a book. I compare myself to Laurie Sanders in the book The Wave by Todd Strasser. Laurie and I have many things in common such as, we both have exceptional relationship with our mothers, we follow trends until we notice something we disagree with, also we are willing to fight for what we believe in. Having a strong with her mother is an essential for a teenager girl growing up. Luckily Laurie Sanders and I both have this.

Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro delivers a unique, richly imagined epic with Pan’s Labyrinth released in 2006, a gothic fairy tale set against the postwar repression of Franco's Spain. Del Toro's sixth and most ambitious film, Pan’s Labyrinth harnesses the formal characteristics of classic folklore to a 20th Century period. Del Toro portrays a child as the key character, to communicate that children minds are not cemented. Children avoid reality through the subconscious imagination which is untainted by a grown-up person, so through a point of an innocent child more is captured. The film showcases what the imagination can do as a means of escape to comfort the physical trials one goes through in

Guillermo Del Toro’s adventurous and dark fantasy film, “Pan’s Labyrinth," aims to establish the patriarchal forces that reflect the oppressive nature of the male characters in the film. Set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, in 1944, the film portrays a society where men of high regard use their power to maintain control over women, relegating them to subservient roles and limiting their agency. Del Toro effectively portrays the oppressive nature of these male characters through mise-en-scène and cinematography, showcasing the power dynamics at play in the society they inhabit and highlighting how these patriarchal forces work together to maintain control over women and reinforce their inferior role in society. Utilising a

In both pieces of literature, the masculine figure in the family has influenced the characters in a way to make their life miserable and inflict

Two years ago after Eric Garner was killed and Darren Wilson was acquitted the sounds of protest filled New York City. Union Square, the unofficial protest capital, was boisterous with the outcries of angry people feeling the pains of injustice. I was moved by the compassion of the masses and looked quickly to my school, Xavier High School. The beautiful Jesuit school on 16th Street was just a block from the protests and in my mind apt to participate in the work of justice that was to ensue. I was a sophomore, so I was about two years into the AMDG’s and the seemingly incessant reminders of a “faith in action” and being “men for others”. But in the face of slaughter, Xavier was silent and she became indifferent to racism and in doing so she

For example, Anne and Margot are different in many ways. Anne has a diary and does not get along with anyone in the holocaust. Margot is a peacemaker and likes to make friends. They are alike in many ways also. They all have brown hair. Also, they are all in hiding with their parents.

The director Guillero Del Torro uses many motifs and parallels in his film Pan's Labyrinth. The most obvious parallel in the film is the parallel between the real world and the fantasy world of the character Ofelia. Both worlds are filled with danger. At any second in both of these worlds your life could be lost. Del Torro separates the real world from the fantasy world with many visual motifs.