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Comparison of Billy Elliot the Movie and Novel The film, 'Billy Elliot' is about a boy called Billy, who loves dancing. The story is set in the north of England in the 1980s, where the only jobs outside cities would be in factories or coal mining. The director of 'Billy Elliot' uses many techniques in which to make us like/empathise/feel sorry for Billy. The film begins in silence with a close up on the gramophone. This immediately makes us think that the music is

What is war? Is war a place to kill? Or is it a place where something more than just killing happens? War, as defined by the Merriam Webster is “a state or period of usually open and declared fighting between states or nations.” War, can also be viewed with romantic ideals where heroes and legends are born. Even the most intelligent of us hold some rather naïve notions of war. Upon reading Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, intelligent readers have been divested of any romantic notions regarding

Billy Budd By: Herman Mellville      Herman Melville’s Billy Budd is a classic tale of innocence and evil. The main force of innocence is constantly attacked by the force of evil until the innocence falters. Through the use of many literary devices, Melville shows how sometimes the obvious results do not always occur when they are being expected. However, he also shows that the force of all that is good and righteous will triumph over evil at the end, even over

Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse Five shows the life of Billy Pilgrim through a twisted tunnel of reality. Pilgrim is raised in Ilium, New York and grows up to become an optometrist but shortly after is drafted into World War 2. This soldier’s life is not shown as a straight line where you’re born in the beginning and die at the end but rather as a scatter plot of time due to Billy’s time traveling ways. “ Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. Billy has gone to sleep a senile widower and awakened on

The Thematic Intentions of Sunset Boulevard      The film Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder and staring the main characters of Norma Desmond, Joe Gillis, and Max Von Mayerling is ideal example of how important film making techniques help depict a movie’s core theme intentions with vivid clarity. Classic Hollywood is the first thing that comes to mind when one speaks about this film’s style. This signature category combined with the visual style of realism and it’s

A Comparison/Contrast Analysis of "Billy Budd" and Bartleby" Several comparisons and contrasts can be made concerning the two stories, Billy Budd and Bartleby, written by Herman Melville. The setting of the two stories reveals an interesting comparison and contrast between the British Navy on the open sea, and the famous Wall Street of New York. The comparison and contrast of characters, Billy Budd, Captain Vere, and Claggart in Billy Budd, and the `narrator' and Bartleby in Bartleby

“Hector is the Hero of Act One and Irwin is the Villain” How far do you agree? In Allan Bennett’s, The History Boys, controversial teachers hector and Irwin are made out as one hero and the other a villain. The ability to be able to distinguish these complex characters as a hero, a person who is admired for their admirable nature; or a villain, who’s immoral and erroneous actions characterise them distinctly; is irrelevant as they both harbour characteristics seen as desirable and distasteful. Both

evil; this is a discussion that has existed practically since humans have inhabited the earth. In Billy Budd by Herman Melville, the theme of good versus evil plays a major role in emphasizing certain qualities of characters. In the title character, Billy Budd, it is innocence and goodness highlighted. While the narrator does not indicate any reason why John Claggart, the antagonist, despises Billy Budd other than his charm, he is continually characterized by depravity. By using biblical allusions

Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry, details the life of an 11-year-old working-class boy who is caught up in the poverty and violence of North-east England during the 1984 miner’s strikes. After a local ballet teacher discovers Billy’s raw talent for dancing, Billy decides he wants to be a ballet dancer. Billy had to overcome many obstacles in order to follow his new found dream. Two of these were family traditions and expectations, and social class. Billy also received help to overcome many

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is not a bad book. I will continue to admit that while the first chapter reminds me of A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, the second chapter made up for all the annoyance that had started to accumulate since the beginning. I am going to do my best to make this response journal as coherent as possible, but I will admit that there are some components in this novel that I just cannot find the appropriate words for. In terms of my impressions of the novel and