Elmore Leonard

both City Primeval and Swag, Elmore Leonard does a fantastic job of allowing readers to see into the mind of a Criminal. Told in a first person point of view, the reader walks through the mind of someone on the wrong side of the law, while also being able to get a peek into the viewpoint of the good guys. Allowing the reader to compare and contrast the two, gives the audience a better understanding of each character, and the environment they exist in. Elmore Leonard uses vulnerability, and a character

Objectivism is defined as “an ethical theory that moral good is objectively (based on facts rather than feelings or opinions) real or that moral precepts are objectively valid.” (Webster). Demonstrated by Ayn Rand in the book, The Fountainhead, objectivism seems to most, to be morally wrong, and socially impractical, despite seeming to be a stress-free way of life. In The Fountainhead, Howard Roark does not see relationships as necessary, but as a means to an end. For America to be purely objectivist

Hamlet: Once a Man of Reason In today’s world, the word hero has been portrayed in many different ways. With each member of our society having their own creative imagination on what qualifies as a hero, the definition has changed immensely. Unfortunately, no matter how impeccable a hero may present himself, every fictional hero is indeed human. With that being said, the two share the same deficiencies as every human such as physical disabilities, internal ailments, and mental impairments. Society

during the 1950s and 1960s. The film mainly focuses on the characters Muddy Waters and the Leonard Chess. The film later includes other famous artists such as Chuck Berry, Etta James, and Little Walter. It also briefly shows Mick Jagger, from The Rolling Stones near the end of the film, and occasionally Howlin Wolf and Hubert Sumlin make an appearance. 　　The movie first introduces the main characters. Leonard Chess is portrayed to audience as an ambitious young man. His parents were polish immigrants

Society in a Different World Have you ever thought of living in a place where everyone is the same and no one is different? Boring, right. In the book Anthem, Ayn Rand fully expresses her thoughts about the role of individualism and society. Anthem is a dystopian novella, written in 1937 and published in England in 1938. The book is about a society, in which there is no “I” and only “we” is allowed. The dictatorship of Anthem tries to keep the members of society brainwashed by focusing on the importance

Today hallelujah is a famous song that is most likely known by almost everyone. It took 5 years in the making until it was finally released in 1984 (Stevens). It was originally written and sang by Leonard Cohen. Surprisingly, at the time when Cohen presented this song in one of his albums to his record company, they hated it (Stevens). The reason is because at that time pop was popular among the mainstream music and today hallelujah is considered to be folk and alternative rock, back then this was

In Anthem by Ayn Rand the city has extreme rules and controls. They make everyone one think of himself as “we” not “I” or as a whole and not an individual. Equality 7-2521 is a man who is not like the other, he thinks a lot and about everything. “It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think and to put them down on upon paper no others are to see. It is base and evil.” (Rand 17) The council of vocations makes these rules and forces them upon everybody. The council chooses where each person will

Everything everywhere is constantly changing. People change, weather changes, plans change, everything changes; you can’t escape change. Two movies that really illustrate the concept of change are Pleasantville and Back to the Future. In both of these movies, the main characters – Marty, David, and Jennifer – are sent back into the times of the 1950s and are faced with a world completely different from their own. In Pleasantville, David and Jennifer get stuck in David’s favourite television show

Leonard Bernstein is seen as one of the greatest composers in America. Bernstein composed great music, conducted great music, and also preformed great music as a pianist. Bernstein is probably most known for his film score in the production West Side Story. According to The New York Times, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history.” Being born and educated in the United States, Bernstein was the first American to obtain worldwide acclaim. He is also

The Importance of Birds in Virginia Woolf's The Waves      To emphasize her viewpoint in The Waves, Woolf employs a distinctive style.  She interlocks the dramatic monologues of six characters at successive stages in their lives to tell her story; and prefaces each of the sections with a descriptive passage of sun and waves through a single day.  In these passages descriptions of the sun, the sea, the plants, and the birds make implicit comparisons with the characters' speeches.  The actions