Thora Birch

what they seem. Lester Burnham serves as the films narrator. He is an almost middle-aged father, husband and advertising executive. Obviously, his marriage with his uptight wife Carolyn is barely hanging on. Their sixteen-year-old daughter Jane (Thora Bucch) is a

Comparing Lester of American Beauty and Ricci of The Bicycle Thief In American Beauty Kevin Spacey who plays Lester lives a typical middle class life with his family. His wife is having an affair, his rebellious daughter doesn’t talk to him and his neighbors are psycho. In contrast The Bicycle Thief portrays a tight family. Riccis wife loves him, his behaved son talks to him and his neighbors are helpful when a crises occurs. In both of these films the main characters, Lester and Ricci

The scene outside, rainy and gloomy, sets an eerie tone. This isn’t the typical August weather, but we’re not concerned at all. It’ll only make our jobs more difficult in this harsh downpour. As a matter of fact, my parents have been waiting for this day ever since they made their choice. My voice didn’t matter as much, so I had two choices. I had tried preparing myself by opting for one of the choices. However, that wasn’t the case on moving day. My day started like every other day. Laying in bed

With his father deceased and only having his mother, this had forced him to grow up quickly to try to make living a little easier for the three of them. I believe that this could have been one of many reflections in his poem. The boy seining from the birch tree could have been him in his younger years when things were better, and his in his later years recalling the easiness of life, and the innocence of it all. This could also be shown in the poem by talking about the weather , like when he writes “swinging

make it one of Frost's most popular poems, and because its shifts of metaphor and tone invite varying interpretation it has also received much critical discussion, not always admiring. The poem moves back and forth between two visual perspectives: birch trees as bent by boys' playful swinging and by ice storms, the thematic interweaving being somewhat puzzling. The birches bent "across the lines of straighter darker trees" subtly introduce the theme of

The connection and bond you create with someone is very dear to your heart and the feelings and memories you share with them enhance the relationship. People commonly associated with these relationships can be your parents, a best friend, a loyal, dog, or in the boy’s case in the poem “Boy at the Window” by Richard Wilbur, his snowman. The boy in the poem built a snowman creating a friendship between them. As the snowman sits outside preparing for a “night of gnashing and enormous moan”, the boy

actually occurs naturally in many stone fruits, oats, mushrooms, birch tree bark and corn cob. Sadly, however, most of the Xylitol you find on the local supermarket shelf-sourced from the corn cob. It is cheaper and usually from genetically modified corn, produced in China. One product I found 'Nirvana' has a great marketing angle for using corn cob, it does so, because it is helping protect the birch tree. Well, yes, protecting the birch tree is good, but, if it's coming from the corn cob left over

Poetry can and symbolize beauty, love, and Romanticism. Romanticism was a movement in the arts of literature that emphasizes inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. Poems are an excellent example of literature that presents the elements of Romanticism. The poems, “Snowbound” and “The Snow-Storm” both share these elements. Both poets share the snow as a major symbol, influence of nature and imagery characteristics in their poems; however differ in the elements of Intuition

In Brecken Hancock’s poem “Winter, Frontal Lobe” the central theme addresses the loss of a mother figure in the life of a child and the loss of a wife fo the speaker’s father. The speaker’s mother, in this poem, seems to suffer from brain damage, specifically to the frontal lobe (as stated in the title). Throughout this poem, Hancock seems to compare the mother’s condition to winter. Both winter and brain damage are cold, isolated, and may result in a whiteout or blizzard which may signify the

A common response to a child acting immaturely is to say “grow up”. People who promote this phrase encourage maturity and better decision making, however, this is not the right thing to say. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is set in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the early Twentieth Century. The protagonist, Frances (Francie) Mary Nolan, is part of a working class American family but is able to see past the dust and grime and into the beauty. In A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith raises the question of whether