In 1888, he designed the Kodak. What he called the simple camera. It was easy to be carried and made focusing and lighting adjustment unnecessary. With 100 exposure roll film selling at $25, the Kodak became an international phenomenon over night. Eventually this led to the creation of motion pictures film in 1891 by Thomas Edison.
In Annawadi the only free school is the municipal school near the airport. This school stops at the eighth grade, and the teachers are often absent and lack the ability to give a proper education. Due to this issue most parents do not waste time sending their children to the municipal schools. Since there are a lot of parents who do not send their children there it is also why no one seems to make an effort to change it. If the slum residents want to attend the ninth grade and beyond, then they would have to pay for a private school.
Both texts have strong social and historical context, nevertheless, the texts are connected through their exploration of several themes and issues which are of concern to contemporary readers and viewers. While both The Great Gatsby and American Beauty were created in vastly different time periods and historical eras, both are a medium of social criticism, one is about the decline of the American dream and people faking their social status; the other, of the pursuit of happiness in the middle class. Therefore The Great Gatsby and American Beauty reflect not only the historical period in which each were set, but also the values and concerns of the author, director, and the overall society at the times the texts were created. The American dream is “a national ethos of the United States in which freedom includes a promise of the possibility of prosperity and success. In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.
Lexi Andreoni Mrs. Dotts English 9H Period 3 12/12/14 “A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away” George Lucas wrote, directed, and produced the trilogy Star Wars to create a modern American myth. A myth is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. Lucas’s use of archetypal colors, costumes, settings, and symbols are an essential part of what makes the films so unique. An archetype is an image, descriptive detail, a plot pattern, or a character type that occurs prominently throughout religion, myth, literature, and folklore. Archetypes trigger unconscious memories because of their general meanings and provoke emotions.
There were only three channels to view on the television. These stations only had air time for eight to ten hours a day. The 1950’s created the term “The late late show”(Encarta) due to the fact that they would show movies or television shows from eleven at night until one in the morning. The characters shown in the 1950s television show called Leave It To Beaver all have white colored skin and portrayed as a happy, perfect family. As the decades progressed, the nuclear families turned into blended families, and the television shows started to have colored characters.
The other factor is her capriciousness, seen when she fails to attend his funeral only two days later. Nick notices that despite the large turnouts to Gatsby’s grand parties, only one guest is in attendance at his funeral. “The minister glanced several times at his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour. But it wasn’t any use. Nobody came” (165).
He is very wealthy but eventually he does not achieve happiness. Gatsby invites many people to his parties, including many of them that he does not know. However, none of these people actually care for him, they use him for his wealth and they benefits they get from him, but not for his personality and friendship. When Gatsby died no one showed up for his funeral, only his father, his servants and nick showed up. All the people that participated in and enjoyed Gatsby's parties did not even show up for his funeral.
In the 1920s, popular films has had a substantial impact on the society regarding issues which in turns influenced and is reflected in the cinema these includes race and ethnicity, sexual morals, organized crime and wealth and class. The extent to which popular films in the 1920s US informs about the forces for change is highly significant as regards to certain historical facts and the general attitudes in society. The Jazz Singer directed by Alan Crosland in 1927 exemplifies the force for change in the American society in the 1920s with particular regards the general attitude towards race, ethnicity and America’s “melting-pot” culture. The film was selected for preservation in the American National Film Registry of “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” motion pictures. The film centers a young Jewish man (Jakie Rabinowitz) aspiring to be a jazz singer on Broadway, however his father, a cantor opposes to the idea believing in tradition.
When applied to the representation of conflicts, such perspectives frequently invoke notions of ethnic identity and nationalist mythology, thereby highlighting important historical issues of national formation, cultural bias, and international and intercultural relations. Finally, the nature of war reporting and image- making reveals much concerning the influence of politics and social authority on media representations: the nature of government/press relationships, the role of political con- sensus and dissent in steering media agendas, the filtering and fixing of images as his- torical evidence, and the social establishment of photographs as cultural icons,
The system is insufficient and corrupt, only 41.1 percent of the grain picked up by the states from federal warehouses reaches Indian homes. Officials, warehouse managers, and shopkeepers steal food and sell it on the black