Ricky was shot by a local rival gang, we, the audience don't know the name of the person who shot him, this tells us that the person who shot the gun isn't very important, which also tells us that anyone can murder anyone in this society. The director John Singleton uses camera, editing and soundtrack to emphasise the importance of this scene. The film “Boyz in the Hood” naturally shows this is the key scene as it also is the turning point of the film. Firstly, the way the director controls the camera is interesting. The camera helps build suspense when the main character Tre and Ricky start walking apart and Tre keeps on looking back to watchout for Ricky.
Then came the film and burst this prison-world asunder by the dynamite of the tenth of a second, so that now, in the midst of its far-flung ruins and debris, we calmly and adventurously go traveling.” So long as we are closed off within our own tiny lives, as the characters of 1984 are so closed off, then we are trapped. But if we have a way of escaping that and seeing outside, then we have hope, at least according to
In order to leave the cave, Odysseus has to again prove how astute he is. He decides to tie his men to the bottoms of the Kyklops’ rams so that in the morning, when the Kyklops opens the door, he and his men all escape undetected. In other accounts, Odysseus’ intellect gets him out of trouble. For instance, when faced with the decision of sailing past Skylla the six headed monster or
Compare and contrast Waking Ned Devine, a comedy film written and directed by Kirk Jones, in a broad sense is about a man who wins the lottery after playing all his life only to die from the shock of it and have the villagers claim the ticket for themselves after his death. Although its rather… grim plot Jones used Irony in several different ways to move and shape the plot throughout the movie to one of more interest to viewers. As for Frank O’Conner’s The Drunkard, Irony was used mainly during the climax of the story to help catch the reader’s attention and to make the plot. The most obvious... And perhaps only forum of irony Kirk Jones used In the film Waking Ned Devine is situational Irony. In fact, Jones used situational irony to draw attention to the main parts of the story such as when Ned had died from winning the lottery after playing his whole life, only to die from shock shortly after.
In the beginning, Hilts was very self-centred, insolent and indefatigable. In this film, Hilts is an individualist and in search for freedom. He has a code name called “The Cooler King”, because he has been to the cooler many times. However, with each failure to escape, he’s still strongly determined and keeps on trying. In the beginning when they first arrived to the camp, he started to observe the guard towers and he found a blind spot between the two guards by tossing his baseball across the warning wire but immediately the POW officers saw him and took him to the Cooler.
Fitzgerald decides to instead of predictably choosing Nick to narrate the shocking disaster we see he introduces us to a new Character named Michaelis who unfortunately was present at the time. Michealis is used to show the readers Nick’s ‘blind spots’ as Nick cannot always see everything and without the young witnesses view we are unable to read who and why Myrtle is killed. From his eye witness point he saw they ‘it came out of the gathering darkness, wavered tragically for a moment, and then disappeared around the next bend’ this tells us that from the words ‘moment’ and ‘disappeared’ that whoever was driving the car (we know it was Gatsby and Daisy) didn’t intend to stop and help Myrtle as it suggests they just wanted to get away from the scene and not be spotted by anyone. When Wilson and Michaelis find Myrtle in the road they see that ‘her left breast was swinging loose like a flap, there was no need to listen for the heartbeat beneath.’ This tells us that due to the way Myrtle is presented to the men her body is so badly harmed that there is no
To Sam and Bill’s amazement, Mr. Dorset calmly states that the demands exceed reasonability. He continues with a counter offer to take Johnny off their hands for two hundred and fifty dollars in cash. Most would scowl at this offer but Sam and Bill jump at the opportunity to escape from their so-called prisoner. One would think that a town would celebrate upon the child’s return, but Sam and Bill must bring him back at night or the neighbors might revolt on his reappearance. Poorer, wiser, and greatly relieved Sam and Bill barely escape with their sanity.
The Hero’s Journey Of Travis Bickle the Taxi Driver A retrospective As the audience meets Travis Bickle, the stage is set for a dark journey for the ”hero” of the film. Snap shots of rainy, dark streets in New York City’s steamy section, allows the viewer to see that this hero is going to be motivated by his own pessimistic view of the world. Travis Bickle is an ex- marine with honorable discharge, and the film is timed just after the Vietnam War. Although Travis never talks about how the war affected him, or why he was discharged, it is obvious that he is haunted by memories from his time overseas. Travis is single and alone, living in a shabby one room apartment, somewhere in or near Manhattan.
I finally realize you used my heart as a remote control to achieve your needs. Well no more, this toy is giving his remote control to someone who will love him for real.” -Jose Alberto Amores Perros is a Mexican film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu in 2000. It is an anthology film containing three distinct stories which are connected by a car accident in Mexico City. Each of the three tales is also a reflection on the cruelty of humans toward animals and each other, showing how they may live dark or even hideous lives. Citizen Kane is a 1941 American dramatic film, and the first feature film directed by Orson Welles.
Compare/Contrast 1984 and V for Vendetta Let's make a list first. -84: more paranoia because of lack of laws -vfv:restrictions made it easier to know WHEN you would be in trouble -84:thought police came at night -vfv: also came at night -84: disapperances were not spoken of -vfv: not sure, focused on Evie -84: chastity was promoted, homosexuality not mentioned -vfv: family structure intact, homosexuality not permitted. Firstly, the difference in the way behavior is regulated in the two societies varies greatly. In 1984, the people of Oceania are extremely afraid to do anything that is not routine. Even changing their route to work is cause enough to be arrested for thoughtcrime.