The movie Seven Samurai, written by Akira Kurosawa is an influential Japanese movie which takes place in the 1500s.This epic tale opens with master samurai Kambei posing as a monk to rescue a kidnapped farmer's child. Impressed by his selflessness and bravery, a group of farmers request him to defend their terrorized village from bandits. Kambei agrees, although there was no material gain or honor to be achieved. Soon he attracts followers including a young samurai named Katsushiro, who quickly becomes his disciple, and boisterous Kikuchiyo, who poses as a samurai but is later revealed to be the son of a farmer. Kambei assembles other four samurais, including Kyuzo, a swordsman master, to round out the group (Yoshimoto, 2002).
In June 1855 after the death of his father Ned was forced to leave school to help assist his grandfather James Quinn with the family cattle in North Victoria. He also got a job and became the family’s main breadwinner and started taking jobs as a timber cutter and rural worker to try and provide for his mother and younger siblings. Ned’s family was very poor and only had a small plot of land. The soil was bad quality which caused Ned to steal horses and cattle to survive. However despite this he educated himself and was known for his good use of language and sense of humor.
He knew, as did Johnny that they were the ones who accidentally set the church in flames, so saving the children’s lives no matter the outcome of his own was the least he could do. “I'll get them, don't worry!” I started at a dead run for the church and the man caught my arm.”(p.91). Even not feeling well, Ponyboy still fought in the rumble. The “Greasers” know that they must be loyal to each other because each other is all they have. Ponyboy knew that his friends needed him so he fought.
Eidson influenced my first impressions of Nat Swanson by persuading me to believe he was a bad and lonely character from the start of the novel. Eidson clearly demonstrates Nat Swanson as a lone ranger, a one-man gang and a loner in this story. At first Eidson reflects on Nat Swanson’s history to reflect his characteristics. Nat Swanson lost his whole family in an incident involving Comanche’s at a young age and was passed around foster homes. He felt abandoned because he also knew himself that he was only taken in by family for his work ethics but not for the caring and love of a child.
Also, he points out that the parents were not allowed to get to close to the children, showing us that the children had no type of affection. The parents were not supposed to get close with the children because in most cases the children were going to die and they wanted the parents to be able to move right along. The author uses Aries’s Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life, a study of European attitudes toward childhood. By doing this enrichment assignment it enhanced my thought of how the Puritan children were treated. I never knew that the Puritan children did not have any childhood until I took this class.
Rip also missed out on America’s transition from colony to nation, so that when he enters the village and yells “I am a poor quiet man, a native of the place, and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him!” (2317). With that comment the villagers think of him as a spy and want to kick him out of the village or kill him. When Rip finds out his dog is gone he is saddened but felt an ease
A conflict is under way. There are lots of paragraphs about the villagers and children gathering stones but none of them is individualized and just a few of them are given names. 'The Lottery' is a parable as the moral lessons come through the characters. There is no character development and certain characters represent certain ideas in the tale. Old Man Warner the oldest man in town represents tradition and ritual, Mr. Summers represents joviality, Mr. Graves represents tragedy and Mr. Delacroix whose name in French means 'of the cross' suggests sacrifice because of its reference to Jesus Christ's death on the
Vaughn looks up to the cliffs and tells Lena a story relayed to him by his grandfather—the story tells of Indigenous people that were pushed to their deaths from the cliffs by white settlers. At this point the land symbolises not only a history of oppression and violence, but also acts as an important factor that influences Vaughn in his resistance to dominant white culture. The white family appear unaware of the violent connotations Vaughn reads into the landscape and the land takes on a new meaning—one that is complicated and ensures Vaughn’s continued resistance—for it is not history alone that drives him, it is what he sees as continued ignorance of white people towards that history. This spot is simultaneously a site of colonial violence and one of continued ignorance of white people towards that history. Lena and Vaughn move through the landscape at a slow pace for much of the film, highlighting their need to take time understanding the ways in which history has embedded the land with a problematic and troubled past, and the way it can inform the future.
The value of life can vary base upon the coconscious thought of one person. For instance, Hamlet values his life in a vengeful way because he discovers his uncle murdered his father, while Lance Armstrong values his life as a gift due to the fact of all the hardships he has been through. As where Amanda Ripley values life in an vengeful way. As Amanda Ripley has experienced, life is nota a guarantee it can be taken at any moment as Ripley’s husband Joseph Hewins was on his trip back to town when a railroad engineer was distracted and took his life. Hewins left behind a wife and three children who financially struggle even before his death.
Steinbeck is indirectly saying that structured religion is an important thing, because informalized religion can lead to Pagan beliefs, and many different opinions. When Joseph Wayne says that man's reasons are 'words to clothe a naked thing, and the thing is ridiculous in clothes.' most likely is interpreted as him believing that structured religion is not important. Also with him believing structured religion isn't important, he begins to have his own beliefs, such as how he believes the tree holds his father's spirit, and how he feels about the large rock in the forest. Wayne also puts his son in the crotch of the tree limbs, and he hangs dead animals in the branches, which represent offerings to the tree.