He is obsessed with this ideal of greatness and an “American Dream” that is completely unattainable due to his imagination. He wants to leave a legacy of being known as the best salesman in town. He also wants his sons to follow in his exact footsteps while obtaining much wealth. His downfall arises directly from his continued misconception of himself as someone of more success that he has. His pathological visions of being successful and his ungrateful acceptance of his own American Dream push him to cause arguments within his family, envision suicidal thoughts and ultimately take his own life.
The major conflict of this play is that Willy doesn’t realize he is losing his mind, but everyone around him does. Not wanting to embarrass Willy or make things any worse for him, his loved ones play along with him. Willy’s son, Biff, returns home from his failed life in the city to find out all this news from his mother. Your attention is gotten rather quickly when you realize, Willy, seemingly happy and content, is actually suicidal. In a somewhat sub-plot, Biff wants to try again at his city life and get a good job that will not only take care of his families’ financial problems, but will also make his father proud of him.
Nick, describing Gatsby’s commitment to completely changing himself in order to fit Daisy’s expectations, explains, “So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end” (Fitzgerald 95). Gatsby remains unwavering in his hope for Daisy to take him back, so he entirely changes his lifestyle by gaining massive amounts of wealth and buying a huge mansion to throw parties at in West Egg in order to acquire her attention. Gatsby knows that he will only achieve acceptance if he can make a name for himself, so he does just that. Gatsby’s new formation of himself demonstrates to the audience the high level of significance placed on social status during the novel’s time period, the 1920s. Gatsby never gives up on the hope that he will have a life with Daisy eventually, even though Nick and the audience realize that it will remain impossible.
Slumdog Millionaire, a heart wrenching story about a adolescent Indian boy, Jamal Malik, who is in search of his elusive lover, Latika. Jamal is none other than a slumdog from Mumbai. He goes on the local version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire not to become a millionaire, but to find his first love. It is a story filled with much tribulation and in conclusion, triumph. He wins the twenty million rupees but that is not his first apprehension, Latika is.
The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Jay Gatsby Jay Gatsby is a character from the novel “The Great Gatsby,” who strives endlessly in pursuit of his own version of the American Dream. At first Jay Gatsby is a very mysterious character but then we soon find out about his interesting personality. In order to achieve his American Dream he must reinvent himself as a person. His hasty acquisition of wealth and the lack of revelation with respect to his past inspire the curiosity of all characters in the novel. This lack of knowledge provided the novel with great suspense until the motives of Gatsby and his envisioned idea of the American Dream surfaced later in the novel.
Contrary to his unwavering independence in technique and style Spike Lee has taken on the challenge of film remake. Remaking a movie is always tricky, particularly when the original has an already strong following. The 2013 remake of the Past Chan-wook’s classic, Old Boy had Lee’s critics wondering why he engaged in such a dark film. When Chan-wook’s Old Boy hit theatres in 2003, it was praised for its unique structure, it’s magnificent and action packed fight scenes, and it’s visual flair, making Spike Lee a very bold choice to adapt the film for an American audience. It’s not a shot for shot remake of the original or the 2003 version, but like Chan-wook’s version, it’s graphic so don’t watch this on a fall stomach.
Vincent, the “faith child,” came to the world with a large chance of heart damage and predicted that he will die in 30 years. Anton, the genetically modified and the second born, took his father’s name, obviously being the superior son. These two brothers always fought for superiority within each other by who can swim the furthest without giving up. Though Anton is stronger and healthier, Vincent carried properties such as ambition, drive and curiosity. As a result, Vincent was able to achieve is long time goal and overpower his brother, doing the impossible for a “faith child.” In this film, one can see that the “faith childs” are people who “degenerate” the society, during the times of Gattaca.
People flocked to the nearest movie house to see The Birth of A Nation, the story of the creation of the Ku Klux Klan. This movie has received criticisms, however has not been brought to light nearly as often as Twain’s novel. This, in my opinion, is a racist film. It attempts to justify the actions of the Ku Klux Klan by portraying African Americans in such a negative and
Soon, however, we discover that Tyler Durden is more than just a misfit best friend. Chuck Palahniuk conveys, through his main character/narrator, a theme that in every man (or woman) is a duality – two opposing forces – fighting for control, and it is in this struggle that we find who we truly are. The narrator of Fight Club is a sappy, law-abiding, dress-shirt-wearing “good boy;” he reports to his job on time every day, and he strives for what society tells him is a successful lifestyle. Big TVs, nice couches, fancy dress shirts, and a luxury condo are all that are required for comfortable, happy lives, right? According to our narrator, this is slowly becoming more of a burden – a job in itself – to keep up with the expectations of society.
The film is about a penniless boy called Jamal (Dev Patel) and is journey to find his one true love Latika (Freida Pinto). He surprises India when he goes on the hit TV show “Who wants to be a Millionaire”. He uses his experience of his hard life to answer the questions correctly on the show. However the directors of the show believe is he is cheating because he is just a poor boy who has grown up in the Mumbai slums and has not had a chance