It is also used to describe things to be of high-rate, to be the highest of best kind of quality. In the X-Files episode, “The Post-Modern Prometheus”, both mundane and marvelous events and things are clearly expressed throughout the show side by side. The town, people, and everyday life for the place shown were all mundane and nothing ever happened there. They worshiped the Jerry Springer show to something marvelous, almost God like. This ugly, supernatural monster created wonder and astonishment throughout the town, and also brought excitement to the towns’ people.
A reason why the people believe in jimmy so much because he was so determined. Most people would just give up at first because it is to much effort but jimmy did not do so. Also the people can relate to jimmy because he was poor like all the people who idolized him. 8) The world Cinderella in today’s world is used for something that is unlikely to happen. When talking about a Cinderella story its is usually about an underdog of some sort who nobody thinks could do it, comes out victorious.
Blatantly, Alfred Hitchcock introduces his movie with a shot of cawing birds, establishing suspense, and then drops the audience on their rears, stranded with a few shots of squawking birds. There is lack of a pertinent element in the film that runs amuck in the story, and this element is foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is one of the various strengths in Du Maurier’s The Birds and it is by far the most effective, and so one can elaborate to the conclusion that without a plethora of clues, the reader is numb to arising suspense. Another opportunity given to Hitchcock was the option of paralleling his movie to the genius of the story, because without taking some material from the author, his version is almost a different species and thus the lack of suspense. Furthermore, Daphne Du Maurier stresses important details so the suspense is evident.
Madison Arthur 3 Odd March 1, 2015 Character List 1. Odysseus- Odysseus is definitely a round character. He has good sides (he is strong and brave and wise) and bad ones (he is a bit full of himself and that gets him in trouble with Poseidon when he brags about blinding Polyphemus the cyclops). He is also dynamic because he breaks the mold of traditional epic heroes and changes over the course of the Odyssey. 2.
For generations kids around the world have experienced the profound disappointment of ordering Sea Monkeys, dumping the dried powder into water and watching the tiny things squiggle around, doing nothing interesting. They still sell what you, as a jaded adult, now know are nothing more than freeze dried brine shrimp. Harlod von Braunhut developed the process in 1957. The solution the eggs are soaked allows the small, sperm-like animals to survive the shipping process, come to life within minutes and stay alive long enough to not entertain a child. It may seem a bit ridiculous, but compared to some of his other inventions this was Nobel Prize winning science.
In Sullivan’s Travels, the montage of the casualties of the Depression that Sullivan witnesses underscores everything that the movie had previously eluded too. Like Sullivan, the audience does not appreciate how horribly that time affected people and those few seconds articulated the sentiment like no words could. The movie itself, made during the Depression, does what Sullivan realizes he needs to do—make a movie that gets people to laugh through the hard times. As Sullivan says, “There's a lot to be said for making people laugh… It isn't much, but it's better than nothing.” While in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, there is not one line that sums up the entire movie’s premise, there is a lot more than one montage to show us. The audience sees Mr. Smith fighting for something he believes in, despite everything that suddenly hits him.
He uses the words “paralyzed by wonder” to explain his situation (23). These chosen words are not normally used to describe one's marvel, but in Abbey's case it works. The word paralyzed tends to have a negative connotation since it is typically used to describe bad situations, such as someone afraid and helplessly unable to act. With the word wonder having a positive connotation, it starkly contrasts from its neighboring word. By using “paralyzed by wonder” Abbey must mean that the dance was so fantastic that it captivated him and kept him unable to move (23).
Not much was expected of him because of his small size. “Soaring and reaching so high—not just for the basket, but to aspired to be a hero.”(Irving) But Owen Meany possessed a power within him that would allow him to make John Wheelwright believe in God. “Owen Meany believed that ‘coincidence’ was a stupid, shallow refuge sought by stupid, shallow people who were unable to accept the fact that their lives were shaped by a terrifying and awesome design—more powerful and unstoppable than The Flying Yankee.”(Irving)In the end of the story, Owen Meany becomes an ultimate true life hero especially after facing several trials and tribulations put into place by not having a complete family. He endure life changing events that weren’t always for the better. When John and Owen went to the airport for John's return flight,a day Owen believed that he was destined to die, they see a group of nuns escorting a column of Vietnamese war orphans through the halls.
“Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty odd degrees of frost. Such fact impressed him as being cold and uncomfortable, and that was all.”(London 519) He is over confident. He has no understanding that weather this cold could be very dangerous to a man. It could cost him his life. He is alert to his surroundings.
On the right side of the stage crouched low over multiple racks of effects, pedals, guitars, synths and bizarre homemade “instruments” is the ugliest british citizen to ever become a millionaire, Jonny Greenwood. While anyone with an opinion about music would most likely agree that Greenwood is a brilliant noisemaker, his musicianship spans the gap between popular artists and classical composers. Greenwood has done (specifically in the last five years) very extensive composure for film, his band, and also BBC television shows. It is arguable that his work on Paul Anderson’s film There Will Be Blood was the calcification of his creative genius, at least in the minds of western-world film appreciators. Realistically one could say that had the film’s score been composed by someone else, it may not have been nearly as successful.