Essays on Entertainment

In this essay I will discuss the and compare two beautiful movies which are The Grand Budapest Hotel and Casablanca. Even though the two movies were shot in the different times they have chosen as one of the most iconic, pleasurable and classic Hollywood movies….

Pride can be seen in both positive and negative ways. It can mean that one has self-respect, but it can also mean that one is arrogant and has a huge ego. The negative side of pride can be seen in both the play Antigone, written…

Someone may ask, what is history? History can be many things. History can be recollections of war, medieval societies, memorable movements, and more. While history is a collection of random events that someone had deemed important, all history is, is simply just events and memories…

Storytelling is so much a part of every culture and its literature, but this is especially true of indigenous peoples. Linda Tuhiwai Smith in her book Decolonizing Methodologies says, “Indigenous languages, knowledges and cultures have been silenced or misrepresented, ridiculed or condemned in academic and…

Waiting for Superman is a documentary that highlights schooling issues, while examining possible solutions for these. His first critique of schooling originates from the lack of money paid to full-time teachers. This reduces teachers’ interest in educating and while it may be a passion for…

The Film, Waiting for Superman, takes a look inside America’s public school system and examines its decline. There are many fundamental failures credited for its poor results, and the effects of its foundering are quite evident. Mr. Guggenheim, the narrator of the film, describes many…

Introduction In this paper, I question the morality and justification behind the system of war that firsts of all strips a person of his/her humanity and morality and then lays the responsibility for ethical and moral action on the same person even when he or…

Full Metal Jacket by Stanley Kubrick is a war film that stars characters like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Leonard Lawrence (Gomer Pyle), and protagonist James Davis (Joker). The film shows how War can change people to what they are not, either transforming them to blood-thirsty soldiers,…

William Faulkner, the author of The Sound and the Fury, wrote about a man with the name of Quentin Compson, and in the 21st century, Owen Savage another fictional character seen in episode 16 of Criminal Minds; These two have been tortured by their family’s…

Wealth is not equally distributed and hard work can one day earn the kids great things In the two stories, Jackson and Sylvia both have something that symbolizes something that very important to them. Since they have trouble with money, they cannot afford the item…