Essays on Movies

In many occurences, immigration often times for most cases leads to the separation of many families when fleeing their country to come to the U.S for a “better life” or for asylum. Although for the most part people believe that these immigrants that flee only...

Introduction West Side Story and The British Raj are two completely different subject matters, but somehow can still relate to the present day. Within this essay you will be reading about how I plan to incorporate these two subjects together, to produce a new adaptation...

From my perspective, the greatest challenge for creation of drama and film is a lack of new stories to tell, because the content of stories has not evolved with the development of society. To solve this problem, two effective methods have been developed. The first...

Lavish images of Fifth Avenue and the Upper East Side claim the title of ‘New York City’, filling the mind with descriptions of great wealth and well-dressed gentiles strolling the crowded streets filled with a vast diversity of people. Like everything, however, there is more...

As one of America’s most beloved musicals, West Side Story has captured the hearts of many with its reimagined Romeo and Juliet love story. The play illustrates a fight for space between two opposing gangs and a plea for tolerance between the two love interests...

Sir Robert Peel once said, “The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police existence, actions, behaviour and the ability of the police to secure and maintain public respect.” According to the Collin’s dictionary, “Policing is the activities...

Harper Lee lived long enough for her to publish two novels, “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Go Set a Watchman”. The two are related to each other by talking about the same issues Jean Louise “Scout” Finch grew up with as a child (To Kill...

To kill a Mockingbird and Go set a watchman are novels written by the same author – Harper Lee, which both showed the process of the development of scout’s characteristics from Scout’s perspective, how she changes from a young ignorant girl to an independent thoughtful...

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...

Traditional gender norms play a large part to how text is formulated and presented in popular literature. Regarding gender roles, literary texts often reinforce the roles of men and women. The novel Twilight by Stephenie Meyer follows stereotypical gender roles that have already been normalized....

Introduction When Twilight was initially published in 2005, it received the attention of young adult readers of predominantly female due to the plot of the novel; charting the life of Isabella “Bella” Swan, a teenager who relocated to Forks, Washington to live with her police...

When contrasting the book Twilight, composed by Stephanie Meyers, with the motion picture Twilight, screenplay composed by Melissa Rosenberg and created by Catherine Hardwicke, there are different visual contrasts between the two. Some significant scenes were changed or even discarded from the first message, leaving...

The aesthetics quality of any literary work is one factor that cannot be overlooked when it comes to analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of a work. It helps sets aside not just what is good or important, but what makes the literary piece inherently good...

When you think about Twilight, most think of it as a throw away tween film. It caters to a female dominated audience with magical creatures and a drama filled loved story. Your first thoughts might be of sparkly vampires and obsessed tween-aged fans. You may...

I recently read Twilight written by Stephenie Meyer. There are five books total for this saga. I happened upon this gem of a novel while looking around the class library for a book to read, I was initially attracted to the book by the outstanding...

The teen romance novel, Twilight, published in 2005 written by Stephanie Meyers, has influenced many movies and television shows since its publication. Twilight has received many critiques throughout the years because of the way it portrays love to young readers. Critics say that the way...

Summary In attempt to get past his alcoholism, temper, and abusive behaviour, Jack Torrance takes a job at the Overlook hotel as a caretaker. He moves with his wife, Wendy Torrance, and his son, Danny Torrance, in hopes to also bring his family back together...

The title The Shining is a very strange one to say at least. The Shining has been mentioned throughout the story. The Shining is basically the power/ability that Danny has that can help him see certain things or fright him. The Shining relates to Danny’s...

Introduction Jack Torrance has been labeled as one of the most terrifying characters ever portrayed on film. What seems like a normal father with relatively small issues turns out to be a psychologically unhinged villain who with each passing minute unravels a little more. His...