...couple of names: Billy Woodward and William Jacob Woodward. Those two names symbolize the two sides he has as a ‘white’ aboriginal. When he is the ‘son of his parents’ and when he talks to other aboriginals, he’s called Billy. When he’s among white people, being a regular teenager in Britain, he goes by the name William Jacob. At 18 years of age, he gets picked up by a big football team and moves away from home. Besides football, he also likes painting pictures and is very good at it. He tries to live like a white man, even though he is black, repressing his past. From time to time he stumbles into some aboriginal family of his, and is being very ashamed of them. He thinks that they are all drunken and disgusting individuals. Even though he looks at his people with revulsion, he wants to go home and visit his family for his twenty-first birthday. He expects them to celebrate him, though he hasn’t been home for three years. He didn’t even come home when his father died in an accident. Billys’ family lives far away from the city in an old aboriginal-camp. When the day arrives, he drives out to the old camp in his new fancy car. He had sold some pictures to afford this car. He picks up Darcy, an aboriginal-man, on the way out there, whom he spent the rest of the trip with. When finally he arrives at his family’s’ camp, not all of them are happy to see him. Carlton and Rennie, his brother and cousin, greet him very politely and are happy to see him. Rennie gives Billy a nice gold watch...
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...Major Works Data Sheet Page 3 Characters Name Role in the story Significance Adjectives Billy Pilgrim Bernard V. O’Hare Mary O’Hare Gerhard Muller Kurt Vonnegut Edgar Derby Billy’s Mother Valencia Pilgrim Barbara Pilgrim Robert Pilgrim Montana Wildhack Roland Weary Tralfamadorians Hobo Paul Lazzaro Englishmen Kilgore Trout Wild Bob Elliot Rosewater Howard W. Campbell, Jr. Werner Gluck Bertram Rumford Lily Rumford Billy’s Father Main Character Protagonist Friend of Vonnegut’s from the War. Wife of Bernard Taxi Driver for Vonnegut and O’Hare Author and takes part in WWII scenes. A middle aged school teacher in WWII Billy Visits her in Nursing Home Billy’s wife Billy’s Daughter, newly-wed Billy’s Son, Green Beret Bill’s mate in Tralfamador’s zoo Fellow soldier, helps Billy in WWII A group of Aliens that take Billy captive The man on the train that talks to Billy Soldier, vows to kill Billy Help out Billy in WWII Science fiction writer, Billy’s favorite author Man who dies on Train in Germany Fellow resident in Mental ward with Billy An American turned Nazi German guard at Slaughterhouse Roommate of Billy in Hospital Wife of Bertram Throws Billy into Pool, dies in hunting Accident We see his life and the horrible and odd things he has had to experience throughout it. ...
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...Christ Figure in Billy Budd Herman Melville’s work, Billy Budd is a piece that in my opinion is easy to relate too. Relating to a novel like this one, is a lot harder said than done for most readers, but due to Melville’s use of imagery, allusion to detail, and use of symbolism one can become captivated within a piece of his literature. The portrayal of Billy Bud is what leaves this novel with such great meaning. Billy Budd is a prime example of a Christ like figure, even without direct references to the bible, Melville portrays an honorable character; one reader’s may even envision as Christ like. Almost every story has an antagonist and a protagonist, this one is no different; the antagonist in the story is most clearly Claggart. Melville...
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...Film Noir and Romance: It’s No Fairy Tale Baby Film Noir may not seem like a very romantic subject considering how many of the couples in the films are eventually lead into their death or a prison term. There are some romantic aspects to these type of cinema. Even if a couple does have a tragic end, there is always some sort of romance in the middle. It could be lust or love, but it is usually there. While all Film Noir never ends as fairy tale, an audience can look at most of the films and see how love, or lust, can drive people to do despicable acts of crime. Before describing how romance and the many varying types of love appear in Film Noir, it is important to understand the different gender roles each character plays. The male protagonist paired with a femme fatale is the usual leading roles in a Film Noir, but that isn’t a hard set rule. Men can play the male victim, damaged men, a private eye, a psychopath, or a homme fatal, (Spicer 85). Women can also play a variety of roles such as the nurturer, the good-bad girl, the female victim, or a femme fatale, (Spicer 90). Male victims can be a protagonist who just gets trapped in the web of lies weaved by a beautiful woman, a femme fatale. The damaged man is usually a veteran who has a hard time adjusting to society after war or a police officer who loses control. After seeing so much violence it is hard for some men to see the world as a happy place. These men are usually paired with a nurturing female character. A private...
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...Billy Graham “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep clothing, but inwardly they are evening wolves” Matthew 7:15 Billy Graham a superstar preacher had an average early life and his childhood strongly influenced him to become an evangelist. He travels the globe and preached to millions of people throughout a live audience, television and radio broadcast more than anyone else in history. Bill Graham was born November 7, 1918 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was the first of four children raised on his family’s dairy farm. His parents were strict Calvinists, so he set to his spiritual path. Right after College, Bill married Ruth McCue Bell in 1943 and raised five children. All his children were raise in evangelist. Ruth was a stay home Mom, in which raised all the children while Graham travel the world preaching the good news. Graham is a lovable and respectable husband and father. His image throughout his family and friends has been with loyalty and devotion. At an early teenager life, Graham had a very strong and profound spiritual path. His childhood strongly influenced him to become an evangelist. He made a personal commitment to Christ when for the first time he encounter a traveling evangelist ministry visiting charlotte for a series of revival meeting, during the fall of 1934. He emerge as a rising young evangelist when began preaching throughout the U.S. and in Europe. Graham was list by the Gallup organization as the “Ten Most Admired Men...
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...Some like it Hot & Director Billy Wilder Some like it hot is a movie set in the late 1920’s about two broke musicians played by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon living in Chicago who accidently witness the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre and need to get far away from the gangsters who want to kill them since they are the only witnesses to the murders. The musicians decide their only chance of survival is to dress up like girls and join an all women’s jazz band en-route to Florida to get away from the mob. During the train ride they meet and get to know the other members of the band especially the main singer, sweet “Sugar Kane” played by the lead actress Marilyn Monroe. The musicians form a little crush on Sugar and all hilarity ensues. The film was made in 1958 for an estimated 2.8 million dollars and since being released on March 29th 1959 has grossed over 25 million in the USA alone and over 8 million in rentals according to IMDB.com. Billy Wilder who wrote, directed and produced Some like it Hot was born in Sucha Beskidzka, Malopolskie (Austria-Hungary) on June 22nd, 1906. He originally wanted to become a lawyer but abandoned that career choice to become a reporter for a Viennese newspaper. Using that experience he moved to Berlin to work for the city’s largest tabloid. Soon after he broke into films as a screenwriter in 1929 and wrote scripts for many German films until Adolph Hitler came to power in 1933. Wilder ended up immigrating to Paris, then the US and spoke no...
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...The character I have chosen is Holly Golightly, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. This has been my all time favorite movie. In the movie, Audrey Hepburn plays a female character that is very spontaneous and spunky. I feel that throughout the movie she shows to be an extraversion. She meets a neighbor who is amazed how she talks and lives her life. She throws a party in her apartment and is very sociable and seems to be star of the show. Holly comes off to other people as very friendly and affectionate. Throughout the movie, the neighbor “Fred” finds out that deep down she has a lot of problems. He finds her to be in the neuroticism category. She is nervous about her past and she is insecure of herself. Holly feels the need to sneak up to her neighbor’s apartment because she is lonely. As soon as he asks her why she is crying, she becomes high strung and a bit upset. Holly and “Fred” go out into New York City and have a fun day together. They pick original things for them to do and some are creative. At this point in the movie I feel as though she falls into the openness to experience category. She has a great imagination in which “Fred” points out and is attracted to. Towards the end of the movie, Holly’s former husband comes to find her. When she finds out he is in New York, she becomes nervous again. I feel as though at this point she is in the agreeableness category. She agrees to go back with him and is forgiving. She seems to be soft hearted to her former husband. Then...
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...Mohannad Zawi Mr. Mackay ENG-4U0 October 31st, 2011. The Fight for Survival Can Truly Lead People to Do Things They Wouldn’t Do When it comes to The Road by Cormac McCarthy & Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, it takes a lot to compare the two. Can these classic literary novels truly be compared? Luckily, you will find just how much they can be compared as you read this essay. In order to consider just how similar these 2 books are, consider the following: The main characters of their respective books ultimately aim to survive their landscapes, both of the main characters are on a journey for the betterment of their lives, and both of these novels portray similar themes. While one book has a seemingly miniscule cast and the other a large ensemble of roving buccaneers, they still manage to be comparable, and through their similarities a better experience is enjoyed for fans of the books. Both main characters of their respective books ultimately aim to survive by dealing with harsh environments. We understand that The Man from The Road has to deal with a barren, apocalyptic wasteland, and with this situation he uses his knowledge & wits to survive this harsh environment, for example, he carves makeshift bullets out of wood in order to scare off attackers: “While the boy slept he sat on the bunk and by the light of the lantern he whittled fake bullets from a tree branch with his knife, fitting them carefully into the empty bores of the cylinder and then whittling...
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...moving into the world. However, with self-determination and the support of others it can potentially lead to a positive outcome. Stephan Daldrys film Billy Elliot (2000) explores these notions and highlights the importance of rising above circumstances and embracing the support of others by enduring such experiences in order to succeed in the transition of moving into the world. The film reveals how individual determination and strength is often required to transition from one world to another, also exploring the idea of how transitioning into another world can be daunting and unexpected for the individual whom is making the change and that everyone's world is different and needs to be accepted. Firstly the film explores the notion of how individual determination and strength is often required to transition from one world to another, this idea is reflected throughout the 'private lessons and rising tensions' scene. In this particular scene billy and his ballet teacher Mrs Wilkinson are both equally committed, consistent and also remain perseverant regardless of the circumstances in which they find themselves. We see that Billy embraces the support of others and in turn, is on the road to potential success. As billy enters the hall, a high angle shot of him is used representing his powerless emotion. The shot reveals vulnerable billy, as he has not yet embraced the support he has been given. Also soft, mysterious music begins to play in the background, as the lights dim. This signifies...
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...Playing Music for Mind & Body (LAE1) When the notion of playing music in a band is brought up, often times it conjures up images of the lewd and crude rock star lifestyle. At least, this is what we’ve come to expect to see from the media. But what most people don’t realize is that playing music can have a significant positive impact on an individual’s health, mental well-being and even IQ. A study from the New York Academy of Sciences takes aim at finding a link between musical training and increased intelligence. The study revealed an increase in grey matter in the brains’ of musicians as opposed to their non-musician counterparts. Researchers feel that this notable increase is in part due to the repetition that takes place during rehearsals which improves cognition and memory. So does learning to play music make a person smarter? Glenn Schellenberg, from the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, gives a resounding yes. His research into music and its cognitive abilities indicate short-term as well as long-term benefits. Mr. Schellenberg’s research goes on to point out an increase in participant’s IQ scores after only a couple of learning sessions. But music training has more in store than just intelligence benefits. According to a recent study conducted by The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), a person playing a musical instrument is less likely to feel depressed and more likely to feel healthy. The study goes...
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...Chris Littlejohn 04/30/2014 Ron Tamborini Effects of Mass Communication Excitation-transfer theory The excitation-transfer theory states that one stimulus will amplify the excitatory response to another response. This process is not limited to one emotion. An example would be a viewer becoming angry when a hero is killed by a villain, and then having a larger pleasure when the villain is killed. The first stimulus response was anger when the hero died, and the second was pleasure when the villain died. For this to work the second stimulus needs to occur before the decay of the first stimulus or else there will not be as much pleasure in seeing the villain die. Although excitation-transfer theory was based heavily on psychology, psychophysiology, and biochemistry, it has been often applied to effects of studies in the field of communication. There has been much concern over violence in media and excitation-transfer theory has become one of the most dominant theoretical underpinnings for predicting, testing, and explaining the effects of such media. This is because communication-produced excitation may intensify post exposure emotional states and this transfer is not limited to face to face communication. This is why excitation-transfer theory has become very important especially for media producers. Media producers can see if there content has an impact on kids and if it does they can change the rating of their content or change some of it up because they...
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...Course Project: Leadership Review of Moneyball (2011) Introduction: Moneyball (2011) is a movie based on the truth story for Mr Billy Beane and his attempted to have the perfect team to achieve the baseball game win. Based on Moneyball: The art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis 2003. The lead actor in this movie is Brad Pitt (Billy Beane) and his assistant Peter Brand (Jonah Hill). This story changes a lot of concepts in management especially in the recruitment process. On this article I will write down the leadership skills that Billy Beane got it and also a brief talk about his personality. Leadership: * Negative: Introducing a new member in your team is a must, letting your team knows what you are planning to is a very must. As a leader you must make everyone of your team member on board so it will be easy for all to share common goals. Hiding team member activity or your strategy as a leader is mistake that you need as a leader. What we are facing in most of Saudis companies that we deal with new employees as they know the company inch by inch, while actually they don’t know anything. An orientation program is necessary tool for new joiner. In the movie Beane didn’t communicate the new strategy to his team. They have no idea what he is doing and why he is doing it. How can your employees help you if they don’t know what you are up to? Beane and Brand are trying to do one thing, and the rest of the recruiting team is trying to do something different. * Positive:...
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...I remember growing up arguing with my siblings about who is who in the movies, everyone wanted to be the superhero or the good guy while everyone despised the villain/bad guy. But why did everyone hate the villain? For obvious reasons of course, however now that I'm older If I was offered the role of the villain or the hero in a movie I would choose to be a villain for several personal reasons beyond the fact of just being the villain. Being a villain would allow me to experience a troubled life by making bad, morally wrong decisions, but from that I can learn important essential life lessons by learning from my mistakes and I could change myself for the better. My thoughts are beyond just the fact of being the bad guy in the superhero film. I'm thinking more of the affect it would have on me and how it could possibly change my future. Growing up I was always the innocent good child. In 9th and half of 10th grade I thought I was the world's biggest procrastinator, I always waited till the last minute to do my assignments for school. Of course this only made me more stressed and tired, but what I always told myself was "No matter what, you're still getting your homework done on time.". Often times in class when the homework was to be turned in, a lot of students never had it complete or they were scribbling down their friend's answers. I always wondered what it was to be like those kids, never turning in my homework and not having a single worry about it and I couldn't comprehend...
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...Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut is the story of an American soldier named Billy Pilgrim who is taken prisoner by the Germans in World War II. Suffering from some sort of post-traumatic stress, Billy believes that he can travel in time and that he was abducted and kept captive by aliens for several months. Consequentially, the story is told in nonlinear bits and fragments. Billy Pilgrim is a scrawny, disoriented, fatalistic optometrist who does not like war. The story of his life as a soldier begins just before he and an antitank gunner are captured, when he has his first ‘time traveling’ experience and witnesses the entirety of his life from beginning to end. Billy is transported to a POW camp in Germany by boxcar. Upon arrival, the new...
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...Marilyn Monroe, a famous actor, singer, and model. We all know the famous skirt flying act, leading to her unpredictable death. In this essay I’m going to be talking about who she was and what her favorite things were. Marilyn Monroe was a orphan. Before she was born, Marilyn’s mother, Gladys Pearl, was really young when she had her first 2 kids. The father of those kids took them when they had there divorce. Gladys wasn’t alone for long after the divorce she met a another guy in 1924 she met and married Edward Mortenson. This marriage also failed, and Mortenson had long vanished from the scene before Glady’s became pregnant with her third child. She never stated who the father was, but perhaps she didn’t know, but one of the most likely candidates...
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