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Psychological Concepts in "Lord of the Flies"

fear. They seem at first to have found an idyllic home: the island is beautiful, there is abundant fresh water, plenty of fruit an...

Blockbuster Movies And Independent Films: Compare/Contrast

whereby blockbuster movies capitalize upon it. Clearly, there is a tangible essence to the manner by which Melvin Goes to D...

Culture and Humanity: Things Fall Apart and The Gods Must Be Crazy

that offer the viewer/reader a different look at the western worlds involvement in other cultures. In offering these different v...

Anderson's "Feed" - Sinister Possibilities And Prodding

of consumerism - the perpetual wanting of more and more materialistic tangibles until there is nothing left to appreciate - reside...

Trauma and its Lasting Life Effects

has trouble controlling his body and does not begin to feel some returning sense of normality until he reaches the Acura dealershi...

Films Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein and Science

about cloning, for example, is that one will create a monster like what appears in the Frankenstein films. And while the monster i...

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Film Analysis

by Heinrich Boll, on which the screenplay was based (Anonymous, 2001). Katharina Blum (played by Angela Winkler) is an innocent,...

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

the reader imagines and sees through the eyes of the character is a world with shocking parallels to modern humanitys own question...

Lina Wertmuller's Seven Beauties and Ernest Becker's Escape from Evil

In five pages this report examines Becker's 1975 novel with Wertmuller's 1976 film in a comparative analysis of the dark humor and...

Intention of Authors and its Importance

In ten pages author intent is the focus of this analysis of the Buena Vista Social Club film and the novels The Adventures of Huck...

Interpretation of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in The Nutty Professor Film Remake

In four pages this paper discusses how Stevenson's novel is interpreted in the 1996 film remake starring Eddie Murphy in a conside...

Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness, and the Importance of Setting

Williards mission is more severe then Marlows. While Marlow endeavors to bring Kurtz back to civilization, Williards mission is to...

The Apostle, Wise Blood, and Cinematic Faith

In ten pages this paper examines the types of faith represented in these films along with a comparison with Flannery O'Connor's no...

Movie Blade Runner

Cyberpunk literature focuses on these people, and often on how they turn the systems technological tools to their own ends. This i...

Characters from "On Golden Pond" and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"

This research report examines various characters in each of these works. Both the film and novel are explored and Ivan in Tolstoy'...

Comparing Fictional and Documentary Films

then put it in a corner and make it a documentary--not my life, not possibly my life " (qtd. in Lim, 1999, p.184). Roth makes a go...

Comparing and Contrasting Patterns of Communication in Films Cousin, Cousine, and Cousins

In twelve pages the communication patterns exhibited in the French film Cousin, Cousine and its American counterpart Cousins are c...

Nature in Deliverance by James Dickey

In six pages this essay examines how both the novel and the film depict nature as a way of showcasing the author's evil concept. ...

South America, Visions of Mysticism, Loss, and Fear According to Costa Gavras, Feitlowitz, and Allende

In six pages this report focuses on the visions responsible for the creation of South America's nations as portrayed in Costa Gavr...

Critical Review of Monsieur Hire

relax and view the dance of the characters without thinking. In some way, a film allows the audience less freedom but the viewer i...

George Orwell's Animal Farm, Richard Attenborough's Film Gandhi, and Social Revolution

In five pages this paper examines social revolution as depicted in this novel and film. There is 1 source cited in the bibliograp...

Irish Filmmaker Neil Jordan

puzzle understand that they are nearly always involved in the penetration of a seemingly depthless surface of one person. However...

US Culture and Violence

In five pages this paper discusses US culture's representation of violence in an overview of the actual events involving serial ki...

Ulysses by James Joyce and the Heroic Ideal of Leopold Bloom

In five pages this paper discusses the differences in the heroic ideas presented in literature, art, and film contained within the...

Film Review of The Makioka Sisters

In five pages The Makioka Sisters film which is based upon Junichiro Tanizaki's novel is reviewed. There are no other sources cit...

The Importance of Communication in 'Frankenstein'

The varying portrayals of communication in this classic novel and film adaptations are the focus of this 5 page paper. There are ...

Humanity's Future, Science Fiction Visions

This essay pertains to the novel "Dawn" by Octavia Butler and the films "District 9" and "The Omega Man," and argues that each of ...

Feminist Perspectives on Frankenstein Being Symbolic of Women’s Fate

that each person compose a ghost story (Gilbert and Gubar 239). Marys story was transformed into the novel Frankenstein; Or, the ...

John Ford Films Young Mr. Lincoln and The Searchers Compared

This research paper compares these two Ford's films in five pages terms of differences but also notes the similar filmmaker perspe...

The Letter by Somerset Maugham and Characterization

to kiss her, but naturally, Proudlock was convicted of murder (PG). She received a death sentence but the the European community ...