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A Comparison of Die Hard and Passenger 57

find a way to get help. He gets a message out to a security guard type cop, an overweight individual who does not wish to be activ...

The Beatles' Film 'A Hard Day's Night'

it can be said, by an exciting, revolutionary, turbulent swirl which included great social and technological change: assassination...

Black Elk Speaks by Nicholas Black Elk and Dialogue

DM: I couldnt really say, considering that I only first read this book last week, but I think I know what you mean. TL: OK, you ...

Blacks' Relationship to Whites/Sociological Analysis

this was the stance of antebellum Southerners who saw slavery as a functional and crucial part of their economic system. Propon...

Black on Black Pottery of Maria Martinez

In five pages Tewa potter Maria Martinez's amazing life and are are explored. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Richard Wright's Black Boy and William Faulkner's Light in August and Black Identity

white society or in any way "rock the boat". As Jennifer Poulos observes, they are, in particular, taught to be quiet, and to refr...

Black Civil Rights Advocacy and Differences in Black Authors' Styles

In six pages the differences that exist between the styles of African American authors and civil rights activists Cornel West, Fre...

Black Community and the Impact of Black Sports Figuresty

talk to other tribes in North Dakota about education, lifestyle choices, success, character and health. Others will establish gr...

Black Experience in W.E.B. Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk

In three pages this essay examines the black experience as represented in this text by W.E.B. Du Bois. One source is cited in the...

Black Folk Tradition and Black Middle Class Tension

In ten pages this paper examines the conflict between African cultural traditions and the contemporary African American middle cla...

Birth of a Nation/Racism in 2 Scenes

"historical facsimile" of the House of Representatives for the State of South Carolina in 1870 (Dirks). In this scene, the audienc...

"Native Son" And American History X" - Dual Racial Intolerance

indication of just how racial intolerance has guided history. Wrights (1987) "popular and perennial African-American characters" ...

Tokyo Story as a Reflection of Conditions in Post World War II Japan

such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...

Family in A Raisin in the Sun and American Beauty

kind of money people like Lester makes. He has all these schemes and dreams and he ultimately learns they are pointless, just as L...

The Illusionist as Myth

The God of the Waning Year is associated with the sacrificial victim, whose death was believed necessary in order for the earth to...

American Popular Culture of 1951 Represented in James Jones’ Best-Selling Novel From Here to Eternity and George Stevens’ Film A Place in the Sun

in explicit language and vivid descriptions of sexuality that were shocking within the conservative cultural context of the period...

Passion of the Christ v. The Bible

"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...

Three American Families

someone was sick, or out of a job, or when things were going wrong, they asked God for help (Rodriguez). At home, "God the Father ...

Women's Roles in American Cinema Since 1967

bed, or even beginning to become amorous might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not ...

American Religion and the 2003 Film Bruce Almighty

how dependent upon technology the average citizen has become in everyday life. The fact that God initially contacted Bruce via hi...

Hitchcock/Psycho & Shadow of a Doubt

the nature of good and evil. In "Shadow," there are the two "Charlies," Uncle Charlie and his niece, Charlotte, who is known as "C...

When A Man Loves A Woman

love for their children. However, it quickly becomes evident that there is trouble in this paradise, as Alice has a problem, as sh...

Richard Lester: "Petulia"

counterculture. Thus, by setting his film there (he filmed most of it on location), Lester was tapping into the one spot in the co...

Representation of African Americans in Film: Rush Hour 2

enjoy his vacation but pushes aside that vacation to help his friend find retribution for the murder of his father. There are mome...

Women in the American Revolution

was developing. But, when her husband was taken it was very hard for her to do nothing. She constantly ended up battling with the ...

Silent v. Sound/Art in Film

"at heart, I was always a silent movie man" (Twatio 14). One reason why early silent films appear odd or stilted to modern audie...

The American Revolution in Fiction and in Film

to the settlement of the American frontier, Drums Along the Mohawk. It is the story of farmer Gil Martin and his privileged bride...

George Washington: Heroic, Flawed, and Human

Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...

Portrayal of Blacks in the Media, 1960s-Present

a shock for white audiences. Poitier invested his character with dignity and strength, and although later that tactic no longer re...