|
Documentary Essays and Term Papers
Chistopher ReevesWhat it means to be a Superman
Born on September 25, 1952, native New Yorker Christopher Reeve has lead a life of stardom, coupled with a life of tragedy. Leading a very successful film career, Reeves was on top of the world, until the fifth day of May of nineteen ninety-five. On this day, ...
|  Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 718 - Pages: 3 |
Amazing Grace A Book ReportAs part of the summer reading assignment this year, I read the book Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol. In this documentary-style book, he told about the horrible yet completely realistic conditions of the most poor, rundown neighborhoods and districts in New York City. Kozol wrote the book for the ...
| | Save Paper - Free Paper - Words: 807 - Pages: 3 |
Less Than Zero Book ReviewSet in Los Angeles in the early 1980's, this mesmerizing novel is a raw, powerful portrait of a lost generation who have experienced sex, drugs, and disaffection at too early an age. They live in a world shaped by passivity. The place lacks feeling and hope.
Three high school buddies, 2 male and ...
| | Save Paper - Free Paper - Words: 722 - Pages: 3 |
Female Circumcision" A Look Into Female Genital Mutilation"
"She only loses a little piece of the clitoris, just the part that protrudes. The girl doesn't miss it. She can still feel, after all. There is hardly any pain. Women's pain thresholds are so much higher than men's" (Denniston, 7).
This was a direct quote ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 3203 - Pages: 12 |
Jungle BookThe story The is a collection of stories written about the ecosystems
and everyone’s part in it. This book is written mostly from the animals point of view
telling their feelings and their unheard laws. The book was written in a very simple form
and was very easy to read, understand, and ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 2094 - Pages: 8 |
CommunismUnless we accept the claim that Lenin's coup that gave
birth to an entirely new state, and indeed to a new era in the
history of mankind, we must recognize in today's Soviet Union
the old empire of the Russians -- the only empire that survived
into the mid 1980s (Luttwak, 1).
In their Communist ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 2364 - Pages: 9 |
Lorenzo Ghibertiwas born as Lorenzo di Bartolo in 1378 in Florence, Italy. His
mother’s second husband, Bartolo di Michele trained Lorenzo as a goldsmith. Ghiberti
also received training as a painter. According to his autobiography, he left Florence in
1400 to work with a painter in the town of Pesaro for its ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 603 - Pages: 3 |
The 411 On Copyright For Net PIntroduction Wow - who owns all these pretty pictures?
Net Photog's See me, feel me, touch me, pay me.
Net Agencies Service with a click of a mouse.
Net Publishers All is fair in love, war and publishing.
Net Users Free ride!
INTRODUCTION
If Francesca were alive today she could track her ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 3995 - Pages: 15 |
Video Games: The High Tech Threat To Our Younger GenerationAnyone who has ever walked through a shopping mall on a weekend knows
how popular videogame arcades have become with our young people. It is becoming
a force in the lives of millions of kids all across America. Parents and
teachers become more concerned and worried when they see their kids ...
| | Save Paper - Free Paper - Words: 2673 - Pages: 10 |
A History Of The BeatlesProbably the most popular, influential and enduring rock
group of all time, the Beatles almost single-handedly reshaped
rock 'n' roll from a genre of throwaway singles by faceless stars to
an artistic medium with memorable images and idols. The Beatles
placed the emphasis on a group, rather than a ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 2411 - Pages: 9 |
Baseball And American PopularBaseball is an integral part of American pop culture. Many Americans grow up with baseball, playing it before they can even count all the bases. It is glorified, taught, and fed to us. When we play baseball, we find a respect for the game. The respect we gain from playing it has turned the game ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 1514 - Pages: 6 |
Ella BakerTo document 's life is to recount the history of the civil rights movement. Whenever there was a cause to fight for or a group to organize, this dedicated women was there.
Ella was born 1903, she grew up and received her education in North Carolina. Upon and at one time, president of the New ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 347 - Pages: 2 |
Critique Of The American DreamCritique of The American Dream
I think Michael Moore's documentary Roger and Me can be compared to Elizabeth Stuart Phelps' "The Silent Partner." Perley, the fiancé of the owner of the mills visited a couple of poor families. The poor people in who visited, basically were in the same situation ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 700 - Pages: 3 |
The 60s And FreedomMost of the time, when thinking back to the sixties, people remember
hearing about things such as sex, drugs, and racism. However, what they
often tend to overlook is the large emphasis "freedoms" had on the era.
This does not just refer to the freedoms already possessed by every
American of the ...
| | Save Paper - Free Paper - Words: 1298 - Pages: 5 |
Adversity And Resilience Of HomosexualsTale Farewell My Concubine describes the torments and sufferings that homosexuals have to go through. These torments and sufferings are the results of stereotypes from the society. The video Anti-Gay, and the books The Facts on Homosexuality and Gay and Lesbian Stats: A Pocket Guide of Facts and ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 867 - Pages: 4 |
Media And CultureThe issue of the relationship between the mass media and the popular culture has always been a controversial issue in social sciences. While the political economists insist on the role of the media industry in the creation of this phenomenon of the twentieth century, its advocates such as John ...
| | Save Paper - Free Paper - Words: 2919 - Pages: 11 |
Hello, My Name Is Orson WellesOrson Welles liked to reuse certain elements throughout his films. He
liked a good deep focus shot. He liked low key lighting. He liked the
grotesque side of life, blocking actors in groups of three, low camera angles
and especially pointy bras. He also liked to open his movies in a ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 1601 - Pages: 6 |
Man With The Movie Camera: Shot Change Constructs A New PerspectiveAvant Garde Film Midterm
11\3\95
Question #4
Time was used by Vertov as an important factor in editing as well as in
the daily lives of humans.
With editing he utilized the essence of time to his advantage. Vertov
wanted a certain rhythm of cuts to exist in the movie. He desired a ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 860 - Pages: 4 |
The Rise Of Communism In Russia"Unless we accept the claim that LeninŐs coup dŐŽtat gave birth to an
entirely new state, and indeed to a new era in the history of mankind, we must
recognize in todayŐs Soviet Union the old empire of the Russians -- the only
empire that survived into the mid 1980's" (Luttwak, 1).
In ...
| | Save Paper - Free Paper - Words: 2368 - Pages: 9 |
Heart Of Darkness And ApocalypMan’s Journey into Self in se Now
Inherent inside every human soul is a savage evil side that remains repressed by society. Often this evil side breaks out during times of isolation from our culture, and whenever one culture confronts another. History is loaded with examples of atrocities that ...
| | Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 1978 - Pages: 8 |
|
|
