Cinema Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

The documentary taps on one of today’s most controversial issues in society which is homosexuality. The striking feel about the movie is that it taps two sides of the sensationalize issue such as the point of views of conservative Christians and also the question, is homosexuality a choice. The most striking aspect about the film is that as early as the beginning, it points out that homosexuality is not something forced on anyone rather a life choice. The film actually presented an animated criticism of several theories mentioned by clinicians (or theorist) belief that sexual orientation changes over time. My ...

The “Catch me if you can” movie is one of the most outstanding movies built on a true story. This movie revolves around Frank Abagnale, junior who genuinely adores his parents. Frank’s father is a conman, with several victims in different scam instances. As Frank grew up, he is aware of the existence of scam business. At the age of 16, Frank’s parents get choose to divorce, and Frank is requested to make the one he would leave with after the divorce. This becomes a terribly hard decision for him, and he runs away from any of the parents. ...

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Little Mermaid

Late eighties was a decade of immense transformations. This chunk of the time was a period during which the roles and perception of women in the mainstream society went through sheer changes (Buckland 178). The same mainstream thought of the society is reflected in the role of the princess depicted in Walt Disney’s animated musical fantasy film, “The Little Mermaid”. The character of the princess in the aforesaid fantasy film was played by Ariel, who is a young sixteen years old mermaid. Dissatisfied with her life in the water, she became much curious ...

Introduction

Ostwalt has focused his studies on the interconnection between film and religion, especially the concept of Armageddon which is about the end of the world. Different movies portray Armageddon in different ways depending on the type of movie; be it a horror, comedy or children’s movie. However, in his studies, he reveals that most of the movies produced focus on forces of evil, which attempt to end the world and the good forces which fight the evil in an attempt to save the world from eternal destruction. His theory is inclined toward End-of-World battles which involve the two antagonist ...

And Chan-Wook Park

Given the increasing globalization of the film industry, Hollywood directors have begun to pull increasingly from international sources for their creative output. Looking into the small-but-potent international film markets, often directors from other countries are given the opportunity to cross-over into Hollywood. This is certainly the case with Asian cinema; many Asian film directors who have achieved success in Japan and Hong Kong have been given the chance to make films in America in order to provide a rapidly-consuming film market with the variety and quality it desires. In the 1980s and 1990s, two Asian directors in particular crossed over ...

Introduction

The Hurt Locker is a movie that depicts the lives of three men who were in Explosive Ordnance Disposal team. At the beginning of the movie, Thompson is the main bomb specialist. However, while he was on a mission to disarm a bomb, he is killed when the bomb is detonated by unknown person using a phone. After this incident, a new specialist was required. After the death of Thompson, William James is introduced in the movie. After he is told about Johnson by Sanborn, he becomes aware that he is brought in as a replacement. He then knows that much will be expected of ...

Introduction

The invention of the camera in the latter part of the 18th century became the pathway to create a new style of art called photography. Photography is the art of drawing using the light, a scientific process that relies in lenses to create a reflection of the images onto the paper. Since the invention of the camera, photography became even more popular because it is versatile and fast compared to painting. Photography became the avant-garde of the early twentieth century art not only in the United States but to the whole world as well. Photographers and artists often incorporate several themes inspired ...

The food production industry has been rapidly developed over the centuries. The food production has become faster and more technologically advanced. From producing agricultural crops for feeding the town, the production of food has increased for feeding the whole country and even the world (Leopold 199). There has been many enhancements in order for the food industry to provide more products to the increasing global population such as genetic modifications and production methods. However, the documentary Food Inc. has presented many ethical and moral issues about the food production in the United States. According to the film, these issues ...

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A Comparison of Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” to Kafka’s “The Castle”
How does one define an adult? The simplest way to answer this is to oppose the concept of adulthood to that of childhood. So an adult is someone who has stopped being a child. But, in this regard, another completely justified question arises – how does one define a child?
It seems simple enough from all standpoints: a child is an immature person, meaning he is yet to reach maturity due to his age. Therefore, the difference between a child and an adult is greatly dependent upon the definition of ...

Gran Torinao is an American drama film that was directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. The story of this film revolves around a Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski. Who aspires to reform his neighbour a young teenager who is apparently a thief who stole Kowalski’s high valued possessions (Curi and Mario 15). By definition, the American dream is a life that exemplifies happiness, material comfort and the accomplishment of one’s desires as sought after by the American citizens. Apparently, the plot, themes and particularly the characters of this film reflect the achievement of the American dream in many apparent ways. With ...

Essay

Roger and Me is a documentary film, chronicles of the efforts of General Motors, one of the world’s largest corporation. Michael Moore makes the social catastrophe, happened in his native city Flint (Michigan) as the theme of his first documentary. This catastrophe happened after the General Motors’ direction decided to close all their enterprises, situated in that city. The entire film Michael Moor chases Roger Smith, the head of this corporation to tell him about the consequences of this decision that led to absolute unemployment. It is hard to imagine, but over 30 thousand of people (from the 150.000 ...

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Essence of ‘To Live’
Historical accuracy and sensitivity is one of the most important aspects that weigh heavily on the film To Live (1994), which is directed by Zhang Yimou. From a viewer’s point of view, the film is an interesting event-raveling depiction of what occurred half a century or so ago in China. This put the sequence of events into an epoch when the country was under what can be said to be a transformation characterized by a series of both political and social changes. By then, China was run by the political regime headed by Mao Zedong and this ...

It essential to denote that the ancient myths have worked itself into a modern day discourse as evident in the modern day televisions and cinema. The above is true owing the fact that the modern day medium incorporates modern format of communications that in essence provides a platform where people can communicate or rather pass messages to many other people across the globe. With the above said, it is imperative to make apparent the fact that the modern day formats of communication fosters the exchange of mythological discourse to a much greater audience more than ever before. Arguably, in the contemporary times, ...

As film students, we were taught to detach ourselves from the typical everyday spectators who usually after watching something would simply comment, “I liked it”, or “I hated it”. Though, I do watch films analytically unlike a typical audience, I sometimes, cannot help but tocriticize the same way after viewing something. Being said that, after watching Scott Stark's films on December 9th at the first person cinema, I was torn. There were some pieces that I completely detested (Traces, Hotel Cartograph, To love or to die), and there are those that I was so gratefulto be blown away (Degree of ...

Movie Piracy: Ethical Crisis and Economic Impact

Though movie piracy may seem an ordinary part of the modern reality that the counter-piracy advocates need to put up with, the act of stealing someone’s artwork is still illegal, unethical and economically detrimental. The pro-piracy fighters argue that the increasing access to Internet naturally nurtures the open access to all its content, including the one that is protected by numerous intellectual property laws. Thus, it would be logical to lift the ban on the piracy, which is supposedly helping the movie industry live and prosper, while helping the artists promote themselves within the growing audience. The piracy ...

Introduction

Stranger with a camera is a documentary film directed by Elizabeth Barret in 2000 that tries to shed some light to the murder of Canadian television journalist, Hugh O’Connor, in 1967, at Lecher County, Kentucky. O’Connor was shot by a coal miner named Hobart Ison, when he was trying to document poverty and living conditions in Appalachia, and interviewed Ison’s house, without Ison been there at the time. When Ison arrived, he asked O’Connor and his crew to move away from his house and when they did, he shot O’Connor to death.
In this documentary Barret ...

Discuss the validity of cultural censorship in children’s media studied in class from two different perspectives

Abstract
The media has been proven the main source of violence and aggressive behavior shown by children in the modern culture. Censorship programs have been used to determine the effect of children exposure to violent films and messages. The following is an argument on the role of the media and television in the social life of an individual irrespective of age, gender, sex, or religion. In order to discuss the validity of cultural censorship in children, two programs were selected. These are the Sesame Street and the Best of Families. The most significant theory used on this discussion ...

Long before we had books and places to store information, people used story telling as a form of passing their message from one generation to the next. Most of these stories were used to teach about national pride or the great works of their various gods and this gave rise to myths and legends. As time went on these stories also began to change to make them fit whatever the current generation was. The early Greeks were experts in the use of myths and many of their myths are still being read and studied and made into movies today. Today, ...

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- Introduction
The late twentieth century has become the “'age of the image” in the sense that gender roles has affected the stereotypical representation of men and women. McDermott and Schwartz argued that the gender role journey theory is suited to comprehend how men and women adapt their gender role identities in society (202). At the same time, media has presented a theoretical framework in the manner men traverse from positions of acceptance of the conventional gender roles to feminist activism and gender role supremacy. To be able to have a deeper understanding of the gender role journey over time, ...

The Diary of a Mad Black Woman is a 2005 romantic comedy drama movie written by Tyler Perry. It is a movie about a couple, Charles McCarter and Helen McCarter. After 18 years of marriage, Helen is thrown out of her matrimonial home by her husband and replaced by Brenda his mistress who is younger than Helen. Helen is forced to move in with her grandmother Madea where she tries to reconstruct her life and she meets Orlando. At first, she is not sure if she can ever love again but through her relationship with God, she is able to forgive Charles of ...

Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary directed by Michael Moore. One thing which stands out from the movie is the use of persuasion. The documentary uses rhetorical strategies to persuade the audience to adopt the narrator’s opinion on the subject matter, and this is perfected through the use of archived information used along interviews. According to the narrator, Americans are trigger-happy people who use violence to solve their problems and this is evident when the narrator asks “why does America have so many guns and so much gun violence?”
At the beginning of the documentary, Moore receives a ...

300 Movie
Several opinions can be derived from the movie 300. It is essential to recognize the efforts that were employed in putting together the thoughts behind the creation of the movie. This is achievable by analyzing the thoughts behind the choice of media. The set of the movie is a battleground where three hundred Spartans were facing thousands of enemy soldiers. The movie is inspirational especially for the message that is supposed to pass and the target audience. In order to appreciate the value of the movie, it is necessary to analyze the chosen media (Bennett 43). The ...

Captain Willard and Colonel Kurtz are the only important characters in Apocalypse Now, especially sense Willard is the narrator and the story is being told mostly through his thoughts and perceptions. As the story unfolds, it is the voyage to “find the insane Kurtz that is of paramount importance; all the other characters exist only to symbolize some aspect of the war” (Eperwein 100). Although the film is loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Willard’s journey upriver into Cambodia is really a mythic tale the carries him into the heart of the Vietnam War, which in ...

Gary Ross' 2012 adaptation of the young adult dystopian novel The Hunger Games was an effective, if somewhat uneven, film anchored by strong performances and interesting ideas. The tale of young tribute Katniss Everdeen, who is forced into a state-sanctioned spectator sport where she must kill her fellow teenagers for the entertainment of the Capitol, is given a bleak and stylized look, fleshing out the world of the film while often shying away from real violence and issues where it counts. The sense of isolation that the protagonist feels is not unlike Foucaultian Panopticonism: Foucault came up with the idea of the ...

Bowling for Columbine is a classic Michael Moore film which demonstrates the power of the game of bowling as an alternative for target practise. The Columbine High School massacre is the basis behind the film and Moore shows that the culture of guns in the US has ruined the fabric of this society.

Thesis statement:

Gun control is an important and very sensitive issue in the United States. Michael Moore’s film parodies the American fixation with guns and cites several cases where the usage of guns has gone out of hand in parallel with a perceived bowling incident before the Columbine School ...

The issue of understanding diaspora is a controversial subject that is discussed and interpreted different among different generations. Its effects are so influential to the extent that it plays a role in the determination of an individual’s identity. By using a broad range of multivalent narratives concerning ethnicity and identity, Radhakrishnan enables the reader to visualize the ideal picture of ethnicity in the United States. From the narratives used in the text, it is possible to see that ethnicity is conceptualized in different phases. First, opportunism and pragmatism and used to suppress ethnicity (121). Another phase of conceptualizing ethnicity is resistance ...

Dziga Vertov's 1939 avant-garde silent film Man with a Movie Camera is one of the most daring and experimental films ever made, as it eschews most normal attributes of films (story, characters, narrative) to become a visual treatise on the art and importance of filmmaking itself. Like some of its antecedents, such as Koyaanisqatsi, it provides no characters, uses innovative cinematic techniques and heavy use of music to convey a mood, told through images that are manipulated in various ways to achieve various effects. Whereas Koyaanisqatsi is concerned primarily with the interaction of man and his surroundings, Man with a Movie Camera focuses ...

Literature is an artwork which includes drama, fiction and essays among others whose work can be either the truth or imaginative. Literature writing is intended at making human being analyze the message, relate it with what the writer is talking about before making any judgment or conclusion. Its work is to pass a message in a literally manner in the society through making the human kind think more critically. Literature has the ability to transform the reader from the human perspective and take him/her beyond the mundane of imaginative world of tale, animation or the waters, change the reader’s mood, ...

Thesis: The ability to forgive separates the ones that are strong from those that are still weak to acknowledge not only themselves’, but also others’ feelings and states of mind. This weakness brings up difficulties and struggling relationships with loved ones when lie is present and it is often portrayed both in books and movies.
One to be able to forgive is not an easy task; having to overcome the situation in which the person has lied, understand why the lie happened, or to trust the person the same way before are just some of the hard aspects that ...

When first encountering Ray Kurzweil’s movie, The Singularity is Near, described as “a true story about the future,” the first thing people may wonder is, “What is a ‘Singularity?’” (“Movie Trailer”). As the trailer moves through fast-paced quotes from Kurzweil and a number of his colleagues, one unnamed person explains, “The singularity is the point where our technology and our selves are no longer two different things” (“Movie Trailer”). The film argues that this future with the Singularity is not far away, in fact, another unnamed person in the movie trailer claims, “I think you can make an argument that the ...

During the last weekend, we settled down to watch Lost with a friend of mine. After 30 minutes of watching the first episode of season six, my friend confessed of highly detesting the movie. Her reason was that the movie is highly fictional, and thus it is complicated to follow up. Needing to prop up an argument, I asked her why she thought the movie was disgusting. Her assertion was that the movie is fictional and has scientific fables that keep on “throwing the viewer back and forth”. This prompted me to lay out everything for her using Toulmin’s ...

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One may see beauty in several forms but essentially this is how we perceive others in our own light. McCuen Metherell and Winkler advise that one can take a story regarding a film as a typical example and look at the diverse aspects of beauty as perceived here (McCuen Metherell, Winkler Ch 10). Although American Beauty is a film which may perhaps not fit the bill perfectly in this respect, the authors in the book will most certainly appreciate the techniques and skills which are used to focus on beauty as an intrinsic natural issue.

A typical example would be when one person ...

1. Introduction

Cinema business has been developing in India for over a century, however it has been traditionally based on manual labour and very simplistic processes. However, the entry of the entertainment software leader from New Zealand, Vista Entertainment Solutions, has changed the situation in the market and has initiated a large wave of technology integration into cinema operations (Vista, 2012). The aim of this paper is to explore the success of Vista in the Indian market. Firstly, it analyzes the overall market environment in the cinema business in terms of the opportunities and threats it poses for Vista. Secondly, the paper examined ...

1. Introduction

Cinema business has been developing in India for over a century, however it has been traditionally based on manual labour and very simplistic processes. However, the entry of the entertainment software leader from New Zealand, Vista Entertainment Solutions, has changed the situation in the market and has initiated a large wave of technology integration into cinema operations (Vista, 2012). The aim of this paper is to explore the success of Vista in the Indian market. Firstly, it analyzes the overall market environment in the cinema business in terms of the opportunities and threats it poses for Vista. Secondly, the ...

INTRODUCTION

Wong Kar-Wai is a director based from Hong Kong, who is hugely respected as not only a director, but an artist who is constantly mentioned by critics and film enthusiasts alike. Although many of his films did not go on to become big as other major films in the Box Office, Wong Kar-Wai's films have begun to be well known for breaking the contemporary style of Hong Kong cinema.

For many years, Hong Kong filmmakers followed a set system of rules in the genre and narrative forms to fit their own personal style; still, they were considered as being nothing more than a ...

How historically accurate is All Quiet on the Western Front?

Set in World War One, All Quiet on the Western Front is a harrowing account of the events that took place from the German perspective as it was adapted from the German novel of the same name, written by Erich Maria Remarque. The film follows a group of young men who, following a particularly patriotic speech by their head master, all sign up to fight for Germany in the war. Remarque experienced the war first hand and as such, his rendition of the events are trustworthy and reliable historically correct. Created in 1930, the film was released only a dozen years after the ...

Movie piracy is the unlawful copying and circulation of movies in print, videos, DVDs or electronic files; it is also the illegitimate accessing, showing, and selling of copyright guarded material such as movies and TV shows. Recent developments in digital machinery make server-based or peer-to-peer (P2P) folder sharing on the Internet suitable and comparatively quick (Johns 350). A pessimistic result of this new technology, though, is online larceny of copyrighted substance. This paper seeks to establish the predicaments of movie piracy, centring particularly the consequences of movie piracy, both negative and positive, on all the stakeholders, and the counter ...

Documentary film is one of the most difficult genres of cinematography, firstly, because of its structure as well as due to the large number of approaches to the implementation of the idea. This genre originated over a century ago and nowadays it is undoubtedly one of the most difficult genres, since it is necessary to analyze a huge amount of material to identify the authenticity of historical facts in order to create a professional documentary film. The advent of documentary films made the cinematography a more profound art form, which became a part of the scientific world too.
Documentary film was the beginning ...

Industry of the film production is a big area where someone's imagination in a form of film may affect the outlook of millions of viewers. Each film is a great piece of art, where the director reflects his or her thoughts about any issue. Knowing this, many films might contain a harmless content, which may have a different impact on adults and children. That is why America has created a mysterious rating organization, the MPAA film rating system, which assesses the content of every film and may limit the audience of it. This paper was written after the film ...

Wong Kar-Wai’s epic martial arts biopic The Grandmaster is an ambitious film that traces the history of Ip Man, a famous Chinese grandmaster who trained Bruce Lee and helped popularize jung fu around the world. The highly choreographed fights scenes, and lush and precise cinematography make the film a cinematic tour de force, with a romantic backstory that helps propel the narrative (Dargis, 2013). However, the fragmented film covers too much historical territory in a short amount of time, zig-zagging through time and space, quickly introducing new characters and themes without giving the audience a change to process any of dynamic spectacle presented ...

People acquire experience, inspiration, and knowledge from the past. Which is why man always considerers "embellishing" the past, for he by nature is an aesthetic creature. In the present world, Man is but a "fascinated stranger." The aspiration of man that externally focuses in going beyond what he can see and hear and that which appeals to his mind leads him to the sphere of transcendental and allows him to predict the aesthetic of his life as both substantial and subjective. Consideration of this model exploration on objectification and a society of subjective aesthetical ideas contribute to the rise ...

Antoine Fuqua’s King Arthur (2004) Versus the Lancelyn Green’s King Arthur (1953)

In this paper, it will be shown that the 2004 film version of King Arthur is not an historical retelling, nor does it capture the real belief systems of a Sixth Century king. Clive Owens stars as King Arthur in the 2004 Hollywood version directed by Antoine Fuqua. In this version, the film states in the beginning intertitles that the story of King Arthur, while written down in the 15th century, is based on “a real hero who lived thousand years earlier in a period often called ...

There are a number of differences between the eastern and western cultures. These differences have always existed in eastern and western cultures. The differences in both cultures are clearly visible in terms of lifestyle, thinking, dressing, eating and even expressing emotions and love to each other. There are also differences in the power of love between Eastern and Western Culture and the same has been reflected in various films and novels. This paper proposes a discussion on how eastern and western cultures have different power of love because of three main reasons: firstly, because family is considered as the ...

The first movie chose is Dead Poets` Society (1989). This film tells the story about John Keating, eccentric teacher, who inspires students of a conservative American college to be creative, to make own choice in their lives. Though the main character in this movie is Keating, for this paper I chose another character of the film – Neil Perry, a student who became the victim of his parents` prejudice.
Neil Perry is a student at the college who dream to become an actor. But his parents, especially his father, are sure that the best career choice for their son is ...

There can be no denial of the fact that the novel, Great Expectations, is one of the finest works of literature. The novel has intrigued the literary critics as well as the avid readers alike, and it is deemed among the most famous literary works in the history of literature. The stalwart author, Charles Dickens goes on to exude his literary quintessence and aesthetic appeal in this novel that has left a lasting mark in the minds of one and all owing to its content and portrayal. Indeed, this novel in context is one of the most apt literary ...

Roads are generally made for the purpose of having an easier access of different places and in order for the different modes of transportation to have a smooter flow of traffic and a quicker time to reach their destination. These maybe the meaning of roads for engineers, architects, and other people who view roads based on the functions and benefits. However, for other people with multiple views upon things, a road is more than its functions and benefits. For them, roads are not just a result of a construction project nor a huge infrastructure. Roads may symbolize something depending ...

Of all wars to have been conducted by the USA, the war on drugs is the least promising, with government and law enforcement agencies fighting it in a losing battle. When American authorities got it going some 4 decades ago, it was doomed to be a losing war for a number of reasons, of which one is a historic precedent never taken into consideration. It is well-documented that the only lesson we ever learn from history is that we do not learn any lessons from it at all. However, what America should learn is that conventional tools of mandatory bans and restrictions imposed ...

In the Maysles brothers documentary, Salesman, produced in 1969, a strong case is made for the daunting challenges that four traveling Bible salesmen face on a daily basis. In Salesman, the producers argue that the frustrations faced by the salesmen are similar to the struggles faced by Catholic missionaries. Although they are only salesmen, their struggles to stay afloat and make money from the sales of the Holy Bible are gritty and real.
Underlying values such as guilt, sin, and redemption play vital roles in the film's development as close-ups of potential buyers of the "Catholic Bible Set" show them wrestling ...

CHANGING LIVES WITH CELL PHONES

A phenomenal innovation in this age of technology is the mobile phone or the cell phone. Cell phone usage has entwined our life in the belief that all technologies make lives easier, better or more efficient. Amongst all mobile technologies, cell phones have become part and parcel of our lives such that many of us cannot think of life without a cell phone. For some people, the cell phone is simply a “phone”. However, for many, a cell phone means so much more. This is in light of the amazing usages of the cell phone today. The cell phone ...

Growing up in the world is difficult enough without having to worry over matters that are either too difficult or impossible to change. An African-American cannot spontaneously become a Caucasian anymore than a Latino can become Asian. The point within such a statement is that one is no better or worse than the other, and in the field of education every single person who tries deserves at least the chance to show that they are capable of learning and making the best of what they can be. When it comes to learning what matters is the process of education ...

The Power of Mass Media and Their Impact on the Consumer

The mass media have played an increasingly significant role in contemporary societies. The term media refers to the technologies which can be used to transmit messages to an audience (Laughey 2007p.1,). Mass media then represents the massive reception of the information transmitted through the media, across wide spaces (Laughey 2007, p.2). From a capitalist perspective, the media became potent means of communication for enterprising, thus rising to power as business enterprises in the 19th century. As the radio and the television emerged, the interest in transmitting information to the public increased exponentially, and with it, so did the interest ...

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Violence is endemic in today’s television, movies and video games. The prevalence of violence in popular media begs the question: Are we, as a culture, very violent in nature, or does the violence in the media make us violent. Many people subscribe to the “Art imitates life” idea that violence in the media reflects the violent urges of people, while some feel that the violence displayed in media actually causes people to be more violent. Of the two explanations, the more compelling one is that the violence in the media reflects the violent nature of humans.
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Analysis of Slumdog Millionaire as an Adaptation of Q&A

Uncommon to popular belief, the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire finds formidable basis from a book entitled Q&A, a novel roughly resembling the overall plot of the movie. Certainly, remarkable differences delineate the resemblance of Slumdog Millionaire to Q&A, although both received remarkable attention due to the central theme of the common plot – that of a young man from the slums winning a popular quiz game show. This analysis proves to explore Slumdog Millionaire in relation to the fact that it is a film adaptation of Q&A. Did the movie fare well as an adaptation of the ...

Gothic Literature
Gothic novel originated in England, in the last quarter of the XVIII century. It opens up a world, freed from the everyday plausibility. This world is fantastic, with a gloomy color and plot, covered with historical and geographical romance and sinister atmosphere. Gothic novel is more than two hundred years; it has changed, has become modern, but have not lost its essential characteristics – pleasant horror, tension and excitement.

British Gothic Novel

Gothic novel in England has been very popular since the XVIII century. The “father” of this genre of literature is considered to be Horace Walpole, with the novel The ...

Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino is the story of a grizzled war veteran who tries to make peace with the changing world around him. On the surface, the film only appears to confront the racist follies of an old man, unwilling to let go of prejudices stemming from his time spent at war. However, the film is much deeper than that. Walt, the war veteran, had an American dream that was taken from him when he returned from war. Gran Torino is a delicate examination of that dream, and how Walt reconciles not only with the changing landscape of America, but ...

Efficient communication is essential to enhance effective co-ordination of the activities within any given setting. It requires the transmission of a clear and understandable message from one individual/office to another. The use of words or rather speech is one of the modes of communication. To be able to pass information in an effective manner, one needs to express the opinion of the majority especially in the political realm. This is particularly essential in political forums. The rhetoric aspect of speech is also considered essential especially when deriving a meaning from a given statement. From a clear understanding of these two aspects, speech is ...

Arguably, in the 21st century media has manipulated every phase of life in the world. The media have become the most specialization agents among teenagers. Many years ago teenagers were under the control of parents and teachers; this was because the media were at its developing stage, and the internet was nowhere. Today, teenagers learn every aspect of life from the media and choose it on their own. The media have, therefore, had a lot of influence on teenage drug use, and if nothing is done, this will go to another level. The teenagers are at a stage that is full ...

Back in the days, before the late 2000s, most people relied on their television when it came to broadcast programming, and the web served to provide people with digital content. That simplicity is long gone due to the rapid advancement in technology which has brought with it sophisticated devices together with content workflow which allows for cross-consumption of both digital and traditional content in almost all available device endpoints. This convergence of traditional and digital methods of content viewing have resulted into individual viewers watching their favorite shows on tablets, phones and televisions anywhere and at any time. This ...

There can be no debate about the fact that the stories of Sherlock Holmes are among the most popular as well as critically acclaimed literary works in the history of English literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the eminent literary artist who created the character of Sherlock Holmes has left an immortal mark in the minds of the avid readers from all the corners of the world with his unparalleled characterization, mystery and narrative that exude the author’s literary quintessence in engaging the readers to the texts in the best possible manner. Although the texts were penned by Doyle ...

Response Paper

Response Paper

Contact hypothesis is one of the best ways to enhance good relationship among social groups that have been at conflict with one another. This theory states that contact between people of different cultural and racial backgrounds can reduce prejudice (Miller & Brewer, 2013). This theory states that having contact with another person increases understanding because the two individuals can listen and appreciate divergent views. This mutual understanding can helping reducing prejudice. Thus, the occurrence of discrimination, racism, and stereotyping can be managed by having contact with diverse groups. Although people tend to behave differently as per social identities, ...