Essays on Boyhood

a) Elements of Ecology In “Kampung Boy”, the author has portrayed an intrinsic biography of a Muslim boy born in Kampong in Perak. How the young boy grows up in rural Malaysia is explained in a vivid fashion, from which the reader is able to draw various inferences on ecological factors and their influence on childhood. The Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological System Model analyses the child development paradigm in a framework of simple yet meaningful relationships with environment. The essay focuses on how these elements have been embedded in the childhood of the Kampung Boy.

The Microsystem

Urie Bronfenbrenner has identified microsystem ...

This brief essay examines ethical considerations surrounding two military and politically-charged events, one in 1960 and the other in 1968. Ethical guidelines help military personnel find practical and professional ways to face moral challenges and dilemmas “to enable and motivate them to act professionally in the discharge of their professional obligations” (Cook & Syse, 2010, p. 119). The U-2 incident occurred as the U.S. was gathering data on Soviet missile sites. President Eisenhower affirmed the value and continued use of U-2 flights for important reconnaissance data needed to negotiate with the Russians who were withholding vital weapons information. With the ...

The literary Arab world and that of Western do not cross over much, and it is evidenced that the literature of the Arab world is not known in the west. Western people who write about the Arab people are at times referred to as fringe and cult writers. Western people then undergo costs that are related to this Arab literature. This is because literature is an important thing that acts as a bridge between two cultures with so many odds. Whatever is seen from the Arab world often come from news, reports of war and other issues of madness. ...

Introduction and Thesis

First published in 1922, Virginia Woolf’s Jacob’s Room was her first novel to use modernist and impressionistic techniques. This paper will show that Woolf’s methodology (the way she wrote the novel) is intimately connected with the thematic preoccupations of the author: the method mirrors the message. Jacob’s Room is commonly seen as an indictment of the sterility and emptiness of modern civilization at the start of the twentieth century and it is true that at its heart is an existential angst that is presented vividly by Woolf. However, this paper will argue that Woolf uses ...

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Rebranding campaign for Mattel “Hot Wheels” toys, online banner. Communication Objective

“Hot Wheels” products are toys designated for kids in order to enhance their dexterity and ability of fixing cars, copying their fathers’ behaviors, which in the growing up phase are their role models. However, fathers become less interested in fixing cars nowadays and this situation directly impacts children who continue to imitate their parents, but just as their fathers, become indirectly less interested about fixing cars. The objective of this campaign is to make this old-school toy relevant again, so that kids to be attracted ...

Complete Name of the Professor

Temporal ellipsis is a film editing technique used to show that the series of events are taking place faster than they would have happened in real life. It may be inserted between the gaps of different scenes which means it does not adhere to the real sequence of events. It may start from the ending, then jump to the beginning, then to the part where the conflict occurs, and then to the resolution. The film Polytechnique (2009) is a dramatization of the Montreal Massacre in 1989 in Montreal, Quebec. The story revolved around an armed young man who entered a classroom ...

Introduction

Hamza Bogary’s book, ‘The Sheltered Quarter: A Tale of a Boyhood in Mecca’ is a narration about the past life of a character that has irreversibly disappeared. The author describes the life in Mecca prior to the advent of oil. The book is based on Mecca’s observations in Mecca and he uses art to express this part of his knowledge. He has managed to successfully bring out his knowledge into art through humor, empathy and his understanding about human nature. This makes his piece of work not only entertaining but also informative. The narrator, Muhaisin, has to deal with various ...

“Boyhood” is a Richard Linklater directed super hit drama. Linklater has skills of converting a simple story into an exceptional movie. Boyhood is not a biopic, but appear to be a documentary due to its story and presentations. I came to know that “Boyhood” movie was filmed spasmodically for eleven years in order to portray the natural growth of a young child and his sister. Linklater portrays growth of kids in a natural way and particularizes how they grow. This paper intends to discuss the movie, “Boyhood” along with presenting a succinct analysis of the movie. A pretty young boy appears staring towards the sky ...

Living in South Africa, the setting of the story that defines the entire context and message of the book “Boyhood” specifically intends to identify how social alienation and differentiation specifically identifies the life of a young boy. Taking the character of John at the central function of the story, this narrative provides a great indication on how the life in South Africa has made young ones uncertain of who they are especially if they have not yet been defined by the current social structures of their nation. In the story, John is described as a unique individual who knows about his personal ...

Men come and go. It is only a few who leave behind a legacy for the future to ponder and act. They live a valuable exemplary life worth remembering throughout the human civilization for what they achieved against what they had. Alexander was one such king who left behind a legacy, which reflects human achievements in a scale never accomplished before. Alexander is an ideal inspiration for the contemporary youth leaders of today. His life proves the importance of knowledge in diverse spheres, character, planning and management and what the combination of all these could achieve. Today history records Alexander’s feats as incomparable. ...

Analysis of Autobiographical Character of the Novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Introduction Charles Dickens was one of the most popular English writers whose novels were known all over the world. His name was associated with realism trend in English classic literature. The two novels, David Copperfield and Great Expectations, are considered the most autobiographical of all other works created by Charles Dickens. This paper is devoted to the analysis of autobiographical facts of Dickens’ life in comparison with the life of the main hero of his novel Great Expectations, Philip Pirrip (Pip). Many critics cannot achieve a unified opinion with regard to the statement that Great Expectations is autobiographical. ...

Analysis of Jeanette Barnes’ “Battle – Piece”

Jeanette Barnes’ poem entitled “Battle – Piece” is a profoundly potent and intense visual representation of how society tends to neglect and bury in forgetfulness those who gave their lives for freedom of the future generations. Images pile up, one on top of the other, demonstrating a prevalence of the lack of this memory that would show reverence to those brave souls who, despite nameless, still live in the spirit of rebellion and struggle for freedom. The poem commences with the image of picnickers who are in such a hurry that they do not even realize the holiness of the ground where ...

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Head of Tutankhamun is of New kingdom of Dynasty 18, ca 1336-1327 B.C. of reign of Tutankhamun and is an Egyptian sculpture. It is made up of indurated limestone and represents the boy-king Tutankhamun. The sculpture is small in size, appearing more so due to large hand placed at the back of sculpture’s head. The sculpture is only a fragment of complete status. This paper would focus on the ekphrasis and the visual analysis of the head of Tutankhamun to identify and gather significant information about the art of the time this sculpture is a representation of. The ...