David Fincher's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Odysseus doesn't expect to see Telemachus again that is why he is taking the time to lay everything on the table; he was given up at this point. Odysseus has no idea how old Telemachus is but he is now envisioning him as a man. Odysseus says that he want his son to be happy and become a strong man. Odysseus reassured himself that with himself , out of the picture that Telemachus has grown up and become a better person without living with Oedipal passions. Telemachus would always be safe and would be able to live his dreams.

To help Augusten Burroughs in his dilemma, stability could help Burroughs live a normal teenage life, without struggling and dealing with unstable parents. For example, while Burroughs is staying at his new adopted family, the Finches, in a simile, he declares, “I felt like a trapped animal” (120). Obviously, Burroughs was not a trapped animal, because his adopted family, The Finches, allowed Burroughs to do anything he wanted to do, like not attending school. Burroughs felt trapped, because he was not happy and did not know what to do with himself and his new profound life. Stability could help Burroughs figure out what he wanted in life and help him not be confused with switching back and forth of the houses of his mother and new family.

When Chris started his adventure he was happy. He was just living the moment where no one could stop him, just to follow his beliefs. Being on his journey Chris didn’t want to stay in contact with anyone. “Please return all mail I receive to the sender. It might be a very long time before I return South.”

This shows Wes was used to living the hood lifestyle because that is all he knew and was willing to live. Wes shows the reader he does not want to change and better

After reading the biography of Louis Zamperini’s life by Laura Hillenbrand, it’s obvious that Louie’s concrete determination remained strong despite doubt and countless struggles attempting to chip away at its foundation. Louie, determined to conquer insurmountable odds and remain unbroken proved to audiences

Both of these journeys were interesting, but Adam 's journey has a more positive impact on people. Adam Shepard was a more admirable person, his journey had a purpose and impacted many lives, while chris’s journey had no meaning and was a stubborn guy who was running away from his problems. Adam Shepard is a graduate of Merrimack College and was attempting to live the American Dream. To achieve his goal, Shepard was not going to

In Night, even after Elie’s loss of faith, innocence, and family, he never gives up. In the end, he is drastically changed from his experiences but he has hope in his future because he manages to carry on. Ultimately in The Alchemist, Santiago learns that change is necessary for success and that he must overcome his own fears. In addition, he learns that his heart and soul are just little pieces of the Soul of the World. Both of these books convey the message that hope provides a person the strength and the will to

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Life is an intense struggle of discovering the depths of one’s identity, and often this discovery is only made when all of life’s pieces come together. David Fincher’s movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button delves into this idea of self-discovery and its relation to time. When Daisy reflects on her life through Benjamin’s perspective, experiencing his emotions, encounters, and perception of the world, Fincher suggests that time is of the essence and only when it has run out will one truly understand how valuable life is: how the people shape who we are and how the struggles we face build our character.

As this helps him in his professional life as he is able to remember everything about who he met and little facts about the people he met, it also causes immense stress in his personal life. He is unable to forget any failure, so that he never takes risks. He is unable to forget all the people he loved in the past so he cannot love anyone new. Whenever he sees an object, which is connected to a memory, he will have monologues in his head which will explain what that object meant to him. As he looks away, the monologues volume will be turned down, but it will still be in the

Personal Reactions: I liked how Lev’s character was developed throughout the story. Lev’s main focus in the beginning of the book is to escape from his “kidnappers” and be tithed like his parents wanted, but he is so focused on obeying his parents that he doesn’t notice the people who he thinks kidnapped him are trying to save him from being unwound. As the story progresses it’s obvious Lev no longer feels the same way, this is shown on page 226 when Shusterman states, “Once he landed in the safe-house network, he quickly made it known that he was not a guy to be trifled with. He didn’t tell them he was a tithe.

He accepts their flaws and embraces them by acknowledging their presence. The biggest thing Atticus did for his kids was letting them be their own person with own ideas. “Well, all I can say is, when you and Jem are grown, maybe you’ll look back on this with some compassion and some feeling that I didn’t let you down.”(120) Atticus did not take what everyone is saying to heart, instead he let their words roll off his back. Jem and Scout have not yet learned to do so bt with continued support from Atticus, this goal will easily be reached.

The cinematic techniques utilized in The Graduate support the theme of entrapment. Director of Photography Robert Surtees was “given license [by Nichols] to experiment with filming techniques” (Nixon 7). Surtees uses zooming to visually express the feeling of entrapment. After Ben confesses to Elaine he has been having an affair with her mother, Mrs. Robinson, the camera zooms out on Mrs. Robinson trapped in the corner of her home. Her cowering figure dressed in black is sharply contrasted by the sterile, prison-like white walls of her loveless home.

In Anne Michaels’s novel, Fugitive Pieces, the role of music is crucial to many of the characters. The art form acts as a form of expression for characters in the book, it helps certain people escape their troubled pasts and become free, and it helps evoke memories from the past as well as previous experiences. The characters that music have been deeply affected by include Ben, Ben’s father, Jakob, Bella, Naomi, as well as Alexandra. I was interested to determine why Michaels utilizes decided to utilize music as her form of expression for her characters. The type of music, such as the genre, the style, and the mood of the pieces that Michaels had associated chosen to associate with each character, reveals more of their personality traits and

The word deceit means to take action or practice deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth. In the novel Much Ado About Nothing, a theme of deceit is constantly present, and appears in many different forms. Deceit is used not only for wicked purposes, but mainly for good intentions. In Shakespeare's novel deception is used to initiate and continue the play's plot, by using the masking of characters, faking death and various other forms of deception to demonstrate how true deception can be in our lives. Deception can often be used to mask a certain identity for a particular reason.