1994 Cannes Film Festival Essays

Summers have an air of relaxation to them for most people, but for me I can barely find a moment's rest. Because I work in the hospitality industry, summer is the busiest time of the year. My apartment is a 3 minute walk from the beach and yet I only rarely get to enjoy it. Although there are days, there are precious days, when I can just stop and smell the ocean. Where I can just sit there all day, seemingly without a care in the world. They don't happen often, but that's what makes them even more

Cold waves greedily lapped at my back. The pleasant breeze had been replaced with a strong wind, roaring with the pleasure of seeing me struggle. My water skis joined in the process of torturing me. They weighed down on me teasing “Ha, ha you’re gonna drown”. The boulders beneath the water seemed to boast their superiority in making me feel scared. My arms and legs tingled with the thought of sinister water creatures dragging me down to the watery depths, even though my skis could touch the bottom

1. Introduction and thesis statement: Please write an enticing introductory paragraph (6-8 lines) in which you identify the title of the film you have watched and provide a discernible thesis statement. (Please see sheet attached for tips on how to write a plausible introduction and thesis statement.) 2. Characters, Plot, Setting: Provide a summary of the film (10 lines maximum) in which you address the following questions: 2.1. What is the story about? 2.2. Where does it take place in Spain? 2

Literary Analysis The short story To Build a Fire by Jack London is a story showing the determination of a man's desire to survive and his traveling mate his dog. During the story the man seems unworried about the cold and the frost that began to come across his body as he was going on his hike, however the dog who doesn't understand dangour can slowly start to show signs that something is going to happen. As the story begins to progress the man starts going into small panics after realizing his

9218 Lamar State College-Orange HIST 1302 E. Jeter 23 April, 2015 Review of Columbine by Dave Cullen (New York, Hachette Book Group, 2009, x + 417 pp.) Dave Cullen’s historical non-fiction book “Columbine,” is an examination of the events that lead up to Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold’s act of terrorism on Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999, the attack itself, and the aftermath that followed such a horrific event. Cullen’s desire to publicize the killers’ stories, the survivors’ healing processes

Persepolis is a movie about a girl named Marjane living in Iran during the revolution and her struggles through that time. The movie starts with the girl being young and ends with the girl in her mid-20’s. it shows Marjane issues she faced every day, her relationship with her family and guys, her ideology of communism, and her love hate relationship with Iran. The Iran revolution was a fight against the Shah the current leader of Iran during 1979. The people didn’t like that he was Westernizing

There are a variety of different ways to tell stories and get a point across to the reader. Persepolis is written as a graphic novel. A few reasons why it's more effective to convey Marjane's story by writing it as a graphic novel is because it helps the reader visualize what they’re reading as well as staying interested. It also helps the see the character’s feelings by looking at the facial expression. The book tells a story about the war against Iran and Iraq and the people's struggles living

Changing oneself to fit societal expectations is a shift many teenagers have to stop themselves from making. In the semi-auto biographical graphic novel Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi uses symbolism and conflict to represent the central idea that sacrificing one’s identity to appease the people around them is not always a personally beneficial change. Throughout the story the main character Marji faces many instances where she feels she needs to adhere to either peers or society’s wants and

Cage the Elephant is an American alternative rock band established in 2006 in Kentucky before they quickly relocated to London where they produced their first studio album and their first platinum record, “Cage the Elephant”, in 2008 with their hit single Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked. After reaching a certain amount of notability the band soon developed a real name for themselves and became known as a mainstream modern rock band. Three years succeeding their debut album Cage the Elephant released

Congenial but Polar Does time truly change all things? In the novel The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, one could argue that time certainly does affect some of the major themes with a linear change. However, one could also state that the key themes seem to repeat themselves and follow a cyclical cycle. Some concepts such as money, cultural changes from generation to generation, and the characters’ drive to work and gain for themselves follow a linear pattern. While concepts such as the view of women

The Women’s Room and The Radiant Way are 2 novels that reflect certain ideologies of the time they are written. The Women’s Room is written by American author Marilyn French. The main protagonist of the novel is a woman named Mira who represents her generation and all the young women in her society in the 1950s and 1960s. The novel portrays the unhappy, oppressive and unsatisfying relationship between men and women. The Radiant Way is a novel that is written by British novelist Margaret Drabble.

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance is a memoir that follows J.D. through a childhood full of hope, adventure, and physical and mental abuse. This memoir follows not only J.D. through a life of poverty, but examines a culture in crisis, commonly referred to as ‘hillbillys’. J.D. helps examine and identify the characteristics of the culture from the inside, while effectively telling the story of the class’s social decline. J.D. examines the hope his family possesses following the war, however as years

George Burns once said "I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate." (George Burns) Most people are afraid of failing at being successful in life because they believe success will make them happy however it is better to follow your passion and do the things you love to become happy regardless of how good you are at it. Atychiphobia, the fear of failure, is the motivator behind our actions as shown in “The Step Not Taken”, “A Nonsmoker

"I Beg You Brother: Do Not Die" and “Dulce et Decorum Est” are similar because they both address the issue of there being no honor in dying in war. In "I Beg You Brother: Do Not Die", the sister begs her brother not to go to war. She makes the argument that he shouldn’t be fighting in a war that the king isn’t fighting in. She believes that his idea of glory, is suicide because he knows that he will die if he goes into battle. Not only that, but he risks putting his wife and mother in a situation

Love has a large, but misinterpreted influence on the events of Persepolis. All of Marjane’s love-based relationships are actually rooted in her own desires. One such relationship is her relationship with God, which is based in her own personality rather than religious belief. Similarly, her relationship with her parents is structured around her inability to live without them in her life. The role of love in Persepolis is to motivate Marjane to act based on selfish motives because her love is actually

When I read this true life story of about this little girl Margi. This book has helped me to see all the life struggles, good times, that Marji faced between the ages of nine to thirteen. The Islamic Revolution had such a crazy effect in the Middle East, especially in the county of Iran where Marji and her family live. And throughout this story she just tells this crazy story about what she goes through on this journey. With all the stuff that she go’s through it requires extreme strength, confidence

The graphic novel Persepolis was written by Marjane Satrapi based on her childhood memories during the Islamic Revolution. She showed how the Revolution changed the lives of many people causing them to act, behave, and change to fit the situation they were presented in. The country had separated in two parts, people who were for the veil and people who were against it. Before the Islamic Revolution Satrapi was an ordinary and happy kid, she states “In 1979, we were in a French non-religious school

Life during wartime. Did you know that million of people were hurt during Islamic Revolution but still they fight for their rights? Persepolis book is about Marjane Satrapi. She is the author and her book is about her childhood and when she grow up during and after the ISlamic Revolution. In persepolis Marjane Satrapi show us that in our life we have to fight for the right thing even if there is inequality between men and women. Specially we have to overcome our fears. One lesson that Persepolis

Why can't everyone just be equal? The book Persepolis takes place in Iran in 1979 which was during the Islamic Revolution, it guides us through the viewpoint of a child growing up in a war zone and how her viewpoints change through her life. The Islamic Revolution was a violent overthrow of the government. Many Islamist Iranians and leftists disliked the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, it shows the differences in life between different social classes and widens Marji's

From the beginning of the film, it was clear that Eva Perón was a powerful woman. She had a rough upbringing and the way she lived her life represented it. As a child born out of wedlock, she was considered illegitimate and was constantly questioned about the rights she had to do things. The scene where anti-Peronists denounced Eva by calling her a “bitch”, “whore”, and how she was just a “lowly actress” is a clear representation of this. She brought this vengeance with her in her motive to become