2002 Cannes Film Festival Essays

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

Sophocles was one of the greatest playwrights of antiquity, and this of course is not without reason. In his play Oedipus Rex, Sophocles uses a catastrophic tale to both teach and tell us that no matter what we do, our fate cannot be avoided. Oedipus is the wisest mortal man in Thebes, so it is up to him to find out who killed Laios, a fact unknown to him though, is that he is the murderer of the ex-king Laios. Both his hot temper and the endless pursuit of truth will lead Oedipus into a sticky situation

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

himself, Roberto Benigni, was also the director and co-writer of the film;which is a possible reason for a good portrayal of his character and to his interpretation to the flow of the story. The rest of the actors remained as their role in the story throughout the film plainly they stayed the same. Nevertheless, the story was alright, making you climb a hill of delight then drop you off a cliff from its sudden sad moments. The whole film was actuallyGiosué’s (Joshua’s) narration of his father’s doings

Out in the world, many try to achieve or accomplish and do great things in life but do not make that achievement happen causing them to fail. When they fail they do not know why they failed and do not know what to do about the failure. In the book The Achievement Habit, by Bernard Roth, he talks about how to educate people through striving in life and accomplishing things and being successful in life. He pushes people to their limit to achieve something that the person would not think of achieving

The Road to Maturity Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (2006) is a tragic story of a father and son’s struggle for survival in a post-apocalyptic world. The novel follows the father and son as they travel down ‘the road’ towards the coast, struggling with the world around them, which has dissolved into absolute nothingness. Very few people have survived the collapse of society, and the ones that have are savages and killers, doing what they can to stay alive. Seeing that all of the other survivors are turning

Dave Cullen’s book Columbine gives readers a well-thought-out and in-depth exploration and analysis of the infamous school shooting. The book primarily focuses on the events leading up to the shooting and during the horrific tragedy, however, it also provides strong ideas about the role of the media and ways of understanding the devastating events. The media played a significant role in sculpting the views and perspectives surrounding the Columbine tragedy. In the aftermath of the shooting, news

Compare and Contrast The novel Night and the movie “Life is Beautiful” have two very different ways of looking at the Holocaust and the effects it had on each of the main characters. Looking back, Night has a more serious and heart wrenching way of telling the story of the Holocaust, and the movie is more light hearted and comedic because of the father’s attitude throughout the movie. Regardless of the way each story approaches the Holocaust the audience is impacted emotionally. These two stories

Review of Columbine by Dave Cullen (New York: Hachette Book Group, 2009, x + 417p) In his book, Columbine, Dave Cullen sets the story right by putting to rest the gray areas of what happened at Columbine High School. Cullen covered this story as a journalist during the middle of the day of the attack. The episodes recounted are a mix of his many reports made within those nine years of research. He interviewed hundreds of people, examined police evidence, and watched a numerous amount of videos

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

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

"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