Dreamworld Essays

Tokyo Disney Resort Analysis I. General Background: Tokyo Disney Resort is one of the most popular theme park – resort combination of Japan located in Urayasu, Chiba – the east of Tokyo. This resort is based on the famous Disneyland by The Walt Disney Company, and is operated and owned by Oriental Land Company. Mentioning geographical advantages, it is easily accessed from Kanto Region by bus, train or private car: the resort is just outside the Tokyo metropolitan borders, it takes 15 minutes

Sexuality, in women, became a necessary part to a music video which reflects each culture. Dreamworld, written and narrated by Sut Jhally, reflect the use and the representation of woman in music videos by man. First, for Laura Mulvey, “male gaze” is the pleasure of looking at women with their appearance related to an erotic impact. They are used as sexual object to fulfil man’s desires. Similarly, Dreamworld 3 shows women in music videos as a key for sexuality. Men are there to watch them dancing

Sut Jhally’s documentary Dreamworlds 3 focuses primarily on the concept of heterosexual relations in music videos, but how do things change, or stay the same, when applied to a homosexual music video? By analyzing the music video titled “Lost on You” by female artist LP, it is apparent that Sut Jhally’s themes techniques of storytelling and constructing femininity hold ground even in homosexual music videos. The visuals, meaning the people and setting, as well as the roles being played lead to the

The Dreamworld: How Does “Free Play” Reflect Ender’s Reality? Although games are typically created with the sole purpose of providing entertainment, the games displayed in Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game are clearly exceptions. One of those games, Free Play, delves into a fantastical yet ominous world. In the novel, Andrew Wiggin, more commonly known by his nickname, Ender, is an extremely intelligent and capable child. Ender volunteers to go to Battleschool where he is taught military strategy

Roland Barthes, a French literary theorist, suggests that a city is an object that requires multiple reading (92). A similar city setting can generate different feelings for numerous people. Wong Kar-Wai’s The Fallen Angles (1995) and Tsai Ming-liang’s Vive L’Amour (1994) was shot in Hong Kong and Taipei respectively and turn their attention to the loneliness among citizens, but the films generate opposite city texture owing to the use of different cinematic techniques. Wong shows Hong Kong in a

Introduction Neil Gaiman compiled The Sandman, a succession of adult comics written and published in weekly installments from 1988 through 1996 into a book. Each book documents different journeys of the Endless: seven personified beings whose names reflect their function: Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Despair and Desire (who are twins), and Delirium (in that order). Each Endless possesses the qualities Gaiman perceives these abstract personifications to have. In this paper, I concentrate on

movie, Morpheus wants Neo to be the best as he believes he is the “chosen one”. Morpheus brings Neo to the real world as well as taking him to “The Construct”. In the construct, he takes him through training simulations and teaches him about the “dreamworld” that he once lived in. All of this proves that Morpheus is the mentor character archetype, to have Neo prepared for later in the movie. Neo in the movie fits into the hero archetype. At the beginning of the film, he seems to be a normal person

surroundings, but Neo is also unable to trust his senses, since what he is experiencing is only occurring in his dream state. Neo may think he can feel the light breeze ruffling his hair, but it is only a simulation. Descartes’ proposes that in the dreamworld, “the opening of the eyes, the motion of the head, the forth- putting of the hands--are merely illusions” (Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy). The actions previously mentioned affect humans’ sense perceptions, but Descartes believes that

The tale of Sleeping Beauty is one that has been told for generations. From a simple fairytale to a thrilling film courtesy of Walt Disney, Sleeping Beauty has won the hearts of many. The traditional version embarks on a young girl who falls in love with a stranger, but later finds out that she is a princess and betrothed to another. After being presented with new knowledge, she is taken to her castle and pricks her finger on a cursed spinning wheel, falling into a hundred year sleep. Meanwhile,

Imaging living in your own personal dreamworld that is only unique to you. A place where your imperfections can be somebodys perfections in the eyes of the right beholder a world that is created purely from perfection. This world is called Utopia which is idolized by many dreamers because each individual has the ability to create their own perfect fantasy world that is only unique to themselves. Bending and twisting the world to your liking has its perks like having the world's best economy or healthcare

Dreaming and waking are mentioned multiple times within the book, but the elaborations are what I find interesting. There is a fine line between dreaming and being awake, and only some people can ride the line in between experiencing the dreamworld as if they were awake. Rosie Mclendon, also known as Rose Daniels, is prone to both bad dreams and bad awakenings. There have been moments in her marriage where fear will cause her to awaken in screams and sweat, but she must suppress the screams

Many Ways to Be a Mule An already nonessential eulogy scene in Zora Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God becomes even more out of place when the novel’s realism is suddenly broken to describe and personify a group of buzzards who, with full lucidity, enact a funeral of their own. The seeming futility of this abrupt moment forces readers to reflect on its purpose: what do Joe Stark and the buzzard’s speech symbolize, and what larger social commentary does their content advance? By emphasizing

Hollywood V.S. Bollywood is a documentary that shows the differences of some film styles of Bollywood and some film styles of Hollywood. These differences will be followed and supported by the differences between the American and Indian culture. The two films that will be examined are an American film “The Fault in Our Stars” and an Indian film “Masala Garam”. The documentary will show the differences with the help of examples from, mostly, the two films mentioned above. Video Audio Fade through

Twisting and turning, she finds herself unable to fall asleep for more than one minute. A common occurrence that she has gotten used to by this point. Being the daughter of a demonic presence that is constantly attempting to overcome and posses her is stressful, combined with its downright annoyance. Lack of sleep has latched onto her like a parasite, sucking the already drained energy that she has left over. Sometimes, she wonders what the point of fighting is. One day, she will lose the last sap

The White Rabbit is the most human of all the creatures Alice encounters in Wonderland. He sports a waistcoat and a fob, he speaks in clear grammatically correct sentences, and he is concerned with time. He is the only one besides Alice who has a sense of linear time. The rabbit first appears aboveground. He inhabits Alice’s world and as a rabbit he is a familiar creature who maintains his integrity when he descends into Wonderland. While an entire paper might be devoted to the Rabbit’s presence

F.W. Murnau’s City Girl is a masterclass in creating and contrasting different worlds within a film. The film is set both in the city and the country, and Murnau expertly weaves between the settings, teaching the audience about both places in relation to the other. Once Lem and Kate make it to his parent’s farm, City Girl also creates a world within the farm for the couple, distinct from farm life. Overall, F.W. Murnau uses a restrained yet expressionistic mise-en-scene and comparison-focused editing

will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you can’t be sure. But it doesn’t matter -because we’ll be together.” Nolan reveals Cobb’s hidden fear of being unable to convince Mal the difference between reality and dreamworld. The guilt strengthens in the recollection of that memory compared to where Cobb finally confesses to planting that idea of exploring Limbo and creating their own perfect world leading to Mal thinking that in order to return back to reality she

Dangers Women Face in the Literary and Real World An online survey done by Stop Street Harassment in January 2018 revealed eighty-one% of women eighteen and up have experienced a form of sexual harassment. Joyce Carol Oates wrote “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Which is a short story that spreads light on the possible dangers a woman can face. The story follows the main character Connie, and her experiences as a young woman, while being followed and found by Arnold Friend. Arnold Friend’s

Mayra Aguilar Christine Iskander English 101 31 May 2023 Argument in Symbolism The practice or art of using something to represent an abstract idea is known as symbolism. All actions, people, places, words, colors, and so on can have symbolic meaning. When an author wants to suggest a particular mood or emotion, the author can use symbolism to do so rather than just saying it outright. Additionally, authors, poets, painters, and filmmakers can use symbols to go beyond literal representation and into

There are many corrupt things in the world we live in. At times, we are oblivious to the fact that these corruptions exist. There are some who even get involved and easily influenced by these immoral things or people. There is always that little voice in your mind that advises you to not follow the wrong path. It could be at that moment you where have to decide or later on as a dream. Connie, in Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” encounters this experience, and falls