Joseph D. Novak Essays

Yann Martel is an award-winning Canadian author with many notable works, including Life of Pi. In this novel, Trent University alumnus depicts a story of a young Indian boy, Piscine Patel, who is stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck. In Life of Pi, Yann Martel presents two stories to leave the reader conflicted as to what story is true, which emphasizes the reader’s subjective ideology and the realization that there is no absolute truth. Most readers presume that the relativity

The film follows Mike Hammer, a private investigator who usually deals with divorce cases. Following a series of dramatic events after picking up a beautiful hitchhiker, he begins to seek revenge and solve a case that takes him on an unexpected journey. Along the way we see the story and characters take many twist and turns before it reaches its dramatic, somewhat apocalyptic final conclusion. Robert Aldrich - the director of ‘Kiss Me Deadly’- gives us some interesting compositions and diverse camera

The movie that I choose was Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. It is written by Samuel W. Taylor, Alec Coppel, and Maxwell Anderson. Claimed to be one of the greatest American films Hitchcock made. I don’t personally don’t know that I would say it is the greatest film ever made but was a fantastic suspense/thriller and I enjoy those type of film they keep you on the edge of your seat. It is a mesmerizing romantic suspense/thriller about a chilling, hopeless romance of man frantically reaching for a love

Police often tell lies when working a case or in pursuit of the truth. They are permitted to distort facts, create facts, manipulate information, and often times mislead people in order to solve crimes and apprehend the bad guys. Officer will tell a suspect in a crime they have video of him or her committing the offense or they will say they have a witness who can identify them. Some will even go to the extent to pose the question to those under suspicion of whether or not they can explain the presence

Analysis of the technical aspects of the title sequences 1. Introduction In this essay I will discuss the technical aspects of the title sequences such as the shots, the look and texture, colour, sound, music, texts, motion and aesthetics, among others. We will look at Seven film (1995) by David Fincher and Catch Me if You Can released in 2002, directed by Steven Spielberg as my chosen title sequences. 2. Body 2.1 Seven Figure 1 Seven Title Sequence Seven is a psychological Thriller/Drama

As a student, I come across readings/media and interpret them through their metaphorical meaning rather than its literal. My views may be critically opinionated, often times creating a scenario to where people decieve my true identity. When it comes to Shakespeare's notable play, Hamlet, my first instinct brings me back to my childhood: The Lion King. Both protagonists portray a sense of heroism. Hamlet, being my hero, shares a parallel journey to that of Simba of The Lion King as the two characters

Imagine the wicked House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) arrest an innocent man. The HUAC does not arrest the man because he has committed a murder, but because he is a communist. This horrendous crime was a routine in the Red Scare crisis of the 1950s. Since this situation involves one's rights to be in threat, the man should speak out for his freedom. Many communists in America made the right decision to speak out for their freedom during the period of the McCarthy “witch” hunts. Speaking

Question- How far can it be argued that the Tsar was able to control Russia before 1905 through the effective use of fear? Intro- Tsar Nicholas II came to the throne in 1894, he was an autocrat which meant he had complete power and didn’t have to consult anyone else before he made important decisions. He was not elected he felt like he had a right to rule as he believed he had been given the position by God himself. Anyone who questioned his power was sentenced without trial and many ended up being

Introduction The year 1685 was iridescent in the historical backdrop of European music, because it saw the conception of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1757). Hence, the date 1685 took on the part of the marker, dividing the music of essential listening background called "early music." The height of Bach's development started in the nineteenth century, where he created an instrumental medium, the ripieno string ensemble. A medium that could add wind and percussion instruments as the event requested

Narrative Style – The novel consists of two parts. The first part is written in the first person intrusive, as it is narrated by Dr John H. Watson. “We met next day as he had arranged, and inspected the rooms at No. 221B, Baker street, of which he has spoken at our meeting.” The first part of the novel being written in this way allows the narrator to convey his personal thoughts and feelings, “That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the Earth round the

Literacy analysis Authored by Shirley Jackson in June 1948, “The Lottery” is a short story and first in an issue of The New Yorker the same year. At the core of the story is a narration about a small town in the modern day world America in which “the lottery,” which is an annual ritual takes place. In the history of American literature, Shirley Jackson's "the lottery" has continued receiving acknowledgements as one of the most successful and famous short stories. As defined by several commentators

The history of Greek tragedy shows common themes of fate versus the choices people make, also known as free will. They also show dramatic irony. The reason most Greek tragedies exemplify these themes is due to their beliefs in the Gods of that era such as Apollo, Hermes, and Athena, etc. who would often give prophecies on the fates of people. Particularly, in Oedipus the King, there was a prophecy from Apollo that in the end was revealed to have come true. The presence of whether fate or free will

Different cultures have always been something that brought a large amount of interest to me. Learning the way of life about someone else allows me to have an open mind and enables me to accept others, regardless if they are different. The Ethnic experience that I chose to do was a face to face interview with a close friend that I was given the chance to meet here at The Fort Valley State University. The person I interviewed was Olamikunle Onikosi, Ola (As we know him). The interview ran for about

4. Elsa- Humanizing the Villain The 2013 animated film Frozen is a counter-narrative about villains as the villain in this tale may not even be evil at all. She has abilities beyond her control and society’s understanding. In Frozen, Elsa is in need of love and understanding to become a protagonist. Elsa’s isolation from heterosexual society makes her cold and unaccepting of companionship as she does not express interest in men. In fact, the idea of love conveyed in the film undermines heteronormativity

In 1928, Stalin had introduced his First Five-Year Plan and made a main focuses on the rapid increase of heavy industry output. The need for rapid advancement was to establish the Soviet Union an independent nation that, in the time of war, would not need to rely on the industrial imports from other nations. The success of the First Five-Year Plan is largely debated, as the rapid increase of several heavy industries is seen as a success in the needs of the Plan as a whole. However, many historians

panelists, one after the other, each proclaiming unabashedly, “I AM MONEY,” I am money, I am money, I am money! No wonder it is impossible at Christmas time to find a Christmas Greeting card in any corporate retail store that has Jesus or Mary and Joseph or a crèche or simply a cross or an angel on it, not because it won’t sell (ninety percent of the West’s population claim to be Christian), but because along with irreverent capitalism and widespread secularism, virtue and religion have become

There is no use denying the fact that in the modern world policy plays a significant role. Development of democracy influenced evolution of this issue, making existence of different points of view on the same issue possible. Moreover, according to its main principles in coherent society people are the main source of power and it is for them to chose the course in which a country should develop. That is why, politicians determine the destiny of a country trying to persuade people in the necessity

During the latter half of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the titular character seeing an opportunity to leave behind two con men he rushes back to his raft to inform his traveling companion and runaway slave Jim. Only to see that Jim was missing, being deep in pro slavery south he urgently began to look for him with no success. Huckleberry in a burst of emotion shouts “Someone stole my nigger!” even as he uses the derogatory word, Huck has shown throughout the story what he cares for Jim more

Katniss and Odysseus as Heroic Characters The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is an action adventure novel, and The Odyssey is an epic poem by Homer. Both heroes are pulled away from home and must risk their lives to come back home. The two heroes are Katniss from District 12 and Odysseus, the king of Ithaca. These two have their similarities and differences. Katniss and Odysseus are similar heroic characters in that they are both brave and clever, but their idea of selflessness is different,

An epic hero is a brave and noble character in an epic poem or a movie. Some epic heroes include: Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson movie series), Odysseus (Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey), Shrek, Harry Potter (Harry Potter movie series), Aragorn (Lord Of The Rings), and many more.Some similar traits between these two characters is that they are both brave and believe in the people helping them through their conquests. Ironically, though their conquests were different and, the different challenges they