The movie High Noon written by Carl Foreman and the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell are very similar yet very different at the same time. In High Noon the main character Will Kane is conflicted with many miniature conflicts, but the main one is he has to take down Frank Miller and his possy. On the other side in the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, the protagonist Rainsford gets stranded on an island, and then is hunted by a man named Zaroff who is a superb hunter and Rainsford has to survive a hunt against him. “The Most Dangerous Game” and High Noon are different in their own ways, but they also share similarities in its main characters, they are also similar in the conflicts and different in settings. In both the short story and the movie conflicts are presented, but all those little conflicts add up to the…
Wong setting the story background in the sixties, uses close form to implicitly reveal that even though Hong Kong people’s living conditions were preserve the characteristics of Shanghai people; however, living in the complex historical movement, Su as a representation of younger generation are struggling to close to Hong Kong’s independent culture. In “Love in Ruins: Spectral Bodies in Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love,” Olivia Khoo writes, “Although Hong Kong’s status as a Special Administrative Region means that it is now officially considered part of China, it is in many respects culturally and economically closer to a Chinese diaspora than it is a part of the mainland” (237). After the liberation of the mainland, a large number…
The sun is slowly sinking down. The sharp, cold breeze is beginning to roll in. Every swallow causes the throat to wince in pain as it yearns for fresh water. In the stories, "The Most Dangerous Game", "My Escape From North Korea", and "Trapped" the characters have to face many obstacles to stay alive. In "The Most Dangerous Game" Rainsford washes up on an island and is hunted by a man named General Zaroff.…
Aust Under Milk Wood and My Dinner With Andre are two very different texts that relate in very many ways. Under Milk Wood was written by the poet Dylan Thomas and was a radio drama written in 1954 and was written “purely for voices”(Birch 121). To me this work was hard to understand as a radio drama because of the many different characters, this problem was later solved when it was adapted for the stage and directed by Andrew Sinclair in 1973. My Dinner With Andre was a film that was written by Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn in 1981. This was an American comedy film.…
In both Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech and “The Guest” by Uma Krishna swami share a similar theme. Characters in both the novel and short story judge someone before the get to know who they are and the theme is don’t judge and person until you really know them. Although both stories have the same theme they developed it in different ways. Walk two Moons teaches to lesson to the readers by using words, thoughts, and feelings. In the text when Sal states, “ Do you want to hear about the lunatic.”…
Women are some of earth’s most unique and underrated creatures. They are not weak, they are not emotional, and they are not the negative stereotypes that the world describes them as. “Trifles,” “Story of an Hour,” and “My Wicked Wicked Ways,” presents us with three women who are strong, mentally and emotionally. These three women: Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Mallard, and the speaker’s mother stories all relate in a way. The three ladies all relate in the way of being emotionally and physically tied to someone they either loved or not, who does not make them happy.…
While reading both, “Into the Wild”, and “Tuesdays with Morrie”, I have realized that both have shared a theme of personal fulfillment shown through the characters. Chris McCandless and Morrie Schwartz show personal fulfillment in unique ways. Personal fulfillment is when you feel like you achieved something great in your life. You can also feel satisfied with yourself or your life and feel happiness. Chris wasn’t very happy growing up because of the way his lifestyle was with his parents.…
Time is a “social process of coordinating two or more human activities by reference to an external marker.” What we think of time is in reference to the qualities of these markers. There is evidence that suggests that time is socially constructed, it has changed over history, it differs among societies, and it seems to have become a reality. Time has changed over history. There was a period in which everyone had different…
For something to be considered a theme, it must be universally understood and timeless. This means that it must be able to apply to any culture, in any time period, and still mean the same thing. Ever since humans existed, children have struggled to accomplish what their parents expect of them.…
From the Banana Time reading, the clicking room in a factory, is described as a space of dull, repetitive labor, where four men, find ways to distract and entertain themselves while working. To those in the outside world their job and interactions may seem absurd, but for the four men, some of these actions offer nice break from the tasks they must repeat over and over again throughout the day. These breaks include, coffee, peach, banana, window, fish, coke, and also their lunch time. All of which are relevant constructs within the clicking room, because they can be considered behaviors that are different from the other behaviors that are required from the men. These "times", become structured as the narrator mentions, due to the fact that…
“It’s an old clock, I told them idiotically. I think we all believed for a moment that it had smashed into pieces on the floor.” This subtle scene allows the reader to realize that time stops for them. It becomes so distorted that it is believed that this clock, this old clock, is no longer going to work.…
For my Comparative Literature assignment, I will be comparing Jack London’s Call of the Wild and Leo Tolstoy’s “Master and Man”. One of the central themes of Call of the Wild is nature vs. nurture, which is demonstrated through the main character Buck and his regression into an almost feral state. A central theme for “Master and Man” is human foibles, shown through Vasili’s overall character flaws and treatment of Nikita. While each story has their own central theme, they also share a common theme in the humbling power of the natural world. This is displayed in Call of the Wild through Buck’s interactions with his new surroundings and environment, and in “Master and Man” through Vasili and Nikita’s experience in the snow storm.…
Chung King Express has been celebrated for its innovative use of popular cinematic formulas. This is because of Hong Kong new wave film movement. This movement derived from the French new wave is to rebel against conventions. It is to experiment with new equipment and styles, making a social and political statement at the same time. Wong Kar-Wai tries to make a statement about Hong Kong at the time as Hong Kong was being handed back to Peoples republic of China.…
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go both portray dystopian societies and seem to deal with the question of what it means to be human. In Never Let Me Go, a group of friends grow up at a seemingly idyllic and peaceful boarding school in England. Once they leave, they discover the cruel purpose of their existence, which threatens their relationships. Brave New World depicts a society where human life is almost completely industrialized, and humans are created inside of labs and conditioned to perform specific roles in society. In Never Let Me Go, an isolated society is established where humans are cloned solely for the purpose of providing organs for their normal counterparts and therefore live relatively short…
The Goddess (1934) is a silent film made by Wu Yonggang, a well-known Chinese director in the 1930s. Hailed as “a masterpiece of ‘the first golden age of Chinese cinema’”, the film marked not only Wu’s directorial debut, but also “the pinnacle of [Ruan Lingyu’s] career” (Harris, 128). Ruan’s “mature, nuanced performance”, which was “subtle but at the same time powerful and rich”, proved to be a major factor in the movie’s success and lasting impact in Chinese cinema – even inspiring Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan to produce Centre Stage (1992), a biopic of Ruan, over fifty years later (Harris, 128; Rayns, 18). This response will examine and show how the depiction of Ruan Lingyu by male directors in both The Goddess and Centre Stage make use…