Analysis of the Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees takes place in the 1960s and follows the incredible and emotional journey of fourteen-year old Lily Owens, a white girl living in Sylvan, South Carolina. Lily lives alone with her father, T-Ray, and her African-American housekeeper, Rosaleen....

Weird Wacky Film Analysis and Evaluation

The short documentary Ryan is an animated documentary about the life of a Canadian filmmaker named Ryan Larkin. Larkin is renowned animation film maker who, after hitting a creative block, turned to cocaine and alcohol. The creation of the film began back in 2001 by...

The American Dream of Mice and Men

The Great Depression began with the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange in October 1929. In the aftermath of this economic downfall many citizens of the United States were left unemployed. In the following years roughly 12 million American men and women would be...

From Squirrel to Jaguar

The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day. The flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass saw richly green” . In Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery, readers often interpret this imagery as a soothing mood and believe that...

“Not Without my Daughter” and “Persepolis”

The historical backdrop for the two films ‘Not Without My Daughter’ and ‘Persepolis’ involved tensions preceding and during the Iranian Revolution in the 1970s. Reza Shah Pahlavi held power in Iran leading up to the revolutions, and was known for being pro-Axis during...

Implications of the Holocaust

The Holocaust has always been a hard topic to speak about, read about, and understand the why’s and how’s. Rarely is it spoken of the implications it had on the people who survived it, their posterity, and the world as a whole. Upon further examination of numerous...