Essays on Entertainment

The merit of comparing and contrasting elements lies in the ultimate revelation of a deeper understanding of each element. This is true in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. The very dichotomy of “sense” versus “sensibility” as it was understood in the 1800s is what permeates...

In Alex Haley’s novel Roots, he expresses the struggles and challenges that African American men and women had to gain power and freedom. I feel in most of the parts he compares the challenges he faces to Kunta Kinte’s challenges. It also tells about the...

The story of Pocahontas and John Smith is well known. Strangers immediately to lovers. Pocahontas saves Smith and he falls in love. A simple story but very inaccurate. It is hard to know what truly happened but it can be assumed that. The animated Disney...

 In The novel Sense And Sensibility Jane Austen highlights the difference between the two main characters by displaying how each of them respond differently to the loss of their attachment in her novel. Elinor Dashwood is the elder Dashwood sister at 19 years old, followed...

Too much of anything is good for nothing. Even Aristotle preached of “The Golden Mean” — that the only path to true happiness and inner peace is by striking a balance between two vices. In Jane Austen’s novel, Sense and Sensibility, the same philosophy is...

Hayao Miyazaki is a famous anime director, who has directed various award-winning films. I shall be looking into the ways in which his animations share similar traits and values as other artworks that have been created by those from the Romanticism movement. Romanticism was a...

“The Rabbit-Proof fence” is a devastating film about three Aboriginal ‘half-caste’ girls, Molly, Daisy, and Gracie who were taken from their family concerning the stolen generations. The film was released on February 21st, 2002 and mainly portrays their journey along the ‘Rabbit-proof fence’ and was...

Identity is being who you are or who a person is. Individual identity is the concept you learn about yourself and it slowly evolves everyday for the rest of your life. It may include aspects of your life that you can’t control like where you...

Directed by Phillip Noyce in 2002, Rabbit-Proof Fence depicts the story of three young girls who escape from a settlement and set out to make the 1,500-mile journey back home on foot. The events are based on a true story of Molly Craig and her...

The Stolen Generation has become discussion in the media and politics, however many white Australians we only know the factual events. “Rabbit-Proof Fence”, an independent film directed by Philip Noyce, tugs on the audience’s heartstrings providing insight to the traumatic emotional experience the Stolen Generation...