Abstract This paper explores the relationship between film and memory; specifically the method in which Chris Marker has attempted to replicate the initiation, control and retrieval of memory. The process of filmmaking, the structure of Marker's film, the elements within his film (such as the role of the woman) and the narrative all contribute to convey a sense of the human subconscious and the themes of memory, time and vision.
From the Paper "Through the cinematic style of a photo-roman, Marker explores the relationship and synthesis between memory, time and vision. Film and memory are compatible in style and structure. They both have the ability to reconstruct (or reinvent) reality and to defy the restrictions of space and time. Chris Marker's La Jetee is a cinematic exploration of the constructs of memory, space and time, and the equivocal structure of the film is resonant of the structure of memory. La Jetee examines the initiation, control and retrieval of memories through its central male protagonist, soundtrack, mise-en-scene, narrative, and filming techniques."
Abstract This essay will analyze Pat and Chris's interaction in order to determine the psychological pressures and motives behind the couple's verbal communication. This will be done from the areas of emotional intelligence, the effective expression of emotion, types of talk, defense mechanisms and transactional analysis and will conclude with an assessment of what might happen two week later if Pat accepts some responsibility for what is going on in the relationship.
Abstract This paper explains that, unlike scholarly works of political science, Chris Matthews in his book "Hardball" employs a highly readable journalistic style and brevity of expression, which will ensure the book's status as a modern-day version of Machiavelli's "The Prince". The paper points out that Matthew's compendium of handy quotes and anecdotes, when applied to the rarefied sphere of politics, tend to carry a considerable amount of truth. The paper also explains that Matthew's book focuses on the highest levels of political power including many case studies of former presidents. The paper then offers of brief biography of US President Bush and applies three of the book's aphorisms to Bush's political career.
From the Paper "Another defining aspect of the Bush presidency is the sanctified doctrine of "it's not who you know; it's who you get to know." In other words, personal relationships are as important - if not more important- than professional competence, diplomatic savvy, and political intelligence. This principle has guided George W. Bush since his days as a baseball league owner, and it continues to do so during these dying days of his presidency: "The lesson is obvious. If you want to do business with someone, don't forget the personal aspect.""
Abstract This paper explains that both comics John Belushi and Chris Farley followed the same path from Chicago Improv to breakout stardom on "Saturday Night Live" (SNL), relying on manic energy, pratfalls and their considerable girth to get laughs. The author points out that both comedians had stellar careers not only on SNL but also in films and other platforms; however, they had overwhelming appetites for food, drugs, alcohol and women. The paper relates that Belushi was the first to die at age 33 followed by Chris Farley's death also at age 33; both deaths were related to drug usage.
Table of Contents
Introduction
John Belushi
Chris Farley
Similarities
From the Paper "Chris was born to Tom and Mary Anne Farley in Madison, Wisconsin on February 15, 1964. He described himself as a "teacher's nightmare" at Marquette University, where he graduated with a degree in communications and theatre. After Marquette, he performed with the Ark Improv Theatre group and studying under legendary director Del Close (John Belushi and John Candy both worked under Close as well) at the Improv Olympic Theatre. Chris was performing at Second City Theatre in the late eighties when he was discovered by SNL producer Lorne Michaels. Lorne brought him to the cast of Saturday Night Live in the 1990-91 season."
Abstract This paper examines themes in "Into the Wild," the story of Chris McCandless's fateful journey into the Alaskan wilderness. The paper considers McCandless in terms of his relationships, and suggests that he had a fear of intimacy. The author also explores Chris's family background and childhood and its impact on his adult behavior. The paper also explores how and why he died. Two themes from the book, of living a fantasy and of going on a spiritual quest are also considered. Finally, this book is compared and contrasted with "Hunger" by Jane Stevenson.
McCandless's Relationships - #1
Krakauer's View of McCandless - #2
McCandless's Family #3
McCandless Death #4
Two Themes in Into the Wild - #5
Chris McCandless and the Mulrooney Sisters
References
From the Paper "Chris McCandless was a very private and secretive person; yet, he was apparently sociable and attractive to people as evidenced by the relationships he established after he graduated from college and left his parents. Interviews in Into the Wild show his friends speaking of him with great affection; however, we can only infer how he felt about them. We know he must have felt some attachment because he wrote to them after leaving them and sometimes called them. He did not "burn his bridges behind him" by any means, but he always left them before too much intimacy could develop. Krakauer (1996) suggests that Chris may have had a psychological problem, a fear of intimacy. The quotation the author uses at the beginning of Chapter 7 by Anthony Storr suggests that some trauma in early childhood made such an impact on him that his "principle need was to find some kind of meaning and order in life which was not entirely, or even chiefly, dependent upon interpersonal relationships" (p. 61). Perhaps this explains what appears to be an obsessive hunger for meaning and his conviction that it could only be found in the wilderness. He could not allow relationships to get in the way of satisfying that hunger."
Tags:Chris, McCandless, Into the Wild, Alaska, Krakow, Mulroony, sisters
Abstract As a brief introduction, this paper was assigned to me during a English course called: American Humor.
The topic that the professor gave out to the students was to choose two comedians and compare and
contrast their styles of comedy. Quite simple right?
As a big fan of Chris Rock's stand-up performances,
I elected to use him as my centerpiece and have Margaret Cho and John Lequizamo, who I also love, as
comparisons to him.
The main theme shared between all of the comedians is that they all use their culture
in their acts to arrive at one common goal, which is to make people laugh. In my essay I give examples
of how the comedians use their culture and the various cultural aspects that are selected.
Tags: based, cho, chris, ethnic, john, lequizamo, margaret, rock
From the Paper "Marker guides us with these techniques to see that individuals do not objectively experience and remember events as they occur. Instead, they catch the importance of an event or moment and form it into an image, which is almost an iconographic depiction. "
Abstract The authors of More Than Equals, Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice, are members of the interracial Christian-based John M. Perkins Institute for Reconciliation and Development in Jackson, Mississippi as well as editors of Urban Family magazine.
From the Paper "More Than Equals
The authors of More Than Equals, Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice, are members of the interracial Christian-based John M. Perkins Institute for Reconciliation and Development in Jackson, Mississippi as well as editors of Urban Family magazine. The theme of their book is that people can cross racial barriers by intentionally establishing and nurturing personal interracial Christian relationships. They argue that the "brotherhood of Man" is a spiritual concept that must be approached spiritually. Consequently, they invite the reader to work toward racial harmony by developing and nurturing interracial personal relationships in a spiritual context.
The authors outline three steps that are necessary in the journey to racial reconciliation. First, white and black Christians must admit..."
Abstract This paper will attempt to demonstrate that van Allsburg has been cited for his contribution to multicultural literature as he subtly, but nonetheless powerfully, portrays the irrational hatred and cruel condescension that "difference" and diversity so often stimulate in people. It will be suggested that, as children are unusually sensitive to power dynamics and in particular to issues of injustice, van Allsburg's depiction of these responses to diversity possess a resonance that would perhaps be lost upon many adults.
Abstract This paper explains that the protagonist in Katherine Paterson's "Jacob Have I Loved", Sara Louise Bradshaw, who has a favored twin sister, throughout the book, grows more distant from her family and friends; whereas, the protagonist in Chris Crutcher's "Running Loose", Louie Banks begins as the idealized youth who has a promising academic career, an athletic prowess, good friends, two part-time jobs and parents who love and respect him. The author points out that both Sara and Louie's reactions to the people in their lives, such as Sara's grandmother and Louie's Coach Lednecky, offers them the opportunity to learn about themselves and to gain strength of character. The paper concludes that Louie finds better role models that offer him support and Sara Louise discovers how to escape the isolation in her soul.
From the Paper "Coach Lednecky and Jasper are racists without a conscious and who Louie had the courage to face up to and this taught Louie about who he was and what he believed in and it cultivated an inner strength that he did not have before when his world was so perfect. Like Sara Louise, Louie did not just lie down but he chose to find another sport to pursue so he became a runner. The other character that helped Louie's character to develop was Coach Madison, who is how more coaches and teachers should be. Louie believes that the worst of things he has endured until he loses Becky."
Abstract This paper discusses an article called "Playing With Our Minds", written by Chris Suellentrop, in which the author analyzes the psychological and social effects of playing video games. The paper suggests that video games are supplemented with increasingly violent content and the ramification of this trend is that violence has become a new social norm.
From the Paper "While they are undoubtedly learning how to use the resources given to them creatively in order to succeed, the same process is skewing them away from being able to realize that they are following a prescribed set of rules that may not have to be accepted. The notion that video games are stimulating creativity and promoting ingenuity is simply untrue, by definition of the two. Without the active psychological allowance of the player to generate their own solutions, creativity is not being allowed rather, to be lead by someone else's reality. Ed Vitagliano explains the psychological conditioning and effects that take place with the patterning of violence in video games, "Emotional and cognitive desensitization to violence decreases the likelihood that violent behavior will either be censored or censured", this same separation from the cognitive ability to discern or refute violence can be translated into the loss of the ability to challenge a system and its binding rules. (Vitagliano, 2006, p. 3) So what begins as the simple and seemingly innocent loss of one side of creativity and free thought, Suellentrop is suggesting can become a tendency to do something more worrisome than violence, saluting."
Abstract This paper examines the fateful expedition of young adult Chris McCandless in Jon Krakauer's book "Into the Wild." The paper's author considers the themes and characters presented in the book. The paper compares Krakauer's experiences as a youth to those of McCandless, and argues they both had a need for adventure. The author further contends that this is the reason for Krakauer's non-judgemental portrayal of McCandless.
From the Paper "Chris was intensely curious and hungry for experience, and apparently Krakauer was, too, at that age. Chris wanted to roam free and sample nature's offerings, to test himself on a journey alone in Alaska, to live off the land, and be completely self-reliant. Krakauer devotes two full chapters to telling the story his own "quest," in which he climbed the Stikine Ice Cap (which was considered impossibly dangerous to climb). He states, "I interrupt McCandless's story with fragments of a narrative drawn from my own youth." Like Chris, nature was his noble adversary when he went off alone to test himself, his endurance, and ability to survive in harsh, harsh conditions. Although he was fortunate to come down out of the mountain alive, he does not see his obsession with getting to the top, or doing the impossible, as abnormal in any way and cites many examples of men through history who tested themselves similarly. Plus, to give up might imply failure. "In truth my escapade on the north face had rattled me, and I didn't want to go up on the Thumb again at all. But the thought of returning to Boulder in defeat wasn't very appealing, either." "
Tags: Into the Wild, Jon, Krakauer, Chris, McCandless, expedition, wilderness, Alaska, death
Abstract In this article, the writer notes that modernist art is characterized by its resistance to the metaphoric; its insistence on chains of association rather than strict metaphors prevents the audience from drawing a clear and precise meaning from the work. The writer points out that Chris Cunningham's "All is Full of Love" video operates on this ambiguous level. A quick run-through of the video seems to offer two paths of interpretation, one of hope and one of pessimism. But one must take both paths and examine the relationship of their ends. The writer maintains that in this way, the video is neither a celebration nor condemnation of modern love, but rather an exploration of what modern love means.
From the Paper " The video begins with a tangled mass of wires seen only in flashes. Ascending the wires, the camera stops on an industrial, construction plane outlined in bright black and white. As the music starts, the two machines opposing the lying android move forward like record needles. When the needles finally make contact with the android, it opens its eyes and begins to sing. It's important to note that the beat used in the video is not the original mix from the album, but more mechanical, industrial and driving to match the visuals. Not only is the music industrial, but the video seems to have been directed by a machine. Moving with technical precision, merely observing and not speculating, the entire video presents a mechanical gaze. It's a video for, by, and about electronic beings."
An examination of Theory X and Theory Y discussed by Douglas McGregor and how they compare to the maturity / immaturity theory developed by Chris Argyris.
Abstract This paper examines the Theory X and Theory Y that were proposed by Douglas McGregor in his book titled "The Human Side of Enterprise." The paper discusses the assumptions that the theories are based on and how they relate to the way that employees work in an organization. The paper then looks at the maturity / immaturity theory developed by Chris Argyris and how it differs from McGregor's theories.
Table of Contents:
Maturity/Immaturity Theory
From the Paper "According to the content of the theory, 'the command and control environment is not effective because it relies on lower needs as levers of motivation, but in modern society those needs already are satisfied and thus no longer are motivators' (Leslie, 2001). In this regard, it is expected that the employees will develop their discomfort towards the work, and will be reluctant to accept any responsibility, and 'will have no interest in organizational goals, resist change'. This eventually proves the fact that the theory 'is a self-fulfilling prophecy' (Andrew, 2005). As per the content of the theory, work is taken as a medium responsible for the satisfaction of the lower requirements of the employees, whereas the leisure time is the source of satisfaction of higher needs, but 'it is in satisfying their higher needs that employees can be most productive' (Andrew, 2005)."
Abstract This paper discusses how Alice Munro's short story "How I Met my Husband" is dependent upon deflating the reader's expectations, just as the central protagonist Edie has her romantic expectations deflated by Chris Watters, the dashing young pilot and flight instructor in the story. The paper also examines how Munro chooses to tell the story in the first person, albeit a retrospective first person voice, so that the reader is forced to look at the world through Edie's naive perspective.
From the Paper "The New York Times Book Review, upon the publication of Munro's story as part of Munro's collection Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You noted this sense of reader disappointment provoked by the work. Reflecting upon the secrecy of the narrator, and the fact that her eventual husband the mailman still believes, after many years, that she was waiting for him, not the letter of another man: "This character keeps quiet because the experience is hers, not his [her eventual husband's] or the children's...the author can provoke anger by betraying her character." This suggests that story, at its end, becomes more a tale of the lack of communication between husbands and wives, even though Edie's eventual husband is not a presence in the text until the very end. "
