The Amazing Race by using both a narrative and visual analysis. The Amazing Race is a reality TV show where teams of two race across the world in competition with other teams in a quest for one million dollars. The Amazing Race was created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster and has aired in the United States since 2001. The Amazing Race displays how ordinary people act when they are thrown into competition. Also, this particular program illustrates challenges these competitors will endure
"The H Street Sledding Record" by Ron Carlson. A husband tells the story of his wife Drew, and their daughter Elise and rituals that keep the family together. He finds personal significant in a sledding record, throwing horse manure on the roof, and buying a Christmas trees. The strangest family ritual involves getting horse manure from a friend and throwing it on the roof for Elise. He does this not only for his daughter but also for himself, as a reminder of what it is like to be a child around
Mentorship: From Childhood to the Man Louise Erdrich explores the inner conflicts of an Indian tribe in her novel Tracks. By the end of the novel, the tribes’ accord is broken by the lure of the white man’s money and land reform. The divisions among the tribe are epitomized by the physical separation of the Chippewa people into different colors that correspond to their different land allotments. However, one chapter in particular contrasts with the tribe’s tendency towards discord. Chapter 5, in
Let The Right One In Let The Right One In is a Swedish film set in the 1980’s. The plot reveals an awkward twelve-year-old boy named Oskar. Oskar is not like most kids his age; he has weird hobbies, such as keeping newspaper clippings of the murders happening just outside his small town. His barely-there parents are divorced so he alternates between their homes. When he is alone, Oskar often imagines killing his classmates who regularly bully him. Oskar meets Eli, a supposedly twelve-year-old girl
The two films "Let The Right One In" and "Let Me In" are both based on the same novel and made only two years apart. However, the "original" Swedish-based film "Let The Right One In" is in my opinion, and many critics also agree, is better than the "Americanized" remake "Let Me In" for various reasons. Beth Accomando summarizes the views best when she wrote, "anything good in the remake comes directly from the original" and I would add onto that the remake is not only just following the original