In "Killings"by Andre Dubus and In the Bedroom, directed by Todd Field, the author and director decided to go different directions with the beginning of the story, keeping the plot of the story almost identical. However, beginning the story differently impacted both works in completely different aspects. Dubus begins the story at the funeral of Frank which leads the reader to draw conclusions about what happened before Frank's funeral, while Field’s gives more background to viewer which allows the reader to make more connections. Dubus begins the story at Frank’s funeral which leads the reader to become confused throughout the story. As the reader reads through the story, they have to be able to connect the dots to understand what is happening. While in the movie, Field’s begins with the backstory leading up to Frank’s death which makes it easier for the viewer to understand what is happening. The difference between the two stories impacts how the reader and viewer are able to interpret the story. …show more content…
In the story, as soon as the reader begins they automatically have questions about what is taking place and why. They are given no background to understand why Frank died at a young age. The way the Dubus set up the story, leads the reader to many different scenarios of what could have happened. When watching the movie, the viewer is able to understand what is happening from the very beginning of the movie. The director makes it easier for the viewer to understand what is happening and what leads up to the death of Frank. The viewer is able to pay attention to the details and learn more about Frank by the way the director starts the movie. The viewer is also able to understand why Matthew and Ruth are bitter about the death of
The Murderers Are Among Us, directed by Wolfe Gang Staudte, is the first postwar film. The film takes place in Berlin right after the war. Susan Wallner, a young women who has returned from a concentration camp, goes to her old apartment to find Hans Mertens living there. Hans took up there after returning home from war and finding out his house was destroyed. Hans would not leave, even after Susan returned home. Later on in the film we find out Hans was a former surgeon but can no longer deal with human suffering because of his traumatic experience in war. We find out about this traumatic experience when Ferdinand Bruckner comes into the film. Bruckner, Hans’ former captain, was responsible for killing hundreds
The analysis showed that Shirley’s and Thomas’s work matched in a way that both the stories reflect identity crises and the psyche of a killer. The notable use of typical fictional horror elements such as tragic backstories, harbingers, unseen forces causing chaos and dreadfulness, terror and above all unrealistically portrayed personality disorders makes the stories a baroque blend of supernatural fantasy and moral reality.
Ultimately, Holden Caulfield’s decisions were incredibly based on his yearning for innocence in life when it is slowly fading away from the world. The audience feels sympathy towards Holden because they know Holden’s past years have been traumatizing with his brother’s death and his moving of schools. The audience knows now that Holden’s alienation is because he does not want to lose his or anyone’s innocence. Thus, the overall lesson is that one cannot prevent another person to do what they want to do, and if they fall, let them.
end. This essay will further show how both stories shared similar endings, while at the same time
“The Murder of Carol Neulander” was a story about how a rabbi killed his wife. It was also much more than that, talking about friendships, loyalties, family trauma and how an investigator handled it all. The end result is given to the reader before the end of the first paragraph, but the results aren’t what pulls the reader in. The stage is set for a dramatic telling of how murder played out, before and after the death, and how the rabbi is caught. Instead, it is more straight-forward telling of events, although it is suspenseful in parts.
We want to relate to it in a way that can only be done through imagination. So, due to this, when we are not given the flexibility, then the context no longer becomes entertaining. The viewers do not want to be told how to think. Given these points, if they are influenced to believe that Sister Aloysius is a cruel individual like the movie portrays, then at the end of the movie and book when Sister Aloysius says, “ I have doubts! I have such doubts!”
Judging people on their looks or surroundings could hurt someone more than you think it would.Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon’s novel, Zora And Me Can relate to Orlando Belo’s poem, Don’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover because they both have the same theme of Don’t Judge. Both of these authors really show why not to judge, however there are some major differences between this poem and novel. Bond and Simon show this theme as being the ones judging, while Orlando makes the reader be the one who has been judged. Also, Belo shows his point through lots of figurative language in his poem while the girls don’t use as much literary devices in their novel, but instead use strong words and language.
The short story, “Revised Endings” by Jan Burke, follows a detective fiction author as she argues with her new editor on the best way to end her new novel. “Revised Endings” works to compare and contrast the difference between murder in the fictional world and in the real world. It also speaks on the morality of the characters who commit or consider committing murder.
The major theme of Andre Dubus’ Killing,s is how far someone would go for the person they love. It is important to note the title of the story is killings and not killers, for the reasoning that the story does not just focus on two deaths or two murderers but rather the death of marriage, friendship, youth, and overall, trust.
According to Catholic doctrine union with God is the basis of happiness, and separation from God is the greatest punishment for a human being. What enables us to become closer to God is our free will and our reasoning power, when we loose those things we have no hope of achieving happiness. Violence is a very clear demonstration of the loss of these two faculties of the intellect, the way Dante depicts the souls of the seventh circle of Hell accurately portrays this idea.
The movie begins by Rolfe Whitehouse (William Defoe) narrating the movie about a phone call he received from his brother, Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte), the night after Halloween, which was what lead up to Wade’s mysterious disappearance. Using a narrative approach in the movie was an excellent choice for the plot. It made you feel as if something was going to take place in this town, but no clues were given. In the movie Defoe not only does the narration, but also plays Wade’s (Nick Nolte) brother. Defoe’s character grows up, moves away and becomes a schoolteacher. This was something different for Defoe, but by using a quite and soft-spoken tone it made his character fit smoothly into the plot.
The book by Douglas Kenrick concerns evolutionary psychology, which is the study of evolution-based psychological traits. If you have a religious-based antipathy towards evolution, reading this book would be a total waste. If you accept the fact that humans have evolved over millions of years, reading this book may provide you with wonderful insights into human nature. Kenrick assumes that the science of evolution is beyond dispute and scarcely mentions Charles Darwin. But he does aggressively defend evolutionary psychology – “we claim that the evolutionary perspective can integrate psychology, economics, political science, and anthropology,
It is evident that Twin Peaks offers different levels of complexity and in doing so opens up possibilities of using different copying strategies in understanding its paradoxes, riddles, and its perplexing plot architecture. It invites viewers to find meaning where there is none, to experience cognitive inconsistencies and offers more questions than possible answers. Because of the show’s textual qualities further research on the effect of cognitive dissonance is suggested. The diversity in narrative complexity in the television serial is paralleled with its hybridization of genres and distortion of temporal and spatial aspects. The simplistic world of the detective genre is juxtaposed with dramatic elements and the existential atmosphere typical of film Noir, including mental pathological aspects and multiplication of characters. Thus constructed perplexingly Lynch’s show invites viewers to actively navigate and orientated inside and outside the storyworld, in order to effectively interpret surreal, unusual events that somehow amalgamate to create meaning. In addition, it invites viewers to cognitively and narratively map the show’s plot architecture.
Central to both The Stranger and Crime and Punishment is a senseless murder, however, the way each murderer feels about his own act of murder is quite different. Meursault in The Stranger has no personal value attached to things he does in life whether it be day-to-day activities or murder. Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment, on the other hand, feels that in certain cases values of society do not apply, however after the murder realizes that this is not the case for himself. These differences in thought not only provide more insight on the characters individually, but show that although society helps to guides it is up to the individual, based on values and morals, to decide how to live his or her life.
...ummer murders often use red herrings in a way that makes the audience believe that one character is the murderer, but in actual fact, later on in the program the audience discover that it is actually someone else who was less expected that was the murderer. It is a very effective way to end a film/TV program as it makes the audience think and possibly leaves them in awe.