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Imagine yourself in a cemetery commemorating your great-grandpa. Dia De Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is celebrated in Mexico on November 2nd. The Day of the Dead is one of Mexico’s traditional holidays that reunites and honors beloved ancestors, family, and friends. The historical roots of this celebration date back to the pre-Hispanic…

Lord Of The RingsLord of the Rings: Picked ApartImagine yourself in a pre-industrial world full of mystery and magic. Imagine a world full of monsters, demons, and danger, as well as a world full of friends, fairies, good wizards, and adventure. In doing so you have just taken your first step onto a vast world…

The MatrixThe MatrixIn viewing the Matrix, a 1999 Warner Brothers/Village Roadshow Picture release, there are numerous references to philosophy portrayed in the movie. In analyzing the Matrix one will be able to see how Descartes’ Meditations on Methodic doubt, his Evil Genius Hypothesis, and Plato’s allegory of the cave are portrayed in this film. According…

During the course of the last fifty years, society has changed significantly. Inmodern society a great emphasis is placed on individualism and diversity withina society. It is rare that an individual would be ridiculed or forced to changesimply for not complying with what society views as “normal”. This hasnot always been the case though. The…

“The Shawshank Redemption” is a unique movie which involves many different personalities and underlying themes. The personalities of the inmates are very interesting and when combined they create a fascinating plot, which gives a different perspective of prison life. The main characters are Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) and Eliss “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman). Additional characters…

Writte by Joe Bollini Brevard, NC I DIDN’T DO IT How The Simpsons Affects KidsThe Simpsons is one of Americas most popular television shows. It ranks as the number one television program for viewers under eighteen years of age. However, the ideals that The Simpsons conveys are not always wholesome, sometimes not even in good…

The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King is both a wonderful film and a brilliantly written short story. There are many themes represented in each form of The Shawshank Redemption. The one major theme that interests me in both the film and the story is freedom. Freedom serves a large purpose for both the story’s writer…

1. The movie alludes to both Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. Trinity tells Neo to “follow the white rabbit,” as Alice did, and he does. Morpheus tells Neo that he has fallen down the rabbit hole and he may find out how deep the hole goes. Neo is given a choice between…

Eaters Of The DeadMy book is titled “Eaters of the Dead” by Michael Crichton. There are twomajor themes to this book. First is man versus man and the second is man versusnature. The nature that man is going up against in this book were thesupernatural monsters that terrorized the town. Through most of the second…

Never Say Die!Of all the films that were released in 1967 few had the power and stamina of displaying detailed characterizations in the manner of which ‘Cool Hand Luke’ did. Its strong message of individuality was a welcomed choice in the 20th century’s most turbulent decade, which of course were the 1960’s. Based on the…