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As Little Big Man, directed by Arthur Penn opens up and introduces the Main character Jack Crabb, the sole survivor of General Custer’s last stand, tells the modern day historian about his multiple experiences in life. I felt as if the plot of the movie was a bit intricate , Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman)multiple professions or hobbies are a bit too outlandish for one individual. But these different hobbies added some humor to the plot which balanced out the complexity of the plot. It was amusing that Jack had many different lives all encompassed into one life. In the beginning of the story Jack and his sister are the two survivors of an Native American attack. Amidst all the chaos, a native american from the Cheyenne tribe adopts him(his sister runs away) and treats Jack as one of their own. A very important part in the plot was when Jack saved the his peer and was given the name Little Big man in a traditional ceremony. After this trouble …show more content…
arises again, the whites attacked the Cheyenne village and then a battle erupts, and Jack is captured by the whites and christianized. Jack’s high points in life are always followed by extreme nadirs. For example one day he is the best gunfighter in town and the next thing you know he is an alcoholic that is begging for money to just get drunk. This aspect of the movie gives it a very predictable plot, nothing will ever go right for jack crabb. Even though the plot might have been a bit too intricate, the actors did a very good job in portraying their given roles.
All of the native beliefs were consistent with what I have learned in the past. The culture of civilization in the late 1800s was also accurate with the brothels,christianity But one thing that I noticed in the movie was that the natives were not portrayed as savage, they were seen as good and the whites were seens as evil. For example when they raid the villages after Jack’s grandfather has his dream, the whites just destroyed everything in their sight which have them the savage label, this was interesting because I would have expected one to give the native americans the savage label due to misconceptions myths. A few other important sequences was when he needed to discover who he was as a person. Living with the Cheyenne really prepared him for the rollercoaster life he was about to face and I feel like without the guidance of the Cheyennes he would not be the resilient Jack Crabb we all got to
know. During the movie I noticed that the religion of Christianity was questioned. When Jack's first love sees him she tells him about all of the religion and desperately tried to convert him. But we discover later on that she is a hypocrite. She told Jack to abstain from temptations but little did jack know that she did not do as she instructed him. I saw this as the directors questioning the morals of the faith at the time. In addition to this the movie also portrayed the whites as bad. Especially the soldiers who killed thousands of innocent people. The events in the movie can be seen as a direct link towards all of the chaos that was going on in Vietnam all the time, with the brutality of the soldiers and Nixon’s tactics for war. Overall in the end the director had a solid well put together film that had many indirect references to contemporary issues such as Vietnam and Catholicism. I thought the plot was too complex but the comedic aspects of the movie balanced this out. Watching this film 45 years after its release I still think the actors did a good job portraying their roles. However, It was hard to judge how well the did actors did because acting has changed dramatically since 1970
It seems that in the 21st century and even during the colonizing of America, the interpretation of Native Americans is and had been that they were savages and live a barbaric lifestyle. That they had no order or way of life. When presented with the topic of Native Americans and Colonists in the New World, it is easy to assume warfare and bloodshed amongst the two parties. That the Colonists were constantly in mini battles with the Native Americans. It is also easy to assume that the land in the New World was unsettling to the eyes. This is due to records from the colonist times, calling the lands “wild” or “wildlands”. In Robbie Ethridge’s book Creek Country, she tries to debunk these interpretations mentioned above. She does so by using an
The main questions are how to measure it and who really has it? (Native 27). An interesting difference that I saw between the movie and the reading during Week one was how Shane was able to recognize the Pawnee tribal woman at the Powwow and how he related the horse tale of the poor grandson and grandmother to her. However, in the reading during Week one it states how, ““The Big Game”- basketball tournament amongst Native Americans led to controversy over the lack of identity. Some did not have government cards; some did not look the part. However, the whole Navajo could recite their clan affiliation and introduce themselves in the Navajo language. In the end the championship game got canceled; there was no champion (Native 29). Throughout the film, it talks about specific tribes in these tales and often times they had some noticeable differences such as location and environment. In the week one reading, it states how the people matrix can be seen through their differences in language, sacred history, ceremonial cycle, and place/territory (Native 36). However, in this film, Dreamkeeper, I felt that the environment of the Powwow in the end was so peaceful and was a combination of many Native American cultures. It was great to see people dancing in circles and listening to stories about different tribes and tales. The indigenous identity today seems to revolve around the elders as well as the Powwows, as it did for Shane, it helps confused young Native American men and women to learn where they come from and the beliefs their people had about the white man who helped them, animals spirituality, and its’ own Native American
Napoleon Dynamite is one of the best movies portraying loneliness and nerds. It is the story of Napoleon in high school and his lonely adventures. All the main characters feel separated, misunderstood, and have nobody to relate to. Napoleon has no friends and lives in his own fantasy land. He is avoided by everybody. His brother seems to be mislead, wanting to be a cage fighter but staying home all the time hopelessly trying to find love and attention on the internet. Their grandmother is never there for them, though she lives her own life right beside them. They live next to a huge field, reinforcing their isolation. Practically every home in the film is
It is not out of line to expect Native Americans to live like their ancestors, and I agree with the way that O'Nell made the government look like the wrongdoers. She talks like "indians" are just part of stories or like they have not kept up with the times. This book points out many of the problems for native americans by bringing out problems in identity, culture, and depression dealing with the Flathead Tribe in Montana. The book is divided into three parts to accomplish this. Part 1 is about the American government's policies that were put on the reservations and how it affected the culture of the Flathead Tribe attached to that reservation. This is the base for is to come in the next two parts, which talk about how lonliness an pity tie into the identity and depression.
The Big Lebowski is a parody of Raymond Chandler style hardboiled detective stories about men swept up into mysteries and conspiracies much larger than they initially appear. Jeffery “the Dude” Lebowski (hereafter referred to only as the Dude) is a slacker mistaken for the millionaire Jeffery Lebowski (the titular Big Lebowski) by pornographer Jacky Treehorn’s thugs. The Big Lebowski’s wife, Bunny, owes money to Treehorn, and when his goons come to collect one of them urinates on the Dude’s rug as an act of intimidation before they realize they’ve got the wrong guy. That rug really tied the room together, so the following day the Dude goes to the Big Lebowski’s mansion to demand compensation, but their meeting doesn’t go very well. The next day Bunny is kidnapped and held for ransom by an unknown party, and the Big Lebowski enlists the Dude’s services to get her back. So begins the Dude’s hero journey.
The Great Depression of the 1930’s caused widespread poverty, but the popular culture of the time did not reflect this. People wanted to escape from this harsh time so movies, dancing and sports became very popular. Radios broadcasted boxing matches and boxers became stars. The heavyweight champion James J. Braddock aka “Cinderella Man,” gained popularity. James Braddock gained fame by winning many fights and proving everyone wrong when they said he was too old and couldn’t win.
The main character is Mitchell. He is round and dynamic. He is round because the story revolves around him. His thoughts and actions are crucial to the story and are described in great detail. He is dynamic because he changes from a relatively carefree, self-assured man into an impetuous man who feels old and becomes consumed with guilt. After witnessing the rape: 'He did not know what it was like to be very old ? but he assumed it was like this: fatigue beyond relieving by rest, by sleep.';
Tom Burwell,“whom the whole town called Big Boy” (Jean Toomer 39) and aptly so, is a manchild who never reaches maturity and understanding because of the environment around him.
As a result, both films represent Native Americans from the point of view of non-Native directors. Despite the fact that they made use of the fabricated stereotypes in their illustrations of the indigenous people, their portrayal was revolutionary in its own times. Each of the films adds in their own way a new approach to the representation of indigenous people, their stories unfolding in a different way. These differences make one look at the indigenous not only as one dimensional beings but as multifaceted beings, as Dunbar says, “they are just like us.” This is finally a sense of fairness and respect by the non-native populations to the Native Indians.
Throughout the world, there are many artifacts ranging from Literature, Music, Social Media, Fashion, Toys, Technology, and many other ones. Every single one of these artifacts has a special meaning to them such as, the Statue of Liberty which represents freedom. The National Museum and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum both contain many different types of artifacts that represent our history, as well as sharing a special meaning that can affect a person individually or even shape our society. "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" was a book written by John Boyne, which should be considered an artifact in the Holocaust Memorial Museum or the National Museum, because it represents the history of the Holocaust, as well as by symbolizing
Many of this is changing up in our own homes. Little kids are growing up thinking native Americans and Indians are what they are as shown on television. Hypothetically speaking for myself this film educated me on Native Americans and I feel as though we should educate our young people at their age therefore they’ll have a better understanding of the realistic term of Native
The main character&s civilization had religious beliefs long before the white man presented his ideas. Essentially, the Sioux religion was based on nature. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact beliefs of the group because of the deficiency of information. However, from the text, some aspects can be gathered. First, it appears as though everything in nature is believed to retain a spirit.
In 2009 Chimamanda Adichie gave a TED talk about the ‘danger of a single story’. A single story meaning, one thought or one example of a person becoming what we think about all people that fit that description, a stereotype if you will. In today’s America, I believe that we have all felt the wave of stereotypical views at some point or another. Adichie gives many relatable examples throughout her life of how she has been affected by the single story. Her story brings about an issue that all humans, from every inch of the earth, have come to understand on some level. A young child reading only foreign books, a domestic helper that she only perceived as poor. Her college roommates single story about Africans and her own formation of a single
As a young man Bigger was a magnet to trouble; however, his identity is unveiled once he attains a job at the home of the Dalton’s. Operating in the mind of double-consciousness prompts two murders, the rape of his girlfriend and fleet from the police; result in Bigger facing a trail for such charges. Wright depicts Bigger, as uncertain of his actions, “I didn’t want to kill,” Bigger shouts. “But what I killed for, I am! It must’ve been pretty deep in me to make me kill”(Native Son
The traditional short story is a genre of a prose. It is a fiction work that presents a world in the moment of an unexpected change. The traditional short story obeys some rules, such as the unexpected change and major events with detail. The modern short story is a revolution which is based on the traditional short story. In other words, if the traditional short story is in the first floor, the modern short story is in the second floor. Therefore, the modern short story still obeys some rules that the traditional short story obeys, and breaks some rules that the traditional short story obeys. One rule that the modern short story still uses is the unexpected change. The rules broken by the modern short story are that the major events are not detailed, and that the border between the real world and the fiction world. This paper first talks about the unexcepted change and uses the examples of “Eveline” and “The Open Window.” Then, this paper talks about major events with detail, and uses the examples of “Lottery,” “The Open Window” and “Hills Like White Elephants.” Finally, this paper talks about the meta-literary and the border between the real world and the fiction