In the Hitchhiker, originally a radio play, was made into an episode of The Twilight Zone. However, there was quite a few differences as well as some similarities. First off, a similarity I noticed was that they both had to stop for car issues and I think that the reason for this is because it leads to the next similarity. Another similarity is that they both asked others about hitchhikers in the area. They both probably had this detail because it was important that the hitchhiker was really sketchy and suspicious, this detail helps show those moods. Lastly, a detail I thought was important was the regular hitchhiker each of them had picked up. I think this because if they hadn’t tried to hit the hitchhiker and the people they picked up didn’t
say they couldn’t see him they wouldn’t have tried to call home and find out that they died. The differences in the radio play vs. The Twilight Zone were quite obvious. The first difference was that in the radio play the main character was male and in the show it was a girl. I believe that the reason for this is because in the show they probably wanted more emotion for viewers, which was much easier played by a girl. The second similarity I saw was the regular hitchhiker they both picked up were different because one was a girl and one was a boy. Finally, the last detail I saw that was different was when they were trying to keep the hitchhiker they picked up to stay with them in The Twilight Zone she said she wanted to go out with him. I think that the writers of the show did this because they wanted to make it more dramatic for the viewers. Those were the similarities and differences that I in both the radio play and The Twilight Zone.
Another similarity in the book and movie is that the characters have to go against their morals in order to decide what to do in certain situations. An example of this in the book is when Skip realises he would have to trespass and steal in order for him to keep himself and his friends alive. Or in...
Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings. New York: W. W. Norton, 1981.
In Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, the author refers to the many struggles people individually face in life. Through the conflict between Nurse Ratched and McMurphy, the novel explores the themes of individuality and rebellion against conformity. With these themes, Kesey makes various points which help us understand which situations of repression can lead an individual to insanity. These points include: the effects of sexual repression, woman as castrators, and the pressures we face from society to conform. Through these points, Kesey encourages the reader to consider that people react differently in the face of repression, and makes the reader realize the value of alternative states of perception, rather than simply writing them off as "crazy."
An exceptionally tall, Native American, Chief Bromden, trapped in the Oregon psychiatric ward, suffers from the psychological condition of paranoid schizophrenia. This fictional character in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest struggles with extreme mental illness, but he also falls victim to the choking grasp of society, which worsens Bromden’s condition. Paranoid schizophrenia is a rare mental illness that leads to heavy delusions and hallucinations among other, less serious, symptoms. Through the love and compassion that Bromden’s inmate, Randle Patrick McMurphy, gives Chief Bromden, he is able to briefly overcome paranoid schizophrenia and escape the dehumanizing psychiatric ward that he is held prisoner in.
The drama in the story “The Hitchhiker” has a lot of different technical elements, such as sound effects and music. These elements affect the story because they bring the life to what he is saying. It’s giving us a way to imagine what he is doing and where he is going. When the music starts playing, it's foreshadowing. The music usually means that Ronald is about to see the hitchhiker on the side of the road and it is giving us a hint of how long it will be until he sees him. The music also gives us an idea of what he is thinking. The music starts getting faster when something good is about to happen. The music then gets slower when the story starts to calm down and isn’t very exciting. An example of when the music is slower is when Ronald
The Hitchhiking Game describes an internal combat that focuses on internal character and the discovery of new selves within. Kundera presents to the audience a story about a young man and a girl who lose themselves while trying to portray someone they customarily are not. Throughout their portrayal of “happy-go-lucky” and “irresponsible” strangers, the young man loses trust in the girl and is never able to view her the same way again. Although the girl did not want to advance the game once she recognized his aversion towards her actions, he was too invested in the role he was portraying to turn back. He became disgusted with the “alien whore” she had become and at once stopped treating her with the respect and love he had before, and began treating her as an object of desire. It is apparent that Kundera believes we are very complex creatures that do not have a static and stable character. Kundera wrote, “perhaps it was a part of her being which had formerly been locked up and which the pretext of the game had let out of its cage.”(pg.123) I think this quote successfully encapsulates the way Kundera perceives our character and how divergent it can be.
In Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour," there is much irony. The first irony detected is in the way that Louise reacts to the news of the death of her husband, Brently Mallard. Before Louise's reaction is revealed, Chopin alludes to how the widow feels by describing the world according to her perception of it after the "horrible" news.
For women, the 19th century was a time of inequality, oppression, and inferiority to their male counterparts. A woman's social standing depended solely on her marital status. For these reasons many women were forced to lead a life of solitude and emotional inadequacy, often causing depression. In Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour," setting plays a significant role in illustrating the bittersweet triumph of Mrs. Mallard's escape from oppression at the ironic cost of her life.
Analysis of “The Story of an Hour”. In her story “The Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin (1894) uses imagery and descriptive detail to contrast the rich possibilities for which Mrs. Mallard yearns, given the drab reality of her everyday life. Chopin utilizes explicit words to provide the reader with a background on Mrs. Mallard’s position. Chopin uses “She wept at once,” to describe Mrs. Mallard’s emotional reaction once she was told her husband had been “Killed.”
The Oscar goes to… Buster Keaton! Buster Keaton won his Oscar for comedy in 1959, two years after his film biography, “The Buster Keaton Story,” which was released in 1957 (Buster Keaton par 1). Buster Keaton, born as Joseph Frank Keaton, IV, got his nickname from the Great Houdini (Buster Keaton par 1). Buster Keaton was known as the greatest silent film clown in all of his movies in the 1920’s (Buster Keaton par 1).
The aspirations and expectations of freedom can lead to both overwhelming revelations and melancholy destruction. In Kate Chopin’s “ The Story of an Hour” Louise Mallard is stricken with the news of her husband’s “death” and soon lead to new found glory of her freedom and then complete catastrophe in the death of herself. Chopin’s use of irony and the fluctuation in tone present the idea that freedom can be given or taken away without question and can kill without warning. After learning of her husband’s death in a railroad disaster, Mrs. Mallard sinks into a deep state of grief, as one would be expected to do upon receiving such news.
In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin a woman, Louise Mallard, makes a startling and disturbing realization about her true feelings. After she is informed by her sister Josephine that her husband Brently had been killed in a train accident, Louise instantly breaks down and sobs into her arms. She then goes upstairs to her room, and stares out the window as a sudden apprehension comes to her: she is now free, her own person, and she does not have her husband to hold her back anymore. She becomes overwhelmingly excited about what her new life could now be, and the moment she goes back downstairs with Josephine, Brently walks through the door unharmed. Before Louise sees, Brently’s friend Richards and Josephine attempt to shield her eyes from the shocking development. They fail, however, and Louise dies on the spot from her heart disease.
There are many stories with twists and turns, and you never truly know what happens until you live it yourself. One story that has a twist in the plot is The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin. The story is about a lady whose husband is believed to be dead; but, in all actuality he is not. In addition, she is happy that he is dead until she finds out that he is alive. The theme is how she gave up on life until she heard the death of her husband, she then had her life to look forward to until she finds out he is alive and it shock her so much and she died.
What? Confused, have no clue? Something that one cannot understand unless they experience it. The Sixth Sense, Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan, released in 1999, incorporates this cultural fear of not knowing what is happening, or what will happen next. The 1990’s were the era of the unknown and suspense era. The Sixth Sense true its era incorporates these themes. This era of creating film did not only exist in the genre of horror films, but also many other films. During the 90’s films like: the Titanic, Harry Potter and so on and so forth. Similarly most films of the 90’s have the same underlying plot. The fear of not knowing what is going to happen next. Which suggest that during the 90’s people
“The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin, is a story that has been controversial since its publication in 1894, with reviews ranging from highly critical to great acclaim. The story follows Chopin’s character Mrs. Mallard who is introduced at the same time she is receiving news of her husband’s death. The story is largely a mixture of radical views for its time, subtle meanings, and symbolism. While modern day readers read this story with an open mind, many men - of the 1890’s and much of the 1900’s - would have been outraged at its surface meaning. However, even today Chopin’s story receives criticism for being a gross portrayal of a woman's loss. This is due to the fact that many individuals continue to view the story at face value. Nevertheless, readers of Chopin’s story will find themselves reacting either one extreme or the other. But it is this reader participation that is crucial in determining what the story will be. Despite all beliefs, Mrs. Mallard is a woman who is stuck in her time trying to escape society’s constraints, develop her own identity, all while “coping” with the loss of her husband.