Both Evans and Wood fit under the stereotypical views of an attractive white man or woman in America. Evans is tall and muscular, with light colored hair and eyes accompanied by five o’clock shadow. Wood is nothing short of a blonde bombshell, with blue eyes to match and makeup enhancing both her lips and eyes. Individually, the actors can be described
The picture focuses on Tracy (the wondrous Evan Rachel Wood), a sensitive, impressionable, profoundly confused teen, who out of desperation and uncertainty, turns to nihilism. Some have deemed the picture lurid and exploitative, but for the more liberal-minded, its message is significant and has value
What if you were raped and nobody knew about it? In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda was raped and she didn’t tell anyone. Before school started Melinda was at a party and she was drunk. She was raped in the woods that night by an older senior , Andy Evans. She called the police and she was blamed for calling the police on the party but, its because she never told anyone she was raped. Through many different events and people Melinda changes from being shy to feeling confident. I
The main character of speak, Melinda Sordino, has been raped by a guy name Andy Evans at a party the summer before entering her freshman year. Melinda does not speak about what happened to her at the party and nobody would talk to her because of her decision to call the cops. Although she decided to leave before the cops showed up. “I learned what makes men rape… it is power and privilege. I learned what makes women silent. It is fear…” (Pearson, 24). Melinda is determined to keep quiet and erase
most reasonable. Every student, even her ex-best friend, Rachel Bruin, gives her nasty looks and treats her rudely. All this trouble started when Melinda called the cops at an end-of-summer party. Everybody thinks she did that just to bust them and get all the people in trouble but instead, she called the cops for something more terrifying. During the night of that party, she was raped by a senior who goes to Merryweather High, Andy Evans, by who she calls IT or Andy Beast. She was too scared and
The act of speaking out creates the difference between a depressed person and an optimistic socialized person. In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, learning how to speak out is the main theme; the protagonist Melinda learns how to speak out about what happened to her during the summer. The act of speaking out is also exemplified through various methods by characters like David Petrakis, Melinda’s lab partner, and Mr. Freeman Melinda’s Art teacher. David Petrakis argues with Mr. Neck, the
Across The Universe is a story that takes you into the lives of the true flower children during the 1960s. Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), Jude (Jim Sturgess), and Max (Joe Anderson), are on a journey to achieve peace, love, and happiness. Lucy and Max are siblings whose family is very wealthy. Lucy loses her first true love to the War in Vietnam and begins to spiral into depression. Her brother, Max, drops out of college against his family’s wish, and he and Lucy run away to New York City to escape
Darren Aronofsky, born February 12, 1969, is known for his American Films and collaborations with cinematographer Andrew Weisblum and soundtrack composer Clint Mansell. Aronofsky is probably best known for films involving graphic surreal scenes, without a doubt containing drugs, nudity, gore, sex and even sometimes all of the above. While the scenes and script are structured to make its audience’s stomachs drop, it’s the way they fulfill a complete story that makes the work of Darren Aronofsky so
Superstar Beyonce Knowles was People magazine's 2012 World's Most Beautiful Woman. She is also a spokesperson for L'Oreal cosmetics. Beyonce is happily married to Jay-Z, born Shawn Carter, one of the most successful entertainers in rap history. Although Jay-Z is a behemoth in the entertainment world, he accomplished this based on talent, not looks. He and Beyonce are a true American power couple. An actress with an impressive acting resume under her belt, Christina Hendricks of "Mad Men" has been
Film scholar Louis Gianetti says, “In the field of cinema, the achievement of the Women’s Movement [of the 1960’s] has been considerable, though most present-day feminists would insist that there is still much to be accomplished in the battle against patriarchal values” (428). Gianetti’s words are an understatement. Women in Hollywood are underrated, underrepresented, and generally shoved into the background of the film industry. However, with film becoming one of the most pervasive and influential
Music therapy is used to treat people for various reasons and there are multiple styles of treatment presently being used. Music therapy is an effective form of therapy that is used on people of all ages to improve quality of life. Music therapy has been used in the medical industry for more than 60 years and there are many people who have no idea what it is. During W.W.I., music therapy in the United States began to develop when music was used in the Veterans Administration Hospitals as an intervention
the last song of the album and of the same name “Eat Me, Drink Me.” At the time of conception, Manson was in the midst of a divorce from burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese after being caught in a peculiar relationship with the actress half his age Evan Rachel Wood. The age difference alone with Manson and Evan’s illicit relationship pays homage to Carroll’s relation to Alice obscure relationship. The peculiar continues throughout the album on to the finale. The song “Eat Me, Drink Me” opens to a vision
Long-term Solution, and It Has Come a Long Way since Three Mile Island and Chernobyl." The Futurist 1 Nov. 2009: 1+. Print. Tillerson, Rex. "Meeting Global Energy Supply and Demand Challenges." Exxon Mobil Corporation. 1 July 2008. Web. 10 Mar. 2010 . Wood, John H., David F. Morehouse, and Gary R. Long. "Long Term World Oil Supply." Energy Information Administration. 18 Aug. 2004. Web. 05 Apr. 2010. .
“Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.” These words from Sai Baba, a Hindu philosopher, speaks the importance of living life to the fullest, an opportunity that was at risk in my scary start to life. Surprisingly, there’s no special legacy behind my name, but with that being said, my full name is Kendra Autumn Tucker. Michelle Tucker gave birth at 6:10 A.M. at Sioux
Virginia Woolf's Jacob's Room - Jacob Flanders, Many Things to Many Readers Listless is the air in an empty room, just swelling the curtain; the flowers in the jar shift. One fibre in the wicker arm- chair creaks, though no one sits there. - Jacob's Room The year 1922 marks the beginning of High Modernism with the publications of T. S. Eliot's The Wasteland, James Joyce's Ulysses, and Virginia Woolf's Jacob's Room. Woolf's novel, only her third, is not generally afforded the iconic worship
In this millennium virtual world, Internet, digital media and social media have emerged as most popular media of communication. Its reach, freedom to communicate and interact without barriers of geography, religion. caste, community and language made it most used media for interaction among people and masses. World is witnessing that social media has revolutionized the communication and brought the interactivity to a new level. The focus of web technologies towards social interactions, community