Essays on Entertainment

Hollywood's Limitations in Portraying American History Hollywood has been very limited in the portrayal of American history. It has purposefully ignored presenting certain important events in our country's past. Hollywood seems to only produce films that are attractive and likable, especially those that will attract money and earnings. This is achieved,...

Tradition and Oral CustomsTradition is a simple and clear word; yet, it carries a plethora of essential connotations, including awareness, identity, feelings, guidance, and community. Oral customs, it is still real, are not normative and prescriptive literature. They should not attempt to illuminate things that may be in this universe,...

Authors express themselves in a variety of ways. The author's writing style is what separates and distinguishes the narrative from the others. The use of words, the fluency of sentences, and the author's voice all add to a piece's individuality. Another aspect of style that makes an essay fascinating is...

Songs as Unifying InstrumentsSongs are an effective instrument for uniting communities of people, as well as for helping them communicate shared feelings and bring them to action. In this respect, some songs appear as anthems for unique generations.Lee Greenwood s God Bless America Lee Greenwood s God Bless...

Toni Cade Bambara s The Lesson Toni Cade Bambara s The Lesson is a tale told from the eyes of a teenage African American girl called Sylvia. Bambara employs the title character, Sylvia, and the schoolteacher, Miss Moore, as vehicles to express her message about African Americans...

Magical Realism Magical Realism is the art of enthralling something that would be impossible to believe in today's world. It's not like the magical children's novel, where everything is shocking, extraordinary, and overdone. Instead, magical realism helps magic seem more otherworldly and commonplace. Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel One Hundred Years of...

Many writers have made heavy use of figurative vocabulary and imagery in their works. Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi used graphic novels as one of the visual forms to express a message about what a young girl child was seen in her life in a war-torn Iraq. A graphic novel contains...

Battle Royal: An Intriguing Tale of Social Conflict and Irony Battle Royal is an intriguing tale that has been written very well. The story tackles a number of concerns, including the social conflict that occurs between the characters, especially between whites and blacks. Social Conflict and Irony In terms of his life, the...

In the film A Rumor of War (1977) Actor Philip Caputo recounts his experiences as a Lieutenant in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. Caputo's first mission in Vietnam (March 1965) teaches him that his ideal notion of war bears little similarity to the violence he and his colleagues face...

Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is regarded as one of the most influential films in cinema history, especially in the horror genre. The film, which broke box office records, has a simple storyline, a small cast, a few unite effects and just a few locations. According to the story, Marion...

Gordon Parks directed the film Shaft (1971), a private investigator named John Shaft who is charged with saving the daughter of Harlem from kidnappers of Italian descent. Melvin Van Peebles directed Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (who also stars in it). The film tells the story of a fictional African American...

Technological Progress and Social IdentityTechnological progress has resulted in a dramatic change in how people shape social identities in the modern world. There are a variety of television shows, social media networks, blogs, and other internet media that provide facts and photographs that affect people's attitudes and beliefs these days....