Clean Well Lighted Place (Movie Critique)

As we watched the video version of Hemingway's A Clean Well Lighted Place I immediately began to see the differences between paper and film. The first major difference was the location of the old man. I n the story he was seated in the terrace under the shadows of a nearby tree's leaves, however in the video he is seated inside the cafe in a booth underneath a bright light. This makes the old man less mysterious and ruins the effect of the writing.  

The second main difference that I caught almost immediately was the way the old man acted. In the story is a polite almost subtle figure in the video.... he was an obnoxious and annoying man who would yell and repeatedly slammed his glass onto his saucer. I believe the filmmaker did his best to reenact the scenario but to me it was not very close to what Hemingway had written.

TURTLES

The homeless of the sea.

Unreliable speed racer of the reptiles.

Real honey badger of the water.

The not so cute raider of lakes.
Leaf eating lawn mower of fresh water.

Eggs of strength and power.

Seriously the greatest of animals.

Conflict in Guns

When looking up to one of the highest regarded armies in the world, it would not be surprising to be scared. However, in my book Guns For General Washington the continental army isn’t scared and will fight at any cost. This bravery does not stop all problems and this can be seen with the conflicts between soldiers. A highly ranked official Henery, is a huge and almost unobtainable role model  to compare to, this does not seem to matter to his little brother Will. This is definitely a big example of Person vs. Self.

During the beginning of the book the author introduces the scenario of Henery. It describes his importance to the fight for freedom and the plan that he has formulated for weapons. This part of the book also describes his brother Will. It explains the longing to be like his brother.

You can easily tell when the conflict is resolved later on in the book. The ending shows, and pieces together how Will became and achieved his goal becoming a great man along with a admirable soldier. For example he saved a boy from a falling cannon and also problem solved for some of the problems the army faced. His brother is very proud of this and it is apparent that Will has reached his goal of becoming like his brother.

Life...

Life… it is the magic that keeps us ticking. However it is taken for granted in almost every day of our lives, until it is on the line. Then we realize how much it means to be alive. When there is no hope, you discover that it is the most valuable thing you ever were given.

In almost every book there is more than one theme. In The Lost World, survival is one of the most obvious themes. Throughout the entire book the main characters struggle for survival on Isla Nublar. They fight greed, themselves, and the dinosaurs. During these struggles you are taken on an emotional and physical struggle, through which the characters find how important it means to be alive.

There is another example of this theme in the same book. Throughout the story many battles and struggles of the dinosaurs are described. As the dinosaurs try to protect themselves and their young they must compete with predators for life.

There are very many themes that can describe a story. And these themes can be shared between thousands of books. I myself wrote a small short story that actually displays the theme of survival. In this short story Earl the main character, struggles to survive in the cold rainy wilderness. At one point in the story he must overcome fear and escape a grumpy bear.  During this and many more points he is faced with life threatening situations and see how much life means.

This ticking magic is us. It is what makes the separation between background and foreground. The fight for this magic is a very common theme but it is a great one. 

Snow

Snow Plummets 

Radically Spinning and Turning

Out of control

Crashing 

Covering the ground 

Blanketing everything in its path 

Unrelenting 

Everywhere

Slippery

The Step

The Slip 

The Crash 

The Death

The All Seeing Eye

It was evening. The sun turning the sky into many shades of purples, pinks, and oranges. The cool temperatures of night begin to settle. The symphonic noise of crickets gives life to the dead evening. A soft breeze blows in off of the small lake in which swans begin their evening meals. The subtle thunder of cars on the road nearby gives a sort of whispering effect. You begin to hear a heated conversation of two men beneath. As if knowing you heard, there is a bang. One man is left as the other runs into the distance but you must not intervene with humans. You are a magnificent maple. You witness all events and actions of this beautiful dignified place. 

Prediction

The Scarlet Letter is a book that starts off as slow ans humanly possible. It retains this excitement throughout most of the book even through this huge barrier I can still see where the story is going. My prediction could be spot on or way off. It just depends on the events that occur. This barrier still got in my way and I gave up and stopped reading. 

Hester the main character is kind of unpredictable in the way she acts. You can think that she is going to do one thing but she ends up doing something entirely different. This makes the prediction harder to make but also makes the character more complex. I also have to take into account the other character's feelings. For example Chillingworth is furious because he lost his wife and is now lonely. He isn't mad at Hester but the one she had the affair with. Then there is Dimmesdale who wants to take Pearl away from Hester because she is an unfit parent.

I believe that Hester will eventually release the name of her lover and his identity will be revealed. This action will cause Chillingworth to lose his temper and murder the lover to try and win back Hester. Hester, seeing what has been done will not want to get back with Chillingworth and will move to England with her daughter Pearl. 

The reason for me making making this was the envy Chillingworth had for the lover. He wanted the love Hester once had for him. This envy is a very common motive in books and stories alike. An example of this jealousy is in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves the classic children movie. In the movie it shows the Dark Queen's envy for Snow White which is then turned into a obsession to kill her.