The Song of Bernadette Franz Werfel’s‚ The Song of Bernadette tells the story of Saint Bernadette Soubirous. The movie Was directed by the American screenwriter‚ George Seaton and released in 1943‚ only two years after the book was published. In 1943‚ The Song of Bernadette was awarded four Ocsars for: Best Actress in a Leading Role‚ Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration‚ Best Cinematography‚ and Best Music. I believe that George Seaton’s goal for the film was not only to give the novel
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1932 In many instances‚ songs have been written to explain events that are going on in the world. The song “ brother‚ can you spare a dime” by Rudy Valle justifies that. In 1932 when the song was produced it was during the great depression where the unemployment rate was 24.1% and the economy was in a down ward spiral. The message that Rudy is trying to portray is that everyone from a businessman in a city to a union worker from this time period suffered. The changes during the 20s and 30s were
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Nichole Alfeche Musser Lit Film & Media 20 September 2014 The Written Word to a Larger Picture Literature is the written word. It may include a poem‚ play‚ or novel. The book “The Last Song” written by Nicholas Sparks‚ originated as a novel before proceeding to then is translated onto the big screen as a movie. The film was directed by Julie Ann Robinson. Books are written to tell a story through literary devices and descriptions. When translated into movies‚ the outcome is not always as
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Song dynasty and its significance in Chinese History In this article‚ I would like to introduce the "Culture History" of Song dynasty. I will mainly talk about "Literature"‚ which will be divided into 4 parts that are: 1)Poetry; 2)Prose; 3) Ci(詞); and 4)History. After introducing the Literature‚ I would like to explain Song dynasty ’s significance in Chinese History. In Zhen Zong period‚ Xi Kun Ti became popular among the high officials. The representative of the Xi Kun Ti were Yang
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Toni Morrison presents various different allusions to the Bible in her novel Song of Solomon. The most apparent examples of this are represented within the parallels between Pontius Pilate and Pilate Dead‚ along with the thematic plot of love present in the novel and in the biblical book Song of Solomon. Morrison shows a great deal of correlation between the Bible and Song of Solomon. She uses her creativity to present familiar characters in a new and different light. She is able to present the
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Maybe the past has forced you to settle or made you give up on all hope for the future. Whenever I have thoughts like these‚ I always turn to music. Natasha Bedingfeild’s song‚ “Unwritten”‚ provides not only an uplifting feeling but substantial lyrics that can provide much meaning. This song is one of the most inspiring songs I have ever heard. “I am unwritten Can’t read my mind‚ I’m undefined I’m just beginning The pen’s in my hand‚ ending unplanned Staring at the blank page before you
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holds true because many times words alone can’t touch someone but when you add the accompaniment it speaks volumes. I received the song “Suggestion” by Fugazi‚ and when I listened to it for the first time I just thought it was another song. As I listened to the song more and more and focused on the lyrics and the rhythm‚ the song started to speak to my soul. This song is all about violence on women in the forms of rape‚ sexual harassment‚ violence‚ and street harassment. It also emphasizes the aspect
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hffdd Do African American still have their freedom? That’s what Tupac Shakur would ask if he was still alive. Tupac is the author of the poem “Fallen Star”. Tupac always spoke with deep meaning‚ and he tried to express his feelings. He was a rapper who believed in freedom and respect. “Fallen star” was written for Huey Newton‚ a cofounder of the black panthers. He dedicated the poem to him showing Huey love and respect. Huey was living around the civil rights movement. He tried to be a role model
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The novel Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison tells a story of Milkman’s search of his moral development and his search of his own identity. Macon “Milkman” Dead III was on a road to isolation but evolves from a lost young man to a powerful adult that finally understands himself‚ his morals and his family. Macon is born to a special family where he has to deal with his father being materialistic and a society that is still racist. Throughout the novel‚ Milkman discovers himself ‚ family values‚ overcomes
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The song “When I Grow Up”‚ by Pussycat Dolls was released in 2009. The Pussycat Dolls were a group of five female artist who sang and performed pop music in the mid years of 2000s. In “When I Grow Up”‚ features a lot of narcissism in the lyrics that tells their audience they should grow up to be famous‚ that they are better than any other person‚ and everything they do matters. From the title of the song “When I Grow up”‚ people may not think nothing much of the song at first. Once the song plays
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