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Facing a detrimental loss triggers multiple reactions. Some facing loss stay stuck in that tragic event and never move forward, but others grieve their loss and use that experience to grow while persu…

Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot introduces a new type of irrationality and absurdity to the audience that rejects logic and reason. This rejection of reason and acceptance of irrationality is …

Just imagine it's a Friday night and you're with your friends deciding what movie to watch, if you were to say "Hey let's watch the emoji movie" trust me, they wouldn't be your friends for much longer…

My previous understanding of classical music was little to no. It's not often that I spent my time listening to classical music but when I did I never thought much of it. The only reason why I listene…

Beyonce is commonly known for her astounding singing and acting skills, all- time various grammy-winning record holder, catchy hit songs, and being a prime vocalist to a group trio "Destiny's Child", …

In 2020, an amazing documentary on Netflix was released called The Social Dilemma, which is an amazing interpretation of how the internet and social media affect the whole population of the world. It …

Money and materialism are worthless themselves because it blinds too many people in real life. Many of these people know that someone has to die in order for money to come. In this film, I have seen h…

Simulated violence does not cause actual violence. Simulated violence is defined as being an imitation of physical aggression in the form of games and television. There is a lot of evidence to support…

How can a film perfect its craft through its use of prestigious film techniques? Shrek, produced by John H. Williams, is a classic animated film that portrays the quest of the protagonist, Shrek, emba…

As far-fetched as evil spirits that turn people to stone and fleecy magical blue dragons, the Disney film Raya and the Last Dragon uncoincidentally connects many thematic elements with Christian belie…

The reality show "Below Deck: Mediterranean" is a way into seeing the world in the employees' point of view, as in staying up late to answer the passenger's beck and call also having to tidy up and wa…

Imagine you are at home and see something on your phone that gets your mind racing. You go on to your Instagram account to say something like "the way the school runs their funding is dumb and Ms.Prin…

Many teaching strategies are used in schools today, but one very effective teaching strategy that should be utilized everywhere is the use of film. Film, in this generation, has become incorporated in…

Are you a parent who thinks video games are terrible for a child's well-being? Do you think children have nothing to benefit from video games and will harm your children's health? Well, there is an ar…

Do you recognize tropes or racist stereotypes in movies you watch? Do you call out tropes in movies? If you do not even recognize these racist tropes then how are other people supposed to know what th…

Racial discrimination and segregation have been some of the most controversial and persistent topics throughout the history of the United States. The episode "Awakenings" of the docuseries "Eyes on th…

After watching "The Anthropologist" and seeing how the anthropologist in this film prepare their work, I was quite surprised and learned so much of how they go about their jobs. One thing that I found…

Magic is something we all have heard of, yet not everyone believes it exists. Magic disguises itself in all sorts of different ways. It's everywhere. For example, magic could be found in a book series…

Many people have subjective feelings towards what is and what is not considered to be music, which begs the question, do you think that tap dancing should be included under the category of music? As m…

Sergei Eisenstein, a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, passed away in 1948. His last work was a trilogy of Ivan the Terrible's life. (1) Eisenstein worked on Ivan the Terrible for five ye…

The film Election primarily involves two characters: Tracy Flick and Jim McAllister. The film centers on these two characters who are involved in a school election. Between Tracy and Mr. McAllister, M…

Myspace started the social media craze that is still going on today. However, since 2003 Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat have quickly taken over as the top social media apps. Social media has c…

Social media is something that has been growing over the last 10+ years. For social media settings such as Tik Tok, Facebook, and Instagram to function on the daily, they require the use of different …

From Katniss and Primrose Everdeen to Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, siblings form some of the most iconic relationships in both film and literature. Without Primm, Katniss never would have volunteered to…

"Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They ain't got no family and they don't belong no place." Said, George. John Steinbeck wrote the award-winning fictional- traged…

Every day people are scrolling through social media and many will discover a photo of people living in third world countries. They are suffering from starvation and their bones are visible through the…

As the world has evolved, so has the technology and evidently different social media platforms. It began with Instagram, Facebook and Twitter as well and all became a way for people to communicate and…

Social media is always working in the background of time. We will communicate, move, tweet, like and reblog at all times of the day. According to the British Psychological Society, about 90% of teens …

When all odds are against you are you quick to give up or do you persevere through? In the dramatic film The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell, a first-year teacher finds all odds against her when she is …

¨If you have a dream, don't let anybody take it away¨, by Selena Quintanilla. The woman known as the ¨Queen of Tejano Music¨ made a huge impact on Latino communities. Her music revolutionized Tejano i…