While I was reading God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, I found my mi nd wondering to the boy. I think he is the most interesting character in th e short story and I would like to open a discussion about him. While I understand this story is fictional and set in a different time period, … Continue reading This May Be Mhttp://dh17.chalcedonyco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1200px-Brigham_Young_University_medallion.svg_.pngy Lonhttp://dh17.chalcedonyco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1200px-Brigham_Young_University_medallion.svg_.pnggest Rant Yet
“I feel fine”
The last three words of the latter reading, “Hills like White Elephants,” to me show some amount of dissonance between this man and woman. There is this unknown operation that is going to or scheduled to occur on the woman, and the man seems to have a much higher vested interest in it. While undeclared, […]
Hills Like White Elephants Analysis
I was reading “Hills Like White Elephants” again (I say again because I read it in high school and maybe one other time since) and this time I was struck with the meaning moreso than before. So I might try to give a little explanation of what I think “Hills…
Out of Context
Short stories can be difficult to process. It seems ironic that the lack of material provided through a short story
“Uncle George Gave Both Indians a Cigar”
My first impressions of Hemingway were how simple of a language he wrote his short stories. They were easy and interesting to read. It was almost as if the stories just flowed along like the boat they road in to see the pregnant woman. And yet, when I finished the story, Indian Camp. I was … Continue reading “Uncle George Gave Both Indians a Cigar”
How was I suppose to read Hemingway?
Friedrich, Caspar David, 1774-1840. Traveller Looking Over the Sea of Fog, Wanderer Above the Sea of Mist, Wanderer Above the Mists. c.1818. Ah yes, there’s nothing better then the feeling that you’ve joined the club. My friend, who is an English grad student here, hosted a Halloween party last month where the theme was to… Read More How was I suppose to read Hemingway?
Summed Star Wars Films
Here’s a bit of my own Screwmeneutics.
Episode I: Phantom Menace
Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Episode IV: A New Hope
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
A couple of quick observations, following the tried-and-true method of pattern recognition followed by interpretation:
- It’s interesting to see the original trilogy (episodes 4-6) have vignetting while the prequels do not.
- Both episodes 1 and 3 have two-person blobs; apparently, the mano e mano approach wasn’t as important in episode 2.
- Empire Strikes Back has a very clear color palette with the opening on Hoth, but it doesn’t seem to affect the finished sum all that much. In the end, it looks fairly similar to Return of the Jedi, which you would expect to have the green tones of Endor dominate. Perhaps it’s Dagobah in Empire that makes for the green tones there.
- Stars show up in both Episode 6 and 7, as well as Rogue One. For all the space travel, it’s strange that these are the only three that feature this. Do they have more time in space? Or is it a feature of something like the credits that causes this sort of burn-in? What’s more, what do we make of the fact that there are two of the “new” films that have stars, one of the “classic” films, and none of the prequels?
500 Days of Summer
500 Days of Summer is a love story that isn’t quite a love story. The guy doesn’t get the girl. They do not go skipping into the sunset and everything is not okay. It has the two best actors (Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel). 500 Days of […]
Digital Surrealism: The Great Gatsby
The Truman Show: summed and barcoded
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