“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
Albert Einstein
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The similarities of this clip with the movie is that a lot of the dialogue is word for word. The actor playing Walter is exactly as I envisioned him, the way he uses his mannerisms to show his contempt for his family. The actor makes me hate him more than I did with the book!
In the book, I couldn't visualize some of the characters and this movie helped with my perception. I thought the mom would be more mean like in the book, but she seems more quiet and easy going in the book.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Themes from the 1960s:
Segregation is the separation of humans into racial groups in daily life. It may apply to activities such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King has become a national icon in the history of modern American liberalism.
A Hippie is a person who was raised under the ideological system that came out of the tumultuous 1960's in North America and western Europe. They are either of the flower-child/baby boomer generation or that generations' subsequent offspring. They possess a core belief set revolving around the values of peace and love as being essential in an increasingly globalized society, and they are oftentimes associated with non-violent anti-governmental groups. There is a stigma of drug abuse attached to the hippies that is prevalent to this day, specifically the use and abuse of marijuana and hallucinagens
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