The Host: Movie Analysis

To my understanding, the movie Home for the Holidays not only reveals a lot of potential family conflicts, but also reflects a lot of different communication approaches of the various family members. As a foreigner, I have never experienced Thanksgiving homecoming dinner before, so I may cannot understand some of the holiday customs in the movie, but I found out that their family interactions are interesting indeed.

During the end of the 3rd Century, the Playwright Plautus wrote many of the first Roman comedies. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical comedy film adaptation of Plautus's comedies.Set in ancient Rome, many aspects of Roman theatre, including stock characters, were included in the film’s production. While the film is based off of multiple comedies, Plautus's Pseudolus character Calidorus is nearly identical to the film’s Hero. During the time Pseudolus was written, the Crisis of the Third Century led to up to 25% of Roman population being comprised of slaves(Southern). Of the many stock characters Platus included in his comedies, Calidorus/Hero, the son of Pseudolus’s owner and the stock character adulescens, best

Jun-sang lived a better quality life than most North Koreans. His family lived in a freestanding house with a garden to grow vegetables. In addition, the family also owned five wooden wardrobes containing quality clothing and quilts from Japan. In North Korea, a household with more wardrobes meant the family was prosperous. Jun-sang’s family possessed more appliances than their neighbors. These appliances included: a television, sewing machine, electric fan, and a refrigerator. Jun-sang had a pet dog which was unusual in North Korea. Dogs served the purpose as a meal rather than a companion. Although Jun-sang’s family was prosperous, they were lumped into the hostile class because they were Japanese Korean. There was also a constant fear within Jun--sang that his family would be sent to the gulag. Jun-sang’s father is not hesitant to beat his children with a stick if he thinks it will instill fear in his children to get higher scores in school (Demick, 18). high goals of attending the most prestigious university (Kim Il-sung Uni) are the main goal of Jun-sang and his father (Demick, 18). Rigorous studies and career oriented path leaves no time for girls or dating (Demick, 19). Both of Jun-sang’s parents were born in Japan (Demick, 32). They were part of “a cross section of Korean society” made up of people who were forced to support Japan in war efforts, high ranking people that have gone there to study, or immigration workers (Demick, 32). Propaganda stirred up an image

I watched the film “The True Welcome PBS Episode 4”. The film covered how the great depression of the 1930’s impacted Jazz music. When the stock market crashed in the start of the 1930’s, many Americans lost their jobs and homes, and as a result, couldn’t afford the luxury of spending money in entertainment. Music stores were selling less records. Although, poverty was prevalent during this period, Jazz music became an outlet for Americans. Places like “The Savoy” ballroom in Harlem would fill up because of the new Jazz style that was being played: Swing music.

Dave is a young child in the 1970s. He is at home and gets abused by his mother. His father tries to stop his mom from abusing him but he makes it worst and his mother ends up abusing him even more. Dave is only about in the 3rd or 4th grade. He has scars on his body and the teachers start to notice him. Throughout Dave's childhood whenever he did something wrong or he didn’t do his chores the way his mom wanted him to he ended up getting a severe punishment. Some of those punishments were harsh and something no child should ever have to go through.

In today’s world we are seeing a growing concern for our younger generation that is growing up with the struggles of obesity, many of them are starting to deal with the same health issues that were isolated to adults just a few years ago. In the movie Fed Up the director Stephanie Soechtig wanted to open our eyes to the issue that has gone unnoticed for so long, that fact that the food industry has been hiding the truth about our eating habits. In the movie they spoke about, “how the soda industry fund research study that help to say that soft drinks have nothing to do with obesity” (Soechtig, 2014).

1. A) Korean military brides faced a lot of problems marrying the U.S. service man both in the United States and in Korea. Many Korean citizens had bad impressions on U.S. service man because they killed a lot of innocent Korean people without getting any punishments. So when many young Korean women were going to marry U.S. service man, there were a lot of public criticisms in Korea. Before going to the United States, military brides need to learn how to prepare American food and other American customs. Many of the young military brides were former camp-town prostitutes with little or no education. Compared to their husband, they had higher education and usually older. After moving back to the United States with their husband, they “experienced cultural shock”, racism, and also language barriers (Lee, Lee, p.460). Besides these problems, Korean wives also

Within the first few sentences of the novel, the husband delves into the inner working of his marriage and admits, “It was only natural that I would marry the most run-of-the-mill woman in the world” (Kang 12). Also, he, “always thought of her as completely unremarkable in every way” (11). Oblivious, he does not comprehend the deeper meaning behind these statements. He attempts to describe Yeong-hye, but the words fit his personality better. Yeong-hye ditches her “run-of-the-mill” and “unremarkable” character when her violent nightmares begin. She breaks South Korean norms by forgoing meat and animal byproducts. Not only does this complicate what she can consume, as she disposes of, “Beef and pork, pieces of chicken, at least 200,000-won worth of saltwater eel,” (18) but her personal choice leaves her family members furious. Yeong-hye’s father lashes out against her, slapping her across the face and attempting to force-feed her, which pushes the woman to the edge and she slashes her wrists. Yeong-hye perseveres with her vegan diet despite the outside forces working to break her, making her extraordinary and remarkable. Her husband’s actions ensure that he fulfills the “run-of-the-mill” half of the relationship. Instead of standing up for his wife, he allows his

Jid Lee’s To Kill a Tiger: A Memoir of Korea follows Jid Lee and her family through the struggles and tension produced by the historical events that occurred. Historical events impacted gender roles, education, and family dynamics in South Korea, producing a tension between traditional Korean values and contemporary ideas. The importance of Jid Lee’s book is it has an insight of what it was like to live in Korea during the time were contemporary ideas were becoming a bigger influence in the society, which were brought in by the American influences in the government. Also, it is an unfamiliar point of view that presents information that some readers did not know.

Euny Hong begins by describing her family’s move to Korea and how the country changed before her eyes. She shares her childhood memories of Korea, highlighting the social and technological changes occurring over the past decades. In attending a school that functioned as a “testing ground,” Hong observed some of the changes taking place first hand. Part of this experience included the different approaches to the different genders in school, an inequality that is slowly disappearing. Hong inquires as to how the country has changed as much as it has and alludes to the newfound presence of irony in

After reading the class notes for this film, I felt curiosity to watch this movie since I love films about love. Moreover, it was heartbreaking the scene where the men were trying to immigrate to another country due to the fact it involves dangerous obstacles while in that journey. Additionally, it felt good to know that there still good people in the world able to help others like the swimming professor who helped the boys from Iraq even though he could get in trouble because of the absurd law that it was forbidden to help immigrants. Furthermore, it was lovely to see how hard the boy was trying to be reunited with his girlfriend Minna, that he was able to risk his life for it. Also we could realize how much the swimming professor

In conclusion, this was all about the life of Esther Ahn Kim. She was in misery and in horrible pain but at the very end still chose to follow God. It wasn’t just Esther’s personality or accomplishments that resulted Korea to be completely transformed, but it was because she suffered for

In the 20th century, Korea had to go through many troubles, or challenges, due to various factors such as lose of independence by Japanese colonialism and Korean War. These factors have caused even more subordinate issue, which some of them are still on a debate, such as “comfort women”. It is common for conventional South Korean narratives to tend to blame Japanese colonialism and North Korea for most of these troubles; however, while it is hard to deny that Japan and North Korea were the main elements that caused many serious problems, there are something being missed by the narrative. Although Japanese were using Korean people as resources to expand their colonialism, there were many Korean who decided to side with Japanese government in

It’s easy to dismiss Bong Joon-ho’s The Host as your typical monster movie or horror flick without giving it a second glance. However, once you look past the surface of the film, it can be seen that much of the movie focuses on the troubled relationship between the US and South Korea.

"Split" is a rated PG-13 horror movie released on January 20, 2017 that was not only written, but also directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Shyamalan is renowned in the entertainment business for his movies filled with a great deal of twists and turns. An example of some of the movies that he has written and directed with such a style are "The Sixth Sense" as well as "The Village". Split is no different and bares M. Night Shyamalan's signature style of suspenseful movies accompanied by many twists and turns.