Dorothy Day

The movie Groundhog Day is used to analyze how a character can change from a bad to a good person by the end of the movie. We are able to analyze this change through the lens of Plato and Aristotle. I must argue that it is indeed possible for a character to change from bad to good by the end of a movie. At the beginning of the movie, Phil was not a good person because he was full of himself, sarcastic, and did not value people or work. Phil seems like he would be an easy person to get along…

loved one? Dia de los Muertos, also known as “The Day of the Dead” is a Mexican holiday in which family and friends gather together to remember the lives of their loved ones who have passed away. They also use this holiday to help support the spiritual journey their loved ones are taking. Many people from all religious and ethnic backgrounds celebrate Dia de los Muertos. It has its roots in pre-columbian cultures and beliefs (Day_of_the_Dead). The Day of the Dead usually begins on Wednesday,…

Halloween costumes are an exciting and intriguing part of the October holiday. People of all ages come together in this tradition of becoming something or someone else by adorning masks, makeup, wigs, and even sharp teeth. What was once a ritual of avoiding death's hand, has now become a popular event in modern society. Costumes themselves have a specific culture in Halloween. Young adults and teenagers in particular seem to have almost a conformity in their styles of costumes. The way our…

It is often said that a picture is worth a million words. If that is true, how many words would a statue be worth? When people or events are memorialized, they contain a message so powerful, it becomes a duty to let it be known. Sometimes it a difficult journey and other times it's very simple. Conditions have to be just right so that the memorial is well accepted. The factors to be take into consideration before memorializing a person or event include, the location, the design of the monument,…

The most common way to honor or respect an individual or event is by creating a very elaborate and well thought out monument. Through careful consideration, a monument can successfully commemorate an individual or event. With the proper size, location, design, and purpose. A monument can stand out and strongly memorialize that individual or event. A monuments size and location can depict an honorable moment of history. The amount of time taken to deliberately portray an honoree, a monument can…

you do differently? In Groundhog Day, reporter, Phil Connors experiences the blessing and curse of repeating Groundhog Day over and over again in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. This dejavu like course of events allows Phil to choose how his day goes, knowing that he will be able to relive it the next day without consequences. His character and demeanor changes throughout the film from his initial personality, through his repeating days, and once the repeating days end. While Phil’s journey in the…

Halloween focuses on accepting death for a day and shifting the norm upside down. However El Dias de los Muertos is a holiday that uses various forms of festivities to celebrate death accept it and one could argue actually cherish it. The notion that death is cherish in Los Dias de los Muertos, which is Spanish for the day of the dead, can be seen through the practices of festivities that are done. One portion of the festivities that are done within the day of the dead is the fact that many…

Halloween and Day of the Dead have many things in common and I believe that the two holidays are more similar than different. The two holidays are alike in the ways that in both you have to dress up in costumes, they both have the colors orange and black as the main colors in the holiday celebrations, and that they eat sweets and candy during this holiday. The Day of the Dead and Halloween are similar in the fact that in both holidays people dress up in costumes. In Day or the Dead they dress…

I appointed the song “Whatever It Takes” by Imagine Dragons. Not only did I choose this song because it is one of my favored songs, but I chose it because it has poetic merit. I believe that my song has poetic merit because of three poetic elements: symbolism, biblical things, and imagery. My song has numerous of different varieties of imagery. One line of imagery is, “‘Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins.” This is a case of imagery because it utilizes your sight. In addition, another form…

Being one of the highest paying professionals, successful actor and hilarious comedian, best known by his real name, Robin Williams, was born on July 21, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois. He developed an unconditional love for his style in a stand-up comedy. He achieved his own T.V. show called Mork and Mindy (1978-1972), and played many important parts, one with with Robert Altman in the film Popeye (1980). He played multiple remarkable movie roles, both comical and sensational. After only three…