Evan Schwartz

Plays present a unique approach to story telling over typical novels. The little things, like the use of stage directions can dramatically alter the interoperation when reading a play. This gives the author a lot of power to tell a great story and have control over its interpretation. One of my favorite examples of a well written play is “The Farnsworth Invention” by Aaron Sorkin. This play is a fiction interpretation of the battle of inventing television. You have boy genius Philo Farnsworth competing against business mogul David Sarnoff. The story is a race to determine who really invented television. By straying away from historical accuracy, and by utilizing the story telling methods of a play, Sorkin tells a story with two extreme sides that lets the audience decide right from wrong; or in the context of television, light from darkness. Typical theater and most play writers go against breaking there fourth wall. This is where the actors directly talk to the audience. Most people believe this is wrong. Think of movies, the actors never talk directly to the viewer like they do in commercials. Plays can get away with this though. In the case of The Farnsworth Invention, it transforms the story and pulls the audience into the story. The conflict of the story makes the reader pick a side. There is no good or bad side necessarily. The reader is supposed to determine which character they feel is right. In Sorkin’s writing, he frequently breaks there fourth wall with the two…

This assignment will discuss how victims are placed at the centre of attention in police procedurals, and the theories used to assist these shows in helping them to put emphasis on the victims being the most important after a crime has taken place. A police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly illustrate the activities of a police force as they investigate crime. Over the years these procedurals have become more prominent and the most watched shows on TV,…

Audrey Evans. Realizing the hardships families face when enduring long stays in hospitals, Dr. Evans dreamed of a house that would host families that were being treated at her hospital. This concept provoked the Eagles to come up with more proceeds to make this dream a reality. Murray approached Elkman Advertising company to help campaign Dr. Evans’ idea, which eventually lead to the partnership with McDonald's.The idea was that all McDonalds in the Philadelphia region would donate a quarter…

SignPost: Next, I’ll be talking about the Laissez-faire Leadership 5. Laissez-faire Leadership: A style in which the designated leader gives up his or her formal role, transforming the group into a loose collection of individuals. An example of Laissez-faire Leadership, is when the designated leader, Seth, gives up his role as a friend, and leaves Evan at a party to risk stealing alcohol from the house owner, causing a chain reaction that shows the two members in the group splitting up, and…

Contrast between Fantastic Four of 2005 and the Fantastic Four of 2015 “In American films, the first science fiction craze came in the 50 's, fueled by cold war paranoia, and produced a wave of movies about space exploration, alien invaders and giant, radiation-infected insects.”(Moss) Science fictions is a type of American genre that discuss human relationship with science and technology. It is created to introduce science and technology to the audience as a form of entertainment. Fantastic…

Ted Talks Write-Up # 2 I. Name and background of presenter (Approximately ½ of a single-spaced page). Hugh Evans was the presenter. Evans is the Founder and CEO of the Global Poverty Project. When he was very young Evans spent time in the Philippines living among people that lived in filth and severe poverty. He said that when he was younger, he asked a lot of questions, most of them were “Why” questions. As he sat amongst the filth and poverty with the friends he met while on his travels, he…

(pp. 1-40) After reading the first forty pages in Tuesdays with Morrie, I feel that I have obtained a decent character overview of Mitch Albom and Morrie Schwartz. What I have learned so far in this book is that time can change a person. Mitch Albom was once a joyous young student, who was great friends with his dear professor, Morrie. But time changed Mitch. Experiences shaped Mitch to be a much different person; almost unrecognizable to the young man he was in college. When Mitch wrote…

“Love each other or perish” (149) This lesson was told by Morrie after he was diagnosed with ALS, a disease that would end his life before his eyes. When Morrie was diagnosed with ALS he began to look at life from a different perspective, in a very positive way matter of fact. The life lesson “Love each other or perish” (149) was a lesson Morrie taught to Mitch, a student of Morrie’s in College, he was Mitch's college professor. Morrie also taught this lesson to many people around the world and…

Spouses act as a guiding force for those around them. Also, spouses do not only affect their partner but also influence others around them. In the memoir, “Tuesdays with Morrie”, Mitch is engrossed in his work life that he does not realize that he is isolating himself from the people who love him. Mitch’s transformation is triggered by his realization that he needs to change his priorities to focus more on his personal relationships. Mitch is able to learn from not only Morrie but also from…

Essay on Tuesdays with Morrie You never stop changing as a person until the last breath of your life. Mitch Albom, the main character in Tuesdays with Morrie, drastically changes throughout the memoir. Mitch, first-handedly, experiences the final days with his professor, his “coach,” Morrie Schwartz. Weekly, specifically tuesdays, Mitch and Morrie get together for a household conference at Morrie’s house. These get togethers change Mitch as a person, the way he thinks, feels, and loves.…