I Run to You

I Need You Now “I Need You Now,” by Lady Antebellum, was featured in the 2012 film Zero Dark Thirty, and it was used in television series such as Hellcats and The Glades. The song tells a realistic story about a man and a woman who loved each other, but their pride kept them apart. In the beginning, the woman sings about all of the "Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor" (line 1,2). All of the perfect things they've done together, came to an end. She missed him, and now she's broken. The man and woman, both want to be with each other. They missed each other a lot. Furthermore, they lose control, and they don't know what to do without each other. They need each other. Both the man and woman wonder if they were ever on each…

Pidge. Why do you need one?” “Because I’m having the anxiety of a lifetime for the testing we have tomorrow.” “You’re smart, you’ll do fine. Go to sleep.” “Ah, come on Hunk, bore me with one of your stories!” Hunk signed, plugging in his lava lamp for extra light, “Alright, fine. Uh, the story takes place in New Orleans, 1930.” “No, no, no! Do the flapper days of the 1920’s!” “Okay, okay! New Orleans, in the 1920’s. With a man named Keith, who is in his early twenties, black hair styled in the…

In his book, James Brown the Godfather of Soul, he states “I wasn’t supposed to be James. I wasn’t supposed to be Brown. And I wasn’t supposed to be alive.” (Brown & Tucker, chapter 1 pg. 1) In Barnell, South Carolina in a one room shack on May 3, 1933, James Joe Brown Jr. was born. (Brown & Tucker, chapter 1 pg. 1) From the very beginning, Brown’s life had various struggles from his mother leaving to his father’s gambling habit. (Brown & Tucker, pg.4-7) Despite his father’s gambling habit,…

After a while, Santa opened the freezer door to see if the snowman was frozen. Surprisingly, before Santa could take the Snowman out, he jumped out of the freezer, ran through the kitchen, and out of the house shouting, “Don’t eat me!” Santa and his elf ran behind the Snowman yelling, “Stop! Stop!” The snowman was faster. He ran yelling, “Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me I’m the Snowman.” The Snowman ran through the street and…

10 Things I Hate About You is pretty much a title everyone would know when they hear it and it would fall under the genre of romance, drama, comedy and a teen film with an intended audience for teens. Some of the genre conventions would have would be drama, romance, conflict, family problems, and betrayal. I first watched it because it was the one movie that pretty much everyone I knew had watched and talked about and I was just clueless on what they were talking about. When I first watched this…

Shakespeare 's play “Taming of the Shrew” and the 1990’s film, 10 Things I Hate About You,both aim to reflect the common ideas of- relationships, feminism, appearance verus reality and transformation. However, the context and intended audience of both texts forces varied representations and interpretations of these ideas. The use of film techniques and modern day music are used in 10 Things to appeal to a modern audience, while Taming of the Shrew is represented using literary techniques. 10…

explore the theme of relationships in their texts. A range of film techniques in Gil Junger’s ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ and literary techniques in Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’ are used to convey ideas that sibling relationships can grow and change over time, romantic relationships require trust and that favouritism in families can have negative effects. In ‘Taming of the Shrew’ characters are employed to show that sibling relationships may not evolve over time. Katherina and Bianca’s…

The Taming of the Shrew is a play wrote by William Shakespeare between 1590 and 1592. At the beginning of the play you meet Christopher Sly, whose a drunken man all the time. Sly gets kicked out of the bar and he eventually ends up falling asleep next to the lord’s house. When the lord gets home from hunting, he sees Sly lying on the ground passed out from being drunkhe orders his people to take Sly into the house and clean him up and put him into the house’s nicest bed and be taken care of. …

Zeffirelli 's 1967 romantic comedy,The Taming of The Shrew, and Gil Junger’s 1999 classic, Ten Things I Hate About You, are based on a shakespearian play, The Taming Of The Shrew. The 1967 film shares a name with the original play, and is based in the Elizabethan Era and the destination the original play takes place, Padua. Similarly, the modern take on the play is a high school cliche, set in Padua High School. Both films are most often viewed as the tale of two lovers, but are argued to be far…

Ten Things I Hate About Shrew William Shakespeare is one of the most preeminent playwrights to have ever sauntered this earth. Shakespeare has composed hundreds of sonnets, plays and stories which range from romance to humor. One of his most memorable works is The Taming of the Shrew, which is a humorous play, which also expresses elements of romance. In today’s terms, the play would be considered a romantic comedy. The Taming of the Shrew has been adapted in many different ways. A very famous…