Illusions

In the “Death of a Salesman “ by Arthur Miller and “ Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald we have been introduced to the tragedy of ruined idealism. How the main characters, Willy Loman 's and Jay Gatsby 's dreams were destroyed because of their enormous desire to be succesfull and important. However, their social status, lineage, and ability to accept the reality were incompatible with their dreams. Miller provided facts that capitalism will not give a chance to an ordinary people to get an…

glass menagerie symbolizes the shattering of Laura's illusion, and ultimately foreshadows her complete destruction. Laura, as a result of the glass menagerie breaking, has essentially been broken herself. Tom’s emotional holding to Laura disallows him to break out of the glass menagerie. Although Tom lives in his own illusionary world, he is able to see the need for him to break free. On the other hand, Laura is so deeply indulged in her illusion that she is essentially blind to the real world.…

Paranoia is the heart of the Cold War. Paranoia is defined as “a mental condition characterized by delusions of...exaggeration,” and further, misperceptions of reality. This form of madness fueled the Cold War and its pop culture, government manipulation/exploitation of citizens, and the loss of humanity during the Cold War Era. Many of these themes are expressed in The Cold War 1964 film Dr. Strangelove or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Fear…

The online dictionary defines ethics as “the moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior.” I believe ethics is needed for mankind. It is our means of deciding what route to take in life. Without a foundation of ethics, one’s actions would be arbitrary and purposeless. Foundation of ethics can also be called your guiding principles in life because if you do not have what to live by, then there is no point to your existence on earth and there would be no way to work towards a goal.…

few years, contouring has become a new way of giving an optical illusion. Ladies who don’t like the size of their nose contour the sides to make it look bigger or smaller. Ladies who think the shapes of their faces do not flatter their facial features use contouring to give the appearance of a different facial shape. In this same way, they use highlighting to emphasize on the points on their faces they do like, to compliment this illusion. “Films work because the human brain has a threshold…

fictional, futuristic universe where there is a sense of control and perfect society. Some characteristics of dystopian society are propaganda, people under constant surveillance, people under total control or in a dehumanized state, the society being an illusion of a perfect utopian society, etc. First, Fahrenheit 451 and Hunger Games both use propaganda. It is the first characteristic that they show. Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society. In the book, propaganda is used to…

instead pursue a method of avoidance. This process is easy, however deludes the individual from admitting reality. Their self-perception emphasizes their good qualities, while simultaneously ignoring the bad ones. Thereby, they morph their reality with illusion to create an environment they can cope with and lead them to a sense of security and happiness. Nonetheless, these perceptions are justified from the sheer delusion…

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury takes place in a society where the citizens are under the illusion that everything is perfect, but in reality the civilization is quite undesirable. The strictly controlling government of this city feed the people ideas that they cannot question; in fact, it is looked down upon to think for oneself. Books have even been banned in this society because they provoke thought, which the government believes could create conflict. That is why the fireman in this dystopia…

photos that give a deeper meaning than of a Sci-fi movie shown this year. In this essay, I will explain how La Jetee uses transitions as well as background sounds to emphasize the still images meaning of time and reality. Chris Marker creates an illusion of time and memory within the making of La Jetee. This film shows a contrast of sci-fi films compared to the more modern ones. Marker emphasizes each still image by fading in, fading out, and dissolving each image to give the impression that it…

Jay Gatsby is a master of illusion, from his own name: “So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent” (Fitzgerald 98), to the very shirts he wears that are grandiose enough to bring Daisy to tears. Right from the very first meeting…