Category: Critical Reflection

In the short story, The Secret Lion, the author tinkers around with the idea of maturity by creating different symbols to represent various ideas of growing up. The main character, who now joins the cult of junior high, experiences slight changes from his younger life that will eventually become a thing of the past. In…

One boy, one boat, one tiger, and one cinematic success! Foxton pulls back the curtain on this years most visually enticing film as Ang Lee brings to life Yann Martels Life of Pi. From land to sea, human to tiger, despair to hope  this film is nothing short of a cinematic miracle. Ang Lees…

Outliers Reflection Paper &Outlier organizations are outliers precisely because they are unique and different. (p. 5) In the first chapter, the authors elaborate on how the Boilerplate strategy is questioned due to the obstruction of momentary competitive advantage theories. They are caused by shifts in the industry and outlier organizations. The author explains how deviant…

What are human experiences? Well, people have different definitions of what a human experience is. In my opinion, a human experience is when someone does something that could be good as it could be bad, and by doing something they can learn if they should do it again or if it was a bad idea…

The documentary chosen for this critique was Generation Like, which focuses on a generation which is completely engrossed in social media. The documentary follows how social media is used by everyone, how its used by marketing companies to make money, and how companies use is to get their products and content out into the hands…

The story enacts the theme of bondage and freedom at its best. Physical bondage is represented through Philip’s club foot, economic bondage through his dependence on his uncle, and religious bondage is presented through religious restrictions and compulsions at the vicarage and in the church at Blackstable. Philip’s love affair with Mildred represents the bondage…

Before this class, my personal views of literature consisted of my entire school life. Growing up and having the privilege of being able to attend school to obtain an education, I was introduced to the different types of literature at a young age. However, I was not able to fully appreciate it, seeing as how…

The Outsiders was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Fred Roos and Gary Frederickson. This movie is a coming-of-age fiction story, that tells the story of two gangs; the Greasers and the Socs, who dont get along because of their social conflicts. The movie focuses on Ponyboy, Johnny, Johnny, Dallas, Darry, Sodapop, Two-bit,…

Southpaw, in other words, the left hand. The unmissable dramatic sport story movie of Billy Hope, by Antoine Fuqua, in 2015. This movie highlights the performances of Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Oona Laurence, Forest Whitaker, Curtis 50 cents Jackson, and a lot of other actors. According to Camden Francis on the site IMDb, for two…

In Persepolis, a story of a childhood in Iran, Western ideology and culture are prevalent in a country where it is prohibited. Throughout the graphic novel, the author incorporates many examples of Western culture and ideology which represent particular ideas, themes, and attitudes that are resented by the Islamic regime. Satrapi integrates most of the…