... a child before she was "diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer when I was thirteen." After being diagnosed and sick, her lungs wouldn't have been able to allow her to swing anymore. As readers, Green shows Hazels devastating reality of her illness, as she was no longer the happy healthy child that used to swing, instead, her illness completely took her swing set ... not only Haze's favourite novel, but it is a symbol of her own life. Like Anna, the main character of An Imperial Affliction, Hazel is terminally ill, and as Hazel says, "it's not a cancer book, because cancer books suck." G...

• Word Count: 1017
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... David and Jennifer travel back in time into the town of Pleasantville, where David is Bud and Jennifer is Mary Sue, the children of George and Betty. After their arrival into the town of black and white, things start to change. At first the changes are small, such as a single flower appearing in colour because Jennifer/Mary Sue has freed the virginity of the captain of the basketball team, or the basketball team losing a game. Mary ... Sue becomes both the cause and subject of change. The color technique is the director's symbol for changing perspectives because ... ...

• Word Count: 362
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... beautiful, confident dancer leaves the audience feeling warm hearted; but it isn't just the image that the audience have in their heads after watching the film, just watching the film is like you"re being drawn into a land of dreams and fairytales, which is one all girls would dream of. The environment and that magical place we are drawn into throughout the film is one of the characteristics that have led ... doesn't have to compete and he can show everyone what he is capable of dance that comes from his heart and soul. Scott expresses dance as a symbol of art throughout the film, which ...

• Word Count: 1066
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate