The idea that love is needed in order to change is also represented in both Captain Sarah's Odyssey and Chain of Hearts. In Chain of Hearts the main character Sophie changes who she is drastically after a car accident where she killed her boyfriend Mihn. ... In the television documentary Captain Sarah's Odyssey, the idea of love being a part of changing one's self is represented many times throughout. ... It shows the reader how the characters in the book talk and interact with each other and it also lets the characters express themselves. ... This allows the reader to get to k...

• Word Count: 1445
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In Maya Deren's "Meshes of the Afternoon" and Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," the directors creatively use distinctive techniques of ambiguous symbolism, montage editing, and mis en scene to follow the human experience of chasing and confronting uncertainty for the sake of retaining sanity and moving forward in evolution. ... If Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey alludes to expanding the human consciousness, Deren's "Meshes of the Afternoon" is about dissolving it. ... Deren's choice of having the settings be in and out of a house on the side of a beach gives t...

• Word Count: 2216
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jacques Bernis is the main character of this novel. ... A minor character that showed up in the last few pages of the novel is the sergeant. ... His character may seem insignificant but he offers wise advise to Bernis, before his death at the end of the novel. ... His experiences during the flights, are described in all of his novels: Night Flight (Vol de Nuit, 1931), Southern Mail (Courrier Sud, 1929), Flight to Arras (Pilote de Guerre, 1942) Airman's Odyssey, Wisdoms of the Sands, Letter to a Hostage (Lettre à un Otage, 1943) and Wind, Sand and Stars (Terre des Hommes, 1939). ... His...

• Word Count: 2037
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School