Stranger Than Fiction

People have always believed that they control their own destiny. However Stranger Than Fiction questioned that belief. Harold Crick seem to have complete control over his life until his watch broke. He didn't realize first that perhaps everything he did was based off of the fate chosen for him. In actually we can't change our fate. We never could. We never had contro in the first place. I watched thisasainmovie the other day called Oldboy. This guy is kidnapped one day andplaced in a prison for 8 years. after he is realeased he seeks revenge. The whole movie you think" Wow, this guys so cool, he's got complete control over his mind and body and so much more." But in the end you find out that the whole time he was being brainwashed to do everything he did after the momentof his release, he found out that his whole life was a set up, and he went home feeling like a used fool. It was truly sad. However, he found out that the entire time he was nver really in control. Ever. That how it is with humans. Wemay think we make choices, but in actuality it was already chosen for us to make that choice.

Fate or Freewill?

I believe that you live your life of your own freewill. Anything that you do will determine your future. For instance, you can go to the store and shoplift and get caught, or you can just go to the store and not steal anything, or our can just not go to the store. Anyway you choose, at the end of the day all of the outcomes will have a different effect on your life.

Battle Royal (The Fight Scene)

In Battle Royal a hopeful black man goes to a function to get his scholarship. During the function the completely humiliate him in many ways. The scenes were very symbolic. One that caught me in particular was the fight scene. In the fight scene the man is put to fight aganst this other guy in order to win some cash and keep the white men from beating them up. He and all the other guys in the ring were made to put on white blindfolds and fight each other. I believe this symbolizes how the white men were trying to blind them from the truth and keep them fighting each other to keep them down an reassure themselves that they are better than him. Another symbol in thefight scene was the big guy he was fighting. The big guy was beating him up when all he wanted to do was give his speech and show the white men how smart he was and that he wanted peace however the big guy was too afraid to let him do it. He would rather fight someone who was on his side than stand up to the enemy. I belive this represents how some black people turn a blind eye to the world and just accepts what white people tell them to avoid the pain of having to accept the truth.

Battle Royal

BOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

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The Man with Enormous Wings

The man with wings is an angel. he's just a sort of old and corky one His magic doesn't work as well and his feathers shed a lot. He's just getting old thats all. He's probably not as powerful as he used to be, because when the disabled people touched him something did happen, just not what they wanted.

The Cathedral Narrator is a Guy!

The narrator in Cathedral is definitely male because of his attitude that he shows toward his wife and the blind man while he is narrating the story. He has this sort of chauvinistic way of describing the way he felt about is wife and her blind friend, he also seemed very selfish and ignorant. He kind of reminded me of the stereotypical high school jock that gets jealous of the sweet sensitive guy that his girlfriend has a crush on. These are normal characteristics of dominant male characters. So...thats why i think the narrator is a guy.