He said everything in the movie has to do with
Plato's Republic
Ovis's Metamorphases
Gospel of John
Solomons Song of Songs
Book of David
Sappho
Iliad
Oedipus, the King
Book of Samuel
Book of Job
any ideas about how these books are played out in the movie?
Ask him. It's his idea, not ours.
shareright, well he is making me write a paper on it and i thought i would see if anybody had any thoughts that would help me out
shareWhere did you get such an awesome teacher? Your post is years old -- I don't care -- if you see him, find him and praise him for giving you such a google-proof assignment! Wow. I used to do this -- and I would find stuff MY students posted and write, "This is Mrs. Blue Green! Do the darn assignment yourself! Oh, I just LOVE this story. Wonderful. Well, if you do see this, do tell me at least how everything turned out. What a great assignment!
sharei think it was 10 fortune cookie sayings.
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sharethe biggest connection i found so far was when davis walks into the dark studio after he tells mack he will not be changing his violent movie career into a meaningful career is totally plato's the republic book 7 allegory of the cave when the prisoner go back into the dark because they do not like understand the new world
shareno doubt, this film can be interpreted in any number of ways relating famous literature - even beyond the list given here. films with 'something to say' usually can, even if the filmmaker didn't intend for it to happen.
gregory 021408
Has enough time passed for you to have realized just how full of sh** your teacher was?
Actually, if you study literary analysis, you will discover a number of literary devices in the movie. One that comes to mind is when Steve Marin goes back into the studio, as mentioned in an earlier post, he limps and uses a cane as a metaphor of the fact that he is morally crippled. You don't often find this much literature in Hollywood movies.
shareHell no! I am a teacher and that is what you call a google-proof assignment. I could answer it -- hell, I taught English for years and KNOW this movie and KNOW these works of literature. I am AMAZED and impressed by a teacher who was probably so sick and tired of getting plagiarized crap that he made this up. Well done, teacher!
shareSo quit bragging and answer it
shareNice try. I don't think so. This is a teacher's google-proof assignment and I am not about to mess that up. You know, once I came across...I guess it was a Yahoo question page or something about one of MY assignments. All my kids were there, basically asking each other. I went in and told them to do their own work.
shareI just watched it again and Never thought of it that way ... yes it's actually true, although I haven't read all of the list. It also reminded me of "Magnolia" which is based around (correct me if I'm wrong) the same kind of books. I thought the the ending was beautiful but I wanted more of it.
To have loved is to have lived (from Passion)