The Nightmare Before Christmas. (1993). [film] Directed by H. Selick. Touchstone Pictures.

Coraline. (2009). [film] Directed by H. Selick. Laika Studios.

In the music video, “Monster” by Kanye West, Latoya Peterson noticed many different things that have motivated her to write her essay. She discusses how the overall portrayal of women is a “loss all the way around.” Brown women are portrayed in the video as monsters, they are very sexualized as seen a lot in Nicki Minaj’s part of the song, and are…[Read more]

Sentences: “Manipulate” is the word here, not “persuade”; for advertising campaigns are not sources of product information, they are exercises in behavior modification. Appealing to our subconscious emotions rather than to our conscious intellects, advertisements are designed to exploit the discontentments fostered by the American dream, the…[Read more]

Sentence:
“Each time the grave opens and the unquiet slumberer strides forth (“comes from the dead, / Come back to tell you all”), the message proclaimed is transformed by the air that gives its speaker new life.”
Meaning:
In my opinion, this sentence best expresses the main point of thesis II. When reading this thesis, he was saying how mon…[Read more]