Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales
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I love to write. I have a deep love for words and language; a budding philologist (a late bloomer according to my father). I have been fascinated with the construction of sentences and how meaning is derived from the order of words.
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Identity Development in the 21st Century
With the ongoing debates about whether children under the age of thirteen should have access to social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, some of the questions that arise have to do with Media Literacy and responsible content assessment. The Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences and Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary, Searchable, and Linkable Resource provide information that may be useful for both the parent and the educator in both primary and secondary schooling.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Education
Threads of Truth
Threads of Truth There were a few things that I thought of while reading Thomas King’s Green Grass Running Water. After working in the yard on Saturday afternoons, my father and I would relax in front of the television and watch “The Lone Ranger”. King’s inclusion of the characters from this television show along with characters from The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper and Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe sent me on a voyage of nostalgia. The walls of my childhood home were lined with bursting bookshelves and included these authors as well as many others. One of my favorite games as a child was the card game “Authors”, which encouraged us to memorize key works by Cooper, Hawthorne, Stevenson, and Alcott. If my father was still alive I probably would have called him, as I always have, to share with him my thoughts regarding King’s novel. We would have had a great conversation about the characters and the allegory that King has so beautifully weaved throughout. Then there were things that I remembered from taking a lower division American Literature class at Ventura College.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
The Day My World Changed
The Day My World Changed This was not the first time that I found myself in this position, face down staring at the floor. My back was exposed to the bright lights and serious scrutinizing eyes. The setup was very different from the previous three times and there were three times as many medical professionals in the room. Each with a specific assignment.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Fiction
August Wilson's Fences
Fences, a play written by August Wilson, is set in 1957 and opens with Troy Maxson engaged in conversation with his best friend Bono, as they enter the front yard of the Maxson's home. Written in 1985, Wilson uses the symbolism of fences to address the impact of racism on dreams and Troy Maxson's desire to protect his family from the pain he experienced.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
The Lions of Ancient Antiquity
LION GATE The approach to Mycenae is substantial and if you were not a friend, it was going to be tough to get in. Mycenae is one of the great citadels of Mycenaean Culture, during the Bronze Age, located on mainland Greece. Mycenae traded throughout the Mediterranean and became quite wealthy and quite powerful between the years of bout 1600 and 1100 BCE. There were several cultures that thrived in this area during the Bronze Age period. One is Cycladic, located on the Cycladic islands. The other is the Minoan Culture, which was on the island of Crete.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Horror
Do My Eyes Deceive Me?
Rashômon, a Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, has been described as a psychological thriller, not in the same terms as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, but more along the lines of a who done it. Having played the game Clue and having read many Sherlock Holmes mysteries, I felt well equipped to solve this murder. I came away from this film just as puzzled as the woodcutter. Kurosawa's intent for this movie was to explore the nature of truth and to examine the meaning of justice. According to Tadao Sato, Kurosawa's film is significant because
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
The Impact of Color, Symbolism & Imagery in Cinematography:. Top Story - June 2022.
Feature Films vary in presentation, duration, and target audience, yet each film uses elements of color, symbolism, and imagery to tell a story, share ideas, and express feelings. The director decides the composition of those elements. The directors of Roma and Wind River make conscious decisions about the use of color, symbolism, and imagery. The lack or use of these components in another way would change the overall meaning of the stories that were told. The symbolic nature of the elements captured in the cinematography of Wind River is punctuated by the vividness and vibrancy of nature as the backdrop to a dark story can be compared to the black and white cinematography of Roma, where life and death are balanced as we watch Cleo experience this balance and her inner struggle to reconcile and find peace in the experience of life.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
Re-Defining the American
The sweet summer air of the colonial frontier depicted by James Fenimore Cooper in his novel The Last of the Mohicans is refreshingly delightful and is filled with rich, thoughtful characters. Hawk-eye and Chingachgook do not follow traditional character development pertaining to hunters and Native Americans of other early American literature attempting to capture the wilds of the great frontier. In fact, J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer", depict the American quite differently. Crevecoeur, all too willingly, applied negative attributes to the American living a life in the wild frontier or the Native American. In severe contrast, Cooper brilliantly demonstrates a genuine relationship between the frontiersman, Hawk-eye, and the Mohican chief, Chingachgook. Their dialogue, candid and lively, adds to the strength, warmth, and mutual respect overflowing in this "unlikely" friendship.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
