Gangster Movies

They usually involve a central character who comes up in the underground world of crime, or go around extracting info from people in order to meet their ends. These films also usually have a discernible amount of violence, cursing and depictions of crime.

American Exceptionalism

I think Americans are unique, in sense of our culture that has inspired many other country to adopt a lot of our customs and ways of living. If I lined people up, I'm not sure I could pick out an American based on how a person looks ethnically, since the U.S. has many different ethnicities and American itself is only a nationality. The only way I could distinguish would be the way a person was dressed or how they spoke. I think that 'East of Eden' tells us that the American experience is one filled with hardships and successes, achieving what you've wanted and having lived a life that you are content with.

John Steinbeck

1. His hometown of Salinas was his inspiration and the foundation of his writings, enjoying the place where he spent his childhood.

2. He spoke his mind on taboo subjects like religion by having readers have new perspectives on how to view those things, which in his time was something not many would do. He was also accused of being a communist due to the anti-consumerist views in Grapes of Wrath.

3. It was very much like Thoreau's Walden, spending two years in Tahoe where he was with nature and drew much inspiration from here and developed more of his love for nature.

4. He wrote about the lower classes, the people from his hometown, the people involved in the realities of the underworld of his city (crime, prostitution, etc.)

5. They became foundations around which he'd write his stories, such as the Depression in "Of Mice and Men" and the Dust Bowl in "East of Eden".

Singin' In the Rain Questions

1. The out of sync scenes are when Kathy records the song for Lina, and when Lina mouths the words on camera. This is ironic because Lina's the star but has a bad voice and
Kathy isn't as famous but doe Lina's work for her. It's basic comedy since the one with less notoriety is the one with more talent.
2. Film history is shown in the film with the epochal transition from silents to talkies. Attitudes shown are those who don't want to make the change and upset silent actors who couldn't continue into talkies due to their unfit voices.
3. They're laughing at the mediocrity showcased in the film Lina was in, due to the over-the-top acting and failing sound in the picture. It's a kind of parody because the movie was intended tobe serious, but became comedic due to difficulties on set.
4. The story and music fit well together, they mesh perfectly as the music numbers help advance the plot, and the plot in a way helps to lead up the the songs sung.
5. Don and Kathy's romance is developed with the songs "Singin' In the Rain" and "Good Morning", while a dramatic scene adding to this is when Lina catches Don and Kathy kissing. They fit by helping to advance the plot and character development.
6. I would agree to an extent, not completely because true, musicals aren't as big now as they were then, but some popular musicals have been released following the musical genre's peak of popularity, such as Rent and Hairspray released in the 2000's.

Timshel

It talks about the sixteen verses of the fourth chapter of Genesis regarding the ruling of sin, which Lee notices has different wordings in different Bible versions. One orders the ruling over of sin, one says 'thou shalt' rule over sin, but the main one Lee speaks on is 'thou mayest', which he says gives men the choice to rule over sin or not if they choose; to sin or not to sin. It connects to Cain and Abel because in their story, Cain commits the sin of murder when he kills Abel, an example of choosing sin over non-sin, exercising the choice rather than following the mandate of not sinning. This "Thou Mayest" principle affects Adam by making him think about what the importance of the phrase really holds, which Lee explains to him and Adam sees.

Singin' In the Rain

I thought it was a really good movie, the story, music numbers, characters and dialogue were all enjoyable and funny. All the actors did a great job, the aspects of Hawks-like dialogue made me like it even more since screwball dialogue is humorous to me. Another stand out aspect of the film was the excellent choreography, the way some of those guys moved, especially Don and the "Make 'Em Laugh" guy blew me away.What made this movie most enjoyable for me was the dancing, the singing and the rain.

Musical

What I've noticed that musicals have in common are dances to jaunty tunes, interesting stories and characters, and feature famous actors.