Blog Entry 4.1: The Final Project update

            So far I have watched the 2nd version of this movie which is a remake of the 1976 horror classic the omen. There are some differences between these two movies I found but the plot of the story is exactly same. I like the old one rather than the remake. Now I am looking for some details on this story and need to find some sources that can help me to do the research. Before our next class meeting, I will have to complete some works. I will now work on this and need to find some more websites for more information. So far I have done some writings about like a page. When I will completely done with writing, I will go to writing center to fix my errors.  

Blog Entry 3.5: Coraline_In Class Essay

              The Coraline Jones, the heroine of this story Coraline, is written by Neil Gaiman, moves to a new house with her parents where she discovers a different world and encounters with some creatures, the creatures are replica of her real world particularly her parents and her neighbors. In this story from beginning to the end, Coraline Jones represents the most archetypal quest since she discovers the new world and engages with some problems where she manages to overcome as a hero or a heroin does and she rescues her parents and some other children trapped by her other mother. Even though the story is performs by dramatically and magically not as real, there are lot more things that could justify or identify and could explore the characters that takes most of the credits. There is many elements that identify Coraline is a heroin of this story who takes risks and death threats on to her and saved her parents.

Can we imagine or can we even think about what elements can make a person hero or what kind of ethical personality that represents a hero or heroine? We usually see in the movie that there is always an individual character, presents by the director, who shows his/her intelligence or fearless activities and become a hero/heroin. In Coraline we see a character of course we have to say a special character a young girl and an explorer who leads a journey of battle and success with her intelligence. As we pay attention on her attitudes, we can clearly say that she is an explorer who wants to explore something unknown, the unknown world where she never been to, which is strange, even though that action of exploring could lead her to a serious problem. When her neighbors the two old lady miss Spink and miss Forcible reads her fortune through tea leaves and tale her that she could be in danger, she didn’t afraid of it and still wanted to see what happens next and wondering what could happen to her life and asks “ what am I in danger.” ( page 20)Moreover, we see coralline as curious in another conversation with an old man upstairs warns coralline that his mice told him about not going through the door. Coraline didn’t stop imagining about the window and her curiosity has become aggressive to know what’s in there would be, why am I in danger, why they told me not to go through the brick window. Their unexpected sounds make coralline to discover the brick wall which is a link to another universe.

Sometimes I think and consider it would be impossible for me to do whatever Coralline has done for her parents and for other three ghost innocent children. She faces the death but she is fearless and fights back and rescues her parents and releases the three children.  She shows her intelligence and cleverness by playing a game with her other mother that if Coralline can’t finds her real parents she would gave in to the other mother or if she wins the game, the other mother would let everyone go free. Once Coraline traps behind the mirror where those three children trapped by the other mother, she makes some plans to escape from here. The three children told her that the other mother trapped them here and slowly taking their lives away. They have no hands no eyes and no heads, all is eaten by the other mother and they told coralline to flee from here otherwise the same would happen to her. Coraline acts not to fear as a hero and she fights with her other mother and manages to escape and locks the other world’s brick door forever but the other mother’s right hand comes out to the Coralline’s world to get the key of brick door but in front of Coralline’s intelligence she can’t success in her mission and coralline finishes her into the well.

In the story Coraline, the young girl Coraline Jones represents the stories primary character, who as a hero initiate in ordinary word and gets into an unknown world, the world which is replica of her real world where she faces tasks and tricks and death. Coraline Jones who never takes any chance that could lead her to fail her mission, the mission where she commits to rescue her parents from a woman, a witch, a evil, a dreadful character, who gives her all this trouble and tries to shut Coraline into her strange world where she has trapped some other children and taking their lives away. Coraline doesn’t let her other mother to success in her mission and she rescues her parents and releases the children by playing a game where she uses her intelligence as a hero and heroin.

Blog Entry 3.4: The Project Proposal

One of the oldest ideas in the history of the human race is the idea of the devil or the fallen angel that oppose God and tries to doom human. This idea appears in all monotheistic religions and it can even be found in some cultures across the world. This is why for my project I plan to analyze the movie The Omen which deals with the concept of supernatural devil and evil and it plays an important role in this world.

I have watched the first version of this movie and have got some ideas and information about it. The next step I will take is to watch the second versions of this movie.

After that I will analyze the main plot pointing out the similarity between the story of the omen and the story of Christ by Wednesday 11/24. Then I will do some research and trace the ideas of the devil and the antichrist which are the main subjects of the film. I will analyze the way this frightening character has been conceived throughout time and then tie this information with my analysis of the movie.

In my project I will focus on the symbolic meaning of the devil and try to analyze why this ancient character still holds such a strong grip on the minds of so many people even in the our modern world. I know this is an ambitious goal, but I find this project interesting so I hope I can find good sources that will help me to do a good job.

 I think I will be successfully done with my project before due date.

 

Blog Entry 3.3: Final Project Idea

For the project, I was thinking what I would do about it. What do I choose for my project, a book, a movie or a narrative poem? What would be the easiest thing for me to do the research and accomplish on it. First I decided I will research about the book Coralline which is our text book as assigned but I changed my mind because everyone in the class knows about it and has read it already so there will be nothing new for them as well. So then finally I have decided to research about a movie fits with the theme of this course as supernatural. I have decided to go for the movie for this project because I love to watch movie a lot and especially if I have to watch a horror movie. The movie “The Omen” I have decided to write and research about it . The Omen is a 1976 British/American suspense/horror film directed by Richard Donner. The film stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson and Leo McKern. It is the first film in The Omen series and was scripted by David Seltzer, who also wrote the novel. A remake, The Omen, was released on June 6, 2006.

So let’s start watching the movie and analyzing it. Best wishes to me from everyone << JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ