This assignment has been prepared in accordance to the coursework of (Details of student)
It includes a detailed study of three literary works and their importance and execution in daily life. The discussion discusses in detail with reference to the mood, style, theme and tone of the three compositions. The three compositions as chosen are
- The movie by Roman Polinski Starring—Adrian Brody, Emilia Fox, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman is the first non-literary work that I have chosen.
- The second non-literary work would be that of a photograph by Charie Cole taken at the Tianenmen Square in 1989 named the Tank Man.
- The third composition is a literary source by Raymond Carver called A Small Good Thing. (Anon, 2014)
The film The Pianist is the story of Wladyslaw Spilzman a pianist of Poland, just before World War 2. The last transmission on Polish Radio was done by him before the German Shelling started and after the end of the war when broadcasting resumed it was again him. The story delves on his functional status during the war and his survival strategies. (Szpilman, 2014)
The second non-literary composition is the photographed the Tank Man by Charlie Colein 1989, where is found a man who is standing in front of a line of tanks to ensure that all the tanks stop moving and do not go any forward. The value of compassion and fellow-feeling is highlighted in the photograph along with the feeling of heroism. (Zhang, 2013)
The literary piece of work is a short story where in a child dies on his birthday after being hit by a car. The story takes a major turn when the baker keeps calling and asking about the delivery of the cake. In the end, the parents and the bakers come together to share their grief and achieve a little compassion with a small good thing.
References
Anon, (2014). Full text of "carver". [online] Archive.org. Available at: https://archive.org/stream/BM462006carver/BM46_2006_carver_djvu.txt [Accessed 28 Apr. 2014].
Szpilman, W. (2014). The Pianist. [online] Goodreads. Available at: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128066.The_Pianist [Accessed 28 Apr. 2014].
Zhang, M. (2013). The Story Behind the Iconic "Tank Man" Tiananmen Square Photo. [online] PetaPixel. Available at: http://petapixel.com/2013/06/05/the-story-behind-the-iconic-tank-man-tiananmen-square-photo/ [Accessed 28 Apr. 2014].
