Essays on Aileen

The movie “Monster” leaves a viewer with the controversial thoughts about the focus of the film. On one hand – it is more than obvious that Aileen Wuornos, the former prostitute, has been justly condemned to the death sentence, taking to the consideration all the murders she has committed. On the other hand – Aileen Wuornos’s conscious has been harmfully injured after being repeatedly raped by her father’s friend. This so – called “event” has marked the beginning of her hate towards men. The catalyst, which has led to much deeper mental disorder and to murders as a disclosure of ...

Crimes occur every day throughout the whole world, and sometimes it is hard to identify the motives and the reasons for committing this or that crime. There is a wide range of crimes starting from small robberies and non-substantial financial frauds and finishing with mass murders, terrorist attacks and huge fraudulent activities that lead to serious consequences. Different motives drive criminals to commit terrible things: whether a greed for money, a desire of revenge, a need to become famous no matter for what, pure anger, psychological problems, etc. It is often a challenge for the investigation team from special ...

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Aileen was a sad documentary. We are shown in the documentary that Aileen is a killer and a prostitute. The director tried to show that Aileen had brain problems. Her mother said she may have brain damage when she was born. This might have started all of her troubles with killing people and being a prostitute. The director shows us that Aileen is not evil but maybe needs help instead. Her moods change fast and she almost seems a different person in different minutes. Her history is bad. The documentary said she was abused and ran away. She was poor. She sold herself to ...

‘Subject’

Extraordinary measures While there is a story in everybody’s life, only a few have an extraordinary story to share with the world like the Crowleys. John and Aileen Crowley’s story is filled with pain and sorrow, like any other parents who have children suffering from terminally ill diseases. However, the element that sets their story apart is their ability to not lose hope and their determination to take on the disease. Extraordinary measures is a movie, which is based on the real life experiences of John and Aileen Crowley, and it delineates to us how, rather than accepting the ...

This research paper examines different aspects associated with the war on drugs. The first is the effect on an American family when a family member becomes involved in drugs; how it can bring down the family as a consequence. The paper also examines the impact of drugs on youth and the youth culture, and why drugs are so big in Mexico. Finally, the paper summarizes the themes of the movie Traffic.

The Research

Effects on an American Family. In an article entitled “Effects of Substance Abuse on Families” published in the Chicago Tribune, Beth Aileen Lameman first describes – from the perspective of the ...

The story Chrysanthemums was published in John Steinbeck’s 1938 short story collection The Long Valley. The story takes place in Salinas Valley in California. The story examines a troubled marriage involving the character Elisa and Henry. However, the story focuses on gender power plays. In Chrysanthemums, Steinbeck responds to the educational and political theorists of the twentieth century who did not believe women have equal rights as men. In this short story, John Steinbeck uses imagery and symbolism to show the repressed qualities of the chief protagonist Elisa Ellen. Instead of viewing women as ornaments to society or property ...