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Last updated 9/12/06 by:
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Cultural Analysis

Avila, Melissa "Trapped in the Middle"

This essay is a close reading of Gloria Anzaldua's "The Homeland" in which Melissa interweaves her personal response with analysis.  She examines the complexity of being Portugese in American culture.

Dorfman, Jacqueline Greer "Orientalist Musings and their Applicability to Three Kings"

In her essay, Jacqueline Greer Dorfman applies some of Edward Said's ideas about Orientalism to the film Three Kings. She focuses her analysis on cross-cultural interaction between Arab and American characters in the movie and makes a comparison between Three Kings and the classic adventure film, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Laguna, Jeffrey "The Repercussions of War on the Human Spirit"

Explores the socio-cultural message of the film Apocalypse Now communicates. Jeffrey skillfully describes the effects of war on the main character and the effects of the visual and aural images on the audience.