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The Age of Adaline (2015)
a. Birthday: 1908/1/1, she would not get old
b. 永生不朽的生命沒有人認識
c. 不斷的逃走換身份 因為大家都想要瞭解他如何永生不朽
"After miraculously remaining 29 years old for almost eight decades, Adaline Bownman has lived a solitary existence, never allowing herself to get close to anyone who might reveal her secret. But a chance encounter with charismatic philanthorpist Ellis Jones reignites her passion for life and romance." - IMDb
e.e. cumming
a. “Somewhere I have never travelled”
- Spring = 春神 (the only thing that capitalized)
b. "I carry your heart with me"
- 偷穿高跟鞋電影中有出現
c. 現代主義
現代主義 = 後浪漫主義
a. 提倡 individualism (除了 romantic 以外 還要有個人風格)
b. rebuild the format of the literary forms (ex. no space after commas) 來展現人的瞄小
c. T.S. Eliot's Wasteland 後浪漫主義的高峰
Meet Joe Black
a. 選擇做死神還是做平凡人
b. Freewill and choice = meet joe black
The Hours
a. Theme: death, depression, solitutde
"In 1951, Laura Brown, a pregnant housewife, is planning a party for her husband, but she can't stop reading the novel 'Mrs. Dalloway'. Clarissa Vaughn, a modern woman living in present times is throwing a party for her friend Richard, a famous author dying for AIDS." - IMDb
Lord of the flies vs. The Maze Runner
• Rules and orders
• Identities and roles in a society
• Responsibilities for being an adult
Exposition
• The boys were sent one by one by the elevator.
• Enclosed environment
• The first one who arrives (Alby) is the leader. (three rules)
• The plane crashes and the boys landed on the island.
• Isolated island
• The oldest one (Ralph) is the leader. (conch shell)
• Thomas joins the community .
• Thomas decides to break the rule and run into the maze.
• Starting to get afraid that they cannot get through the maze.
• Starting to build their own community.
• Jack declare himself as the leader of a new tribe.
• Starting to get afraid because they thought there is a beast and thought they would not have a chance to go back home.
Climax
• Rules are made to be broken. Disorder and chaotic results in savagery.
• Kill Thomas or not?
• Run into the maze with Thomas.
• Rules are made to be broken. Disorder and chaotic results in savagery.
• Kills Piggy, Shatters the conch shell. Moreover, hunt Ralph like an animal.
Falling Action
• Runs through the maze.
• Met the creator.
• British naval officer arrives.
Resolution
• Loss of innocence.
• “It’s time now to begin, phase two.”
• Loss of innocence.
• The boys regain their composure.
The Maze Runner (2014)
Thomas wakes up in an elevator and finds himself in a completely enclosed environment with about sixty teenage boys, aged twelve to eighteen, looking at him. These boys have been in “The Glade” subsisting on their own agriculture and supplies for about 3 years. They are also finding their way to escape through the maze.
The Lord of the Flies (1999)
A group of military students, aged six to twelve, reach an island after a plan crashes in the ocean. Without the helps from adults, the boys are left to govern themselves. These boys are seeking for chances to be seen by helicopters in order to find their way out of the isolated island.
