Thinking With Melanie

What it's like to be a woman in Hollywood "I'm going to begin today with a story and end with a revolution"  A little summary of the Ted talk : So I just watched this amazing TedTalk with Naomi McDougall Jones about what it's like to be a woman in Hollywood and what we can do to change that. She begins off by telling her story, someone who graduated and went on to become an actress, only every role out there for women were very sexist, and overall gave the women characters no substance or any sort of individuality at all. So Naomi went on to create her own film, despite countless people telling her that no one wants to watch a movie made by women, her film was successful.  So the speaker is arguing that there is very little representation of women in Hollywood, and that that needs to change. She claims Hollywood always tells the same perspective, that of men. So we grow up, and that's all we ever know. She says that we deserve to hear all perspe...

Credit: https://ahutton8.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/dr-jekyll-mr-hyde/  Step One  In Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde  by Robert Louis Stevenson, the ideas of good and evil are the main theme present in the text. Dr.Jekyll representing the good, while Mr.Hyde represents the evil within human nature. Throughout the text these two are characterized to a great extent in order to show their personalities as well as how other characters interact with them.  For example, Mr. Hyde being the evil one is described as a very unlikable, and troublesome individual. A very odd looking character, with a just as horrible personality. In chapter 4, it states, " he answered never a word, and seemed to listen with an ill-contained impatience. And then all of the sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot.. and carrying on (as the mad described it) like a madman." (Stevenson 23). This quote gives great detail regarding his character, because he is describ...