A Clean, Well-lighted Place

I read the Short Script/film A Clean, Well-lighted place. And I think this may make you think a little bit more than usual.  The way Ernest Hemingway wrote the script was a little confusing at the start, but gets a lot better. What I’m trying show here is the difference that two waiters can have. And that a film can have to.

The camera angles stay at one scene for a long time and that I think changes the way the watcher looks at it. And it can be a good thing but also a bad thing because some people have bad attention spans. The music has a role in this film to. It sets the tone because it just makes you  think what’s going to happen next and it’s just fascinating . And at the end it happens again where the music picks up and it just changes the tone and its just really cool and how it brings the film together.

And for the Waiters there are two of them one is a older waiter and then there is a younger waiter also. The younger waiter is a rude , self-centered  jerk who only cares about him and wanting to get home. Which I think it terrible he shouldn’t of been so mean to the old man. And  the older waiter is wiser and actually cares for the old man and older people in general. Which technically the saying is the older you are the wiser you are. And I like how Ernest used this script and the people he used his young life, his medium life and his oldest life and he created a story which is outstanding.

Short Response

Well Lighted

The two waiters are both up late at this café that they work at. And they are waiting for this old man to leave so they can close the café. The old man is drunk and keeps wanting another beer. So the young waiter wants to leave so he can go to bed and see his wife. I think he is just a rude and a jerk in my opinion. And the old waiter he wants  the old man to stay as long as he wants because  the old waiter likes these kind of people and he gets to know them better. I think the old waiter is nice and he thinks the other waiter is rude and just doesn’t care because the young waiter even said “ I don’t care if the old man dies I wish he did”. So if I were to compare them I would defiantly want the older waiter because he would be nicer and would take of me if I needed help. And the young waiter represents bad no good, rude and a jerk in life and the older waiter represents good, happy, caring and he is just kind to older people which I think is amazing. 

Lighting Thief

Text Analysis 

Author's Note: I think I understand textual analysis maybe I didn't do the best on this piece but I think I did okay and understand it well. I know I didn't do much on the book part but I talked about the movie and gave some good information so I think that was good too. 

 Have you ever thought that it could be possible to have gods in this world of ours? Well in this book and movie  “Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief “   its all about Greek Mythology. The main point or climax in this book is that Zeus Bolt is missing. And he is accusing Poseidon’s son Percy.  The main point that im trying to show here is that there is a lot of textual analysis in this book and movie.

 Furthermore I would like to say that like the camera angle and effects in the movie are what helps the people understand the importance on what’s going on in the movie. Like for example low angle shot looking up at Poseidon – shows how big he is and how he isn’t human. Another example is High angle shot looking down on Poseidon as he is travelling somewhere – shows that he has been there before. And that’s just one thing sound effects it a lot to.

 Like,  City is silence – seems to quiet, as if something is meant to happen. And another one is Music’s mood changes to a lower tone to create a darker, mysterious atmosphere. See the affect of the camera angle and sound helps a lot especially in the movie. For the  book its different. How its different is they changed the book from the movie, they cut some parts out and I think changed some stuff which is bad or good it could go both ways.

  Also I would like to say that all of these things are very important to help the reader, and I guess watcher to understand  what’s going on in the movie and book . Now I understand a lot more about this movie and book and how the effects of sound, lighting, and camera effects help the book and movie for people to understand these things are.  

Red Chief

Author's Note: I think that this story has alot of irony and was really hard to understand.


I read the story The Ransom Red Chief  by O. Henry it was about these to kidnappers named Bill and Samuel and they try to kidnap a get a kid and get a ransom for him. But they end up having to pay the father to get the kid back. this story has alot of irony like for example, If you attempt any treachery or fail to comply with our demand as stated, you will never see your boy again. i thought this was irony  because  they wanted money to give the kid back but then they ended up having to pay the father to give the kid back.