Shreya's Treasures

GOING TO MEET THE MAN JAMES BALDWIN GENRE : SHORT STORY, FICTION FIRST PUBLISHED :  1965 It was indeed a great risk for Baldwin, an African - American author, to insinuate himself into the mind of a character of a different race - a political risk as a writer. He explores - from the inside - a character who is a southern white racist, Jesse. The story is a bold statement that transcends the festering sore of racism on the face of American history and cries out for the reader to examine all of the values which he or she subscribes to and to honestly appraise the foundations on which these beliefs have been constructed. We see how the novel begins with Jesse, a police officer, and his wife in bed. It seems Jesse is impotent. Blaming tiredness and heavy work for this, his wife goes off to sleep but Jesse moves into a recollection of his day's affairs with a black man, who "had caused them much trouble".  The narrative is in the form of flashbacks and soon enough...

                                          SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION                       DIRECTOR: FRANK DARABONT                       RELEASED: 1994  “Hope is a good thing, maybe even the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” The Shawshank Redemption is a movie about time, patience and loyalty – these qualities grow on you during the progress of this story, which is about how two men serving life sentences in prison become friends and find a way to fight off despair. More so than just the brilliant acting by Mr. Freeman and Mr. Robbins, the cinematography is quite flawless and the film has a consistent flow to it. The Shawshank Redemption is a very humane story with a lot of powerful, and emotional scenes that have captivated millions of viewers...

JOJO RABBIT DIRECTOR  :  TAIKA WAITITI RELEASE : 2019 Creating a World War II comedy-drama that counts on getting laughs about one of history’s greatest monsters is a big swing. But Waititi uses this humor to illustrate how easily fascism feeds off human flaws.The shift in tone comes when the film stops focusing on the banal and showcases the brutal horrors of the situation. Beneath the fanaticism, Jojo(Roman Griffin Davis) is a frightened boy whose sister has died and whose father has disappeared in battle. But his mother, Rosie (Scarlett Johansson), has a secret: she’s a covert anti-fascist who is hiding a Jewish girl, Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie), in the attic. When Jojo stumbles upon Elsa, he is initially horrified, believing her to be a monster. But gradually the pair strike up a love-hate relationship that infuriates Imaginary Adolf and causes Jojo to start to rethink his allegiances.The film’s dramatic focus is how Jojo deals with this sprightly J...