After looking through the many online databases that the UT library has to offer, I have narrowed it down to one that will help me with this upcoming paper and one that will be of help to me in the future with my choice of major.
Infotrac is the database in which I was able to find the most useful information for this upcoming paper. One major part of my research for my paper will include looking at both the novel and the movie, The Road. I was able to find a few articles very quickly that deals with both of these directly.
The Marketresearch.com database will be the most likely to help me in my current major, management and marketing. I will be doing many reports and projects that will require lots of in depth research as I advance in my college career. This database will be my first stop whenever the time comes that I need to begin looking at business research for classes.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Dr. Strangelove
The film Dr. Stramgelove, portrays a satiric spin on the 1960's and the nuclear fears that were in the minds of Americans at the time. The film uses many stereotypes to poke fun at the different groups involved in the governement and the military. For example, there is the drunk Russian leader, the General who immediately wants to start a full out nuclear attack at the first hint of an altercation, and the President who simply wants to talk things out and not affend anyone. There is also the crazy Nazi scientist who is somewhat insane and has a sinister look about him.
The film is very effective at getting its point across mainly because it uses humor which is a great way to not only to get people to pay attention, but also to understand the point of whatever is being presented. The film may fall short in the aspect that the ending, being the most important part of the film, happens so fast that it is somewhat hard to understand exactly what happens and why all of the sudden bombs start going off as the movie ends.
Dr. Strangelove goes right in hand with a major apocalyptic topic that we have been looking at this semester, nuclear war, along with the common theme that most apocalyptic scenarios are human caused, commonly by greed or fear.
The film is very effective at getting its point across mainly because it uses humor which is a great way to not only to get people to pay attention, but also to understand the point of whatever is being presented. The film may fall short in the aspect that the ending, being the most important part of the film, happens so fast that it is somewhat hard to understand exactly what happens and why all of the sudden bombs start going off as the movie ends.
Dr. Strangelove goes right in hand with a major apocalyptic topic that we have been looking at this semester, nuclear war, along with the common theme that most apocalyptic scenarios are human caused, commonly by greed or fear.
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