Jewish Conspiracy
On October 30th 1348 at chattel near Geneva, a Jews named Agiment was put to torture and later he made the confession that he poisoned the wells of the Germans. He said that on his way to Venice to buy silk, he met another rabbi that gave his the poison made from the skin of the basilisk and reptiles (spiders, frogs and snakes). The Germans also concluded that the poison was made from the heart of the Christian and fragment of the host (poison was made from the Holy- Communion). This Jewish man confessed that he poisoned the public fountain of Toulouse and the wells near the Mediterranean Sea. Because of this confession, Jews who lived from the city close to the sea to those who live in Germany were burnt alive or were killed. 3 cities did not believe that the Jews committed these crimes so they did not punish the Jewish that lives these 3 cities. The city of Strasbourg, Freiburg and Basil did not punish their Jews yet.
The citizens of these cities marched and protested that the Jews should not be allowed into the cities for the next 200 years. There was a conference held because of the protest and the authorities of these cities gave in. The Jews in these cities were burnt alive or they were expelled. If the peasants saw them, they would stab them to death or drown them. The city council of Strasbourg that wanted to save its Jews was removed from power and the council began to arrest the Jews on February the 13th. This is why February the 13th is seen as a bad day.
The people believed that the Jews started the Black Death because of their study of the Kabbalah. The Germans and other Christians believed that the Kabbalah intensified mystical and astrological content over time. They conceived that the Kabbalah which holds recipes for magic, poison and spells constituted a kind of black magic. Witchcraft in the England was connected to the Kabbalah somehow. After the death of the Jews, archbishops and clergies would take the properties of the Jews. Another belief that the Jews were responsible for the Black Death was because their population of Jews killed by the Death was the lowest in Europe.
Serpent and Cosmic Dust
Historian believed that the Black Death was caused by the bubonic Plague spread by parasites. Another infectious disease was Anthrax from cattle (Cows). The Medieval explanation of the Death was reptiles. Snakes were believed to be the cause of the poison. Study showed how England suffered 3 days of calamities, it terrified the country. This includes the rain of frogs, serpents, lizards and scorpion. Also the rain of fire and reptiles released from below the ground after earthquake. Peregrine Horden commented that in the medieval minds, mythical serpents and dragons are to a large extent interchangeable and that dragons are characterize by poisonous, pestilential breath. Also there is a story recounted by Bishop Gregory of Tours that said that a great school, of water snakes swan down the rivers to the sea in their midst was a tremendous dragon as big as a tree trunk, but the monster were drowned in the sea and their body were washed up the shore. There then followed a plague epidemic in the city. Snakes were to blame for the Black Death.
Another theory of the origin of the Black Death is from outer space. According to Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe that materials resembling organic grains falls from space resulting in an immense # of bacteria and viruses that fall each year into animals and plants. They argue that the generalized spread of Black Death with exceptionally gaps is entirely consistent with a fall of pathogens from space. “There is no marching army of plague stricken rats. The rats died in places they were” (Hoyle 181).
Quote
“Christians might well suspects that among…of the Kabbalah were arcane recipes for magic and poison and spells, that the Kabbalah constituted a king of Black Magic” (Cantor 151).
Reaction
I believe that the Jews were attact because Religiously they are chosen as God’s people and other people are trying to make them suffer. I also think that the Jewish guy was force to say what he said about the poison because in the reading not only him had confessed to the crime. The archbishops just wanted the wealth of the Jews and killing them was an easy way to take over their properties. Hitler also used this to accuse the Jews before he ordered them to the crematories.
I don’t understand how matters would fall from space unto animals and cause a plague that would wipe out a lot of people. There is not water in space so how do materials resemble organic matters able to survive up there.
I thought that it was fascinating to know that there had been conspiracy towards the Jews before the Holocaust and how both can be linked together, because of their faith and religion
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
In the wake of the plague (101- 146)
Death comes to the archbishops
Even thought ranking mattered in the medieval times the Black Death still attacked the rich people to the people, even the archbishops were victims of the Black Death. “Cleanliness is next to holiness to Godliness” did not work in this time. England was in war with France and needed strong spiritual leadership so the king appointed and called for his archbishop, John offord. Not long after he entered office the archbishop died of the plague on May 2nd 1349. His decaying body was unable to with stand pestilence. The next guy appointed to be the archbishop was Thomas Bardwardine, the morning after he arrived at his destination in Rochester, he got the high fever, and the buboes began to appear around his armpits and groins, he lingered for 5 days, and he later died of the plague. The Death of both archbishops was a blow to the royal family, the Black Death was not sparing the royal family nor England’s leading intellectuals and religious figures. Religion relating to the plague was the ninth biblical plague cattle disease and perhaps the origin of the Black Plague. The burning of the Germans Jews accused of poisoning wells and causing the Black Death. In the city of Strasbourg in 1492; Jews were because they were suspected to be responsible for the Black Death.
Women and Men of Property
90% of England’s wealth was in land, owners of these lands often go with titles like “Duke”, “Earl” or “Lord”. 30% of the lands are also owned by ecclesiastical offices and corporation. The gentry were the poorest of the class during the middle ages most of them were Knights in England. Before the Black Death, the population of the gentry was half a million and after the plague it was half it original size. The only two groups that succeeded from the Black Death were the common lawyers and the women. The Common lawyers made their money protecting, expanding and defending the gentry’s estates. Their fees were high, but no gentry’ family could not endure without their services. For common lawyers, it was not enough to know the law; they had to be expert at drawing complicating documents in a highly specialized language. The other beneficiaries were the women of the gentry’s class. The common lawyer had to protect the widows. Lords would try to take their lands because their husbands were no more and because they did not have male heir so the law stepped in and make sure that the women were properly taken care of. The Black Death resulted either from bubonic plague or anthrax. The male of the gentry would have a higher mortality rate because they worked on the farm which cattle and other animals would be infested by fleas.
Quote
"Cleanliness is next to Holiness next to Godliness" (Acts 9:32).
"The Plague was not sparing the royal family nor England's leading intellectual and religious figures"(Cantor 107).
Reaction
The The first quotes I find to be very true and yet funny because God is seen as a clean and having no sin which is why he is holy but this is untrue of the archbishops in England at this time. The religious people are also dying in this plague and yet they are seen as the only ones during the middle ages, closer to the Pope. Also ranking seems to be important, but the plague did not see any of that, it continued to kill those in its part which I thought was very interesting.
Even thought ranking mattered in the medieval times the Black Death still attacked the rich people to the people, even the archbishops were victims of the Black Death. “Cleanliness is next to holiness to Godliness” did not work in this time. England was in war with France and needed strong spiritual leadership so the king appointed and called for his archbishop, John offord. Not long after he entered office the archbishop died of the plague on May 2nd 1349. His decaying body was unable to with stand pestilence. The next guy appointed to be the archbishop was Thomas Bardwardine, the morning after he arrived at his destination in Rochester, he got the high fever, and the buboes began to appear around his armpits and groins, he lingered for 5 days, and he later died of the plague. The Death of both archbishops was a blow to the royal family, the Black Death was not sparing the royal family nor England’s leading intellectuals and religious figures. Religion relating to the plague was the ninth biblical plague cattle disease and perhaps the origin of the Black Plague. The burning of the Germans Jews accused of poisoning wells and causing the Black Death. In the city of Strasbourg in 1492; Jews were because they were suspected to be responsible for the Black Death.
Women and Men of Property
90% of England’s wealth was in land, owners of these lands often go with titles like “Duke”, “Earl” or “Lord”. 30% of the lands are also owned by ecclesiastical offices and corporation. The gentry were the poorest of the class during the middle ages most of them were Knights in England. Before the Black Death, the population of the gentry was half a million and after the plague it was half it original size. The only two groups that succeeded from the Black Death were the common lawyers and the women. The Common lawyers made their money protecting, expanding and defending the gentry’s estates. Their fees were high, but no gentry’ family could not endure without their services. For common lawyers, it was not enough to know the law; they had to be expert at drawing complicating documents in a highly specialized language. The other beneficiaries were the women of the gentry’s class. The common lawyer had to protect the widows. Lords would try to take their lands because their husbands were no more and because they did not have male heir so the law stepped in and make sure that the women were properly taken care of. The Black Death resulted either from bubonic plague or anthrax. The male of the gentry would have a higher mortality rate because they worked on the farm which cattle and other animals would be infested by fleas.
Quote
"Cleanliness is next to Holiness next to Godliness" (Acts 9:32).
"The Plague was not sparing the royal family nor England's leading intellectual and religious figures"(Cantor 107).
Reaction
The The first quotes I find to be very true and yet funny because God is seen as a clean and having no sin which is why he is holy but this is untrue of the archbishops in England at this time. The religious people are also dying in this plague and yet they are seen as the only ones during the middle ages, closer to the Pope. Also ranking seems to be important, but the plague did not see any of that, it continued to kill those in its part which I thought was very interesting.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
In the wake of the plague #62-100
Lords and Peasants
Previously chapter explained that the plague struck various countries in the Middle East during the pandemic, leading to serious depopulation and permanent change in both economic and social structures. 14th century doctors never identified the emergency of the anthrax epidemic about human because the first stage of the bubonic plague and anthrax were identical; they thought that the anthrax attack on human was familiar and this lad to the dead of a lot of people. History statistics showed that the Black Death estimated to have killed about 30% – 60% of Europe's population.
The Lords of England would hire serfs (slaves but not treated as badly as the American slaves), they would work on their land and would have some reward them with food. The rich would consume a lot of red meat which was bad; also people began to diet and ate wheat and oat which would cause malnutrition. In the summer of 1316 – 1317, the sun did not shine, the crops failed to grow causing starvation and food shortage; there was famine and this resulted in death. Historian believes that the famine and war and bad war contributed to the Black Death. The lack of food made the immune system weak. Undernourished bodies were more easily to prey to the Black Death. Dead bodies were usually stacked upon each body and this would produce an unwanted stench and making people to cover up and not come out. The Black Death represented a crisis that imposed an additional burden on the business men. The business went under pressure.
During and after the plague, landlords put up the price of their land and peasants were trying to improve their position in a labor market favorable to themselves. This resulted in the great medieval working class rebellion, the revolt of 1381. The loosening of the bonds and bound of rural society caused by the Black Death and resulting to the revolt of 1381 led to the working class takeover of the government and a socialist state.
The main social consequence of the Black Death was not the moving up of the peasants, but the further progress along the road to class ramification in the capitalist economy. The wealthiest peasants took advantage of the poorer peasants. Their misery kept piling up. The plague turned the civilization of England into a world that people struggled to get food. It became a fearful world in which natural things threaten people and people lived in constant fear of starvation, devastation and death. Violence, drunkenness and physical accidents were common.
If the lords were struck badly by the great plague, the peasants were struck more and badly, this led the society to grief and caused anxiety and confusion. The peasants who lived during this time felt the displacement in their bones.
Quotes
A poem from the book
Pearls
“Drawn heavenward by divine accord I had seen and heard mysteries yet; but always men would have and hoard and again the more, the more they get. So banished I was, by cares besets from realms eternal untimely sent. How badly, lord they strive and fret whose acts accord not with your consents” (Borroff 98)
Reaction
I think that this quote is very important because it reflects how the Black Death took thing away from people; this includes family member, friend and livestock. This quote talks about a girl who is the subject of the poem she was expressed as a pearl by the author. The motif that I saw in this poem was death because the last two lines talk about the people dying and I think that the young girl was killed by the Black Death.
Previously chapter explained that the plague struck various countries in the Middle East during the pandemic, leading to serious depopulation and permanent change in both economic and social structures. 14th century doctors never identified the emergency of the anthrax epidemic about human because the first stage of the bubonic plague and anthrax were identical; they thought that the anthrax attack on human was familiar and this lad to the dead of a lot of people. History statistics showed that the Black Death estimated to have killed about 30% – 60% of Europe's population.
The Lords of England would hire serfs (slaves but not treated as badly as the American slaves), they would work on their land and would have some reward them with food. The rich would consume a lot of red meat which was bad; also people began to diet and ate wheat and oat which would cause malnutrition. In the summer of 1316 – 1317, the sun did not shine, the crops failed to grow causing starvation and food shortage; there was famine and this resulted in death. Historian believes that the famine and war and bad war contributed to the Black Death. The lack of food made the immune system weak. Undernourished bodies were more easily to prey to the Black Death. Dead bodies were usually stacked upon each body and this would produce an unwanted stench and making people to cover up and not come out. The Black Death represented a crisis that imposed an additional burden on the business men. The business went under pressure.
During and after the plague, landlords put up the price of their land and peasants were trying to improve their position in a labor market favorable to themselves. This resulted in the great medieval working class rebellion, the revolt of 1381. The loosening of the bonds and bound of rural society caused by the Black Death and resulting to the revolt of 1381 led to the working class takeover of the government and a socialist state.
The main social consequence of the Black Death was not the moving up of the peasants, but the further progress along the road to class ramification in the capitalist economy. The wealthiest peasants took advantage of the poorer peasants. Their misery kept piling up. The plague turned the civilization of England into a world that people struggled to get food. It became a fearful world in which natural things threaten people and people lived in constant fear of starvation, devastation and death. Violence, drunkenness and physical accidents were common.
If the lords were struck badly by the great plague, the peasants were struck more and badly, this led the society to grief and caused anxiety and confusion. The peasants who lived during this time felt the displacement in their bones.
Quotes
A poem from the book
Pearls
“Drawn heavenward by divine accord I had seen and heard mysteries yet; but always men would have and hoard and again the more, the more they get. So banished I was, by cares besets from realms eternal untimely sent. How badly, lord they strive and fret whose acts accord not with your consents” (Borroff 98)
Reaction
I think that this quote is very important because it reflects how the Black Death took thing away from people; this includes family member, friend and livestock. This quote talks about a girl who is the subject of the poem she was expressed as a pearl by the author. The motif that I saw in this poem was death because the last two lines talk about the people dying and I think that the young girl was killed by the Black Death.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
In the wake of the Plauge #1-62
Summary
Chapter one talks about the various diseases that plagued the earth. According to cantor, Infectious disease was the leading cause death worldwide and the third leading cause in the United States, but it already started in Europe and was the reason of the citizen reduction in England particularly. In England the kids sang a song that related that related to the Black Death, called “Ring around the Rosie” the origin the song describes what the disease did to people such as discoloring and the flulike symptoms. The Song was used to reflect of adult anxiety and effort on concerning devastation events. Although the Spanish influenza epidemic killed 50 million people and the pestilence disease killed 20 million, they were nothing compared to the Black Death.
The black death of 1348-49 was the greatest biomedical disaster in Europe and worldwide. “Devastated nations and caused population to vanish…swallowed up many good things of the civilization and wiped them out of the entire inhabited world” (Khaldun 6). Many historian of medicine have been able to determine the Black Death was at least been caused by Bubonic Plague, a disease carried by parasites on the back of rodents (Black Rats). Might have been disseminated by shipping in international trade, when human contact this disease there are 4 out of 5 probabilities that they would die in 2 weeks. Scientist also believed that anthrax murrain (cattle disease) was a possible explanatory of the Black. This is cause by eating tainted meat from sick herds and just as eating chimpanzees is believed to have started AIDS in East African.
The first stage of the Black Plague was the flulike symptoms, then accompanied by high fever. The second stage involved buboes. Black welts and bulges appear in the groin or near the armpits. The buboes grow dark on the skin and are extremely painful. The victim begins to vomit and have diarrhea. The third and as scientists say the fatal stage is being infected by pneumonia. People were told not to bath and it became dangerous to do so. Europe entered the pungent no bath era. Even Napoleon Bonaparte did not bathe.
The Black Death was also seen in the luxurious France city Bordeaux, the water on the town was infected to badly that it began to stink. Princess Joan dead of the disease on the visit to France, Most rich people ignored the mayor’s warning and continues to use the water.
In the years of the Black Death, England was still an intensely rural society. Red meat was eaten by the rich social class. They ate this from morning to night. According to Cantor, animals raised under crowed conditions were prone to cattle epidemics of which had anthrax in them. ‘
As part of the human genetics development, researchers discovered that a genetic mutant that has occurred before gives human carrier of CCR5 immunity against HIV and AIDS. If a Caucasian ancestor survived the plague, then the generations are completely immune from HIV/AIDS
Quote
"So nature killed many thought corruption, death came driving after her and dashed all the dust, kings and knights and empower and popes; he left no man standing, whether ignorant or learned, whatever he hits stirred and never afterward. Many a lovely lady and their lover-knights swooned and died in sorrow of death's blows...." (Wenzel 6)
"Ring around the Rosie"
"Ring around the rosies,
A pocketful of posies
Ashes Ashes
We all fall down." (Cantor 5).
Reaction
The first quote describes how the Black Death would come and kill any in its way. You did not have to be rich or poor to be killed the death, many who thought of having a peaceful life and enjoying their wealth were killed by a mysterious disease that was not yet known to be cured. Where he said “Death came driving after her and dashed all the dust” is a very strong image because it lets the audience know what the Plague did and how it destroy many civilization. Reading this book is very interesting because it makes me appreciate the technology we have and how we have improve on being a modern society that specializes in math and science.
The other quote is the song that the children would sing of the plague. It makes me think about how life is beautiful but at the same time it can be short. It makes me think about how reality can be unbearably horrible
Chapter one talks about the various diseases that plagued the earth. According to cantor, Infectious disease was the leading cause death worldwide and the third leading cause in the United States, but it already started in Europe and was the reason of the citizen reduction in England particularly. In England the kids sang a song that related that related to the Black Death, called “Ring around the Rosie” the origin the song describes what the disease did to people such as discoloring and the flulike symptoms. The Song was used to reflect of adult anxiety and effort on concerning devastation events. Although the Spanish influenza epidemic killed 50 million people and the pestilence disease killed 20 million, they were nothing compared to the Black Death.
The black death of 1348-49 was the greatest biomedical disaster in Europe and worldwide. “Devastated nations and caused population to vanish…swallowed up many good things of the civilization and wiped them out of the entire inhabited world” (Khaldun 6). Many historian of medicine have been able to determine the Black Death was at least been caused by Bubonic Plague, a disease carried by parasites on the back of rodents (Black Rats). Might have been disseminated by shipping in international trade, when human contact this disease there are 4 out of 5 probabilities that they would die in 2 weeks. Scientist also believed that anthrax murrain (cattle disease) was a possible explanatory of the Black. This is cause by eating tainted meat from sick herds and just as eating chimpanzees is believed to have started AIDS in East African.
The first stage of the Black Plague was the flulike symptoms, then accompanied by high fever. The second stage involved buboes. Black welts and bulges appear in the groin or near the armpits. The buboes grow dark on the skin and are extremely painful. The victim begins to vomit and have diarrhea. The third and as scientists say the fatal stage is being infected by pneumonia. People were told not to bath and it became dangerous to do so. Europe entered the pungent no bath era. Even Napoleon Bonaparte did not bathe.
The Black Death was also seen in the luxurious France city Bordeaux, the water on the town was infected to badly that it began to stink. Princess Joan dead of the disease on the visit to France, Most rich people ignored the mayor’s warning and continues to use the water.
In the years of the Black Death, England was still an intensely rural society. Red meat was eaten by the rich social class. They ate this from morning to night. According to Cantor, animals raised under crowed conditions were prone to cattle epidemics of which had anthrax in them. ‘
As part of the human genetics development, researchers discovered that a genetic mutant that has occurred before gives human carrier of CCR5 immunity against HIV and AIDS. If a Caucasian ancestor survived the plague, then the generations are completely immune from HIV/AIDS
Quote
"So nature killed many thought corruption, death came driving after her and dashed all the dust, kings and knights and empower and popes; he left no man standing, whether ignorant or learned, whatever he hits stirred and never afterward. Many a lovely lady and their lover-knights swooned and died in sorrow of death's blows...." (Wenzel 6)
"Ring around the Rosie"
"Ring around the rosies,
A pocketful of posies
Ashes Ashes
We all fall down." (Cantor 5).
Reaction
The first quote describes how the Black Death would come and kill any in its way. You did not have to be rich or poor to be killed the death, many who thought of having a peaceful life and enjoying their wealth were killed by a mysterious disease that was not yet known to be cured. Where he said “Death came driving after her and dashed all the dust” is a very strong image because it lets the audience know what the Plague did and how it destroy many civilization. Reading this book is very interesting because it makes me appreciate the technology we have and how we have improve on being a modern society that specializes in math and science.
The other quote is the song that the children would sing of the plague. It makes me think about how life is beautiful but at the same time it can be short. It makes me think about how reality can be unbearably horrible
Friday, February 25, 2011
My Review and the Critics Reveiw of The Lovely Bones
A. O. SCOTT "Movie Review – the lovely bones- FILM IN REVIEW; 'The Lovely Bones -NYTimes.com." Movie Reviews, Showtimes and Trailers - Movies - New York Times - The New York Times. 25 Jan. 2002. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. <.http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/movies/11lovelybones.html>
Hornaday, Ann “Movie Review”- The Lovely Bones- Film Review; “The Lovely Bones- Washington post.” Movie Reviews, Showtimes and Trailers-movies-Washington post. 15 Jan. 2010. Web. 25 Feb. 2011
Friday, Jan. 15, 2010
“It's a ghastly, even hateful moment, and considering the wild shifts and switchbacks that have gone before, completely unearned.”The Lovely Bones" wants you to think that it's deep, but it's as shallow as the shoals where those ships in their bottles fetch up. The whole movie feels like a juggernaut of literary pretension and cinematic overreach, run fatally aground” (Washington Post).
The Lovely Bones is technically a beautiful film, the acting, music, cinematography and production design are excellent, it could be a emotional film to get swept up in but there lies the problem, there's just too much going on to keep your attention on, is it about the afterlife?, a serial killer?, a crime story? A family drama? It's all of them and more!” (NYTimes).
I totally agreed with the first critic. The movies was not as good as I expected it, the book was a lot more descriptive than the movies, although the movie had a good special effect the plot was not very interesting. I know that making a movies requires a lot of money, but I felt like the directors took out the best parts of the movies and it was I taking bits of a papers and taping them up together. I thought that the movies lacked a lot of details when it came to what it wanted the audience to think. There was lot going on according to the second critics.
Hornaday, Ann “Movie Review”- The Lovely Bones- Film Review; “The Lovely Bones- Washington post.” Movie Reviews, Showtimes and Trailers-movies-Washington post. 15 Jan. 2010. Web. 25 Feb. 2011
Friday, Jan. 15, 2010
“It's a ghastly, even hateful moment, and considering the wild shifts and switchbacks that have gone before, completely unearned.”The Lovely Bones" wants you to think that it's deep, but it's as shallow as the shoals where those ships in their bottles fetch up. The whole movie feels like a juggernaut of literary pretension and cinematic overreach, run fatally aground” (Washington Post).
The Lovely Bones is technically a beautiful film, the acting, music, cinematography and production design are excellent, it could be a emotional film to get swept up in but there lies the problem, there's just too much going on to keep your attention on, is it about the afterlife?, a serial killer?, a crime story? A family drama? It's all of them and more!” (NYTimes).
I totally agreed with the first critic. The movies was not as good as I expected it, the book was a lot more descriptive than the movies, although the movie had a good special effect the plot was not very interesting. I know that making a movies requires a lot of money, but I felt like the directors took out the best parts of the movies and it was I taking bits of a papers and taping them up together. I thought that the movies lacked a lot of details when it came to what it wanted the audience to think. There was lot going on according to the second critics.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Flim trem of the Lovely Bones
The lovely bone was directed by Peter Jackson, a four time academy film winner.
The beginning of the movie started with a cheesy country song to show how peaceful and happy the Salmon family used to be before the death of Susie. There was a landscape shot to show the countryside of Philadelphia, the state in which the movie took place. After that there was a long shot to the corn field, this then they show Susie’s house. It was used to show a connection between the Salmons house and the cornfield in which Susie was killed. There were lots of close up and reaction shots in the movie to how the characters were suppose to act or for the audience to infer what the next action is going to be. There was a low angle shot at when Susie was taking picture Mr. Harvey’s house, this implies that at the spot where that camera was facing down, something would be hidden there. When Susie would daydream about Ray Singh, the director ordered to use a medium to long shot this emphasizes that Ray was significant to Susie. Before Mr. Harvey killed Susie, he would stare at her. Once the film makers used a frame within a frame shot to show Mr. Harvey spying on Susie as she goes to school, this creates suspense that Susie would be his next victim. An ominous song was played when Susie mother handed her the hat she knitted, well the hat was what was found after Susie was murdered.
There was a dissolve the show the place where Susie soul goes to it was mixed with cloud, the sun rising, a park and the ocean, this pictures were used to represent loneliness that for coming happiness. There was a snapshot on Susie’s bracelet, and when Mr. Harvey threw the bracelet into the ocean and the ocean took the bracelet away, Susie was running in a field and the field began to turn into water and she later drown in it. Light and life effect was used to show life living Susie. There was a long shot of Susie in her tree house, show lowliness, only her and tree and nothing else. Mr. Harvey begins to look for another victim and when Lindsey, Susie’s younger sister ran by his house, an ominous song played and this showed that she was the next victim if Harvey has a chance. There was a time different in the movie; it keeps going to the pass, form when Susie was younger to older. Also they showed how she died and the other people that Mr. Harvey had killed. There was a dolly shot used as Lindsey search Mr. Harvey’s room for clues to link him to Susie’s killing. The effects in the movie were good.
My reaction, I did not like it, the movie skipped some of the most important t and funny scenes that the book had. The book was a lot descriptive that the movie.
The beginning of the movie started with a cheesy country song to show how peaceful and happy the Salmon family used to be before the death of Susie. There was a landscape shot to show the countryside of Philadelphia, the state in which the movie took place. After that there was a long shot to the corn field, this then they show Susie’s house. It was used to show a connection between the Salmons house and the cornfield in which Susie was killed. There were lots of close up and reaction shots in the movie to how the characters were suppose to act or for the audience to infer what the next action is going to be. There was a low angle shot at when Susie was taking picture Mr. Harvey’s house, this implies that at the spot where that camera was facing down, something would be hidden there. When Susie would daydream about Ray Singh, the director ordered to use a medium to long shot this emphasizes that Ray was significant to Susie. Before Mr. Harvey killed Susie, he would stare at her. Once the film makers used a frame within a frame shot to show Mr. Harvey spying on Susie as she goes to school, this creates suspense that Susie would be his next victim. An ominous song was played when Susie mother handed her the hat she knitted, well the hat was what was found after Susie was murdered.
There was a dissolve the show the place where Susie soul goes to it was mixed with cloud, the sun rising, a park and the ocean, this pictures were used to represent loneliness that for coming happiness. There was a snapshot on Susie’s bracelet, and when Mr. Harvey threw the bracelet into the ocean and the ocean took the bracelet away, Susie was running in a field and the field began to turn into water and she later drown in it. Light and life effect was used to show life living Susie. There was a long shot of Susie in her tree house, show lowliness, only her and tree and nothing else. Mr. Harvey begins to look for another victim and when Lindsey, Susie’s younger sister ran by his house, an ominous song played and this showed that she was the next victim if Harvey has a chance. There was a time different in the movie; it keeps going to the pass, form when Susie was younger to older. Also they showed how she died and the other people that Mr. Harvey had killed. There was a dolly shot used as Lindsey search Mr. Harvey’s room for clues to link him to Susie’s killing. The effects in the movie were good.
My reaction, I did not like it, the movie skipped some of the most important t and funny scenes that the book had. The book was a lot descriptive that the movie.
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