Annie Kapur
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Books Published in the 1950s that You Should Definitely Read Before You Die
There are a ton of books you should definitely read, but in this article we're going to explore some books from the 1950s that you should definitely read. Yes, there are a number of great authors from this era, but we want to explore different books by different authors. This means you may or may not see your favourites on this list. I'll be going through my own personal favourites in some more detail; however most of this will just be a list. I have read all the books I put on the list (I never add anything I haven't read myself!) and if you'd like to talk to me more about these books then I'd love to—my social media handles are in my bio at the end of the article.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
A Review: 'Classic Rock Magazine's' 100 Greatest Rock Albums
Classic Rock Magazine normally hits the nail right on the head, especially when it comes to choosing their favourite Beatles albums. In the past, I've found Classic Rock Magazine to be a good source for either new information concerning up and coming bands, or great articles on some older bands I listen to.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Beat
'The Iliad' by Homer (Pt. 4)
The way in which the ancient Greeks of classical Greece thought about the Iliad was not how we do today. In the 21st century, we understand that there are things far too impossible about the Iliad to believe and can distinguish between what seems to be realistic and what is a fabrication for entertainment purposes. But, in classical Greece, they tended to think of this text entirely as a history. This book was a form of historical documentation and, in this day and age that we live in, we must agree with them to some percentage. Believe it or not, there's evidence that this war happened. What we're going to look at now is the evidence for the Trojan War taking place in the time and place it did—uncovering the reality of it and debunking the myths. As we have seen in the various texts we have looked at that are based in The Iliad's story, we can see that there was treatment of the Iliad as some sort of fact. Especially in The Aeneid in which the fall of Troy is part of the imagined genealogy of the Romans from Aeneas to Augustus. The fact that the Aeneid is meant to act as a genealogy and a history of the discovery and first generations of Rome means that this culture must have treated The Iliad as its own history as well as the rest of the epic cycle as The Aeneid includes the book that to our day, is now missing; it is called Iliou Persis.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
The Great Things About Having No Friends and Being Single
Everyone seems to be getting people down when they say they have no social life, or they’re single, and I wanted to make this article, especially for my fellow females about why being single and having no friends in real life is the best thing ever. It’s not something to be ashamed of, and it’s definitely not something to poke fun at others for. There are many pros to having absolutely no friends whatsoever, and no other half. This article will be split into two parts: five reasons why having no friends is great, and five reasons why being single is great. So don’t always beat people up for it, they’re doing it for much different reasons you are.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Humans
In My Opinion: The Best American Actors
I've already done an article on the Best British Actors of today, and you can read it here. I have a pretty good idea of who I want to put on the list of Americans now as well. I've always known that I wanted to do a list of the best actors from America, and, obviously, I would do Britain and America separately, because of the fact that the acting scenes are so different in each place. For example: British actors are more likely to train in theatre, not film—and American actors are less likely to be from an acting background.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
'The Iliad' by Homer (Pt. 3)
Now, we are well aware of what went on during the era in which the war took place and we have asked ourselves the Homeric questions regarding the writing of the text. We want to explore whether the characters have any historical groundings. We know for a fact that Troy most probably existed exactly where we have now found it and we know about the Greek empire during the Late Bronze Age, but we do not know about the characters and their sources. In understanding this, we may understand the way in which the epic serves as not only a poem, but also as a historical source or a historical bias in order to influence an entire culture of people for the next 500 plus years.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
'The Iliad' (Pt. 2)
First of all, we'll look at what the text tells us regarding date and time. Then, we'll match them up with the dates of the artifacts and sites that have been found regarding Troy and the war. The first source for the dates regarding Homer that we have come from the historian, Herodotus. The Pseudo-Herodotus text, Life of Homer, contains a section in which Herodotus places Homer 400 years before his own time. This would suggest that Homer was around in probably c.850 BCE. This would be fairly odd in suggesting the text's historical accuracy since Homer would've therefore existed 400 years after the historical pinpointing of the Trojan War, which is said to have taken place in the 12th century BCE. Or, as we know it today, the Late Bronze Age.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
In My Opinion: The Best British Actors of Today
I have constantly been asking myself about British Actors of today, and who I find to be my favourite. Here's an anecdote for you: though I am Indian, I was born and raised in England, and for years, I studied acting and Shakespeare. I now hold two degrees, a BA in English, and an MA in Film and Writing–I chose that I'd rather be behind, than in front of the camera after getting that much range of study. I love to look at how an actor functions as a part of a film, and how that has an impact on their choices into other films. For example: if a villain was played well, would that actor then choose more villainous roles? Or would they choose to explore the other realms of character?
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
'The Iliad' by Homer
The book's name is translated directly into "the song of Ilium" and written entirely in dactylic hexameter; The Iliad and The Odyssey are two of the most well-known and widely read epic poems ever written. It documents the siege of Troy throughout ten years and one man's gruelling journey back over the course of another ten years, having it been 20 since he had seen his family. Written around the 8th century BCE, the Iliad has stood the test of time and continues to be adapted, revisited and re-analysed to this day. This is the text we will focus on.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
My Opinion: The 10 Worst Actresses of All Time
There are great actresses, like Cate Blanchett, there are good actresses like Ellen Page, and there are terrible actresses, like the ones you're about to read about. In all aspects, these are the actresses who always either act exactly the same, or don't have any real talent when it comes to being on the screen.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker’s Guide to the 19th Century Novel (Pt. 3)
Welcome back! If you haven’t read the previous section on our focus study of Frankenstein then you probably want to before referring to this particular section. If, however, you feel completely clear about that, then let’s carry on into our focus on three very different adaptations of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. We will be looking at: the 2015 film entitled Victor Frankenstein, which pays close attention to some of the events in the book, and uses the same atmosphere. The next film we will look at is the famed Rocky Horror Picture Show, which takes concepts from the book, and changes the ideas surrounding it, including genre and character. The final adaptation we will concentrate on is characteristic adaptation, which we will find in the MCU character of Iron Man as Victor Frankenstein.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
My Opinion: The 10 Worst Actors of All Time
There are many actors that you'd consider to be bad at their job or with a terrible filmography, though they've been acting for years and years. The problem I have with some actors is exactly this. One of the main issues is that some actors really don't get the concept and difficulty of actually acting and so, don't do a very good job at any given time. There are legendary actors like Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio; there are iconic actors like Robert Downey Jr. and Joaquin Phoenix; and there are action heroes like Keanu Reeves and Harrison Ford. Then, there are actors that just don't really do anything special. They either overact or they don't get it right at all.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
