Jennifer Medina Modern Film: Paper 2 July 18, 2001 The Bicycle Thief by Vittorio De Sica is a movie that breaks the Hollywood aesthetic of beautiful people, fancy homes, and extensive wealth that only thrives in fantasy and sometimes-unconquerable dreams. It exploits the plight of workin...

"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien In the short story, "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien, First Lieutenant Jimmy cross, a platoon leader in the Vietnam War, is caught up in a dream where he believes that Martha, a college student, is in love with him. He...