Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1953) and Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001) are films where there is a paranoiac hero or heroine in a nightmare landscape. The elements of film noir combined with this paranoiac hero/heroine create, these two films, into masterpieces. Hitchcock's Str...

Sometimes the significance of the title of a novel is not immediately obvious. I found this to be the case in a novel I have recently read, "Of Mice and Men" written by John Steinbeck. During this essay I will discuss how my initial understanding of the title of this novel changed dramati...

"Of Mice and Men" is an excellent short novel by John Steinbeck which reflects the extraordinary bond of friendship that exists between George and Lennie, two migrant workers and physically contrasting personalities. This short novel gives a vivid account of the dangers that are in store fo...