Essays Tagged: "Lila"

"A Stay at the Holiday Inn" An ananlysis of the 1942 film "Holiday Inn," written by Irving Berling. The film features Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.

ife. Ted is all about show business, making himself popular, and at any expense.Virginia Dale plays Lila Dixon, Jim and Ted's former dance partner as well as fiancée. Marjorie Reynolds takes th ... the film is not hard to follow; it simply contains many twists and turns throughout. Jim, Ted, and Lila are famous song and dance performers in New York City in the 1930's and 1940's who perform toge ...

(3 pages) 121 2 3.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Anita Desai's "Village by the Sea": Chapter 1, part 1.

overty level or slightly better in their economic standings.The chapter commences with the scene of Lila; Hari's sister, going to the beach. There are lot of images of birds and flowers. The emptiness ... temple in the sea". She scatters the flowers and prostrates to the rock. This is a special time for Lila before she is caught up with her daily routine. There is a contrast between the "cold, whisperi ...

(7 pages) 15286 0 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Anita Desai Revision For Chapter 1 Part 2 "Village by the sea"

The poverty of the lila's family is very evident in the writings of Desai. Throughout the book, the poverty is emphasiz ... o promote the theme and hence develop links with other themes such as superstition and helplessness.Lila "went in with a tumbler of tea" and she "stopped to add a little extra milk to it." This shows ... he poor mother is brought out further in "Now she could not sit up to drink her tea". The fact that Lila despises her father is portrayed when she does not even want to have him in her sight, as said ...

(5 pages) 51 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Characters - Children Have to Grow Up: "Careful he might hear you" by Sumner Lock Elliot

rson and actually hinder his development.Impediment of PS's development begins early as a result of Lila Baines' imposition of her own beliefs and character traits. His adoption of her ceaseless desir ... er ceaseless desire for social prudence frequently results in PS's profound unhappiness. Because of Lila's unwillingness to speak her mind, Lila has crippled PS's ability to do so. Though she rages in ...

(4 pages) 14 0 0.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Sweet Valley High: Not just 'Kids' anymore.

ushed aside a pile of jeans to unearth the receiver."Hello?""Hey, Jess, it's me," came the voice of Lila Fowler, Jessica's best friend and often times her biggest rival."Hey, Lila." Jessica cradled th ... ad invited his new friends from college, as well as his old classmates from Sweet Valley High. Only Lila, thought Jessica, would refer to Bruce's party as a "little soiree". The Fowlers were one of th ...

(22 pages) 23 0 2.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Hari's Journey to Bombay

India. This book is about the relentless struggle of two Indian fishing-village teens, 13 years old Lila and her brother 12 years Hari to earn their poverty stricken family a living.Their father is a ... to solve the financial crisis Hari leaves his village and runs off to Bombay to earn money, leaving Lila alone to manage things. How Hari learns to survive in the city and how Lila gently manages the ...

(7 pages) 23 0 0.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Hinduism

"A Brief Analysis of the Role of Lila in Hindu Mythology" The Sanskrit term lila, which best translates to "play" or "sport" in Engli ... h exemplify and explain the powers and actions of Hindu gods and goddesses. In the Hindu mythology, lila establishes the qualities of gods and then further enables devotees to understand the type of r ... ery extensive, can be given insight into with this paper.As far as exemplifying power is concerned, lila is best represented when it is the context through which the Hindu God, Brahman, creates the wo ...

(7 pages) 22 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Prioritizing the IT Project Portfolio Paper

CMGT/57309/22/2014Dion Rettberg Running head: Prioritizing the IT Project Portfolio Paper13Lila's Web design is a fairly new business. Lila has about 45 employees, and is in the middle of int ... g for an IT project manager. The Information Technology (IT) project will play an important role in Lila's business. The new IT project manager will be looking into getting the Project Portfolio Manag ...

(1 pages) 5 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology