In the new city strangers were suddenly thrust together. ... Its only fitting then that Chaplins filmic "physiologies" of the big city be carried out in silence. ... A wealthy romantic whose films are exercises in simple pleasures and the botanizing of various "city types" into two-dimensional caricatures that are comforting in their simplicity. ... Moments like these provoke comparison with "The Man In The Crowd", Edgar Alan Poes famous tale of a detective following the trail of an unknown Flaneur through the streets of London. ... It is for this reason that his mechanical comic rhythm and st...

• Word Count: 1552
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Wells' 1895 science fiction novel The Time Machine is a cautionary tale of what will befall mankind if capitalism continues to exploit workers for the benefits of the rich. ... The futuristic tale illustrates the true essence of Darwin's theory: there is no guarantee that a species will evolve for the better, there is only the guarantee that successful species must continuously adapt to their environments or risk extinction. ... The Time Machine presents two very different settings: 1890s' London and the future year of 802,701 AD. ... Industry was thriving, hordes of people h...

• Word Count: 1341
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate