In Maya Deren's "Meshes of the Afternoon" and Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," the directors creatively use distinctive techniques of ambiguous symbolism, montage editing, and mis en scene to follow the human experience of chasing and confronting uncertainty for the sake of retaining sanity and moving forward in evolution. ... If Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey alludes to expanding the human consciousness, Deren's "Meshes of the Afternoon" is about dissolving it. ... Deren switches the establishing shots between the paved road by the beach, the downstairs portion ...

• Word Count: 2216
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the Odyssey, the epic poem by Homer, Telemakhos is a troubled teenager. ... They take advantage of the fact that Odysseus is not around by feasting at his home everyday, and pursuing his wife for marriage. ... He stayed at people's homes overnight and feasted with them being treated as one of the family. ... They would not be able to stay in people's homes; they would have to rent rooms for the night and buy food. ... Most people would not be able to remain as reserved and calm when their family was being made a joke, and their home was being plundered. ...

• Word Count: 1253
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Leaving for many months, Bernis leaves his home in Paris, along with friends and a loved one, Genevieve. Upon arrival from his journey's he find that nothing has changed, and that his home was left the way it was months earlier. ... His experiences during the flights, are described in all of his novels: Night Flight (Vol de Nuit, 1931), Southern Mail (Courrier Sud, 1929), Flight to Arras (Pilote de Guerre, 1942) Airman's Odyssey, Wisdoms of the Sands, Letter to a Hostage (Lettre à un Otage, 1943) and Wind, Sand and Stars (Terre des Hommes, 1939). ... Bernis feels a bit of rejectio...

• Word Count: 2037
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School