Essays on Hurricane

Film Critique of “The Hurricane” David Hickox ENG 225 Jared Kline August 20, 2012 Film Critique of “The Hurricane” The movie, “The Hurricane” premiered in 1999 starring Denzel Washington and was directed by Jason Jewison. This film is based on a true story of Ruben “Hurricane” Carter. This film is based on a biography titled…

It’s easy to find similarities between the weather phenomenon, we call a hurricane and the one we call a tornado. Both cause most of their damage through high winds and rain, and the arrival of both can cause evacuations, emergency warnings and general chaos. But there are numerous differences between the two weather systems, from…

Introduction          The Lake Okeechobee Hurricane of the 1928 is also referred to as the Hurricane San Felipe Segundo. The hurricane still remains one of the most devastating hurricanes to have been witnessed in the world. Some of the areas that were affected by the hurricane include, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, the Lee Ward Islands,…

I should first congratulate you for your profound insight in deciphering the emotional manipulation that Norman Jewison intends to achieve through his The Hurricane film. This is because, just as you have said, the movie really has deep emotional connotations owing to the extremely hard life that Rubin Carter faces.  You are also right in…

On August 24, 1992 Hurricane Andrew slammed into the South Florida, devastating Homestead, Florida City and parts of Miami, then continued northwest across the Gulf of Mexico to strike Louisiana coastline. In all, the storm caused 15 deaths directly, 25 deaths indirectly and $30 billion in property damage, making it the costliest disaster in U….

Summer is over and fall has arrived- but many people to the south of us are observing another season- hurricane season. According to the Montshire Museum of Science, “hurricanes usually occur in the North Atlantic from June to November, with most of them in September.” On average, between six to eight hurricanes form in the…

Most feature films are made to position viewers to respond to the characters and issued conveyed in a particular way. The Hurricane, a biographical film directed by Norman Jewison, explores the idea how black people were treated during the Civil Rights Movement in 1960’s America. This film uses Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter as an example of…

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm cloud to the earths surface. They are sometimes nicknamed twisters because of their shape and because of what they do. The winds in the tornadoes are usually 100mph or less. In +F4’s they can exceed 250mph. They usually stay on a…

“The term hurricane has its origin in the indigenous religions of past civilizations. The Mayan storm god was named Hunraken. A god considered evil by the Taino people of the Caribbean was called Huracan” (noaa.gov 2005). Ready.gov describes a hurricane as “a type of tropical cyclone or severe tropical storm that forms in the southern…

Describe an important idea in the film. Explain how visual and verbal features helped you to understand this idea. “Writing is a weapon more powerful than fists could ever be. ” Norman Jewison highlights the power of the written word and education over physical strength throughout The Hurricane. He allows the audience to realise the…