The Jungle Essays

The Blackboard Jungle and Rock ‘n’ Roll High School are two films that both embody the social awareness inherent in the genre of male mellow drama.  These films have a very significant influence on the trans-generational depiction of adolescence in film.  This can most apparently be seen with such films …

In America, we are known as the melting pot, the country of diversity, where citizens can be who they want to be. We can be who we want to be, and look at ourselves however we want to; but how are others looking at us? In many cases, an individual …