Word: patheticism
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In his article, Mr. Campbell advances several cogent arguments for preserving the Great Hall of the Freshman Union but decides in the end that it is not worth preserving because (a remarkable statement coming from a practitioner of profession that calls for lots of imagination), "I can't imagine any...
Among the positive activities coordinated by the council, bussing efforts during the holiday vacations and for the Yale game proved to be helpful services for students. The charitable holiday food drive was an example of precisely where the council can be most effective--in the coordination of student effort for...
The pathetic actions of these embezzlers are an insult to this fine institution. Certainly, it looks bad when Ivy League kids who are supposed to be the cream of the crop are caught stealing. But it looks even worse when their crimes are so amateurish.
Thereafter, the camera work serves to highlight both the flesh-for-money world Travis lives in and the pathetic madness of the cabbie himself. Several overhead shots of tables as hands exchange money and purchases emphasize the vacuum of this world. At several points, the camera speed is subtly slowed...
According to Scorsese, the key sequence in the film occurs as Travis makes a pitiful phone call to Betsy after the disastrous outing to the porn flick. The camera pans away from Travis on the phone to a shot of an empty hallway, even as he continues his largely one...