http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/1236/zachary-b-wunrow Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:31:41 -0400 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:31:41 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/915/holly-golightly-and-the-endless-pursuit-of-self-actualization-in-breakfast-at-tiffanys By Zachary B. Wunrow - By one interpretation, Blake Edwards’ comedy Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) conveys the disillusionment experienced when the prize of the Cracker Jack box – and correspondingly the film itself – cannot be equated with surprise. When an astute Tiffany’s salesman is presented with a ring from a Cracker Jack box, he remarks that the continued existence of such prizes “gives one a feeling of solidarity, almost of continuity with the past, that sort of thing.” In Tiffany’s, the prize does not represent the thrillingly unknown, but instead the comfortably... Sat, 20 Sep 2014 12:37 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/915/holly-golightly-and-the-endless-pursuit-of-self-actualization-in-breakfast-at-tiffanys http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/740/power-and-presence-in-fritz-langs-m-1931 By Zachary B. Wunrow - In the penultimate scene of Fritz Lang’s M (1931), mentally-disturbed child murderer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) falls to his knees before a kangaroo court and cries out, “I have to roam the streets endlessly, always sensing that someone’s following me. It’s me! I’m shadowing myself!”  Beckert’s monologue conveys that a disparity exists between his shadow and his self, and it becomes apparent that his self cannot exist without his shadow.  For most of the film, the Beckert on screen is a “shadow,” a monster; only at the end is the... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:33 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/740/power-and-presence-in-fritz-langs-m-1931