Students take a day-long vow of silence to symbolically represent the silencing of LGBTQ students. The Day of Silence has been held each year in April since 1996. From 2011 to 2017, the Day of Silence was held on the second Friday in April except for April 11, 2014; in 2018 it was observed on Friday, April 27. The 2006 film, "Little Miss Sunshine", featured Dwayne, a Nietzsche-reading teenager, taking a vow of silence until he can accomplish his dream of becoming a test pilot. The Poopsmith, a character in the long-running Web Series "Homestar Runner", has taken a vow of silence, and has only had two speaking roles in the 19 years the series has been running. "The Cartoon", a season 9 episode of "Seinfeld", featured Kramer taking a vow of silence due to his tendency to bluntly reveal things and not keep them to himself. The 2009 movie "" featured Snake Eyes taking a vow of silence. The 2011 movie "" featured a Buddhist monk taking a vow of silence as part of the film's plot. The 2017 television show "The Good Place" featured Jianyu, a Buddhist monk, taking a vow of silence. The HBO TV series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (Season 8, Episode 5) featured a character taking a vow of silence. The episode title was also called "Vow of Silence". In the book "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" "(ねじまき鳥クロニクル Nejimakitori Kuronikuru)", perhaps the character Cinnamon Akasaka has taken a vow of silence.