In this quote, Wes Moore, the author, is now leading his own unit, who address him with “a coordinated ‘Yes Sergeant.’” Wes has now been at Valley Forge for three years, and Joy has noticed that he is more respectful, has better posture, and carries himself with a traditional sense of dignity and honor. Wes has internalized the moral code of military school, and thanks to the support of Captain Hill and others, now even enjoys his time there. Wes has received both academic and athletic scholarships, significantly reducing the financial load on his mother. Wes is the only sophomore on the starting squad of the Valley Forge basketball team, and colleges have already started courting him. This quote is significant because Wes Moore’s experience…
The main character is opal, a 10 year old girl with a caring mind. Opal longs to make new friends and see her mother again. She discovers that you can’t hold on to something you love forever you have to let go eventually and also to not judge people by their past but what they are doing now.…
"But I figure if the world were really right, humans would live life backwards and do the first part last" Angela Johnson page 4."Things have to change" Angela Johnson page 4. In the beginning of the book angela johnson shares many quotes and symbols that could lead a person to thinking or imagining what would happen in future chapters and idea of Bobby coming to age and maturing.…
Who was the one to cause the predicaments that the Greasers had to go through?The Outsiders is not a true story, but makes the reader feel like it was real. The main character, Ponyboy, is part of a gang named the Greasers. Conflicts sparked between the Greasers and their enemies, the Socs or Socials. Ponyboy, Darry, Dally, Sodapop, Two-bit and Johnny went through obstacles and problems caused by the Socs. Throughout the book, The Outsiders, there were many problems and conflicts that the Greasers had to go through because of the Soc’s imprudent decisions.…
The Book of Negroes is a six-part drama relating an African woman's pursuit for freedom after years of enslavement. It views historical events and the sins of slavery through a representative and often sobering lens but have a habit of focusing on the main character's strength and resilience rather than on the terrors of her fights. You'll see fierce performances such as assaults, murders, and thumping with some bloodshed, along with pretend sex (including implicit rapes). You also hear the use of "N" word throughout the series I give it an 8/10. My ranking would have been higher if season 1 was a bit longer.…
The plot of the show focuses on the social evils that challenge the collective development of society, aiming to desist young minds from venturing into crime for the purpose of obtaining wealth quickly. It also advises the rising users of roads and their families to exercise maximum caution while in their new cars, which may cut short their lives within seconds. This show aims to curb the escalating incidences of road accidents, especially involving new cars, which the owners might manhandle. The explicit meaning addresses the demographic ranging from youthful adults to middle-aged viewers, cutting across both genders. This is implied by the majority of the characters, who are aged roughly along these lines.…
From a sociological perspectives as to why Randy gets in trouble so often this could be related to his race, his lack of real family and growing up in the system, his lack of education, and his lack of money. In the Wire you see the teachers and principal use this against him by threatening to call his foster mom unless he gives them the information they want, such as, who has been graffitiing school property. His lack of money is what reluctantly drives him to do things he might not want to, such as, delivering a message to Lex which led Lex into a trap though Randy did not know that it was a trap till after the deed was done and he was given more money for his part. This is an example of sanction, a reward for following the norms, though alternatively a…
What is particularly fascinating about Shining City is that it has a ghost, but unfortunately that ghost only makes an appearance right at the end, and the ghost is not even there for revenge, which is slightly disappointing. It is clear from the first page of the play that it is pretty much all chaos. While the play has a story that drags on, it definitely does not follow the classical structure. It leaves the reader in a state trying to decipher everything they just read, and it has no “regular” plotline because there are too many loose ends to be considered as having a fully developed plot.…
In nineteenth- century New Orleans, respectability was arguably more difficult to achieve and maintain than in any other parts of the continent. The urban culture of New Orleans didn't help to add to the respectability they tried to achieve. For instance, New Orleans is notorious for having brothels, narcotics, alcohol, loud music coming in and out of saloons and dance halls, promoting an irregular type of behavior. The Crescent City was a place cursed with violence and crimes, and filled with Mafia or the Black Hand. The rise of concert saloons also had aided to the fact of the lack of respectability of New Orleans. Concert saloons were noisy theaters where people could drink and watch sexual stage performances, ushering in crime to shopping…
The main character in a drama entitled "Street Car Named Desire", written by Tennessee Williams, is an emotional woman by the name of Blanche, who has many afflictions. The setting of this play is in the state of Louisiana. Blanche has the potential to be a very vigorous woman, if she chooses to tap into that unidentified strength. All her life, she’s managed to face scrutiny from every possible direction. She has been ostracized from her community, lied to throughout her entire marriage, lost her inheritance, battling with alcoholism, and invests her fate and well-being in men. Blanche is a wandering soul, who’s wrapped up in life’s misfortunes, and is commonly misunderstood.…
Mr. Lederer and Mr. Burdick wrote the Ugly American many decades ago and it is a story that holds many truths of how we act and operate in today’s society. This fictional work displayed characters that truly understood many of the Special Operation Forces (SOF) imperatives. Louis Krupitzyn, John Colvin and Major Wolchek represented the SOF imperatives of understanding the operational environment, anticipating and controlling psychological effects, operating with and through others, considering the long term effects, facilitating interagency activities, and engaging the threat discriminately. I will combine my own experiences and those of these three characters in The Ugly American. I will demonstrate how the SOF imperatives influenced their behavior and how I approached situations during my time in Special Forces.…
¨Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.¨ - Arnold Schwarzenegger. Surrender, Strength, Winning, and Struggle: Words that are not only associated with the quote above, but words that are synonymous with the motion picture Glory Road. Don Haskins, head coach of the Texas Western Basketball Team, recruits a majority of African-American student-athletes to his new division I group. Made up of mostly colored young men, Haskins experiences backlash from the local, basketball, and national communities for the choices he’s made. The conflict within Haskins is determining whether these young men are worth the trouble of taking them to the…
The world is always in a silent combustion, there are lots of tormented soul cries during the combustion. People should get out of the silence. Let everyone in the world connected. The loneliness is like a evil snake, do not let it swallows every kind heart. Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral” expresses the feeling of loneliness and suggest that this kind of feeling can be changed by opening one’s mind and empathizing with others. The loneliness of the narrator is because of his closed-mindedness and unhealthy routine, however, the blind man challenges him to change.…
Central Los Angeles was not a place I would image to be frightening and disgusting. There were tall brick buildings and abandoned railroads ruined by colorful graffiti. Gutters and cracks on the street were bursting with the pungent smell of decaying trash as if I was in the middle of a junk yard. It was scattered with food, bags and empty grocery carts thrashing along the sidewalks where the homeless kept their belongings. The streets were overwhelming with the stench of gasoline, weed and smoke from tons of cars and people walking by. The area is known for their mouthwatering food, but the crowds were hassle, rude and infuriating. As I walked toward the food carts, its delightful fragrance lingered in the air masking the odor of the streets…
Situated on a bend of the Mississippi river New Orleans has been the chief city of Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico’s busiest northern port since the early 1700 's. Originally founded by the French five feet below sea level and named La Nouvelle Orleans after Phillippe Duc D 'Orleans the city at the time was confined to what is now called the French Quarter. The French Quarter is laid out in a grid system. This grid system was put in place after a hurricane hit in 1722 and destroyed most of its structures. New Orleans was later ruled under the Spanish for nearly fourty years and then bought by the United States in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.…