Moon shadow had finally been old enough to fly his dad's kite. His mom didn’t want him to fly them when he was younger. Moon shadow, his mom, and grandma lived together while windrider, moon shadows dad lives in America and works at a laundry company. He and a lot of tang men go to America to make money for their family. Sometimes some or the whole family goes with them. But not windriders. One day this strange man named hand clap comes to the door. He had told them that he worked at the company with Windrider. He said that he wanted Moon shadow to go back with him to America. Moon shadows grandpa had been killed by the demons that lived there (white people) his mom was so sure about it. Neither was he but if it was a chance to finally see his dad he would do it.…
Sam and Suzy decide to run away into the wilderness of the idyllic fictional island, New Penzance, first out of love for one another, second to escape the confines and struggles of the adult world around them, including Suzy’s two lawyer parents (Bill Murray and Francis McDormand) in a sterile marriage, the bumbling Khaki Scout Master (Edward Norton), and a lonely island policeman (Bruce Willis). Though a narrative about children, Moonrise Kingdom addresses adult issues of love (or the lack thereof), newfound sexuality, infidelity, parenting, identity, and the sense of belonging. Sam and Suzy, traversing through the wilderness, equally must navigate the rocky terrain of their own maturation while finding their place in the complicated adult…
The movie October Sky takes place in Coalwood West Virginia. It is about a teenage boy named Homer Hickam who doesn’t want to become a miner like his father. Homer wants to get out of the town but the only way is by scholarship. Homer is too tiny for a football scholarship and therefore in this movie is trying to attain his goal of winning the national science fair which comes with many scholarship opportunities. October Sky is a prime example of the High Five Principle being used in people’s lives.…
Moon Shadow, a young chinese boy, is brainwashed by his mother and grandmother that all people in San Francisco in America are “Demons.” Moon Shadow's father lives in America, but whenever he asks his mother or grandmother about him, they always find an excuse to try to not to talk about it. Moon Shadow then tells them that he wants to go to America to see his father. When Moon Shadow arrives to America, he is introduced to all of his father's friends including his uncle. His father's nickname is Windrider. After they are introduced, Windrider takes them to the Company, which is where they live. After a few minutes of being there, the “demons” start getting drunk and break into the two front windows on the first floor. One night, Windrider…
The book “ Red Moon at Sharpsburg” that was written by Rosemary Wells represents feminism and hope in many ways that bring tears to your eyes and makes your heart feel for india in tremendous ways. She is a strong girl who is put through terrors that one can only hope that she stays sane after all she has seen. As someone has said is that “That war is a worse than hell because hell only takes sinners unlike war that takes more innocent bystanders than sinners” This war only helped push her farther in her journey sadly because as much as i want her to succeed i wish there wasn't the price of war the side effect. The war didn't have much effect at first but the deaths that occurred pushed her to become more than what she would have…
“How about I believe in the unlucky ones?” this could arguably be the most important line in the entire film, October Sky. This teacher, Miss Riley, recognizes the potential in every student, not only the ones with visible ability. This should be the goal of every teacher. Miss Riley not only provides the boys with hope, but also with endless supports as they proceed in their rocket building. Teachers have the greatest gift in the world—the ability to help shape a student’s life. They can use that to present a world of opportunities to those who may not have had any. This was true in October Sky; when the “Rocket Boys”, a group of high school students from a small failing mining community, were given an amazing opportunity to be more than they…
“A Night Divided” is a historical nonfiction story. It is set in 1961, when East and West Berlin were separated by the Berlin Wall. Because of the Cold War and the East’s poverty, everyone was shifting over to West Berlin. East Berlin GDR (German Democratic Republic) didn’t like losing their population, so they built a wall to keep people in. Many people tried to escape from the East Side, but few made it. This book is the story of a separated family that had the courage, and bravery to find each other again.…
While reading Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, I came across many issues and conflicts. In the story, a Pakistani woman named Mukhtar Mai was a victim of gang rape. Six men raped her as a punishment due to her brothers supposed relationship with a woman from another clan. Mukhtar says, “when I tried to call the police, I received death threats that I would be killed if I went to the police station.” In Joel Christie’s article, they talk about a Norwegian woman named Monika Korra who was a survivor of gang rape. Three men abducted and raped her on her way home from a party. Monika says, “Before I knew it, I just had someone grabbing me from behind and I had a gun to my head.” They told her to strip down while sexually assaulting…
For this class, we had to watch the first part of Half the Sky. The documentary went on to expose some of modern sex trafficking and slavery. We followed several famous actresses as they went to different locations around the world and zeroed in on specific regions and shined light on individuals and their truly unfortunate stories as many were forced into brothels. One of the persons stories that was really brought to light was Somaly Mam’s.…
I think that it deserves 5/5 stars because I really like movies or short films with jump scares. In the film the girl was running and she saw a man looking at her from a distance so she starts running through the woods. she gets to a road and the man/shadow is standing in the distance and she looks away then back and he is standing right behind her. I think the maker wants you to feel kind of scared and wondering what is going to happen.…
But as with the first film, the action is in service of a ominous funny, socially considered story about a young man’s (wild) coming-of-age journey. Rather than recasting the arc of the first film, the sequel wisely has Eggsy faced with learning new lessons instead as he struggles to balance his duties as a Kingsman with his relationship with his beloved Princess Tilde (Hanna Alström).…
Moonrise Kingdom is set in the 1960’s and follows the story of 12 year-olds Suzy Bishop (Kara Hayward) and Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman) as they run away together. Suzy is the oldest of four children whose parents were once lawyers and have now retired to the Island of New Penzance to live in a light house. Suzy is problematic, she has no friends, is depressed and acts out violently at times. Her parents confirm this by having a packet titled “Coping with the Very Troubled Child” on top of their fridge that Suzy later discovers. At a musical Suzy stars in, she meets Sam. Sam is an orphan who is away from his foster home for a scout summer camp on the island. Fittingly Sam is also described as troubled by adults and has been removed from multiple foster homes. The two bond after meeting and become pen pals who fall in love through hand-written letters.…
he word death is the action or fact of dying or being killed. The end of life a person or organism.Death is an emotional rollercoaster that causes great pain to your loved ones and friends. Death is portrayed all through the book ‘Sunrise over Fallujah’ by Dean Walters. In sunrise over Fallujah there's a civil affairs unit in iraq seeing death everyday in large amounts. Seeing the death of innocent people and doing the killing themselves is causing the unit mental state to be compromised with. The unit have seen multiple kids being killed. Seeing the kids being killed played a larger effect on things more than seeing adults being killed. Although they’re from different parts of the world they still have the same emotions as they do.…
Marcum, and Matthew Holloway. Perf. Robert Downey, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Paramount Pictures, 2008. DVD.…
The movie is about a young boy named Roy Eberhart (Logan Lerman) that has to move around a lot because of his father’s work. Roy moves to a little town in Florida called Coconut Cove. While he is on his bus ride to school, he see’s a strange boy running with no shoes. The next day, Roy follows the boy, meets him, and develops a friendship with him. The boy’s name is Mullet fingers (Cody Linley), and he is trying to save baby owls’ homes from being destroyed by the construction of a new pancake house. Mullet fingers, his sister Bea Leep (Brie Larson), and Roy have to devise a plan to save the owls.…