Soccer. The challenge that Jess faces in relation to playing football as an Indian girl is developed throughout the film through the technique of dialogue. It is made clear that Jess’s culture does not approve of women playing foot ball Jess is tells Jules‚ “Indian girls aren’t supposed to play football”. It is also made
Premium Bend It Like Beckham English-language films Film
“Bend like Beckham” is a British-themed film about an 18 year old named Jess Jules who is infatured with playing soccer but her family forbids it because of their religion. Their religion is “Punjabi Siks”. They follow by their customs and want her too as well. Jess is at the top of her league in the soccer team she secretly joins. She does all that she can to make it to her practices and not let her family find out. Until one day her dad follows her and sees that she is actually pretty good at it
Premium Bend It Like Beckham Family English-language films
they should not be allowed to marry. In a speech given about family values Pope Benedict XVI stated that “gays are eschewing their God-given gender identities to suit their sexual choices – and destroying the very "essence of the human creature" (Winfield). The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted bless same-sex couples but the church still defines marriage as one man and one woman. However there is one church that accepts and acknowledges the wants of same-sex couples. The United Church
Premium Same-sex marriage Homosexuality
“Doctor” Julius Erving Julius Winfield Erving II‚ more commonly known as Dr. J‚ revolutionized the game of basketball with his ability to jump and play above the rim. During his career‚ he won three NBA championships and is the fifth highest scorer in NBA history with just over thirty thousand points. Julius Erving was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 and was also named to the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time team. Over the course of his life‚ Dr. J loved to play the game of basketball
Premium National Basketball Association American Basketball Association Boston Celtics
May 31 - June 12‚ 1864 In the overland campaign of 1864‚ Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant with the Army of the Potomac battled General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia for six weeks across central Virginia. At the Wilderness‚ Spotsylvania‚ North Anna and Totopotomoy Creek‚ Lee repeatedly stalled‚ but failed to stop‚ Grant ’s southward progress toward Richmond. The next logical military objective for Grant was the crossroads styled by locals Old Cold Harbor. May 31‚ 1864
Premium Ulysses S. Grant Union Army Robert E. Lee
The Life of Stonewall Jackson Mr.Philip Lorenz Db. Punzalan The Life of Stonewall Jackson Mr.Philip Lorenz Db. Punzalan Early Life A. Stonewall Jackson was born on January 21‚ 1824‚ in Clarksburg‚ West Virginia‚ still Virginia in his time. 1. Two years later his sister and father died of typhoid fever. 2. His mother remarried a man who did not like his stepchildren; they were sent to live with various relatives on their father’s side. B. Jackson enrolled at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point
Premium American Civil War Family Robert E. Lee
caused many more casualties among the Americans and the remaining American troops dropped to the ground and took cover. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt with the Rough Riders empowered men to charge the Spaniards by attacking them directly. Lieutenant Jules Ord with the 1st Brigade ran up the hill to attack the Spaniards and yelled at his men to “follow me! We can’t stay here!” Lieutenant John Parker with the Gatling detachment was a machine gun enthusiast who hurried behind LT Ord. He led his Gatling
Premium United States Cuba President of the United States
*****Books and Authors***** Books by Award Winning Authors Books by Nobel Laureates Rabindranath Tagore Gitanjali Gora Gardner The Post Office Hungry Stones The King of Dark Chamber The Home and the World Chandalika VS Naipaul In a Free State A Bend in the River An Area of Darkness The Mystic Masseur India: A Million Mutinies Now Amartya Sen The Argumentative Indian Growth Economics The Idea of Justice On Economic Inequality Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
Premium Indian National Congress Man Booker Prize India
‘I just wanted to have fun’ says the boy who bashed his best friend’s face with a shovel Chris Adkinson‚ This was the last picture found in the victim’s Phone before his death ________________________________________________________________ Andrew Ainley‚ 13‚ admits killing his best friend during a Christmas night Chris Adkinson was murdered by his ‘psychopath’ best friend‚ the parents were shocked after looking at their 13 year old son’s unrecognizable face. The story begins with the thirteen-year
Premium Crime Murder Suicide
want to move so they asked Congress to help them‚ but Congress straight away denied and told them that they must leave. After this‚ some did agree to go‚ but others refused and stayed on their land. When President Jackson found out he sent General Winfield Scott to forcibly make the Cherokee move. When General Scott and his army went to the homeland
Premium Slavery Atlantic slave trade Slavery in the United States