...Ponyboy Curtis is innocent. Ponyboy is a 14 year old boy, who has been moved up a grade. He is in a group known as the Greasers. The Greasers are for some reason against another group known as the Socs. Sadly, his parents died in a car crash. Randy Adderson and Robert Sheldon took giving Sherri Valance and Marcia a ride out on Johnny and Ponyboy. According to Ponyboy Randy and Robert said “here’s the little greasers who picked up our girls”, not realizing that Sherri and Marcia invited them to sit by them and they only insisted on bringing them home because Sherri and Marcia didn’t have a ride due to the fact they walked out. Robert, Randy and some other Socs came into their territory and grabbed Ponyboy. According to Ponyboy they...
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...In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, The main character Ponyboy Curtis is looked upon as an “outsider” or someone who doesn’t belong in a normal group. In the novel, Hinton takes Ponyboy’s character one step further by putting him in different situations that show him as an outsider. The novel is about two different groups, the greasers, which are known as the outsiders, hence the name of the novel, and the Soc’s which is short for Socials or the socially accepted crowd. These two groups hate one another, constantly fighting each other throughout the whole novel. Ponyboy is a big reason these two groups fight. Even though Ponyboy deep down inside of him is really intellectual he puts up an act and carries on the greaser’s attitude so that nobody can really see who he truly is, “There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense” (Hinton, 143)...
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...I will be comparing the soldiers’ experience from ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’, a television sitcom written by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis with ‘Journey’s End’ which is a play that projects the reality of the war written by R.C. Sherriff. These are two texts that convey a dark impression of WW1. The similarities between both the texts is that they both were set in the final stages of the war but with ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’ set in many different places whilst ‘Journey’s End’ was set in one common setting. However the differences in genre can sometimes increase or decrease the severity of the impression created for the audience. I personally think that ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’ is an anti-war message, where it mocks the way WW1 was orchestrated by the Generals and the government, whereas in ‘Journey’s End’, a serious play, the focus is more on the psychological, claustrophobic conditions of the war and what really happens in the war. Thus it has been said that ‘Journey’s End’ is a compelling account of warfare, based upon Sheriff’s own experience as a Captain in the East Surrey regiment, depicting war as a meaningless and destructive. However this leads me to the conclusion that Journey’s End creates a darker, sombre impression and mood with its realism rather than the comical Blackadder even though it had a tragic outcome. R.C Sherriff mostly tries to implant a realistic picture of the war by looking at the horrors of war through its physical setting. Also the playwright used one...
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...No other woman From my perspective, this movie itself is a culture based because culture appeared from a long time ago. We keep on talking with our emotions and expressing our ideas to one another. This is similar to one of our culture in our own country. No matter transmission or ritual, they are both related. We communicate through culture and the world is changing so fast. We have to catch up the stage so that we won’t left behind. It’s true that we filipinos are naturally fond of watching movies where we base our life, Filipinos are truly one of the most cheerful and optimistic people in the world. We love to laugh, share jokes and make fools of ourselves all in the spirit of fun. We find humor in almost every situation no matter how dire or depressing it is. Even in the midst of poverty, you can still see the smiles on the faces of the little kids playing on the streets or witness the animated expressions of the men and women gathered together sharing stories in their tambayan. Humor even finds its way into politics, the historical impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona has had its share of quite a number of funny and dramatic moments. In every aspect of our daily lives, we can always make the best of any situation and turn it into a fun circumstance. And it’s this natural hopefulness that gets us through the different problems we encounter every day. In good and bad times, in sickness and health, we are counted on laughters , dramas , tears...
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...A.K.A Mr. Bean Youth nowadays focuses on gathering information about some popular celebrities and among those , Bean is the most searched one. This man needs no introduction; rather a smile surprisingly appears on one’s face after a glimpse of him comes in anyone’s mind. The actor behind this hilarious series is Rowan Atkinson and this person is the writer of a major part of the same...Surprised!!..., you better be, because it’s the truth. Bean seldom murmurs and the mainly physical humor is educed from his interactions with other people and his astonishing solutions to the situations. Teddy is kind of Mr. Bean’s life partner. The teddy is dark brown, affixed abnormally button eyes and sausage-shaped limbs. Despite of the fact that the teddy is defunct, Mr. Bean pretends it to be alive. Buying him a Christmas present or trying not to wake it in the mornings are some examples of the same. Now talking about Mr. Bean’s car, it was a British Leyland Mini 1000 of applejack green color. The locking system of the car was immensely innovative and how Mr. Bean parks his car was noticeable. The famous chair incident was a running joke throughout the series. Apart from the television and an animated cartoon series, a couple of movies were also adapted, namely “Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie” in 1997 and “Mr. Bean's Holiday” in 2007. The film follows Bean on a crucial journey across France for a holiday which after a number of hardships ends up in a screening of his video diary at the Cannes...
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...To kill a Mocking Bird parody I’ve lived in this run-down town for years now. It feels like centuries. Hawesville, Georgia is a nasty place with up to no good people, my uncle included. Uncle Curtis, or King Curtis as he is called, is a man with no morals. Everyday he wares the same clothes and goes out with his friends leaving his 9-year-old niece on her own, me. My name is Mary and I’m from New York. With my parents passed away, the only place for me to go was here. Out of all the years I have spent here, I have only made one friend, Alyson. She is a very nice girl and we play together everyday. She can’t come to my house because my uncle forbids it. He cannot stand black people. ‘Someone help!’ The screams came from outside. Fearing for the worst, I peeked over my windowsill to see what was happening. It was very hard to make out what was going on as a crowd started to slowly develop. Because I was the curious type, I needed to find out. Closing the front door behind me, I started to make pace towards the scene of the crime. A chill ran down my spine as my eyes made contact. Someone tried to pull me away from the crisis, but it was too late, I had seen enough. It was Susan, someone in my class. Except from she was hurt, bad. Patches of dark red scabs had covered up her face and what was her bright white skirt was now a dark, flimsy rag. She was twitching uncontrollably trying to just get air in. Then all of a sudden, someone shrieked out, ‘it was the Mary’s. I saw them...
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...General Curtis E, LeMay is an American hero and an architect of Strategic Air Command (SAC). He participated in many wars and contributed his knowledge and bravery to successfully completed his missions. He was a firm believer of how effective strategic air attack will benefit the situation during war and through his time as a commander of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) organization, he had strengthened the organization and made countless accomplishments. When he took over as its commander in 1948, it consisted of little more than a few understaffed and untrained B-29 groups left over from World War II. Less than half its aircraft were operational and the crews were next to worthless. (Hickman, K.) He believed that only way to strengthen SAC was through hard training and strict discipline. As a leader of SAC, he trained his men very hard and at the same time he also cared for his men requested better standard of living. He made many establishments during his time at SAC including missile development and a strict command and control system, when he left the command in 1957 to assume his new job as Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, Strategic Air Command (SAC) was the most powerful military force the world had ever seen. (Biographies: General Curtis Emerson Lemay.) Another his great accomplishment was the air strike against Japan and the famous Berlin Air Lift. During World War II, he developed bombardment tactics and strategies and successfully led the air war against Japan. It...
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...The MermaidbyAuthor Unknown 'Twas Friday morn when we set sail, And we had not got far from land, When the Captain, he spied a lovely mermaid, With a comb and a glass in her hand.Chorus Oh the ocean waves may roll, And the stormy winds may blow, While we poor sailors go skipping aloft And the land lubbers lay down below, below, below And the land lubbers lay down below.Then up spoke the Captain of our gallant ship, And a jolly old Captain was he; "I have a wife in Salem town, But tonight a widow she will be."ChorusThen up spoke the Cook of our gallant ship, And a greasy old Cook was he; "I care more for my kettles and my pots, Than I do for the roaring of the sea." ChorusThen up spoke the Cabin-boy of our gallant ship, And a dirty little brat was he; "I have friends in Boston town That don't care a ha' penny for me."ChorusThen three times 'round went our gallant ship, And three times 'round went she, And the third time that she went 'round She sank to the bottom of the sea.Chorus Be with me This is a ballad for the good timesSo put a battery in your legPut a rock beat over anythingGet it stuck there in your headYou can be with meI got nothing to rely onI've broken every boneEverybody's stop believingBut you know you're not aloneYou can be with meThis is a ballad for the good timesAnd all the dignity we hadDon't get het up on the evil thingsYou ain't coming backYou can be with meIf you want to beYou can be with me.... James Dickenson http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/be-with-me/ ...
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...Christopher Business 4/20/2015 Sears Holdings Corporation There have been many large chain retailers to grace the United States, but Sears (or Sears, Roebuck and Co.) has been a staple for as long as many people can remember. Sears was once the largest retailer in the United States and is still one of the largest today. In recent years the retail giant has seen a major decline in revenue and stores have been closing across the country. However, Sears is not completely out of options or business and has a formula to continue its longevity. Sears, Roebuck and Co. is still one of the most recognized names in retail and has shown to be adaptable to the changing business environment. The Sears, Roebuck and Co. was founded in 1886 by Alvah Curtis Roebuck and Richard Warren Sears. Sears started his career as a railway agent. He began selling watches after a shipment of watches were unwanted by the receiver (Weil 20). After selling watches for a while Sears moved to Chicago and hired Roebuck who was working as a watchmaker at the time. The company became known as Sears, Roebuck and Co. In 1888 the first catalog was produced offering watches and jewelry (A Brief Chronology of Sears ln.1) There catalog enabled the duo to offer fixed prices to farmers for a larger variety of items rather than base the prices on the creditworthiness of the customer. The business’ growth was stratospheric and they quickly became a household name (Weil 22). This was not the end; the catalogs began to add...
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...original was clear, yet it wasn’t believable. There were instances in the movie that couldn’t possibly happen in real life such as, the police drove out of a cave during a car chase after the daughter and the car turned into a triangular shape and the car the daughter drove was in perfect shape. There were other unrealistic occurrences in the original film, such as when the daughter drove the car into the water and the car just stayed afloat. I’m sure the directors of the remake cut these scenes out entirely due to the improbability of a 13 year old driving and a car staying afloat in a sea of water. Acting is a major issue in any movie. The acting in the 2003 Freaky Friday surpassed the 1976 original version. Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis had more chemistry on screen than Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster. The chemistry between the actresses made the movie more realistic to the public. In the original, it was apparent that it was all an act, yet in the 2003 version it...
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...educated audience in the mid 60s, to a younger, more affluent, college-educated demographic and by the mid 70s, a majority of all moviegoers were at least under 30. There was desperation in studios during this period due to status of the economy. The best thing that happened to the filmmakers was that they brought an emphasis on realism (Citation 1). The movie “Halloween” is known as one the greatest independent slasher films ever, created off of a budget of $300,000 and brought $70,000,000 in revenue. Halloween was directed by John Carpenter, produced by Debra Hill and written between the both of them. The movie was set in Haddonfield, Illinois, mainly on Halloween 1978. This movie was the break for “New Hollywood” actress Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode). John Carpenter was paid $10,000 for writing, directing and composing the music, plus he gained 10% of the rights from the film’s profits. With such a low budget, the actors and actresses had to provide their own wardrobe, and props had to be created with the materials that they had or could be bought inexpensively. For example, the mask worn by Michael Myers in the film was created from a Captain...
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...The way in which authors portray a historical event or more of a fictional event can determine if the reader will be able to agree or disagree with the author. Many people have enjoyed the book The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis, however I did not. The author was more into the fictional part of the book instead of the historical events that involved civil rights. Although this book was supposed to help people better understand civil rights. The author did not research enough about civil rights to have more historical events throughout the book. “SPOILER ALERT” In the book The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis the book is overall confusing. The book is very confusing because it’s supposed to be about...
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...lives of the Curtis brothers as greasers. The relationship between Ponyboy and Darry, two of the main characters will be explored from the time when their parents were alive, to their parent’s deaths and lastly, the brothers must learn to cope without their loving parents. First, when the Curtis brothers, had their parents the relationships between the brother were different. Darry didn’t have the protector role to fill so he wasn’t hard on Ponyboy he was more of a friend to Ponyboy. The author shows how when they were young the brother where happy on farm that they grew up on Darry was always able to hangout with Ponyboy even if he had lots of school work. Darry was about...
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...Should Ponyboy Curtis stay with his brother and the gang risking his life, or go to a safe system that wouldn’t promote violence and get him possibly hurt. If Ponyboy is faced with a problem and gets in trouble, he could possibly go to court and go to a boys home and not have his brothers in his life anymore. Ponyboy should go to the system so he won’t be in danger and get very injured. Darry puts Ponyboy in much danger and puts him at very big risks of getting seriously hurt. “Let me fight, Darry…”“Well”-Darry gave in-”I guess you can”(Hilton, Chapter 9, page 135). Thus showing Darry giving in to fighting which is not a safe thing to do. This can also get them in very big trouble if the police come and break up the rumble and see Pony and Soda there with Darry's permission to go. “Listen, Soda, you and Ponyboy, Darry said as we strode down the street, ‘if the fuzz show, you two beat it out of there. The rest of us can only get jailed.”(Hilton, Chapter 9 page 137). Furthermore, Darry still knows the risks of letting Pony and Soda fight but still allows the to be apart of the...
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...rich kids. The Greasers and Socs are constantly at war with each other. A member of the Greasers is Darrel (Darry) Curtis. When the Curtis parents died Darry starts to take care of his two siblings Sodapop (Soda) Curtis who is 16 and Ponyboy (Pony) Curtis who is 14. Darry is a 20 years old male who is 6 Feet 2 Inches. Darrel is a broad shouldered and muscular guy who looks older than 20 and has dark brown hair that kicks out in the front with a slight cowlick in the back. One thing that makes Darry different from the rest is he could be a Soc but there is one thing that is keeping him from being a Soc and it is the gang but mainly it is Soda and Pony. Even though Darry and Pony don’t always see eye to eye and Soda is always having to break them up and end the arguments they all still look out for each other, stick up for each other, and most of all love each other. Darrel Curtis is an athletic, responsible, and strict Greaser from The Outsiders. Darrel Curtis is a very athletic member of the Greaser gang. In the story you learn that in high school Darry was the Captain...
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