...Kaylee Moore 8-4 I recently watched and read the book/movie A Raisin in the Sun. They were both very good in different ways. But they did have many differences. In the movie the characters developed different. Walter was mean and nasty in the beginning of the movie. As it went on you could see the change in heart. He became more sweet and caring. He started acting different and everyone could tell. Now Ruth was aggravated and tired in the beginning, and she became more relived towards the end. She was happy about her new life and how much her life changed. Mama was very sad because of the loss of her husband, Walter Lee Sir, in the beginning. As the movie continues she becomes happier knowing that he is now in peace and things are looking up for their family. Now don’t even get me started on Bennie, disrespectful and very annoying. Her heart changes a little towards the end though. She becomes kinder to Walter in particular. Everybody will have different opinions on the acting in the movie. In my mind it was horrible. There is one scene in particular that made me think this. When Ruth fainted it looked so unreal, good actors learn to master things like that. Also the emotions they showed were portrayed badly. They didn’t know how to really show what the characters were portraying. When actors and actresses have that ability people can really feel what role they are trying to play. The book and the movie have many differences. The book focuses more on the plant and the...
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...BABY AND THE BATHWATER: THE PERILS OF HOLDING JUVENILES IN CONTEMPT RICHARD SEITZ UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW FALL 2008 You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. - Franklin P. Jones THE CASE OF A.S. In December of 2007, A.S., a 17 year old female, was subpoenaed to testify as a state’s witness in a case against a man accused of assaulting another woman. When she failed to respond to the subpoena and did not appear at trial[1], St. Mary’s Circuit Court Judge C. Clarke Raley issued an order for her arrest. She was picked up by patrol officers on New Year’s Eve, and appeared before a different judge, who subsequently released her on her own recognizance. On January 9, 2008, Judge Raley issued another order, this time finding her in direct criminal contempt for her previous failure to appear as a witness, and summarily sentenced her to 30 days in the St. Mary’s County Detention Facility, the county’s general population prison for adult criminal offenders. A.S. was jailed in the detention center among the adult population; public defenders appealed to the judge on her behalf, claiming that her imprisonment was in violation of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act[2]. Judge Raley was not compelled by the argument, stating that she A.S. “was not best served by guidance, treatment or rehabilitation [in a juvenile facility], but by a brief exposure to the St. Mary’s County Detention...
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