...The American drama film entitled Finding Forrester is directed by an award winning director Gus Van Sant and is written by Mike Rich. It was released in theaters on December 2000 and it garnered mostly positive feedbacks. The two stars of the film was Sean Connery, who played as William Forrester, and Rob Brown, who played as Jamal Wallace. Sean Connery was also the film’s producer. The film was about William Forrester, a reclusive writer, who wrote “The Great Twentieth Century Novel”. This earned him a Pulitzer prize but after gaining fame he shut his world to the public and settle in an apartment in South Bronx, New York. He was befriended by Jamal Wallace, a talented basketball player and an intelligent sixteen year old teenager. Jamal hides his intelligence in writing from his friends because he fears that they might make fun of him and put him out of place. One night, Jamal sneak into the apartment of William. Out of fear he accidentally left his bag in the apartment. Jamal talked to the delivery man of the apartment and showed his knowledge discussing the history of BMW. The delivery man left and his bag was dropped down from the apartment. He finds that the man read his journals and made notes in them. He asked the man to help him in his works, but he was told to write 5000 words on why he should stay out of his home, which Jamal completes and submit to the man. That’s when he started going to the man’s apartment. A...
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...Into the Wild - Sean Penn “Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.” At an early age children learn to feel either valued and important, or inferior and insignificant. For those whose early years were filled with physical or emotional abuse, neglect or abandonment, love will not feel natural or deserved. For these children, as normal as they may seem on the outside, part of them lives in the dark, afraid to emerge. But is it possible to close the gaps of the past? The movie 'Into the Wild' by Sean Penn is a passionate and faithful suggestion of Jon Krakauer's book about Chris McCandeless. It's the disturbing and complex story of a young idealist and seeker who was a rebellious child who renamed himself Alexander Supertramp. He gave away his $24,000 savings to Oxfam after college, went off in his old car and left his family behind, and disappeared for two years wandering the country. He where found by hunters, dead of poisoning and starvation in an abandoned bus in the wilds of Alaska. In addition to the fascinating cinematography in the movie, which is really catchy, I find the story extremely inspiring; people in the late modern society must be so tired of seeing the same things every single day. Wake up in the same bed - in the same house. Everything is the same and everybody is unhappy. We are all searching for the exact same thing. But what is it? It is the ultimate freedom, which...
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...continually offers her what little he has for the land to no avail and carries on tending to this land that isn’t his. Here the story could end - Bull would persist on and be happy, though his gruff exterior wouldn’t let on - and no play or movie would be required. But when a smooth American played by Tom Berenger comes on the scene with money to spend and intentions do so McCabe’s simple plans go enormously awry. The field goes on the market for public auction as the widow changes her tune from ‘I won’t sell’, to ‘I’ll sell to whomever, whenever as long as the price is right’. The combination of the auction and the American trigger turmoil and all the formerly contented townsfolk can’t keep to themselves. Meanwhile Bull and his son Tadgh (Sean Bean) decide to settle the score and keep their land. Bean, like Berenger, is given a character with little to sink his acting chops into. Thus begins a plethora of complaints that weigh on the scale opposite Harris’ epic performance. Thin characters are accepted, and almost expected, in so many movies that when a film comes along with the intention of portraying a man’s religious dedication to his...
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...The Efforts of a Fisherman: ISU Essay The life of a fisherman in the early 1900's was not an easy life. Six out of seven days were spent toiling for long hours, putting oneself into extremely dangerous situations, doing the same repetitive tasks year in and year out. This is exactly what life was like for Nova Scotian fisherman, David Jung. Jung is the protagonist in the novel, Rockbound by Frank Parker Day, a story of the small, desolate island Rockbound on the south shore of Nova Scotia in the early 1900’s. The book’s plot is set around the timeline of David Jung’s life. It tells his life story from when he was a young orphan at thirteen to when he is happily married living on his own island. In a classic book like this, one can pull numerous themes away from it. Author Frank Parker Day clearly demonstrates the theme of relentless effort will eventually pay off. This is shown through the conflict, the setting, and in major events in the plot. Rockbound is filled with many literary devices to illustrate this theme, but conflict is one of the most effective, specifically person versus person and person versus nature. An example of the former surfaces right in the beginning of the novel, when David is attempting to get a job at Uriah’s fishery. When David asks for the job, he is immediately turned away, but with persistence and relentless effort, David eventually wears Uriah down. “’I knows how to work’ repeated the boy… ‘You ain’t got no place around here’, ‘Yes I is…...
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...Life Changing Experiences By: Olivia Son Growing up in the country you could always find me outside playing with my friends or relatives. We would literally go outside the moment we woke up and would not come back inside until bedtime. Between riding four-wheelers, jumping on trampolines, and having mud fights you never knew what we might me getting into that day. I had my share of bumps and bruises along the way but I would not have changed a single minute of it. We all grow up thinking that we are invincible until something happens in your life that changes all that. I remember that day as if it were yesterday. It was a hot summer day just like any other and I was your typical fourteen-year-old girl who wanted to spend all her free time hanging out with her boyfriend. This day was no different. I woke up that morning and of course could not wait to spend time with him. Therefore, I rushed through breakfast and did everything that my mom had asked me to do before he was allowed to come over. Finally, he was at my house and we were deciding what we might get into. It was so hot outside so we decided that we would go swimming and ride my four-wheeler. We figured we would going four-wheeler riding first that way if we got dirty we could just jump into the pool when we got back and wash off. So we changed into our swim suits and headed out. Looking back wearing only a swim suit and flip flops to go riding might not of been the best idea but it was something that...
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...“Saving Sourdi” by Mailee Chai, is a story of a women name Sourdi , where her life is been arranged for marriage to a husband who will provide a lifestyle suitable to raising a family. However, she was provided with a good environment to raise their children in, and a strong man who will support their needs financially. As a young child Sourdi was really close to her younger sister Nea; They talked about things every night before going to bed. Exclusively their relationship had fell down the Drain. When Sourdi, reached time for her to become a woman. She was arranged to get married to a man named Chhay, and moves out. Even though Nea didn’t like the whole situation, she had to deal with it. The fact her sister detached from her, and they barely see each other. When Nea answers one of Sourdi’s phone call one night, Sourdi Sound like she was crying. When Nea asked what happened , she ignored her question and asked for her mom. Nea got suspicious thinking Mr. Chhay had hit her sister. So Nea gets Sourdi ex-boyfriend and told him everything, but never mentioned that she never told Sourdi she was coming over, to see what was going on. When Nea and Sourdi ex-boyfriend Duke arrived at Sourdi place, Nea sat there, waiting for a sign to go in. When Nea got in Sourdi’s House. Sourdi was surprised because, she was not expecting any company over. Nea saw a bruise in Sourdi’s face. At that moment Nea thought Mr. Chhay had hit Sourdi. Duke made a big movement by knocking Mr. Chhay in...
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...Eli Palomares Movie Review 10/11/2012 The movie I chose to write a review on is called "the blind side". The movie is based on a true story of a young African American homeless boy, Michael Oher, who is adopted by a generous white family. At first he struggles to live with the family because of past circumstances and conditions that made him who he was; an “ordinary stereotypical” black boy with no schooling, no real family, and no future. Throughout the film, Michael has experiences that put him in a difficult place. He has never experienced such loving kindness from anyone, and to see it now coming from a white family, he is hesitant to believe it is too good to be true. In our ethnic studies class, we discuss the different type of cultures and races that are in our community. In this case, the African American culture has many of the following stereotypes: Unintelligent and childlike, animalistic/bestial, lazy, criminals, uncivilized, and part of the poor class. All throughout the movie we will see several examples of this and how it affected Michael and the Tuohy's, the white family that took him in as one of their own. Our story takes place in Memphis Tennessee. The main character, Michael Oher, is a poor African American that was taken from his mother as a child. He lives in a foster home, but tries many times to escape, but every time he leaves he would be brought back or placed into a different one. Again, he would run away and not want to be found. He spent most...
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...a primary form of self expression. GoldenPalace.com paid this woman for the real estate space on her forehead. This is a permanent tattoo, no joke, she sold it in 2005 for $10K. Just goes to show you, if you need money or need the advertising there is always someone out there. ________________________________________ But is it impossible to save a brand if the personality is sinking? In some cases a tarnished and even violent past hasn’t impacted the brand at all – it may even add to the mystique. A slew of hip hop artists from 50 Cent to Eve have or are turning their urban images into lifestyle brands. P. Diddy (a.k.a., Sean Combs), saw his five-year-old Sean John fashion label bring in $400 million in retail sales in 2003. A women's collection and fragrance are also planned. At Federated, one of the biggest department store chains in the US, Sean John occupies 153,000 square feet of floor space -- making it the store's third-largest player in menswear, behind Polo and Tommy Hilfiger. Not bad considering Combs was arrested in 1999 for assaulting a record executive, and tried in 2001 on gun possession and bribery charges related to a 1999 shooting at a Manhattan nightclub (where he'd been with...
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...Sean Lennon, son of the late John Lennon, recently wrote an article for The New York Times concerning a town meeting that took place in the local high school of Delaware County, New York state. The meeting was held to discuss infrastructure that a gas company wants to put in place ready for hydraulic fracturing. The gas company held the meeting to discuss the benefits to the local residents by bringing clean energy, in the form of natural gas, to millions. In the article Sean shows subjectivity by exhibiting that he has strong feelings of sentiment about the land right from the start by the title he chose for his article, “Destroying Precious Land for Gas.” He says the land is “precious.” Precious means something that is of great value, and something that should not be treated carelessly. In describing the land in this way Sean is saying that the land holds great value for him. He continues by saying, “Where the Catskill Mountains curl up into little kitten hills” (Lennon, 2012). The description of the mountains as “kittens” brings to mind warm, fluffy, purring little kittens. This emphasizes further that Sean’s feelings for the land are warm and loving. He also connects memories of his late father to his family farm, “… skipping stones with my father and drinking unpasteurized milk” (Lennon, 2012). Research shows that John Lennon died when Sean was five years old; therefore, he would not have many memories to hold on to, so one can assume that those he has would be special...
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...mother. In sum, the one decision by characters in this film made a large difference to the future of Michael Oher and family in schooling and careers. Michael Oher and Leigh-Ann Touhy’s relationship was important in the development of the film because, when Michael first started high school at Wingate Christian school a family friend of his ‘Big Tony’ let’s him stay at his place. Big Tony wants Michael to go to the school because he’s an excellent football player. When Leigh-Ann first saw ‘Big Mike’ (as he was first known) she was picking up her son SJ from the school. A high angle showed that Michael was insignificant at the time and people from all walks of life were ignoring him. A few days later, Leigh-Ann and Sean Touhy go to SJ’s performance at the school for a play about Indians. She is driving home when she then see’s Michael and asks “Do you have somewhere to stay?” “I’m going to the gym,” replies Michael “Come, I’ll put you up for the night” she replies” this quote shows that Leigh-Ann is a loving and caring person towards even people like him who are practically homeless, also against her demographic as people down in the South of the USA are republicans. This action by Leigh-Ann brings the whole plot together and by and by Leigh-Ann and Mike’s relationships strengthens Michael Oher and...
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...For all the times that you rain on my parade And all the clubs you get in using my name You think you broke my heart, oh girl for goodness sake You think I'm crying on my own, well I ain't And I didn't wanna write a song Cause I didn't want anyone thinking I still care I don't but, you still hit my phone up And baby I be movin' on And I think you should be somethin' I don't wanna hold back, maybe you should know that My mama don't like you and she likes everyone And I never like to admit that I was wrong And I've been so caught up in my job, didn't see what's going on But now I know, I'm better sleeping on my own Cause if you like the way you look that much Oh, baby, you should go and love yourself And if you think that I'm still holdin' on to somethin' You should go and love yourself And when you told me that you hated my friends The only problem was with you and not them And every time you told me my opinion was wrong And tried to make me forget where I came from And I didn't wanna write a song Cause I didn't want anyone thinking I still care I don't but, you still hit my phone up And baby I be movin' on And I think you should be somethin' I don't wanna hold back, maybe you should know that My mama don't like you and she likes everyone And I never like to admit that I was wrong And I've been so caught up in my job, didn't see what's going on But now I know, I'm better sleeping on my own Cause if you like the way you look that much ...
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...Research Paper 1: Sean “Puffy” Combs Who is Sean “Puffy’ Combs? How did he get to where he’s at today in his career? Sean Combs was born on November 4, 1969 in the Harlem District of New York City. His father was murdered on the streets of upper Manhattan when he was three years old. His widowed mother worked three jobs at once and was able to get enough money together to purchase a home in Suburban Mount Vernon, New York. Even though they moved his mother maintained her ties to Harlem, It was there in Harlem young Combs gained a remarkable cultural education, taking in the creations of the legendary hip hop founders Grandmaster Flash, Run D.M.C, KRS-One and many more. Combs got his nick name from a childhood...
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...–––Grade Marking: Briefing for students What is grade marking? Southampton Solent University is introducing a new system of marking your assignments called grade marking. This means that for most of your assessments, you’ll get a grade (e.g. B2) rather than a number (e.g. 65) when your work is returned to you. The exception is assessment where you can either be right or wrong, such as some multiple choice tests, where you will still be given a mark. Why is grade marking being introduced? Although marks are currently given on a scale of 0-100, research has shown that most tutors only mark between 35-75%, and that actually, marks are only reliable to 2-3%. Therefore having fewer marking points, spread more widely, will mean that marking will be fairer, and that your best and worst marks will be better represented in your final degree mark. Grades also match exactly with the Generic Grading Criteria that you use in your assessments. If you get a B2 in one assignment, you can use the grading criteria to show you what you need to improve on to get a B1 or an A4 in your next assignment. Overall, we think, and research has shown, that grade marking is better for both staff and students. What do I have to do? You don’t have to do anything. All your assessments from now on will be returned to you with a grade, apart from exams and some assignments that have clear right or wrong answers which will still be in numbers. Staff in the faculty offices will change...
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...attachment to other people or things and we can gain other certain feelings such as security, happiness, pride, sense of value and acceptance by others as social human beings. It gives us an awareness of identity and builds our self-confidence and self-esteem as we feel part of something bigger. There are also implications for not belonging, our inability to connect can lead to isolation, alienation, vulnerability and dislocated from society. These universal experiences are explored through the poetry of Peter Skrzynecki’s “Immigrant Chronicle”, in particular, Migrant Hostel where barriers limited the migrant’s experience of belonging and Feliks Skrzynecki which portrays the father and son’s contrasting experiences to belonging in a new land. Sean Penn’s 2007 film Into the Wild also examines a person’s quest for a sense of...
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...which I had to observe several family members in crisis. I selected Sean as the family member from the crisis case and I will provide crisis intervention utilizing the models of crisis intervention discussed in the textbooks by Floyd and Wright. Nature of the Crisis The nature of the crisis stems from Sean’s childhood. Sean had a very difficult childhood. Crises are turning points where counselees can possibly move toward growth, enrichment and improvement; or it can move towards dissatisfaction, pain, and in some cases, dissolution. (Wright, 2011, 128) There are three hazardous events in particular that has played a major role in Sean current crisis situation: The divorce of his parents, Sean’s father’s added pressure for him to succeed, and Sean’s father being a homosexual. Wright says that “A hazardous event is an occurrence that starts a chain reaction of events that culminates in a crisis.” (Wright, 2011, 129) I agree with those words wholeheartedly. Sean was a fun loving kid who had everything going for him. His family described him as “a good guy with a big heart.” However that soon began to change changed. At the age of 13 Sean began experimenting with alcohol as a way to escape from the reality of his life. He felt that the buzz was his “miracle juice.” Drinking made Sean feel good. However, the sad and harsh reality of the situation is that it is the exact opposite of feeling good. Sean sees alcohol as a way to deal with the constant feeling of never...
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