What we make of life in the time we have is the idea that David Fincher presents in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He shows a character that is different because he experiences life backwards, however he enjoys life and meets new friends and emotions. This is in direct contrast to the portrayal of Benjamin by Francis Scott Fitzgerald who shows a character who is not accepted into society because he is different and thus he lives out his life alone. The idea that you live life essentially alone, if you are different, is more effective in engaging the reader and creating a thoughtful response from an audience who connect to the basis of…
The Box Man In “The Box Man”, Barbara Lazear Ascher describes the lives of the Box Man and two other women in order to compare them. By analyzing these comparisons, readers can come to the conclusion that the Box Man leads a more meaningful life than the other two women. While this statement may initially appear to be absurd, it is most definitely true. Without understanding their lives, it would seem that the Box Man is living a purposeless life and his hobby of collecting boxes indicates how mentally insane he is. However, this fact actually holds to be untrue as the Box Man’s life has purpose because the act of collecting boxes makes him feel fulfilled and satisfies his goals.…
Elmer Formey Hinkle, also known as Barney, was my Great-Grandfather on my fathers side. He was born on September 22, 1907, in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Barney was the youngest of his siblings. Barney had a twin, and two older brothers, John and Sam. His twin sadly died at the young age of three.…
The director of the Princess Bride that I have studied employed film techniques and narrative conventions to construct heroes and/or villains. The Princess Bride tells us a story of two unlikely lovers who overcome extreme difficulties in order to be together. The Princess Bride was made in 1987 and directed by Rob Reiner. They also made a book which was published in 1973 and was written by William Goldman.…
The common book, Orphan Train written by Christina Baker Kline, not only brought a realistic feature to the novel, but also made the story a touching and perspective changing one. Kline’s insisted on basing the book on real life occurrences and stories from people who experienced the orphan train first hand. By interviewing those who lived through the events first hand, Kline successfully made the book as real and true as possible. Vivian’s past allowed her to have a deep connection with Molly, which is something as an honor mentor leader we can take into consideration and apply ourselves.…
She was born on May 31, 1983 in San Antonio. Honestly, I have no idea what my parents were even doing there. A year later my brother Anthony (or Tony), was born on a military base in Germany. I am clearly the baby of the family and I had a unique situation growing up. When I was eight years old, I was taken from the care of my mother and became a ward of the state.…
My dad grew up in the small town of Eufaula, Alabama. My mother grew up in the small town of Cynthiana. My paternal grandmother has always kept the history of the her family with her. Your great grandmother Gwen Hicks, your paternal grandmother’s mother, was an accomplished genealogist and…
In my family there were nine people. My dad’s name was Earl and my mom’s name was Louis. My dad helped people gain their independence and my mom was a homemaker and joined the U.N.I.A. My siblings are Yvonne, Wesley, Hilda, Philbert, Reginal, and Wilfred. My family lived in Philadelphia and in 1927 we moved to Albion, Michigan.…
Christina Baker Kline the author of the novel "Orphan Train" was born in Cambridge, England, and raised there as well as in the Maine and American South. She has graduated Cambridge, Yale, and the University of Virginia. She has taught nonfiction and fiction writing, poetry, English literature, literary theory, and women’s studies at Yale, Drew University, and NYU, and served as Writer-in-Residence at Fordham University for four years. Christina Baker Kline is the author of five novels, including the #1 New York Times bestselling Orphan Train. Her other novels include "Bird in Hand", "The Way Life Should Be", "Desire Lines" and "Sweet Water".…
Interests: I prefer to be called ‘Bucky’. I like dogs, hockey, basketball, and music. Reminisce topics: I was one of 12. I love to talk about my 5 grandchildren.…
A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart (Zeus from Hercules). " When you see a true fighter you can see it in their eyes. My mother, Dorothy Perez, is without a doubt, proof that there is no one who shows more qualities of a hero than she does. Dorothy Perez, my "mama's" strength and warmhearted soul compare to no other. Does my mother have superhuman strength like the Hulk?…
Seventeen years ago on December eighth, I was born and the named Madison Dean, birthed by Leslie and daughter of Cameron Dean, I was born at 3:03 in the afternoon in Sandusky, Ohio. I am the second child of three, Mikayla Dean is my older sister, she is the first of three Dean offspring, and Austin Dean is my brother the youngest of three of us, my brother Austin is ten months younger than me. I lived in Sandusky, Ohio for a few months and then we progressed to North Carolina, where my brother was born and we also lived there for a few months. After some interval of time we moved back to Sandusky and lived there until I was eight years old. Currently, I live in Oak Hill, Ohio, and I now call this small town “home”.…
Immigration Project My great-grandfather, Henry Johnson, and his wife were the first members of my family to move to the United States. They moved from Sweden in the 1900s to Norwalk Connecticut, when they were both twenty years old. Leaving Sweden was the hardest decision he had to make in his entire life.…
She was born in 1967, the fourth child out of five. My mother’s family was a typical, married-couple household—a product of the baby boom generation.…
My mom spent a lot of time outside in her backyard, climbing trees, running, and hanging out with her sisters and brother because my grandparents had a huge back yard with a lot of fruit trees. My mom is very sociable, she had lots of friends when she was younger. She was rarely allowed to go out and hang out with friends because my grandparents were really strict. She spent a lot of time at church because she…