Academy Award for Best Actor

A reckless musician grieves over the unexpected death of his brother and travels to Japan to spread his ashes, where he becomes enamored by a young woman also dealing with her own grief. BRIEF SYNOPSIS SYD WHITE (30) is a reckless and irresponsible musician, who likes to party and drink. He’s in a band with his brother, ROGER WHITE, who warns him about his behavior. Roger announces that he’s quitting the band to travel to Japan and help those suffering from the tsunami. Syd is furious that…

In 1961, the classic film Breakfast at Tiffany’s hit cinemas across the nation. Loosely based on the Truman Capote novel of the same name, Tiffany’s starred Audrey Hepburn in what was widely considered to be her defining role, the unorthodox, free-spirited socialite Holly Golightly. Bud Fraker was hired to document the film via photography, during which he snapped a film portrait of Hepburn as Golightly, in her chignon updo, trademark little black dress, with an overlong cigarette holder in hand…

She’s a witch! The character from the book: Dealing with Dragons that I chose is named Morwen. I chose her because she plays a really big part of the story helping Cimorene and being a kind friend to everyone that is nice to her. Some things about Morwen that really stood out to me is that she is nice, very clean, and to top it all off she is a cat lady. In the book it states, “You’re the one Kazul has been borrowing dishes from aren’t you?” The way that Cimorene says that makes it sound…

The book “Jinx” by Sage Blackwood, was a very thrilling story with some humorous moments, some twisted and morbid moments, but definitely a lot of action and adventure. Particularly I found it especially intriguing reading about how Jinx had to adapt to his new way of living outside of the clearing and into the Urwald with Simon the Wizard. In the Urwald Jinx was too afraid to step off path because he did not want to get swept away by the witches or werewolves. However, toward the end of the…

The Stories “Old Ben” by Jesse Stuart and “Fox Hunt” by Lensey Namioka use the elements of Foreshadowing and Flashbacks to develop interesting plots. “Old Ben” is a story about a family who hates snakes, but eventually learns to like them from their new pet snake Ben who ends up dying. “Fox Hunt” is about a boy who has a PSAT coming up and nobody wants to study with him, so a fox comes and helps him study. The stories have many similarities and differences involving flashbacks and foreshadowing.…

“Strings” by Christina Turtriak is a claymation depiction of giving up when faced with a challenge. Christina Turtriak explained in her presentation that the theme in many of her projects is the human form without a soul. She shows this idea through her creations of deformed people in drawings, sculptures, short animations, and her performances where she dresses up as a blind, painted figure, bringing her two-dimensional ideas to life. Her claymation video “Strings” starts out with a…

This term I read 2 books. School of Fear, by Gitty Daneshvari, a fiction novel, and Counting by 7’s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan, a realistic fiction novel. School of Fear was a just right book for me. I knew almost all the words and understood the plot. Counting by 7’s was also a just right book for me. I could relate to some of the characters, comprehended the words, and understood what was happening throughout the story. Counting by 7’s was my favorite book this term. 2. Write a quote (with…

The blunt allusion to Tabitha took William by surprise. He always suspected that Mary understood Tabitha’s control over him, but he never expected her to come right out and say it. “I won’t hold on for much longer,” Mary said through sniffles. “I know,” William whispered in her ear. “I know. Sign the contract.” “Really,” Mary said, looking up at him. “Sign the contract, Mary.” “You know what comes with this commitment.” “I do,” William said. They kissed. In the past, William and Mary’s kisses…

Heather is the first person who will acknowledge Melinda and befriend her. She is the new girl in town and doesn’t know the events of the summer. She doesn’t know why everyone avoids Melinda. She saw an outcast and opportunity to make a friend. Melinda and her never grow close because of their opposite personalities and interests, but it gives Heather influence in Melinda’s life. It is Heather who will help Melinda find her voice. Heather is a person desperate to be part of a group. When she…

Luna was jolted awake by a loud noise. She got out of her bed curious what the noise could be, hoping it was just a guard, and that no one was hurt or need help. She went to the door, carefully opening it. In front of her was a mailmare. Luna stared trying to process what she saw before her. She never got mail. Why was there a mail mare here. When she realized she was staring, she shook herself out of her stupor and relaxed. “I have a letter for you,” the mare said. “Thank you.” She…