Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Island of Dr. Moreau challenges the readers view of how to define a monster. Some would say Dr. Moreau is a monster, some would say Montgomery, and some would argue that the beast people are the real monsters. Some people would even say that there are no monsters in The Island of Dr. Moreau. First, to address the most literal “monsters” in the book, the beast people. It is easy to say they are monsters because they are physically the closest to a monster. Moreau could be considered a…

Jane’s three best friends from high school, Sam, Jack, and Rick, obviously love her, but she is in for a shock when they tell her they are in love with her and want to share her. They each went to different colleges but come back together to live in a New York City apartment to start their careers and, unbeknownst to Jane, their courtship of her. These three men are very different but they form a whole that is perfect for their Janie. Sam is smooth and diplomatic, Jack has no filter, and Rick is…

I watched the movie Fifty First Dates produced by Nancy Juvonen, Jack Giarraputo, and Steve Golin. This movie was based on a woman who has Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Harry Roth is works in Hawaii as a vet, trying to earn money to study walrus in Alaska. He never catches feelings for women due his passion for his career. Until, one morning he goes to a local restaurant and is drawn to this woman named Lucy. Before Lucy got into the accident that caused her TBI she was an art teacher at a…

In the second grade,my teacher,Ms. Lopez, read the book “Because of Winn-Dixie.” This book made me fall in love with animals. I fell in love with them because in the book, Opal helps Winn-Dixie when he is in trouble. It made me want to help animals as well. When i was in the 5th grade, i started to volunteer at the MSPCA. I started to visualize when Opal went to work at the pet store. Just like Opal said” I fell in love with him the moment i met him.” I fell in love with the puppy my mom,and…

Erin Brockovich was successful in her lawsuit against the people of Hinkley verses Pacific Gas and Electric also known as PG and E. Between the years of 1952 to 1966 an outbreak of Chromium 6 was polluting the water in Hinkley. However, the people of Hinkley were unaware of what harm could be done by this substance. Many families and individuals who lived close to the company that produced the Chromium 6 had been experiencing illnesses that where caused by the chemical they had been consuming.…

Everybody has done something unconsciously, on impulse or on accident. Sometimes its blowing your nose on the reciept and looking at the tissue or accidentaly killing your husband! In the short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter”, by Roald Dahl, that is exactly what happens, and she does it with a frozen leg of lamb. This starts a spark in her and she starts to evolve. Throughout the story there are many times Ms. Maloney is proven to be a dynamic character. “She came out slowly, cold and surprised”,…

A Unique Craft Move From Nancy Farmer Have you ever been hooked on to a book? The book that forces you to read on? There are many ways author’s do this in stories. In the book “The House of the Scorpion”, Nancy Farmer uses a flashback to provide background information, build suspense, and to get the reader predicting. First this is the transition between chapter one and two,“Have I done you a favor? Thought Eduardo as he watched the baby turn its head toward the bustling nurses in their…

it’s also about the war for ideas, the war for democracy for Islamism,” Stack said in a 2010 C-SPAN interview. “There are a lot of themes woven into it.” Stack opens the novel with her experiences with sexual assault from Mohammed Zaman, who was her best source until this occurred. She also goes on to explain the meaning behind the title. “Every Man in this Village is a Liar” is the reality of Afghanistan after September 2011. If a person is telling the truth, they’re lying. If they’re lying,…

Holiday. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for that film and won a Tony that same year for her starring role in Ondine. “Over the next decade, Hepburn proved herself more than a math for Hollywood’s top leading men in such hits as Sabrina (1954, with William Holden and Humphrey Bogart), Funny Face (1957, with Fred Astaire) and Love in the Afternoon (1957, with Gary Cooper)” (History.com). Her role in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), earned her fourth Oscar nomination for Best Actress. She…

GMA asked Robin if she can host the sports segment from time to time. In early 2005 she was asked to become full-time GMA co-anchor. At first she was quite nervous but then said yes. The broadcast won four Emmy Awards for outstanding morning program. She is honored with Walter Cronkite Award for for excellence in Journalism, inducted into Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. (Robin Roberts Biography) In June of 2007 went downhill for Roberts. She was diagnosed with breast cancer. Sadly in June of…