Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

In the best essays, speeches, stories, and general writings, the author always strikes their reader. I do not mean this in the literal sense of striking someone, though in Berry’s essay Compromising, Hell it may feel that way at times. That being said, this an element of good writing, and Berry uses this strategy as a way to speak to his sympathetic audience. So do not become disheartened or even threatened by Berry while reading this essay, as he is simply just doing his job. Berry’s essay…

Throughout history, the human species have not always been able to read or write. One thing humans have always understood are pictures. The cavemen painted on walls in order to document and tell the stories of their lives. In the more modern era, books, especially for children, are filled with pictures in order to help convey the ideas of the writer to all who read his books. This idea of pictures to help support book is shown very well in Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s book Days of Destruction…

Conflicts of Stress “A Brief Encounter with The Enemy,” by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh is a short story about a young man named Luke and his experience in the United States Army. The story begins with Luke describing how he felt getting to “the hill,” through a path that terrified him. While traveling through the path, Luke starts to think about his crush Becky, who takes an interest in him right before deploying. She gives him her email to keep her up to date on his adventures during deployment.…

Women have always struggled to break through an invisible glass ceiling that separates them from their goals. Women are kept from attaining higher positions in business, they are kept from studying math and science, and are deterred from playing certain sports. However, once upon a time women were kept from being themselves. Many women were discouraged from trying to learn at all, instead kept in the confines of the home. Virginia Woolf’s “What if Shakespeare Had Had a Sister?” brings to light…

“I’ll never let go.” These words came from award winning actress, Kate Winslet, in the film, Titanic. In this film, Kate plays the dynamic character of Rose. Rose shows emotions of happiness, sadness, boldness, vulnerability, and nervousness, which all came together to make Rose’s character a vibrant and essential part of the film. Based on Rose’s choices and how she used her body and voice, she created a vulnerable, impetuous character. According to, dictionary.com, to be impetuous is to act…

Crowned Miss World at the young age of 17, debuting in movie industry shortly once, delivering hit movies one once the opposite, bagging a National award, singing at the international level and turning into a diva – Priyanka Chopra has done it all. an attractive and assured miss, she has worked exhausting to achieve the highest of her career and has created a mark for herself while not the support of any godfather within the vaporous dunia. But then, her career hasn’t invariably been a bed of…

There have been many books that capture the idea of a struggling protagonist but not many that have the complexity of Frankenstein. Written by Mary Shelly, Frankenstein is not only a genre defining book but one that also poses two main characters that share very different stories. The author, Mary Shelley’s writing style allows for the reader to see both the Monster’s and Victor’s side of the story and gives the reader the opportunity to sympathize with each character. This Writing style allows…

talented actress, and a generous philanthropist. She came into the world we live in on April 24, 1942, in beautiful Brooklyn, New York. She was born to her lovely parents, Diana and Emanuel Streisand. Originally, her name was spelt “Barbara,” but she hated it. She changed it by dropping the extra “a.” Barbra has two siblings, Roslyn and Sheldon. Streisand is the only artist/actress to receive a Tony, an Emmy, multiple Grammys including the Grammy LifeTime Achievement award, the Grammy Award…

On April 25, 1917 a star was born Ella Fitzgerald , She was born in Newport News, VA and raised in New York . Ella and Her Mother Temperance Fitzgerald where homeless for some years before she got her big break, In 1934 . She appeared the Apollo theater in Harlem winning a contest and got discovered by a big artist . http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ella-fitzgerald Years later she was called “The First Lady of Song,”. But growing up in New York, She was inspired by “ Shake hips” Tucker…

The first movie that I chose to discuss is “Crash”. This movie showcased many people’s perceptions/beliefs regarding race and different cultures. Sadly this is not just in the movies, but still happening every day. We live in a free country and everyone is supposed to be afforded the same opportunities to work, be educated, and live free from prejudices and discrimination, and yet these things still occur. Why do we judge another person by the color of their skin, the language they speak, or…