Alan Shepard

incorporated important dates that aligned perfectly with past events. For example, the film showed the date of May 15, 1963, which was the day in both the movie and the history books that Gordon Cooper was launched up into space (History.com 1). Also, Kaufman stayed true even through the smallest of details. One way this is exhibited is through Chuck Yeager and his habit of chewing gum while flying. The real Chuck Yeager admitted to this habit whenever he was piloting an airplane, showing how the movie stayed accurate down to every nuance (Old Time Candy 1). In fact, the movie even referenced Beemans brand, the same brand that Chuck Yeager used when he piloted airplanes. Also, the movie included real footage of President Kennedy presenting Alan Shepard the medal of honor himself along with other real footage clips. Finally, Philip Kaufman incorporated easter eggs into the movie, which gave viewers a direct visual of a historic figure. Although he played a very minor role, the real Chuck Yeager made an appearance in the film as a bartender. The award winning film, The Right Stuff, not only fascinated those who saw it, but also stayed historically accurate to the American grit of the seven original…

“It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.” This means that he does not feel safe in space when the government pays the least for safety equipment. Alan Shepard was an important figure in the field of aviation, because he walked on the moon and was 1 of 7 first astronauts. He was born on November 18, 1923, he was born in New Hampshire, East Derry, his parents are Renza Shepherd and Alan B.…

The book I chose for my leadership essay is The Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts, P. This book was recommended to me by a former Ohio State University Military science professor Ret. LTC Mike Lear. Through the ages Attila the Hun has been branded as a barbarian that just leaded from fear and concurred by destroying every living thing in his path. That is far from the truth. Attila was a skilled leader that instilled many of what we would concise modern value into his…

Wherever this man went, destruction and ruin left a path behind him. He was called the “Scourge of God” but most commonly known as Attila the Hun . Attila lived from 406 CE to 453 CE , and most of his battles took place in or around the Roman Empire. Some view Attila the Hun as unsuccessful and unable to finish his military goals and conquests, but Attila’s strategies in military made him successful, as well as the influence his upbringing, reputation, and appearance had on the people. Attila…

The Laramie Project is a verbatim film directed by Moisés Kaufman and was originally a play created by the same director. The play was first performed in February 2000 and then the film debuted in January 2002. “Moisés Kaufman and members of New York's Tectonic Theatre Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of Matthew Shepard. This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. It follows and in some cases re-enacts the chronology…

Homosexuality and Hatred in October Mourning October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard narrates the murder of a homosexual man and the court cases that follow. In the collection of poems, Newman divides both of these events into two different parts. Both parts are narrative-driven and provide the reader with events that happen in both places—the bar and the courtroom. Newman strategically structures several of the poems in these sections to emphasize the major theme of homophobia and…

Group Members: Victoria Tronzo Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine Planned by one of Matt’s old childhood friends, this is the behind the famous story of Matt Shepard who was brutally beaten for being gay. His family’s side of the story has already been told, but this accounts of the tale of who Matt was to his friends. Matt Shepard became famous when he was brutally beaten and on the verge of death from a robbery gone wrong. Because Matt was gay, the assailants thought he would be an easy target,…

Hate crime or robbery gone wrong, is the central question the people are trying to find out. In the town of Laramie, Matthew Shepard was murdered and now the Tectonic Play theatre are here to see how the town has changed, how the murder is seen through media and how people feel about his murder, even ten years later. Throughout the play a major theme is how the town has grown from the murder of Matthew Sheppard. There are so many different programs, theme nights and even projects done at the…

The play The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project describes the situation of twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard. Matthew was known to be homosexual and found himself in a life or death situation when he was attacked by Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney. Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and passed away after being comatose for five days. The perpetrators were arrested for a number of things including kidnapping and first degree murder.…

Mathew Shepard, the young gay man who was murdered, in a less than positive manner. We see how casually the residents use these words within the interviews that were conducted. It becomes very clear the LGBTQ+ community is not accepted when people like Doc O’Conner refer to gay individuals as “the gay people, queens, you know, the run around faggot type people”(Kaufman 32). We also hear from a young lesbian woman, Catherine Connolly, working at the University of Wyoming. On her first day at her…