Ally Sheedy

Legacy Leader A leader should always look back at history to form their leadership philosophy. These historical leaders’ qualities can influence leaders of today. These leaders can be great Generals from the past or your first team leader. I have had many great leaders that I personally served with that helped to shape me into the soldier that I am today. The team leaders, squad leaders, and platoon sergeants can have a huge influence on the soldiers that they work with on a daily basis. Their…

April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, “The world must be made safe for democracy” (President Woodrow Wilson’s War Message to Congress). World War One was a war fought between 1914 and 1918. The allies were Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. These countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. The United States was trying their hardest to remain…

Casablanca is one of the most recognised films of all time. The film was released during the time of the WWII, so the audience highly related to it. The production of the film was extremely rushed in order for it to be released at the certain time. Its original release date was expected to be spring time 1943 but was then released in November 1942. This was to correspond with the Allied invasion of North America and the capture of Casablanca. Instead of only showing the political themes of the…

The Invasion of Holland Through German occupation which lasted five years, and the Battle of the Netherlands, it is said some 300,000 Dutchmen died. This all started September 3, 1939,with the beginning of WWII. Nine months later, German forces attacked an airbase in the Netherlands, this began the Battle of the Netherlands. Later that day, the Germans raided another airfield named The Hague. On May 14th, 1940, Holland took its final blow, leaving Rotterdam in pieces. Though the surrender of…

World War II was one of the biggest war in history that started in 1939. This is where Germany, Italy, and Japan want to take over lands together. Germany was the country that started the war . The reason why the war started was because Hitler invaded Poland. Britain and France were the first to declare war on Germany. The US got involved when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. During the time of the war, the evolution of weapons was a very important because technology beings to…

What was WW1 about? World War 1 was about the assassination of Franz Ferdinand he was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary. Some of the events that led up to the assassination where various but mainly because the group of alliances between the two big powers to blame the cause of the war. How did it start? It started with the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary which was Franz Ferdinand. Why did the U.S get involved in the WW1? The U.S. did not declare the war until April 6th of the…

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 and died in March 28, 1969. He was a supreme commander of the allied forces in Western Europe during WW2. The years that Eisenhower served in the White House were from 1953-1961. In the year of 1916, Eisenhower got married to Mamie Geneva Doud. They also had two sons, Doud and John Dwight, who tragically died of scarlet fever as small children. Eisenhower returned soon after Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland,…

I recently watched The Breakfast Club written and directed by John Hughes, which stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The movie is a comedy-drama that takes place within a high school in Illinois and depicts the several different cliques of high school students through each individual character. In the beginning, the high school students reluctantly get dropped off by their parents on a Saturday to serve a detention together,…

students; but, parents and school facility as well. By the time my sister entered high school in 1988, Woodhaven High, no longer held Saturday detention sessions. I chose to analyze the characters of John Bender (Judd Nelson), and Allison Reynolds (Ally Sheedy). Although, I came from a stable suburban home, with plenty of money; I was a very troubled teen! I rebelled by using drugs, and defying the rules of the school and facility; much like John Bender. In The Breakfast Club, he is a teenager…

kids from the suburbs of America. The Breakfast Club is a great drama/comedy from the late screenwriter, John Hughes and features some of the most popular young actors of the 80s like Eimilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Paul Gleason, Anthony Hall and Ally Sheedy. The film is a great hit of nostalgia for us older viewers. The Breakfast Club starts off with all the kids being dropped off at school on a Saturday in 1984, with all of them being in detention. As they enter the library where they will…