Babe Ruth

He murders the devolved King duncan, his own best friend Banquo, and the entire Macduff family, just because they came close to threatening his reign. Each murder causes Macbeth to become more and more obsessed with his title as king. As stated by Ruth L. Anderson, “Ambition had long been identified in its most dangerous form as a force impelling princes to seek kingship, the highest goal attainable on earth.“ This all proves that ambition is what victimizes and destroys Macbeth. Although…

Baseball throughout history has been there for American’s to enjoy even during its hardest times. Baseball made it through the civil war, the great depression, World War’s one and two. It has had its up’s and down’s just as society and America were having theirs during the same times. The same connection holds true with baseball and the American society when faced with slavery, racism, prejudice, and segregation towards the blacks. Despite the obvious flaws in society’s views in the past, the…

I went to the Phoenix Art Museum on the day of March 16th, 2016. Thankfully the museum was located in one of the nicer areas of Phoenix so I didn’t have to worry about getting stabbed as I made my way inside the building. The exterior of the building mainly consisted of visually appealing cement and steel pillars with a modern design. While I wondered around searching for an entrance into the building, I joined a small party of people who were also lost. After wandering around aimlessly for…

Baseball during this time period was a newer addition to the American culture. It became called “America’s Pastime,” the game itself was played by everyone, young and old. It was a shock to the American society to find that eight of the 1919 Black Sox players were suspects of accepting money from gamblers to throw the World Series away. It is considered today as one of the biggest scandals in Major League Baseball history, along with the Pete Rose cheating scandal. As for the trial, some parts…

Leading the nation out the dark years of World War I, the “Roaring Twenties” was a decade defined by a booming economy and an experimental people. In peacetime the United States was overrun by the youth, who danced and partied on the remnants of a “Lost Generation.” Historian David King referred to the 1920s as a “rollicking ride,” during which society parted with more traditional values in favor of the flapper movement and jazz, features of a more progressive line of thought. A consumer economy…

Famous People in the 1920s Douglas Fairbanks - He was an American screenwriter, producer, and actor. He starred in many silent films, such as “Robin Hood” and “The Mark of Zorro”. He was a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and was the host of the Oscars in 1929 (the first). he was often referred to as “The King of Hollywood”, but his career declined after talking was introduced to movies. Charles Lindbergh - An American pilot who flew the first solo , non-stop flight from New York…

In his article, “The Choice of a Pregnant Woman Always Outweighs the Life of a Fetus,” Peter Singer makes interesting points defending his stance on maybe one of the most controversial topics to ever be known. He thinks that abortions should remain legal for different and, in his eyes, good reasons. He believes that a “woman’s interests always outweigh any supposed interests of a fetus.” Singer uses different scenarios and statistics to further explain why illegalizing abortion may make matters…

I was torn with a choice of a sports movie that I have seen in past or movie that I have yet not seen. I decided to experiment and learn something new. Therefore I decided to do some research, by research I mean Netflix. I was determined to find a movie worth watching. I came across The Perfect Game. The title of this film seemed familiar but I yet had to see it. It appeared to have fair ratings so I decided to give it a shot. Religion, human desire for competition integrated throughout the…

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”-Socrates. A quote at which the urban and rural citizens could have taken advice in for in the 1920’s change was everywhere, and tolerance for it was at an all time low. Cities were growing rapidly, and while the urban citizens took pleasure in the idea of unlimited money with credit, and unlimited boundaries with the automobile rural citizens were still farming their way through life. This…

Before Cosell’s Fame: While Howard Cosell was a true success for the future, there were other sports broadcasters who were very successful before Cosell’s time. Both radio and on-site sports broadcasting have come a long way from what it was during Cosell’s time, but his time wasn’t where broadcasting originality. Cosell was mainly known for his interviews with the late great Mohammed Ali, but he wasn’t the first broadcaster to focus on prize fighters. Although Mohammed Ali was one of the…