Bartender

I. Alphonse Capone was one of the most powerful criminals in the history of the United States. He was powerful during the Jazz age and became so famous by illegally selling alcohol during the Prohibition, that he was one of the main reasons Prohibition came to an end. Capone’s rise to power helped abolish Prohibition as the city became more dangerous with the illegal bootlegging industry. From a very young age, working under Frankie Yale and Johnny Torrio, he started to get tougher and more…

The year is 2012. 7 years. It’s been a gruesome 7 years without Adeline. It’s all my fault. I killed her. The anger in my voice is what pushed her over the edge, literally. I let out a groan as I punched the bedroom wall that already had many holes as a result of my anger. The bedroom was littered with clothes of women. This was the only thing that eased the pain. Killing. It gave me such a thrill. Something about the way the blood would pour out, how they would beg for their lives, and oh,…

Memory is the mechanism through which one forms and alters their identity, and it is this inherent idea that is explored in Christopher Nolan’s film Memento, depicting a former insurance claims investigator, Lenny, on the hunt for the murderers of his wife while suffering from anterograde amnesia due to traumatic brain injury at the hands of the murderers. While Memento is not the first film to utilize amnesia as a plot device, it does deserve exceptional recognition for portraying the…

On August 9th, 1996 I made my grand entrance into my family on my grandparents 32nd wedding anniversary, they always say that I’m the best gift they have ever gotten. I knew that this was no funny joke because I was truly raised and treated like some sort of prize. Though my parents divorced when I was just three years old I never lost shred of love, actually if anything I think I was blessed with more love. I had the luxury of staying with my grandparents often, who my brother and I were always…

The world became more joyful on January 26, 1958, at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in Jefferson, Louisiana. On this day Ellen DeGeneres was born to, mother, Betty Pfeffer DeGeneres and, father, Elliot DeGeneres. Betty DeGeneres had been married for a year when she was 19 years old before meeting Elliot DeGeneres, claims, author, Lisa Lannucci. Elliot supported the family by selling insurance, and Betty contributed by carrying a variety of jobs throughout the years. Ellen also had an older brother…

All my life I just had this knack for being loyal and having blind faith. To this day I live by the saying “ Loyalty is Royalty.” Also, I 've always had blind faith in my lord and savior without hesitation or questioning his doings or reasonings. If you show me any kind of love or you just keep me alive, you will be entitled with my loyalty. My mother is to credit for who I am today. Also, my mother credits her mother and it goes on and on. Regarding all of that, loyalty and faith can also be…

moment, I received my invitation to one of Jay Gatsby famous parties, I was transported back to the 1920s where bootleg liquor and the Charleston were oh so popular. Upon arrival at the drugstore, I was greeted by a cast of characters including bartenders, ushers, and wait staff, even the audience members were dressed in the proper 20s attire. The lobby was lit by twinkle lights and exposed light bulbs while the sounds of the roaring 20s filled the room. There a piano on the stage by the bar and…

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen is narrated by a European woman who owns a large coffee farm in Africa. She describes things that have happened throughout her life through a collection of stories, and it is evident that she lives life to the fullest. The narrator provides visual imagery of the landscape around her, describing it, “like the colours in pottery. The trees had a light delicate foliage, the structure of which was different from that in Europe” (Dinesen, Out of Africa, 3). The land…

The Social Environment of the Bowery Stephen Crane, writer of the novella: Maggie a Girl of the Streets discusses the impact of social environment through symbolic characters and setting. Crane describes the tragedy of individuals who are destroyed by their environment. The theme of social environment demonstrates the impact society has on people and shows how easily subjected people are to becoming products of their environment. The "environment" that an individual is brought up in…

from a fight. According to the woman, they joked about who could take the other in the fight. However, Miller did not see it as a joke at the time and approached the woman outside the bar. Upon the woman’s friends pulling Miller off of the fan, a bartender intervened and tried to restrain the actor, who proceeded to spit in his face several times before shoving Ezra out the door. Upon another article by People news, the woman recounts two years after the incident that their friend egged on the…