Bernard Montgomery

Life is funny sometimes. One minute everything is foolproof, you’re exactly where you desire to be, then the next, you’re thrown into a whirlwind and you can’t seem to get a hold of reality. It’s not rare occurrence for a change in direction, but, we can often blindsided by it. We generally perceive change in a negative way, but oftentimes, a change in interest or direction is what keeps us human. Regularly, a change is actually necessary. Contrasting to popular belief, change is actually one of…

contributed to the films massive and forever growing success. Being a very skilled artist, Alfred Hitchcock began his career by drawing sets. It wasn’t until 1942, after he directed Saboteur that his fame began to massively grow. After working with Bernard Herman, an extremely talented music composer, that had previously produced five scores for Hitchcock for films such as, Vertigo and the North by Northwest. Hitchcock wanted no one other than Herrmann to compose the music for Psycho,…

In “The Natural,” the character Pop Fisher is the coach and thus “king” of the “knights,” the ball team that the main character of the book joins and plays on. Furthermore, throughout the book he is mentioned to have a sort of athlete’s foot on his hands and that the Knight’s field also seems similar to a wasteland that would correspond with Pop’s hands’ condition, very similar to the “Tale of the Fisher King.” Other than his condition and relevance to the tale mentioned before, he is also known…

G why did Mr. Ewell lie? Y lowest of the low R lowest of whites R trying to get power R laziness Y Hero R wants to be hero R raise his family stature R wants to be famous G as you can see Mr. Ewell lied for two reasons, one he was the lowest of the low, and second he wanted to be the town hero. In this journal, I will be talking about why Mr. Ewell lied in court about Tom touching and disturbing the peace of his daughter Mayella Ewell. One reason why Mr. Ewell lied is because…

The Natural’s Nostalgia Nostalgia is something that everyone seems to love. The memory of a time that once was, truly brings a great feeling to a person. One clear example of this is the movie The Natural that was released back in 1984. Most of the movie is set in the late 1930s. The story is about the main character, Roy Hobbs, and the series of obstacles that he had to overcome to finally fulfill his dream of being a professional baseball player. In this story, there is a great sense of…

In December 2008, Bernard "Bernie" L. Madoff owner of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC wasarrested for committing a $50 billion investment fraud, which later was found to be $65 billion (Bernard L. Madoff. February 9, 2009).Bernard Madoff 's business was an investing firm that pulled off a massive fraud. His firm took money from several people, rich or poor, it did not matter. His victims were Jewish philanthropists from the Upper East Side of New York, almost half the members of the…

Ponzi Scheme; the act of taking money from one person as an investment, then taking money from another, only to give a portion of the second persons money to the first investor as a supposed return on their previous investments. The notorious Bernie Madoff used this simple concept to essentially steal billions of dollars from people all around the world. In 1960 Madoff founded the investment firm Bernie L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, and he sat as chairman of the company for the entirety…

The Natural, authored by Bernard Malamud is an incredible novel that touches the surface on many human emotions such as insecurity, love, and most profoundly pride. Pride and overconfidence are two obstacles the main character Roy Hobbs faces through the entire story. Roy has a dream, though he may be older he feels now it is his time to become the greatest baseball player to have ever existed. Roy has had earlier setbacks and therefore is not allowing anything in his way this time around. He…

1. There are many decision-making traps WorldCom’s board has succumbed to. One of these trap is relying on one individual to lead and decide the future of the company. The leader of the company, Ebber was conceited, refrained from the truth, and short tempered. He made it visible throughout the company that he did not like negative and only accepted numbers that represent profit. With a similar image to Mao Zedong during the Great Leap Forward, the company was put through an economic crisis…

Crazy Eddie Eddie Antar, better known as “Crazy Eddie,” is a very prevalent fraudster in the world of accounting. Antar is well known for his schemes regarding Crazy Eddie Electronics, the company he cofounded with his father. Eddie was a family man, a ladies man, and a rich man. Eddie was a millionaire, with roughly 53 million dollars in swiss bank accounts until he was caught by the downfall of his family Antar was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 18, 1947. He grew up in Brooklyn, with his…