Bless Me, Ultima

In 2004, cardiovascular specialist and nutritionist, Morgan Spurlock was in a documentary film called Supersize Me. He was also the producer and director of the film. In the film, he attempted to do a thirty day experiment eating McDonald’s three times a week to see how his body would react to fast food after resisting it his whole life. He also did this to see how unhealthy McDonald’s and fast food is for the human body. “This Sundance Film Festival Award winner examines not only what fast food…

(Spurlock). All of this information was exposed by film maker, Morgan Spurlock. Muckraking is searching and publicizing factual information about a famous person, or a company. Muckraking still exist as demonstrated by Morgan Spurlock’s film “Super Size Me”. Morgan Spurlock is an American documentary filmmaker from Parkersburg, West Virginia. Morgan attended New York University where he received his degree in film, and currently lives in New York City. He is mostly known for the first…

Theodore Robert Cowell or as many people would refer to him as Ted Bundy, was a notorious serial killer and rapist who was born on November 24th 1946 and was executed by an electric chair on January 24th 1989. Ted 's ' mother Eleanor Louise Cowell gave birth to him in Burlington, Vermont. When Ted was born, Eleanor left Ted for three months and returned to Philadelphia. Later, Teds ' grandparents pretended to adopt Ted and said that Eleanor was his sister. Many people believed that Bundy was a…

approaching war distanced itself further from me each time a woman bought a hat and exited the shop with her lips upturned in a satisfied smile. How could there be war, I had thought, when these women could be brought happiness by a simple hat? The girl’s name was Ingrid. She had beautiful blonde hair that wisped around her shoulders in smooth, unhurried movements. I remembered how badly I wanted to run my fingers through that hair. I knew it would bring me the kind of happiness my family’s…

different name, it had Ryan’s name on it. It also had a confiscated sticker on the back… did this get taken from him at some point, Ryan dropped out around the senior year so it’s possible he just never got it back. It’s starting to make sense, but it had me going for a long…

On June 16, 1971, a hip-hop legend was born, by the name of Tupac Shakur. Tupac was born in the ghetto of East Harlem, and later he moved to Baltimore, Maryland when he was 14. Besides being an actor, author and a poet, Tupac was a rap god, arguably the best rapper who ever lived. He sang about his life struggles, passion and pains, and his “Thug Life”, and represented the “West Side”. Tupac had many rivalries with rappers, producers, and record label companies. Most notably with Biggie Smalls…

that can succeed from a turbulent and hostile environment. The painting was done so elegantly, it showcase the real Tupac that we all remember. Pac was desist the year before I was born. I remember my father playing his songs every morning driving me to school. The sound in his voice was not like any artist, he had that anger, and hunger in his voice that just make you feel what his rapping about. My father and I favorite song is “Ambitionz az a ridah” that song just leave you in that mindset…

Fast food seems to be one of the main issues when talking about diabetes and heart disease caused by obesity. Looking at yet another documentary that in my opinion should be shown to every school in the country is called “Super-size me”. This documentary was filmed and played by a man named Morgan Spurlock. His adventure began by his curiosity about two girls who tried to sue McDonalds for their health issues and obesity. The two girls of course lost their case against this fast food restaurant.…

always was a black queen mama." The song tells us they were both able to look past their issues. Tupac tells us about how difficult it was having his mom visit him while he was in jail. However, what sums up the line "You are appreciated." the most of me is "I can see you coming home after work late, in kitchen trying to fix us a hot plate." "Mama made miracles." That line shows that through all the drama, uncertainty, and doubt…

On Saturday September 7th, 1996, at 11:15 p.m. Pacific standard time, American hip hop artist Tupac Shakur was fatally wounded at the age of 25 years old due to a drive-by shooting during a stop at a red light in Las Vegas. He was struck by four .40 caliber rounds; two in the chest, one in the arm and one in the thigh. (Staff, 1996) He died six days later from a respiratory failure which led to cardiac arrest after the removal of his right lung in the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada…