Cody Chesnutt

Makayla staley Side Effects The character of Izzie in “side effects” The main character in my story “side effects” written by Amy Goldman Koss is an 8th grader in middle school and is diagnosed with cancer and is getting very sick. She has to get an injection called chemo and every month or so, the chemo makes her hurt all over and makes her throw up, but it's supposed to help kill the cancer inside her. It makes her feel bad but she has to do it in order to become cancer free. Izzie feels sick and awful which gives her the character traits of lazy, anxious and depressed. Izzie is very lazy these days all she wants to do is lay around and eat chips. All she wants to do is sit around watch tv, eat and draw. Her friend Kay tries hard to get her up out of the house and to come and hangout with her and her friends but Izzie wouldn't budge.Kay tells izzie every day that she needs to get up and start living life now incase something does happen to her then she really will regret not living. Izzie thinks that resting is the key but really is it? Through the story Izzie becomes depressed because everyone tells her stories about how their family or friends had cancer but did not survive. Izzie then got in her head that she wasn't going to survive and that she's going to die soon and that there was no use on even trying anymore. Izzie then became independent and stopped talking to people…

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956). Who was Jackson Pollock? Was he an artist? Was he insane? Was he a drunk? No matter how you see him, he was a brilliant artist with a multitude of problems. One of his problems was with people and that made him socially awkward. The relationships he did have with people were very unhealthy. In the film, Pollack (2000), a common theme is Codependency. Codependency is a learned behavior that is usually passed down from generation to generation. It’s an emotional and…

Furthemore, he did not understand the African-American culture and picked on those that were not on his level. The Uncle Tom caricature was portrayed as an eager and loyal servant. Uncle Tom was a black man who served in roles that were below White people. “The Tom is presented as a smiling, wide-eyed, dark skinned server: fieldworker, cook, butler, porter, or waiter. Unlike the Coon, the Tom is portrayed as a dependable worker, eager to serve. Unlike the Brute, the Tom is docile and…

In “The STory of an Hour,” Mrs. Mallard, a quaint old woman, was informed that her husband had died in a terrible accident, in a manner so gentle as not to upset her and cause her heart to give out. The time period that this story was set in shows great contrast to how we live today, more so how the famous actor and songwriter Miley Cyrus does. Mrs. Mallard and Miley Cyris are so obvisouly in different time periods. The tradions and additdes are clearly different, but the idea of freedom still…

French film director, producer and screen writer. Gondry is known for using simplified film techniques, handmade props, hand drawn type and animations to create an original, visual story through film. The techniques he uses in his films and video clips generate child like masterpieces. Majority of his works are inspired by his childhood and in an interview he states "I dream a lot, and my dreams are very vivid and visual, so I like to use them in my work" (Gondry, 2001) which is clearly seen…