Dirty Dancing

from the town bully. It was better than facing an out of work father: his son was taught to fight, club foot or not. He raised a fist and called for the bully to come out of the library, a coward that couldn't believe that the Mexican wanted more The dirty faced bully had friends with him and one of them was holding a baseball bat. Eduardo threw a left hook that knocked the braggart off his feet, but his friends over powered him. He hit the sprinkler system on the way down and landed on his…

Do you like love stories or even stories that have mysterious characters that makes you want to find out who he or she is. Then The Great Gatsby is a good movie to watch. The main character of the story was nick caraway which was played by Tobey Maguire and the story of his neighbor who will soon be his mysterious friend Jay Gatsby who was played by Leonardo DiCaprio. The story takes many turns bad and good which ends fatal because of the love Gatsby had for his one and only love Daisy Buchannan…

“What I Did This Summer?” This summer I participated in many exciting events. I helped my dance studio with a dance camp and I spent a few days with my friends. The most exciting thing I did this summer was that my family and I went on a trip to Italy. I have gone to Italy only once before, and I was in fourth grade and it was my second time going to Europe. I love all the different cultures and the people I meet. In Italy everyone is kind and they try to speak English, even though they…

The RMS Titanic sank in 1912, but rose again in 1997. The film, which took a sweeping 11 Oscars home at the 1998 Academy Awards, touched the hearts of enormous audiences for its gut-wrenching love story, brilliant cinematography, and its use of strong female protagonists. The narrative is told through a female lens, and while it has many of the qualities usually seen in the romance genre, Titanic brings a new light to how female characters should be written. The exploration of gender stereotypes…

sat there trying to appear as regal as possible, although inside, I felt like a scumbag. Azazel handed me a golden scepter as I sat still as stone and pictures were snapped. Another song was performed in my honor, before the event transitioned into dancing, confetti and offerings. Afterwards, I lagged behind Azazel as he ventured through the castle. The crown resurrected memories being a little girl. Those were the days, I would collect blue wild indigo, fashioning a crown out of flowers and…

The rising sun cast shadows on the newly blacktopped parking lot. On the outlying edges a fine mist rose from the morning dew dancing with the gentle breeze. It would have made for a breathtaking view had Georgette noticed it. However, this morning her eyes were watching her feet walk as her mind wrestled with reasons for the feeling of apprehension rising like a chokehold from deep within. Arriving at the back of Bus 57 she shook herself like a dog ridding itself of water. Her hand…

Since the 1990s, The United States has immensely transformed. Twenty years ago, Tickle-Me-Elmo just hit the shelves, Twister was the #1 movie in the country, and all of the kids were dancing to The Macarena. The century was turning, it was a time when the only thing staying constant was change. This is the decade that gave the world irreplaceable treasures such as the Spice Girls and the Motorola Razr, but pop culture wasn’t the only material altered during this time period. Inside health…

When reading children's literature it is very important to put yourself into the shoes of a child. What are they imagining when they read a description of the setting, how are they creating a representation of the characters, how do these images impact their experience while reading? Many of these important aspects are taken oven by the director when a book is transferred into a movie. The Newbery Medal winner book, The Tale of Despereaux, was originally written in 2003 by Kate DiCamillo and was…

(Dworkin 1992). In fact, although its formal definition refers to any person working in sex for money, the word prostitute is still directly linked to women and girls unless stated otherwise. Furthermore, a prostitute is not just any woman; she is a dirty woman, which is inferior on the socio-political ladder than the virtuous wife/the virgin, who is clean and submissive to her husband’s needs (Dworkin 1992). In modern culture,…

In contrast, the tenement area is much dirtier and things are constantly out of place. This communicates a more comfortable, easy-going attitude but also shows the lack of refinement that the lower class has. There are also a lot of working people in the streets and their artifacts are primarily composed of utility items like shovels, flower baskets, and beer mugs. Their items are not just there for decoration and they are often symbolic of the field of work that those people are in. Even the…