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The biggest challenge I have faced thus far was moving from North Carolina to California in the middle of freshman year. Although I was born in Downey, California and attended California schools until the age of seven, North Carolina was a big part of shaping me into the young lady I am today. My family and I moved a great amount when I was growing up so that meant attending an abundance of schools. When my family moved to North Carolina I had an extremely difficult time adjusting to this new…

It also give old The movie gives a few good examples of how our culture today has change. Just like Robert Downey has left his hometown to go to school and children venture out. Robert Downy Jr is a man was never treated like his siblings. When going though was from Indiana but he moved to Chicago to start a career as attorney. Because he does not get along…

If I were to create a company, I would start a sushi restaurant because I love the food that is served and I have worked at sushi restaurants so I have insight into what the restaurant environment is like. My restaurant would be located in the Los Angeles area because people from many different places all over the world travel there every day so there will always be new consumers. Also, employees from nearby companies would be able to come often for lunch breaks and business meetings so…

“James, go chop that wood outside.” “James, don’t put your elbows on the table.” “James, put that phone of yours away.” Obedience has been a common theme in many households spanning hundreds of generations. This topic is one of the main ideas in the movie, A Few Good Men. In the movie, two Marines stationed at Guantanamo Marine Base in Cuba, are accused of killing a fellow Marine William Santiago. Daniel Kaffee, Jo Galloway, and Sam Weinberg all try to convince the courts that these men did not…

The documentary, Triangle Fire, by Kristin Downey about labor rights in 1911 that took place in New York City. Shirtwaist factory works go on strike on October 4, 1909 for their labor rights. Working less hours, better pay, and safe work environment are just some of the main reasons the workers have gone on strike. In every factory, there would be one woman who would convince the others to go on strike and they would go because they all feel the same. Even today, there are still more people out…

Author (Sir) Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his first Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, in year 1886. Transcending literature onto stage and screen, Sherlock Holmes continues to fascinate audiences to this day. The Sherlock Holmes exhibition of The Museum of London titled “The Man Who Never Lived And Will Never Die”, London’s first on the detective since 1951, uses early film, photography and paintings plus original Victorian era artefacts to recreate the atmosphere of Sherlock’s London, and to…

Night and Fog, a short war documentary filmed ten years after world war two, was directed by Alain Resnais opened up with depicting the heavily guarded landscapes surrounding the concentration camps in color. While some scenes were portrayed in color, the majority of the film was depicted in black and white. This film was narrated in French by Michel Bouquet. Displaying Nazi terrorism, this film was proven to be disturbing among many audiences. The Nazi’s dehumanized the members of the…

Traditional Marriage Verses Same-Sex Couples Marriage is a legal ceremony proclaiming one’s devotion to one person for the rest of his or her life. From the very beginning, in Genesis chapter two, starting with Adam and Eve, marriage has been defined as a union of one man and one woman (Bible). Throughout the years many have come forward in their sexual preferences of having a same-sex partner, thus trying to redefine what has been customarily known as a traditional relationship. Recently, the…

Imagine that you walk into a movie theater and are still deciding between two movies, Thor Ragnarok and the Justice League. Would you choose the one where the hero is dark and dresses like a bat or the one where the hero is constantly making jokes and comical things happen regularly. There are many ways Marvel is better than DC, one of these reasons is the fact that Marvel’s characters are more positive than DC’s, I mean would you prefer a superhero who fights with pink swords and guns with…

“Hero is not a noun, it's a verb” - Robert Downey Jr. This quote means that a hero isn’t about what you look like or how you act in comfort, but about acting in times of need and doing instead of watching. Even though they don’t please everyone, heroes help others and are determined. First, Heroes don’t always please everyone because not everyone agrees to the same things. An example of this is our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. He was elected president right before the Civil war. He, even…