The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII by a score of forty-one to thirty-three. Philadelphia had won its first ever super bowl, and the city fell into a period of rejoice. The streets filled with happy fans ready to celebrate their beloved teams first championship. However, the happiness of this moment did not come without its horrors. Fans put themselves in dangerous and uncourteous situations that give Philadelphia a reputation in the United States as…
The DETROIT LIONS, INC. & SIMS v. ARGOVITZ case involve three separate parties: the defendant Jerry Argovitz, President of the Houston Gamblers, Inc.; the plaintiff Billy Sims, who was a running back for the Detroit Lions; and the Detroit Lions, a corporation and a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. Jerry Argovitz was acting as Billy Sim’s agent when he was negotiating contracts between the Detroit Lions, Inc. and the Houston Gamblers, Inc. throughout the months of…
Purpose: Our partnership is contacting you in order to address the effectiveness of the new Buick, “Not So Pee Wee Football” Super Bowl advertisement.. The commercial in picture features NFL quarterback Cam Newton and supermodel Miranda Kerr. By following the family, fans, and players of two young football teams, the viewers of the ad are introduced to the new line of Buick vehicles. Coaches and fans are alike are shocked to see the luxurious appearance of our new Buick’s. We believe that this…
One Rainy Sunday Rainy days have a set vibe based on the day of the week. Rainy Mondays are exhausting, rainy Tuesdays are monotonous, and rainy Wednesdays are relieving. But rainy Sundays are perhaps the strangest of them all, a simultaneous state of serenity and sorrow. And this rainy Sunday was no different. It had only been a short while after we had moved to Round Rock from Dallas, and it felt like an eternity and a short second all at once. As familiar I felt with my friends’ faces, I…
Introduction: Football is a national sport that has captured the hearts of fans from all over the world. For some, this sport is a way of life, especially if the individual personally plays football as a career, or a hobby, or simply just love watching football games. It is also a great form of entertainment in home, and at sports bars, as well as a great topic for people to talk about when wanting to meet new friends. For example, you go to a sports bar and a football game is on, there is a…
On October 22, 1939, the Philadelphia Eagles met with the Brooklyn Dodgers to play one another in the great game of American football (Allen). This game marked the start of something so big that nobody could have possibly predicted it. This game was the first football game to have ever been televised live. Just how many people across the United States tuned in to watch the very first televised football game that day? The number itself is quite depressing actually. Fewer than 500 people watched…
In the novella Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck takes readers back to the great depression. During this time, around the 1930s, people had to go from farm to farm to make enough money to survive. Many people traveled from job to job alone, never making friends or having the chance to talk to anyone. Steinbeck’s characters show how this affected them and how they wanted to make friends, and get out of the isolation people had put them in. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck claims that isolation can…
Of Mice and Men Compare and Contrast Essay Katherine Polgar p.2 In the 1937 classic, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck dealt with the concepts of human nature, dreams, loneliness, and solitude. The story of Lennie Smalls and George Milton told the unfortunate story of best friends in a hard time, the Great Depression. When this moving story was brought to the big screen it lost some of the most compelling aspects but kept the same touching and intriguing story. In the 1992 rendition of…
The Power of Loneliness The Great Depression was an era of hardship for many, and kept several people from accomplishing even the most basic goals and dreams. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck tells a story of two friends, George Milton and Lennie Small, and their search for a better life in rural California. George, a smart but small and wiry laborer, and Lennie, a giant man who is mentally challenged, take jobs bucking barley on a large ranch outside of Salinas and try to save money to…
involved in the novel are Tim Joad, Jim Casy, Pa Joad, Ma Joad, and Rose of sharon. This novel is to be well known for the significance and important moments that are mentioned throughout the novel in America. This novel was constructed during the Dust Bowl era and the Great Depression and also remained to be connected because of the impoverished economic period that U.S. has been dealing with over the century. The novel illustrates how a small farming family known as the Joads, they experience…