Fiesta Bowl

There are a multitude of themes that can be acknowledged throughout the entirety of The Grapes of Wrath. One theme that I noticed to be prevalent in almost every chapter was the idea of joining together, putting aside differences, and cooperating, regardless of whether you were strangers. Supporting your fellow man seemed to recur again and again. This can be seen in the way all the characters in the story interact with each other. The Joad family begins their journey to California as a broken…

Undefeated There are many thoughts on whether or not football builds or reveals character. Here are my three reasons for why football reveals character and why it doesn't build it. First is that it mainly shows your true colors. Second is you can't exactly build character it reveals it. Third is that when you're playing football it releases your feelings. Those are my three reasons why i believe football reveals character. The first reason is that it shows your true character or your true…

the Dust Bowl. Throughout the novel, you see several people’s stories and the ups and down they faced leading up to and during the Dust Bowl. You see how these families faced the challenges with their living arrangements, economic struggles, and family fatalities. The main objective of this novel is to show the importance of this historical event that changed the way every single family lived and to show the environmental ignorance people had that helped lead to the results of the Dust Bowl.…

“They were despised by New Yorkers. They were filthy and illiterate. They stank of fish and garlic. They had running sores. They had no honor and worked for nothing.” This excerpt is a story about how many people (immigrants) have suffered, how unfairly they’ve been treated, and how their family fell apart. This excerpt relates to The Grapes of Wrath because the Joads went through the same cycle where they starved, had no home, no jobs, little money, judged by people etc. In the beginning of…

The novel Football Genius by Tim Green has many literary elements. This is shown when Green uses symbolism to show the change in attitude that a community has towards a character. Towards the novel’s conclusion, the protagonist, Troy, finally gets his chance to play on the “A” team in his football league. Green writes, “They heard the laces whistling and the slap of the ball when it smacked into Rusty’s outstretched hands” (244). The symbol in this statement is the pass that Rusty caught. This…

Great Depression and The Stock Market Crash The Great Depression peaked in 1932. It got so bad, that over 6,000 people walked the streets in New York City trying to sell apples for 5 cents each. When the stock market crashed in 1929, it took until 1954 for the stock market to return to pre-depression. The average income of the American family dropped by 40 percent from 1929 to 1932. Income fell from $2,300 to $1,500 per year. The Great Depression and The Stock Market Crash was an iconic and a…

God Made a Farmer It may not have been as dramatic as the stadium blackout that stopped play for more than a half-hour, or as exciting as the game, but for many viewers of Super Bowl XLVII, one of the standout moments was a deceptively simple ad for the Dodge Ram called "God Made a Farmer." This ad has a total run time just above two minutes which showed beautiful pictures from ten well established photographers. The photography was tough to beat, but the ads true power is dedicated to the…

of the night, but the Jets did not record a sack and Palmer managed to stay cool when the Jets did pressure him. The Jets should have pressured Palmer all night since two members of the Cardinals starting offensive line did not play, including pro bowl lineman Mike…

Millions of football fans are playing fantasy football in the United States and Canada. One of the many attributes about fantasy football is that anyone can play it, as long as they understand the game of football. Fantasy football is on the verge of getting bigger that the actual game of football. When walking into the local sports bar on a Sunday, fans are wearing their team apparel and cheering for their favorite teams, but fans are also checking their cellular phones frequently for the…

The Dust Bowl affected everyone living in the Great Plains. Some people moved to California to find new job opportunities, while most stayed behind and waited it out. This essay will be explaining the cause of the Dust Bowl, where it affected, and who it affected. This paragraph will be explaining where the Dust Bowl affected and the cause of it. The driest regions were southeastern Colorado, southwest Kansas, and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas. Most say that the Dust Bowl was more…