Forrest Gump

My parents got married when they were twenty. They were high school sweethearts. Their marriage ended less than ten short years later. When I asked my mother about the marriage, she said that the relationship got too comfortable, she started spending more time on the kids and less time on him,which would lead to his unfaithfulness (Reed). This situation is very similar to the one in What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick. "I 'll always love him." She responds so quickly that I know it 's…

Why Saving Private Should Be Considered a Classic WWII Movie Imagine how it would feel to be trapped behind enemy lines with no communication to base. During the Second World War, this was a reality for paratroopers during D-Day. A movie that tells that story of a paratrooper behind enemy lines is Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg). However, there is a twist to not only being trapped behind enemy lines, but having men come to extract the private to tell him his brothers are dead. Saving Private…

VIII. Jack Ma: The E-commerce King in China Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is the Alibaba CEO who used China’s consumer potential, when no one else was thinking about it, to build his e-commerce empire. One reason he chose a company that began with the letter ‘A’ so that it will always show up at the top of every search engine about e-commerce, even above Amazon. Jack Ma started in the e-commerce industry by applying to many jobs that he did not get. He got rejected by many companies and learned…

What Really Caused the Vietnam War The Vietnam War is credited as one of the most momentous events to have taken place with American Forces on Foreign Soil. From movies, such as “Forrest Gump” to “Platoon,” the Vietnam War still resonates in American Society. This prevalence lets Americans question and recall the events of the Vietnam War, but most importantly brings up the question: what was the cause of the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War is said to have started because the US did not want any…

Introduction In what is perhaps one of the most iconic scenes in film history, Darth Vader, and Luke Skywalker, engage in an ultimate battle, with lightsabers drawn and clear animosity between the two. In a surprising twist, Darth Vader reveals himself as Luke’s father, with a quote recognizable even to those who have never seen the movie; “Luke, I am your father”. Except….he actually didn’t say that. According to the March 31st, 2016 article on techly.com, we have been deceived! Darth Vader…

vain that in myself I have experienced all the wearisome cares to which woman in her best estate is subject." Elizabeth Cady Stanton in a letter to Susan B. Anthony, June 10, 1856 · "Always be ready to take a chance: look what it did for Rocky." Forrest Gump,…

The 1990s marked the finish not only of an era but also a millennium. The decade running up to the year 2000 saw a lot of adjustment and anticipation, with many important events that molded not only the 1990s but our lives since then. That change transpired in every way you can imagine – civically, technically, and socially. With about 5.5 billion people in the world, the year 1994 in America was a year marked by the chaotic case of O.J. Simpson, heartbreak over Ronald Reagan's Alzheimer’s, and…

It was a time that we even hosed down our own college students with fire hoses during peaceful protests. At Berkeley a group of students gathered at the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in San Francisco, the doors were barred so that the students could not get into the hearing. Police were called to take care of the students and “The police turn(ed) on high-pressure fire hoses and blast the crowd down the marble steps. Officers arrest 64 people, including 31 Berkeley students, but…

In Media Studies, it is significant to state the difference between the narrative and story. According to K. R. Jennings (2015) “A story is a structured narrative. It has a beginning, middle and end. It typically contains other ingredients too, like characters and a plot.” Furthermore Jennings states that “a narrative, on the other hand, is a sequence of events. It has no standard form or structure. No distinct beginning or end.” Simply put, narrative is principally the order in which something…

building, so it is nearly impossible to miss. Next, the best coffee shop I have found in Savannah so far: The Gallery Espresso. This coffee shop is located on Chippewa Square at 234 Bull Street, and Chippewa Square is the famous bench square from Forrest Gump. The coffee shop has wi-fi access for customers and a rich blend of coffees for a decent price. The coffee shop caters mostly to customers that like coffee instead of customers that like a little coffee with their cream. However, if real…