Fort Wayne, Indiana

“The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” contains many of the ideas that we have discussed about the American Frontier and the role it has played in shaping America. The movie illustrates the idea from Turner’s Frontier Thesis that as Americans settled past the frontier and into the “savage” west, society had to start over and go through the process of rebuilding itself. The movie’s plot depicts the death of the “Wild West” caused by Rance’s influence in the town. At the start of the movie, Ranse…

UCM:CPSW did a home visit and met with Landen and Mr. Keith. Landen was playing with his toys during the visits and watching children cartoon. Also, at times he was playing with his father Keith. CPSW asked Mr. Keith who is living with him. He stated that he is living alone with his child. Mr. Keith stated that he is planning to keep Landen with him until Ms. Fait stays sober. He reported that they are not together. This worker asked Mr. Keith the reason he did not complete random UA's. He…

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance examines the Old West in a flashback. It compares and contrasts how the past emerges into the present. As viewers, we are trying to understand how the forces of civilization, now the present, can conquest “the law of the West,” from the past. In the duration of the present, the heroes of the Old West are only called a myth. There are three different individuals in the movie. There is Ransom Stoddard, Tom Doniphon, and Liberty Valence. Random Stoddard is an…

The Searchers, a film directed by John Ford (1956) is a classic American Western featuring America’s original cowboy John Wayne. In the film, the main protagonist Ethan Edwards comes home to Texas after fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War. Both John Ford and John Wayne depict Ethan Edwards as an extremely isolated, bitter, and misunderstood character. When Ethan finally comes home from the war he mistakes one of his brother’s children for another child that has since full grown in…

I had the pleasure of meeting with Jonathan Benedek. Mr. Benedek is also known as the Senior Director of Marketing for Indiana University Athletics. As the Senior Director of Marketing his main responsibilities focus on two main ideas of: the fan experience of going to athletic event and the basic marketing concepts of athletic events. The first main topic of the fan experience is focused on the free giveaways that happen at some events, the halftime entertainment and many more things. The…

In Raiders of the Lost Ark by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman, we see how the story is an example of an Epic. We see how brave and wise Indiana Jones is when he figures out how to get out of situations and how he figures out different ancient articles. Even when he travels around the world like to South America and Nepal and also Cairo. Also ,how he has superhuman abilities such as punching people out of cars and sliding under cars without getting hurt. There also is a lot of supernatural things…

ICE CUBE The person i chose was i is ICE CUBE because he is my inspiration and because he is the greatest rap singer practically started rapping of all time he was the one that started rapping.And i think he played really good roles in movies and is really funny. O'Shea Jackson was born on June 15, 1969 in Los Angeles, in the South Central area, the son of Doris, a hospital clerk and custodian, and Hosea Jackson, who worked as a groundskeeper at UCLA and a machinist.He has an elder…

Western Conference 1. Golden State Warriors - Imagine a rich guy winning the lottery; that’s the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors. Can they win 74 games in the upcoming regular season? 2. San Antonio Spurs - Swap Tim Duncan for Pau Gasol and what do you get? Basically the same Spurs team as last year: still old, but still good. 3. Utah Jazz - The new kids on the block. The up-and-comers. The millennials of the NBA. The Jazz have been bad for a while, but that should stop now. 4. Portland Trail…

degrassi reality TV show throughout, 2001-2009. Eventually, getting laid off from the show because they wanted “fresh meat” but, luckily lil Wayne called him before he was going to go find a part-time. For instance, Drake started making music around 2006, selling 6,000 copies. Later on, lil Wayne took drake under his wing after he heard varieties of songs. Lil Wayne than call him to open for his tour and then contracting him on to his label. Making Drake a sensational rap star, But he didn’t…

I was born in a small village located in the country side of Ethiopia. My parents got divorced when I was only six month old. After the divorce was finalized my grandparents took the responsibility of raising me because my mom was not ready to raise me by herself. When I was ten we moved to Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia but I didn’t get the chance to go to school because the school was too far to attend. In about a year I got adapted. my adapted parents have other 3 biological kids,…