Helen Mirren

heard of the volcano called Mount St. Helens? You probably have since it is a very well known volcano, but if you haven’t, then I will tell you all you need to know about the volcano. Mount St. Helens is a stratovolcano. Stratovolcanoes are also considered to be a composite volcano. Composite volcanoes are the type of cone-shaped volcanoes. Mount St. Helens is made up of layers of hardened lava and rock fragments, because it is a composite volcano. Mount St. Helens has had many eruptions in the…

Mount ST. Helens The eruption of Mount ST. Helens changed people’s lives because it destroyed everything in its path. The volcano erupted at 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980. The eruption caused snow on the mountain to melt and the snow flooded the roads and bridges. The eruption sprayed a thick layer of volcanic ash over a huge area. If you do not know what Mount ST. Helens is, well it is a volcano that erupted in the year 1980. Mount ST. Helens is located in the Cascade mountain ninety-five miles…

Cosmopolitan From tips about beauty products, clothes, and stories about dating, it is found in the magazine called Cosmopolitan. Cosmopolitan is magazine that not only has pictures and stories about entertainment but includes important tips on self-improvement especially for women. Cosmopolitan was first published as a family magazine in 1886 by Schlict & Field of New York in the United States and was called The Cosmopolitan. After a couple of years of being published The Cosmopolitan had…

thrill and glory of freedom, be a pessimist?” This is a quote by Helen Keller from her essay on optimism. Helen contracted an unknown illness at 19 months that robbed her of both hearing and sight. For years, she could only communicate through a few gestures; no one cared to try to teach or discipline her. Then a woman named Annie Sullivan heard about Helen. She tried tirelessly to teach the child the names of different things, but Helen could not grasp the concept of names. Finally, when…

The speaker in this address to the New York Association for the Blind is Helen Keller. This speech took place on January 15, 1907. The speech, Helen Keller gave, was about the blind people consequently showing them that they can be strong and not be apart of the weak and poor. Helen wants to show the world that they can be treated as normal humans, not as the weak and poor of this country. Helen starts out by saying that a blind man’s community plays the biggest role in his success or…

Imagine going through life in silence and still being able to be the only Deaf person to win an Academy Award. Marlee Matlin is an inspiration to the Deaf community and encourages, not only Deaf people, but everyone with a disability that anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Matlin has been a well known actress to achieve many accomplishments such as awards and being a successful writer. Being a Deaf actress is not easy, yet Marlee Matlin goes above and beyond with her work. It…

Joe Keller has been working hard all his life, working years after years to provide a roof over his family. "Nothin' is bigger" than family to Joe, this is his state of mind. In honest truth, Joe really cares about his business and how much money he makes. With the Great Depression fresh in his memory and personal poverty even older than that, economic security is his greatest concern. Although it is true he caused the death of his son, he is a caring person and he worked hard to provide for his…

Peak known today as Mount St. Helens. Originally named “Louwala-Clough,” or “Smoking Mountain,” by the Native American Indians in the region. Many legends were handed down explaining accounts about eruptions the Indians witnessed about Mount St. Helens. According to the lore of these Native American tribes, a huge landslide formed a natural bridge named Tamanawas that spanned the Columbia River. In the center of this arch lived a…

biopic about the life of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo bagged three nominations, the most of any film in contention. The film's leading man, former Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston, scored a best actor nod in an extremely crowded field. His co-star, Helen Mirren, was also recognized in the supporting actress category. The pair, together with the rest of the cast, was also nominated for The Best Ensemble award, the SAG's highest honor. Following Trumbo were "Spotlight," "The Big Short" and "Beasts…

part of this class all the other authors including Davis seem to omit the importance of age. I really would like to know why that is, as women are discriminated against on the bases of age far more than men are. This made me think of the actress Helen Mirren, who stated that producers in Hollywood were encouraging her to dye her grey hair and undergo plastic surgery in order to be more competitive for roles. When I read the line where…