Herman Miller

After exploring the themes and concepts of the texts we have studied in class, I have developed an understanding of the struggles and successes of other’s life experiences. This has been explored in reading “The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time,” by British author Mark Haddon, showing the way that society treats Christopher because of his mental illness. In addition to “Remember The Titans,” directed by Boaz Yakin, revealing how extreme racism and discrimination was in the 1960’s…

My favorite film is Remember the Titans. The film is about a football team and their struggles with integrating an African American high school and a Caucasian high school. Taking place in Virginia in 1971, the film shows the racial tension of the community using techniques to make it cinematic. One of the ways that allows the viewer to understand the tension in the movie is with camera angles. The director, Boaz Yakin, uses multiple camera angles to show both segregation and also unity of the…

A movie about a high school all american hero coming back to his hometown after years spent distancing himself from his past. Shattered NFL dreams have put a sint in his future plans and left this hero without a game plan. But when his high school football coach, the man who singlehandedly shaped his life is deathly ill he must come back once again. Back to the place that still holds him on a pedestal and won't let him forget about his past talents. When the past is just too good, how do you…

The 2 films ‘Invictus’ and ‘remember the Titans’ are based on real life events, the main similarities between the films are racism and sport. The films are based in different eras but the issues are similar the theme of establishing respect and trust through citizenship are portrayed in many ways. When both the black and white teams are brought together the tension arise, the players are forced to play together on the same team. Slowly the tensions eased during the two week training during camp…

Army Crew Team Recommendations to Coach Preczewski Coach Preczewski, Head Coach of the United States Military Academy Crew Team faced the toughest decision of his coaching career just 4 days before the National Championship races. He struggled with team leadership, cohesiveness, and teamwork from his athletes. With his Varsity team consistently being defeated by the Junior Varsity team in races and practices, he knew that something was not right. He had done many objective tests that were…

There is always drama and suspense leading up to National Signing Day which has become the most important day to college football teams all around the country but that wasn't the case this afternoon for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Today saw Coach Holgorsen and his staff sign every committed player that was expected to sign, sign with the Mountaineers. West Virginia failed to sign a quarterback in this class which concerns some fans but don't forget that WVU has Will Grier (JR), Chris…

movie that we begin to understand the reason for his initial approach. Imagine an African American hired to run an integrated team during a time of racial tension. He established clear roles and expectations from the start. For those who don’t know, Herman Boone is one of the most successful high school football coaches in sports. He led the T. C. Williams High School football team in an undefeated season and got a biracial team to work…

Herman Melville’s The Confidence Man: His Masquerade has endured the test of time, proving to be a true classic. This satirical masterpiece criticizes American society’s impulse to monetize all opportunities, with a disregard for ethics. Melville represents American society with a miniature community aboard the "Fidèle", a steamboat heading to New Orleans, carrying a variety of passengers. However, instead of analyzing the rhetoric Melville employed when writing the story, the focus will be the…

Many readers and writers today often admire Herman Melville’s works and look to his writings for literary inspiration. Not only was Melville an American novelist, but a gifted short story writer and poet during the 1800s. Melville wrote many popular works in his lifetime, such as Moby-Dick, perhaps the best known novel he wrote. Whether it was traveling on sea expeditions, living among cannibalistic natives on the Marquesas islands, or sufferring much tragedy in his later years, it is fair to…

and high waters to regain control and get to that comfortable place once again. There is a line between being stubborn and sticking up for what you truly believe in and that is where Bartleby stands. In the short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener” by Herman Melville, the author introduces the conflict within oneself with the narrator having two choices: choose to continue to be miserable and deal with the source or to gain control over the situation. To start off with you must fully understand the…