Hoffman Estates

'The Graduate’ (Nichols, 1967) is a comedy that uses a three-act film structure and includes its major structural elements. The film depicts a recent college graduate (Dustin Hoffman), whose feeling of a lack of purpose results in his life becoming dominated by his relationship with Mrs. Robinson and eventually, her daughter Elaine. Act I establishes the key characters; Ben, his parents and their friends, including, Mrs. Robinson. The audience is empathetic towards him and likely wanting to see…

In 1967, Mike Nichols directed the film, The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman. During the film, Ben, a recent college graduate, is moving back home to California. Upon his arrival, his parents throw him a welcome home party, where he gets to celebrate with all his family friends. One of those friends is Mrs. Robinson, the wife of Ben’s father’s business partner. Mrs. Robinson takes a liking to Ben, and the two begin a secret affair. During their relationship, Ben contemplates his life choices,…

In their first film together, Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman made an unlikely pair work as brothers in the movie Rain Man. Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) owns a car business. The first scene shows that Charlie is vary talkative. He can speaks with such eloquence. He has a beautiful girlfriend called Susanna (Valeria Golina). The conflict all started when he heard about his father s death, who he hadn t spoken for many years. His father had left him a car and a few rose bushes. The rest of the three…

Rainman is an American drama film that was released in 1988. The movie stars Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt, a young, arrogant car salesman living in Los Angeles. Charlie has been estranged from his very wealthy father, his only relative, since he was a teen. When his father dies, Charlie returns to his childhood home in Ohio to handle his father’s affairs and to presumably collect his inheritance, which is due to come at a fortunate time for Charlie, as his business is facing some financial…

Rain Reign is an amazing book by Ann Martin. This book is about an autistic girl named Rose and her sad adventure with her dog Rain. Although this is one of my favorite books, I wouldn’t want to be a character in it. This is because this book had many sad events that will make you cry while reading it. For example, Rose’s only friend is her beloved dog Rain. But this only made it so much harder when Rose’s dad let Rain outside in the middle of a hurricane. Rose didn’t know if Rain was alive or…

finances. When you plan for your death, you're performing a loving act for your family as well as one that lets you retain control even after death. You don't need to have an estate to do your estate planning. You don't even need to have tons of assets for wills and estate planning. What is Basic Estate Planning? At its simplest, estate planning are a set of legal documents that help your family make decisions for you based on your desires in life. For example, if there's been an accident,…

considerations to be careful of when in probate. To distribute what exactly is left within an estate to people who are entitled to it an individual's estate is administered in a process called probate. Probate is essential for documenting somebody's death and settling their estate. Most often people have a tendency to question the significance of engaging a probate lawyer. There's no greater help in estate matters compared to the diligent and expert guidance of the practicing probate attorney.…

When beneficiaries named in an estate know they will receive a portion of the decedent’s property, they get anxious. In most common estates, beneficiaries are unaware of the following factors that determine the length of time it will take the executor to distribute property: • Executor responsibility – The priority for any executor is to pay the expenses and the taxes of the estate. Also, the executor must provide the probate court with an Inventory of Assets as depicted in the article…

funeral expenses, have been paid before any property is distributed. Even once all debts are settled, additional time is required to provide any creditors, whom the executor may not have been aware, have the opportunity to make a claim against the estate. Completing the Process Only after all of these requirement are met can your assets be distributed to your heirs. The executor will then take any necessary steps to legally transfer the property to the designated heir. Any payments or donations…

of a person, their property, both the estate and personal belongings enter probate. This process can be short or lengthy. The time span is determined by different factors. In the circumstances that you have been named as the person who will execute the estate, then you will have to follow the six steps of the probate process. Having a clear understanding of these six steps can help make the process seamless. Step 1: Prepare an inventory of the assets and estate planning documents of the…