Hometown Glory

In the play “The Visit” the plot starts off as an innocent, forgotten, poverty stricken town, close to ruins; falls to desperate attempts; to revive itself to its former glory. The story is broken down into three acts, each act giving more explanation in the little town and how it got to the state of disrepair that it is currently in. This play pulls at emotional, moral conflict, revenge, sacrifice and choices for the greater good. The story also shows that things are not always what they…

place in a football-obsessed town named Messina. A small town of about 8,000 lived for Friday night football games. The story was told in third person point of view. The rising action of this book begins with Neely Crenshaw, who is returning to his hometown of Messina. Back in the 1980’s, he was the school’s star quarterback who helped lead the team to a state championship in 1987. He continued his football career at a tech college where he illegally accepted money to play. During his sophomore…

I Carlos Omar Kress Barrientos entered the United States of America on March 4th, 1995 through the border of Nogales, Arizona. During the 1990’s an influx of crime entered my country, especially in my hometown, Sanpedro Carcha A.V. As a result of the crime that was occurring, my mother’s youngest brother was killed. My mother entered a state of anxiety; therefore, my mother and I looked for options to prevent myself from being the next target. The ideal option was to send me to the United States…

Titled “Power and Glory,” Fairey’s new exhibition seeks to question, “Whose power? Whose glory?” He explores political and economic themes that draw attention to the destructive forms of capitalism, a system he calls “awesome” but one in which there “must be referees.” Fairey feels the idea of the American…

going to the Vietnam. Now, the normally courageous thing to do is what he did, go to the war and serve his country. But Tim O 'Brien 's belief is that the cowardly thing to do was to give in and go to war. He let the opinions of other people in his hometown influence his decision. He wasn 't true to himself and let other people dictate what he did. The courageous thing to do according to Tim, would be to not worry about what other people think and live your own life how you want to. If that…

“Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death (James F. Bymes)”. This quote explains the methods used by the American government. The Treaty of Versailles is a prime example. This treaty put one country responsible for the damages of World War I and causing the war. This countries name was Germany. During the war a president name Woodrow Wilson made a bill named the fourteen points. This bill was supposed to be used for world…

The Olympic Games first began in 776 B.C. and continued to occur every four years for an estimated one thousand more years. Women were not able to compete in the games for many understandable reasons. Men competed in tough ways that were not beneficial for women. The Hera Games to honor another goddess were available. The culture in the time period is different than the culture is today. The Olympics started in Greece about 3,000 years ago and it is understandable for women not to compete…

Curley’s Wife In the novel “Of Mice and Men” there is this woman known as Curley’s wife she is known for her beauty, her beauty is her power, and she uses it to flirt with the men on the ranch and make her husband jealous. She is utterly alone on the ranch, and always seeks attention from every little thing. Even though Curley’s wife is a woman of beauty and a woman that desires to talk to anybody her loneliness can always wear her down. She is always seeking attention and finding…

Sports give people enjoyment, but it should not be the focus in schools because it does not give students the best chance to succeed. Many people believe that sports is as important as academics because it gives students another way to success. However, academics give people the best opportunities to be successful in life. Although many people believe that schools should focus on sports, schools and students should focus on sports because academics give a better chance to get a college…

one day, an evil being has appeared before him and destroyed his weapon like it’s a piece of glass. Thor has come to the realization that she’s far stronger than him. Hela, the obnoxious being is his very own sister, who has come to destroy their hometown, Asgard for the sake of getting her revenge. Hela was disowned by their father because of her bad intentions that can possibly lead to a war. She was the biggest obstacle that Thor has ever encountered so far. And it seems that to defeat her,…