Dreaming for Better In The Outsiders there is so much anger and hate. There is the anger Dally has at the world. The anger Bob has at his parent’s for not giving him any rules. And most prevalent, the animosity between the Socs and the greasers. One person is trapped between these two gangs and that person is Cherry Valance. Like any teenager, she feels the pull of wanting to be socially accepted by the group she was originally in, the Socs. But yet she feels that the way the greasers are…
Groundhogs Day festival in Punxsutawney, he merely wants to escape the assignment. As he continues to treat those around him with dismay he finds himself entering an unusual twilight zone between reality and time as he wakes up to the radio playing “I Got You Babe” by Sonny & Cher only to realize the radio is announcing the local holiday, Groundhogs Day. Every day Phil wakes up and the world around him is stuck on a loop of the same day, with the same events, and the same consequences each day…
Charles Comiskey, Babe Ruth, Branch Rickey, and so on.…
the world that have puzzled mankind since the beginning of time. You know things like the pyramids in Egypt, the Loch Ness monster, UFO’s, Bigfoot or my favorite: what do women really want. But what’s not a mystery is why some people who go to the gym year after year and still look the same or even worse. I figured it out and it’s simple; they haven’t reached 212 Degrees yet. Did I lose ya? Well think about what happens when you boil water. At 211 degrees the water is very hot but it’s…
The song “100 years” is very inspiring. In the song he tells you, “Half time goes by, suddenly you’re wise. Another blink of an eye 67 is gone,” so he is basically saying that life goes by quick and someone shouldn’t waste their time on something stupid. As the song goes on, he keeps repeating “I’m _ _ for a moment.” During the song, he seems as if he’s fine with getting older, he’s wishing for another moment once he gets to 99. Most of his emotions are joyful, but towards the end the music…
slaves both colored and white. I think about how awful it must have been for my forefathers and all those who witnessed the act of slavery and all they could do was hope that one day their children and their children's children would be able to live the life of a freeman. It also got me thinking about slavery today and so I peeked into it, and did you know that there are more slaves now than there ever was with four decades of the slave trade in America. The part I believe that touched my heart…
The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that has never made you feel like you were an option in theirs. I learned that during high school which was filled with depression and pitiful excuses for someone’s actions. During my sophomore year in high school, I met this guy at first hand, he was kind, ambitious and sympathetic I found myself “in love” so they say. During our first year of dating he would bring me flowers and shower me with affection we would always…
that you live in. The only difference is that a safe house is used by spies to safely hide from the enemy When I woke up, the bed was empty. Eliza, Malcolm and Blake were sitting on the couch watching tv. I grabbed my laptop and walked over to them, sat down in between Blake 's legs and placed my laptop on my lap. I went to my Facebook page and saw that my family was messaging me. I closed the account and slammed my laptop shut, scared. Blake looked down scared. "When did you get here, babe?"…
physical decline with the kind of courage and grace and humor that have made him not just admired, but truly beloved. Said Pres. Bill Clinton to Ali after the torch-lighting ceremony, "They didn't tell me who would light the flame, but when I saw it was you, I cried.'" 5. Johnny Unitas A great quarterback, we all know. The greatest ever, probably. But more simply, an admirable man who honored the sports world by being part of it. "He was the kind of man," said Cardinal William H. Keeler at…
on June 2, 1941. Lou had a very successful life; he is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Lou also fought in World War II. He had this disease called ALS, which is also often called Lou Gherigs disease. This disease makes you very weak in the muscles where they can’t function anymore. He had this ongoing disease for around two years. In baseball, he had the nickname the Iron Horse because he was very durable during his 17-season career with the New York Yankees. Lou…