James Dean

In the novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac, we follow Sal as he travels the country bouncing state to state and friend to friend following the crazy wild lifestyle of Dean Moriarty. Throughout the novel Sal and his friends indulge in sex, alcohol and drugs, and are constantly moving around contradicting the idea that in order to be happy you must find a job, a wife, have kids, and live in a nice home. During his journey we witness Sal and his gang of “mad men” counter societal norms by living life…

Journal - Kc Adams 1. Give a full description of where the issue discussed was observed. This is a song that I have listened to for several years. I liked it when I was younger, so I bought it, but I have never looked closely at the lyrics before now. 2. Give a brief statement as to why this issue was chosen. I chose this song because the title of the song itself "Angel With a Shotgun" feels like an issue immediately and because I wanted to look closer to see how the image of an…

Mentally, courage is boldly standing up to hard times and abusive feelings. But is courage conquering a fear, or could it simply be completing a task that was once thought impossible? Just saying, tomorrow is another day? Those criteria are thought of as courage to some; however, it goes deeper than that. It is the adrenaline that is pumping through your blood in a time of great anxiety. Courage is what led to the survival of Louie Zamperini, a war hero from WWII. Fading, beaten and battered, it…

To some extent, the pursuit of hopes and dreams is a method of escaping the realities of everyday life for characters from both texts. In Kerouac’s novel, the dreams of where the road might take them provide an escape for both Sal and Dean from a mundane East Coast lifestyle, and a way to forget the mistakes of the past. Similarly in Thompson’s piece, a voyage of revelation fueled by an underlying desire to understand the American Dream offers a chance to escape for Raoul and his attorney using…

until Dean Moriarty turned his apathetic emotions into the love for adventure. Dean was a poor con–man who just ran around from one city to the next, wrecking whatever comes in his way and always feels the need to move again once he becomes uninterested. In conclusion, Dean’s life is in a clutter, yet Sal inexplicably seems to envy Dean’s “madness” as he wants to live an adventurous life with Dean; a life filled with animosity, however, in actuality he wants no part of it. Sal consorts with Dean…

Sam and Dean are having a drink at the local pub, a couple books and newspaper clippings strewn on their table. The boys are quietly discussing the new information they found while at the coroners office. Sam is pretty sure the creature they are hunting is a Djinn, explaining its basically an evil genie that gives you trippy dreams and melts your brains while feeding off you. Dean shudders muttering into his beer something about "showing that freak show a whole new world" Sam laid a town map…

When we think of Frank Sinatra we think of a man in a fedora singing and dancing in front of a big band or a main character in one of our great grandparents favorite movies. Well you're right but Sinatra had a different side that was a little scandalous. He was on the FBI watch list for being a possible communist sympathizer and having ties to the mobs. Sinatra lived a lush and lavish life while still beating to his own drum when it came to ethics. Sinatra never had any luck or self control when…

Do you ever spend time roaming around the Tv channel guide to search from a show to watch? If so here’s a solution. Supernatural deals with two brothers, Dean and Sam, on a journey to hunt down a powerful demon that killed their mother but encounter major obstacles along the way. Later they realize that their journey has now turned into a war between God and Lucifer; they must fight along God’s side but not for the reason they think. Supernatural is a well thought out television show because it…

Although accomplishing anything can be difficult without passion, too much passion leads to obsessiveness. Unlike passion, obsessiveness causes the mind to go mad by disregarding its surroundings and dedicating every moment to one sole purpose and focus. This tunnel vision affects a person’s ability to make choices that will benefit himself and those around him or her in the future. This scenario presents itself in several pieces of literature including Wuthering Heights, “Porphyria’s Lover,”…

In the mid 1990s there was a powerful new technology that seemed poised to revolutionize the communications paradigm in American politics. The internet was supposed to be a total game changer, returning power to the people, and removing the media, and thereby the need for big money, from the political equation. Now, twenty-some years later it is apparent that the internet, and online communication specifically, has only served to entrench prior communication patterns rather than revolutionize…