Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Webster (2015) defines the word crisis as “a difficult or dangerous situation that needs serious attention”. It seems evident that in life individuals will experience a multitude of life situations, although certain ones can be positive experiences others can be challenging. With such approach a variety of assumptions have been expressed such as believing that some individuals are better equipped than others to cope with life’s traumas, whether it be because they were born that way, or tested…

A harsh wave of heat swept past her face as she looked into the unruly abyss ahead. A car approaching ahead of her, the dust clouds came to a halt and one of the car's front doors and one of the back doors opened promptly. Two heavily armoured men jumped out with stern faces and big rifles. Out of one door came a man. He was dragged to the side escorted by these two men. I knew this was serious… His hair shining wet in the scorching sun. His back hunched over. While his face looked drowned out.…

stylishly formed mash-up of a diary and lyrical analysis, the former drug dealer turned millionaire rapper and mogul Jay-Z goes from “Bricks to billboards” and breaks down the illogicalities. In “Decoded” Jay-Z speaks on poverty, drugs, his miscarriage, his arrest, Roc-a-Fella and more in the memoir/ lyrical breakdown. Jay-Z describes the antiquity behind some of his most notorious lines. Jay-Z is a prodigious American artist and he would be the 1st to tell you so. "Decoded" is a gracefully…

Band of Brothers follows Easy Company of the 506th regiment of the 101st airborne from basic training to Hitler’s Eagles nest. The men of easy Company perform admirably and supremely through every grim task given to them. Stephen Ambrose accounts the heroic tale of the paratroopers from Easy Company beginning with their time training in Toccoa with Sobels to D-Day, Holland, Battle of the Bulge, the failure of operation Market Garden, and to the end of the war by taking Hitler’s Eagles nest. The…

In Jamie Ford’s novel “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” the main character Henry Lee goes through many hardships that prepare him for his future. Henry Lee demonstrates a caring personality throughout the novel to everyone he meets. Henry’s caringness is displayed during a flashback with his old friend Heiko. Right before Heiko goes into a japanese internment camp she tells Henry “That's fine. Be who you are; she said turning away a look of disappointment in her. But I'm an American.”…

Is history accurate or inaccurate because of different historical giants? Morgan's central idea is that because a higher or bigger historian or literary figures says something different or something is wrong that they can change the history into how they think is was or should be. To put it differently, history is made and not changed upon the idea of a higher person who thinks they know what they are talking about. He gives examples of what other people think history should be like then claims…

Diaz is a very interesting oscar and very creative writer he shows this in the book “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” In the book Diaz has a clear understanding of love and its power and through the character Oscar he shows how powerful love can be and how it can control someone's behavior into doing some out thoughtful things. Through Oscar experience with Ana it's a clear example of how love can control your behavior and make someone do crazy things to have the love of that one girl.…

The Great Gatsby was such a good story and the lessons learned for me were unbelievable, the movie was so good also. There were so many people that were fake people in this story, and you know what makes me mad? Like why? They had a good life but they have to have more then they need. The characters I am going to relate to this is Gatsby, Tom and Daisy. Gatsby was a big fake I mean he didn’t have the right name that he told to others but such a good guy at the same time, maybe that’s what…

The American Dream is described as the preferred goal or lifestyle many Americans dream of acquiring. Happiness, success, and wealth are all examples of many people’s idea of the American Dream. Most people view the American Dream as primarily good; however, William Faulkner’s quote states that the American Dream is a dangerous goal to strive towards, unless it is a good dream. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, the author, John Steinbeck, portrays the characters George and Lennie who have a dream…

Colors subconsciously create their own impressions on situations because we have associated them with different feelings. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses this in his novel The Great Gatsby to improve the story by adding to the atmosphere of the imagery aspect of the story. Gatsby is a man who was not born into wealth, but acquired it. He fell in love with Daisy, a girl who caused him to seek out this American Dream that he achieved five years later. Fitzgerald uses the colors white, yellow, gray,…