Johnny Depp

From the source, “America’s First Godfather,” Mike Dash talks about how the culture effected the mafia in Sicily. He first started talking about how Morello’s story was not known around the world yet. So, he explained how Morello set up crime in New York in the 1900’s. Mr. Morello was well operated before the mafia was even a big deal to screenwriters. Morello ended up getting imprisoned, then murdered. Mike Dash then goes on to talk about the culture of Sicily, where Morello had lived, had…

The Life of Scarface Al Capone was a very famous American gangster. He gained his fame during the prohibition era and to this day he is still famous. He never really did have good schooling as a child, but he ended up having a multi-million dollar business in crime. Throughout his life in crime, he did many illegal things and only ended up going to jail a few times. Al Capone was a gangster “murdered his was to the top of the Chicago mafia before being sent to Alcatraz” and that was one of the…

Famous People in the 1920s Douglas Fairbanks - He was an American screenwriter, producer, and actor. He starred in many silent films, such as “Robin Hood” and “The Mark of Zorro”. He was a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and was the host of the Oscars in 1929 (the first). he was often referred to as “The King of Hollywood”, but his career declined after talking was introduced to movies. Charles Lindbergh - An American pilot who flew the first solo , non-stop flight from New York…

There are many fires around Chicago, but one of the most popular fire is THE CHICAGO FIRE is the biggest fire in Chicago. They say that the fire started at the o'Learys barn but who did it actually . Luis M Cohn was a heavy drinker and gambler. He gambled with the o learys sons. He turned over $35,000 to a school to say that the O'Learys was a fake. The O'learys had a son that was a part of the cause of the fire. To this day scientists don't know what cause the fire but they know that it happen…

Analysis of American Horror Story: Freak Show In class we have learned about many different aspects of disability. In American Horror Story: Freak Show (Freak Show), there were many themes shown throughout that touched on material we have talked about in class. Freak Show illustrates the medical and sociopolitical models of disability, uses terms that are deemed inappropriate or unacceptable by the disability community, and represents people with disabilities in the media. I have…

In his national bestseller, The Botany of Desire, journalist Michael Pollan ingeniously illuminates the ever-changing and perplexing relationship between human beings and the domesticated plant. More specifically, he unmasks the four driving desires of human existence - sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control - while simultaneously exploring the effects that they have on our lives today. In The Botany of Desire, Pollan utilizes his own personal experiences, witty anecdotes, informational…

80’s Alternative Music: “The Cure” For a Lost Soul? The alternative music of the 80’s has been a large part of my family’s culture and how I was raised. Whenever we were in the car, alternative music from my mother’s teenage years was played, bringing my family closer. It created an immense influence on the music I listen to today and is a part of my family’s culture. Considering how much influence it had on my family, I wondered what has influenced the music itself and the influence…

young, I would prefer watching movies to reading books. It was always more exciting seeing a character come to life on the big screen rather than having to conjure one up in my head. Of course there are some exceptions, such as Walt Disney’s film Johnny Tremain, directed by Robert Stevenson. It is difficult for a director to meet an audience’s expectation when creating a book-based movie, while also inputting his own take on the story. Though it is important to add some originality to a…

The title of my book is Johnny Appleseed. The characters are Johnny Appleseed. The setting is the nature during different seasons. The conflict is that there is some people in the nature that don’t like Johnny at first. John Chapman was born on September twenty-sixth, seventeen- seventy-four. He lived in Leominster, Massachusetts. Johnny’s first couple of years were hard. His father left the family to fight in the Revolutionary War. His mother and his baby brother both died before his second…

The overall theme I found in Freak was that no matter what, it is good to be different and to stand out. No one is the same and don’t try to change yourself to be like other people. Even though it might get hard because you don’t fit the “standards,” don’t try to be like others. You are beautiful just the way you are. At the beginning of the book, Miriam said it herself, ‘“It’s good to be weird. Who cares if people think you’re weird?”’ This quote from Miriam tells the reader that she doesn’t…