Lil Wayne

north in Brantford, Ontario. He was welcomed to the world by Walter and Phyllis Gretzky.(“Gretzky’s ” 1) Little did they know he would be a legend one day.This man is Wayne Gretzky. The roots of Wayne Gretzky’s hockey career may seem unusual but they helped him grow up to be the athlete he is today. It started at the age of two, Wayne could lace up his skates before he could even tie his shoes, and a frozen river is where it would all begin for him.(Wigge)(Gretzky & Reilly 16) At the age of…

Stepping onto the pitch, the fans roar, the immense buildup of anxiousness in your body and the game begins. You think you are ready to play yet you haven’t prepared. Before you play in this soccer game, you must be well prepared to maximize how successful you are during the game. Your preparation for the game actually starts 24 hours before the game even starts. These little steps and precautionary measures set apart the good players from the great. Therefore, playing outstanding during a…

Stagecoach, Mexicans were almost cartoonish in their characterization. The Native Americans in the film were an afterthought as the violence that was impeding the stagecoach in its journey. John Ford’s, The Searchers, the main character, played by John Wayne, was an “Indian hating, irreconcilable Confederate” (Coyne 71), remarked Coyne. Coyne saw these characters in The Searchers as, “symbolic reminders that America’s racial problems would not go away” (Coyne 71). The success of both these…

well-known film genre is the Western, produced from the start of the movie business to even today. When one thinks of a Western, they might think of an iconic star such as John Wayne riding on a horse in a beautiful landscape. In one of the most classic Westerns, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Captain Nathan Brittles is tasked with simultaneously easing tensions with the aggressive Cheyenne Indians and transporting his commander’s wife & niece back…

background, family background, achievements, dislikes, likes, and etc... First, I asked her about where she grew up, and her education background. She said, she was grew up in Kendallville. Then because of some personal reasons, she moved to Fort Wayne last three years…

Screening: The Third Man (1949): Directed by Carol Reed, this black and white film had exceptionally articulate visuals of landscapes throughout the city of Vienna in 1948. In spite of being for the most part shot around evening time and in the sewers, the director does an incredible job capturing the overall character of the city. The music was fairly interesting, and added a feeling of peculiarity to the film. Although all the actors played their roles, respectively, Orson Welles was my…

is one line, and each team usually consists of three lines. There are always those few, rare players who stand out and are marked in history. The most influential National Hockey League (NHL) players of the last half of the twentieth century are, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, and Gordie…

right to play. Now it’s can you afford to play,” (as cited in Mirtle, 2013, p.1). A variety of factors have conspired to make minor hockey more expensive which means that the sports’ ‘blue-collar’ roots are changing. Players like Gordie Howe or Wayne Gretzky who came from modest backgrounds, might have a harder time making it in today’s hockey culture. The costs for a season of hockey include registration and ice time, skates and equipment as well as travel and accommodations. This can push…

time in and around World War II, producers stayed away from making any movies during that time. There was one John Wayne classic from 1968 titled The Green Berets that was produced that even portrayed that dislike of the war. A main character in the movie was that of a reporter that was very critical of not only the war, but in some cases the soldiers fighting in the war. John Wayne was able though to put a positive spin on the war despite all the negativity surrounding it. It was not until…

The graphic comic is set in an alternative universe where instead of Thomas and Martha Wayne being killed and Bruce, their child using the traumatic childhood event to become the Batman, it is Bruce who is shot. With Bruce being shot, it is his father who uses the loss of his son to become The Batman. Martha is so overwhelmed with the loss…