Michael Collins

“With the 5th pick in the 2003 NBA draft, the Miami Heat select Dwyane Wade from Marquette University.” 2003 was a clean start for the Miami Heat after selecting Dwyane Wade. When you hear the name Dwyane Wade, the first place you will always think of is Miami without a doubt. The legacy, and joy Wade has left in this city will be eternally remembered. The exhausting, yet happy morning after having your basketball team win a championship is the feeling Dwyane Wade made sure each and every one…

One-Sided Relationship Being betrayed by someone who you love is the most painful feeling. In the novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, betrayal is a common theme. Many characters could be considered Edmond’s ultimate betrayer. However, Mercedes proves to be his ultimate betrayer by being unloyal and selfish. Mercedes betrays Edmond by marrying Fernand. For example, in the beginning of the novel, Mercedes says, “He’ll be your friend Edmond because he’s my friend. He’s my cousin Fernand, the man I…

The movie City Lights was not officially a silent film because it had the sound effects, but if it just went with being a talkie it would have been completely different and in my opinion not for the better. Back then they had the option of choosing whether or not to be a color film or a black and white film. But they still decided to go with what they did for a reason. The comedy in the movie would not have been the type of comedy if it had been a talkie. Plus talkies are not the type of movies…

Shakespeare’s Othello follows the machinations of Iago and Roderigo, to a lesser extent, to harm the African general of the Venetian army, Othello. Roderigo goes to Iago, Othello’s ensign or advisor, for help to get Othello’s wife, Desdemona. Iago and Roderigo frame an affair between Othello’s lieutenant, Cassio, and Desdemona in order to strip Cassio of his position and break up Othello and Desdemona. What solidifies Othello ending tragically instead of hilariously is in Act III Scene iii when…

Emilia “If wives do fall. [...] The ills we do, their ills instruct us so” (4.3.87-104). Though not typically seen as a major character in Othello, Emilia has very crucial roles in the conflict and resolution of play. Constantly privy to the misdoings of her husband, the villainous Iago, Emilia is a fairly strong character and an important part of Desdemona’s death from beginning to end. Emilia’s greatest importance to the conflict and plot of the play is that she is faithful to Desdemona and…

playing in the Super Bowl? Michael Oher, a person who nobody would have had any hope for, beat the odds to become a professional football player. Michael Oher was born on May 28, 1986 in Memphis, Tennessee. His mother was a drug addict who never took care of him, and he never even met his dad. Even though Michael Oher grew up in poverty, often homeless, and without parents to help him, he still became a professional athlete and even has made it to the Super Bowl twice. Michael Oher’s early…

Basketball has been the highlight of my highschool experience. I was eager to join the program freshman year of high school. I had a blast making new friends and looking forward to going to school because I loved basketball. I tried out again sophomore year and made the JV team. I grew a strong love for basketball that every time I'd play, I'll instantly be in a good mood. I was the goofy one out of all my teammates and wasn't shy to have fun. The JV team had an instant bond because of my big…

“Jealousy is the fear of comparison,” Max Frisch spoke the truth when it comes to jealousy and the part it plays in Othello. Throughout the play, characters compare themselves to one another and twist their insecurities into reasons to hate one another. The case of hatred that encompasses each individual, and even leads some to kill, resulting in no one to compare themselves to. In a Shakespearean play the main character, without fail, possesses a tragic flaw; in Othello, the Moor of Venice, his…

After the death of Vito Corleone (played by Marlon Brando), his youngest son Michael (played by Al Pacino) is now the head of the Corleone crime family. With new responsibilities placed on his shoulders, Michael now orchestrates the murders of his rivals, the other head families, in order to take control as the dominant family. Through a five minute scene, the murders and the baptism of his nephew manage to intertwine a lot of prevalent themes in the Godfather (by Francis Ford Coppola), into a…

A foil to Stanley Kowolski, Mitch is always dressed neatly, he is respectful and kind, he speaks in a more refined manner--not coarse like Pablo. While Stanley takes off his shirt and goes around in his undershirt, Mitch will not remove his coat for fear he is sweating too much; he even says that the men should not be playing cards around the women. However, Mitch has some of the male predator in him, just like Stanley. For, when he learns of Blanche's less than stellar reputation, he tries…