Michael Collins

up my older brother had a big impact on my interests. I grew to love the game of basketball from him. From watching and playing the sport I have grown and learned life lessons. From learning the story of how the greatest basketball player ever, Michael Jordan, became to be the best has been a big inspiration in my life. He grew up loving the game and trying to be the best that he could be. But when high school came around his skills weren’t enough for varsity. After not making the varsity…

Stevie Wonder started creating music when he was 12 years old. He made some of the greatest music of all time while being blind.Stevie created joyful music while showing persistence and overcoming being blind and at the same time illuminating/inspiring the world. Stevie Wonder was a music sensation who changed the world. Stevie created lots of merry music for everyone to enjoy. He was a songwriter, pianist, singer and more. People could not get enough of Stevie as he was growing as a musician.…

Everybody knows Michael Jackson as the king of pop. His family sung in a group known as the Jackson 5. The Jackson 5 was a group of young boys who sang and danced on stage. Jackson 5 stars 5 brothers who which one of them became a very famous singer with amazing dance moves. He was Michael Jackson. (Pratt, Mary) Michael Jackson had been known as the star of the Jackson 5. He was acknowledged for his beautiful voice and stunning dance moves. He struggled to go solo trying to prove he didn’t need…

York College's women's basketball team jumped out to a 16-point lead after one quarter and coasted to a 62-45 victory against Penn State-Harrisburg at home on Saturday. The victory moves the Spartans to 10-1 overall, 4-0 in the CAC, while Penn State-Harrisburg falls to 5-6, 1-3. Morgan Kuehne's 14 points led four Spartans to reach double figures. Katie Wagner added 13, while Sarah Shearer and Karli McFatridge each added 10. York returns to action Wednesday against Salisbury at 5:30 p.m. Penn…

William Wilson tells the tale of the titular character starting from infancy and peaking when has matured into a man. Like Cellini, William Wilson has a very strong character that develops from his early childhood, “I grew self-willed, addicted to the wildest caprices and a prey to the most ungovernable passions. Weak-minded, and beset with constitutional infirmities” (Poe 80). He even states that he became autonomous, “Thenceforward my voice was a household law; and at an age when few children…

Not only does Mr. Bryant encourage others to do their best he also believes that he doesn’t want to be like other NBA legends he wants to be himself. His quote, “I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I want to be the next Kobe Bryant.” Basically, This quote expresses that even if you do look up to Michael Jordan you should be your own kind of person be yourself because you want to be different, be different than others, be your own kind of person not mirroring someone else. All together,…

LeBron James left Cleveland after seven years of the same old Cleveland. He was the best player on that roster and even the league, yet the Cavaliers front office failed to surround him with talent. Mo Williams? Boobie Gibson? Ilgauskas? Please. They brought in Shaquille O'Neal in 2010, but that was when Shaq was way past his use-by date. If you've given a team seven years of your absolute best and more, and they can't repay you with anything, can you blame LeBron for leaving to South Beach?…

The Redeeming Nature of Suffering An innocent prostitute, a depraved obsessive, and a conflicted murderer, and each one of them share something in common. All these are characters that are found in “Crime And Punishment”, a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Even more importantly, each one of the characters experiences suffering, from Sonya who sells herself in an effort to support her family, to Svidrigailov who stoops to the basest levels of the nature of man, and to Raskolnikov who murders two…

Confessions is an autobiographical work by Augustine that is written in thirteen books, similar to chapters. The books trace Augustine's life, starting from birth (354 A.D.) to adulthood and beyond. While Augustine is composing his work, he comes to a multiple of realizations through his praise of God. In book two, Augustine writes about the sinfulness of his adolescence. He writes of his experience of robbing pear-trees with his friends. Augustine and his friends went out at night to steal…

While at first General Zaroff seems to be an elegant, yet vain, aristocrat, he is soon revealed to be a savage murderer. His arrogance is a prevalent aspect of his disposition in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game,” and is Zaroff’s inevitable downfall. Throughout the story, Zaroff’s excessive pride is depicted in a number of different ways: his belief in being the perfect hunter, his acting as God by killing human beings, and his arrogance in letting Rainsford free after catching him.…