Michael Spindler

I was born on December 20th, 1996, in Vienna, Virginia. My incredible parents, Kevin and Melissa, are black and white respectively. They both grew up without a lot, but worked tirelessly, just as their parents had done before them, to ensure that my brother and I had everything that we needed, and most of what we wanted. Although we were well above middle class on a national scale, at our predominantly white all-boys private school filled with multi-millionaire families, we were outliers. That…

Entry 14: This entry will focus on the scandals associated with stardom, and will transition into a deeper focus on Michael Jackson. Stars have two selves that are developed and manipulated over time. They have the ego-ideal and the ideal-ego. Each encompassing a different mindset and goal. The ideal ego is what is portrayed to the media ideally. There is a certain persona that is expected of stars and this ideal-ego is supposed to achieve that. For example, Britney Spears experienced a…

The success of every hero movie undoubtedly relies on the effectiveness of the villain. The character that has corrupt motives and performs malicious actions consistently throughout the entire plot of the film – the Joker. This prevalent character, the Joker, reveals an objection to the Socratic view on virtue. In Plato’s Laches, two fathers seek advice from Laches, Nicias, and Socrates on how to raise honorable men. Socrates confirms an honorable man does not result from teaching…

Iago’s honor is essentially nonexistent, as he works throughout the entire play to manipulate, lie, and cause general havoc amongst Othello, and other characters in the play. He appears to be a well rounded, well respected, and honest individual, but in the end he was the rope to many characters noose throughout the play. Setting up the seeds for Othello’s jealousy, and the wrath and the horrors that Desdemona, and other characters had to face at the end. He appeared to be a great guy to those…

Jumping is a key exercise for basketball training. Often time's people forget this simple basketball training and miss out on obtaining the advantage they need to play basketball. Or some people think that when they do vertical jumps they do the greatest they can and that's it. The truth is that with exercise you can make your jumps even higher than what they happen to be. With a little time and effort you ought to have the ability to jump four to five inches above what you have been jumping.…

This story is about a journey of an average Teenager who managed to climb the ladder of success by going through various hardships in life. Born & brought up in a small town of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh; Vijay Shekhar Sharma has risen high to become the Founder of the $1.5 billion PayTM. Today he is regarded as one of India’s youngest Entrepreneurs. Vijay was brought up in a middle-class family where his father was the only breadwinner of the family who was a Biology Teacher. Although his father…

Sport celebrities Nowadays, it is an undeniable fact that famous athletes are the most well-known celebrities worldwide. Who hasn’t heard of David Beckham or doesn’t know who Michael Jordan is? Sports people have reached the stardom level of Hollywood movie stars and singers, perhaps in some cases even surpassing them. That goes to say that they possess the power to influence not only the society as a whole but also people on a more individual level, thus affecting their personality. Sports is…

Body paragraph #4 A second standard that Othello meets is that he believes that non threatening remarks are threatening. Othello’s words confirm that he turns innocent events into a threat when he says, “Make it a darling like your precious eye. / To lose ’t or give ’t away were such perdition / As nothing else could match” (Shakespeare 3.4. 77-79). Othello says this after he questions Desdemona about the handkerchief and reveals states how important it was to his mother and that if he loses it,…

The documentary ‘Blackfish’ is produced by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and stars Tilikum the orca. It is based around two water parks in the United States of America – Seaworld and Sealand. ‘Blackfish’ is a documentary that tells the true story about an orca’s life in captivity. Several pieces of emotional footages give examples of how the whales are cruelly treated and kept in poor conditions. It asks the question ‘should whales be kept in captivity?’. ‘Blackfish’ works effectively to persuade…

Artifice is an essential skill ? In Chris Hedger’s excerpt Empire Of Illusion, he contemplates the ideas of artifice being an essential skill in political theater. Lying and deception is an intriguing talent, that once mastered can be used as a great advantage especially to gain political and economic power. It can be seen throughout a large number political leaders. Leaders create a persona for themselves to citizens, claiming they are truthful and kind individuals, when in reality…