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The Inspiration for Denzel Washington’s Role on Training Day Photo Credit: Plot and Theme Denzel Washington’s role in the 2001 crime drama Training Day, won him an Oscar Award for Best Actor. Both fans and critics praised his performance as a decorated and corrupt police officer. However, not many know that one of his best roles was actually inspired by a real person. Rafael Perez, who was born in Puerto Rico, was an officer in the LAPD during the 1980’s to 1990’s. He joined the Rampart…

Halloween is a fun, scary, exciting, and historical time of the year. When you think of Halloween you think of kids dressing up and going to collect candy from neighbors and peers. It's a time to scare and to trick people, but there's history behind this time of year. Have you ever wondered how this holiday came about, or where it came from,or what's the meaning behind it? Well I’ve wondered that and I did a little research to find out. This holiday in the ancient festival of Samhain. They…

“Thirteen Days” is a movie portraying the story of President Kennedy’s (and everyone who works for and with him) struggle, of the long, agonizing 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of 1962. Overall, I thought it was a really good movie. It showed the struggle and all of the worries that everyone had to overcome during this chaotic time. The main issue of this movie was that the Soviet Union had missiles down in Cuba and the United States was worried they could attack. The movie…

Blizzardstar was born on a snowy leaf-bare day. Lilysong, Blizzardstar's mother, gave birth to two kits that day. They were both named for the weather that leaf-bare, Blizzardkit and Cloudkit. Blizzardkit was born healthy and strong, but Cloudkit died from green-cough soon after being born. Lilysong raised her daughter to be a stone-cold fighter from the moment Blizzardkit was born. Lilysong believed in tough love, and she taught her daughter that her focus needed to be on the wellbeing of the…

anticipation was killing me. I had been waiting for this day for what seemed like forever, and I was so glad it had finally come. I’d been talking about it all week, and I was starting to annoy people. However, I just couldn’t help it. I felt like my heart was going to explode out of my chest with all the happiness inside me. I’d been trying not to think about it because it made me anxious. Now that it was time, it was the only thing on my mind. The day started out great just like I’d hoped.…

Death Rituals and Day of the Dead in Modern Mexico Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead is a popular Hispanic holiday that is often associated with Mexico. Participants of this holiday celebrate it for more than two days, they are known for their particular decorations on tombstones, festive parties, and sugar skulls. Day of the Dead started off as a couple of Catholic holidays, but has then become something that makes the holiday specially engrained into the Mexican Culture. From where the…

the forest because one day they were accused of murdering someone. But really they were framed by someone they didn’t know. So they lived in the forest and stayed there. The mom and dad had three kids. Eli, who is a oldest, Hunter, Eli’s little brother, and Olivia, the youngest. Eli is eight, Hunter is six, and Olivia is five. One day the parents had to leave for a work convention. During that day, they got into a car accident and died. The kids didn’t know this till the day after. The cops…

time loop, the day of the bomb dropping finally comes and the house is destroyed. Jacob and his peculiar friends kill Dr. Golan and the Hollowgast that are trying to sabotage them Even though Jacob is fully aware that he can never return to his extraordinarily normal life if he decides to stay with Miss Peregrine and her peculiar children in the past, he continues to accompany Emma Bloom and her mission to save Miss Avocet and Miss Peregrine. Jacob goes back to the current day and says his…

and the both double-handed handshakes. Then, they moved to a coffee shop, where they had to wait because of the closed road. When the dangerous road reopened, they came to Thimphu, the capital and Eric finally arrived at his guest house. The next day, Tashi took Erik to the capital. Weiner was impressed by the stray dogs’ arrogance and he explained their attitude by the belief in reincarnation. No one hurts them because their loved ones are infinites and may be living in the…

rest of my life. I would go down the street to play with Oliver and Katie every day, go to the school where all of my friends were, or go to get a Rickers drink at the gas station, everything that was normal to me. Little did I know, things were about to change. It was a normal weekday. I went to school wondering what I was going to learn in class today and what my friends and I were going to do during recess. The day seemed to fly by like it always did. Then, something weird happened. Instead…