My Chemical Romance

After winning the election, John Kennedy immediately took drastic measures to keep Johnson happy, telling aides: "I can't afford to have my vice president, who knows every reporter in Washington, going around saying we're all screwed up, so we're going to keep him happy." (Schlesinger, “A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House” p.973) Johnson used this to his advantage, becoming…

Does anyone remember the last time we saw a found-footage film that was actually good? Seriously can you remember? The Gallows reminds us that even though Hollywood loves making found footage movies they seem to be against making them good. In this horror film we have a gang of cliché annoying teenagers Reese Houser, Pfeifer Ross, Ryan Shoos and Cassidy Spliker. The actors seemed to enjoy keeping their real names in the film and Ryan is the only one to keep both his first and last name, so in…

subject, pedophilia, Nabokov sustained a graceful flow and persuasive tone throughout the novel that at times, almost made me forget he was courting a twelve-year-old orphaned girl. To me, "Lolita" would be best described as an immoral unrequited romance and as a tragedy. A "quest" is what I see the narrator, Humbert, describing throughout the novel. After he has Dolores all to himself, he shows how much he cares for her, providing her with clothes and shelter. He goes along with her…

sees Romeo. They fall into the water, and it makes all those bad facts fade away and clear everything else. Juliet says “My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.”She is telling Romeo how much she loves him. Romeo says “O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven.” He is telling her how beautiful she is and that he wouldn’t want to loose…

“Love could lead us to Death” Love is an emotion, some might call it an action but no matter what we call it or how we categorize it, love is imperative to everyday existence. There are so many degrees of love and various ways to show it. Self-love is most important, showing the love of self-first demonstrates the ability to…

In the play “ much ado about nothing” by William Shakespeare has many different types of romances. In this case it is set on these two certain couples who are Beatrice and Benedick for one and Hero and Claudio as the other couple. Beatrice and Benedick has somewhat of the same perspective towards love. These two are very comedic toward each other and they also do not believe in love and marriage. On the other hand Hero and Claudio are your typical lovers who show each other the love they have…

In the novel “Much Ado About Nothing” there is trickery and deceit themes. Such as two characters in the novel Benedick and Beatrice being deceived to fall in love for each other. It’s a shocking moment when two characters such as Beatrice and Benedick had an aversion towards each other and fell in love at the end. Chicanery didn’t just lead up to love some characters had to be involved in order for Benedick and Beatrice to fall in love. Another scene where there was trickery was when Claudio…

Imagine living in a society where all of your opinions are made up for you, years before you were even born. You’re not allowed to choose who you like or who you hate because society has set it all out for you. Now this is starting to sound like a dystopian novel, but it’s not. The classic Romeo and Juliet and To Kill a Mockingbird share some qualities with our well loved dystopian novels. Both are based around two parts of society that hate each other, and there are children who are able to see…

Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Victor Hugo, Mozart a few of the most transcendental artist in the history of the world. Many are the one trying to understand the meaning of their works, but only a few know the real way to interpret their master pieces. Nowadays, anyone can judge a work of art, but mostly the critics, people whose work is to know, explorer, and understand the artists’ works know how to perfectly do it. Through the history of mankind many of these painters, musicians,…

to allow her to have exposure for her wonderful music, he still does it without permission. These actions happen often, and they cause him many problems. However, his traits make him a remarkable person and I enjoy most of the features that he has. My favored quality that he has, will definitely be the size of his heart and I felt that I could relate to him on that level. Cam’s thoughtfulness for others has greatly increased in this story, whereas in the Fallen series, he simply did what he had…