National Film Registry

Mr. Jones walks down the street of New York city in deep and depressing thought as the two words that he never imagined would refer to him repeat continuously in his mind: “laid off.” For weeks, he has been trying to find a job with little to no success, and has nowhere to turn. All he can think about are his 3 children, and how he will break the news to them about his unemployment. Mr. Jones feels as if all hope is gone, and with the little energy he has left walks up the final steps to his…

As years go by the American dream gets a different type of meaning. Some would say the american dream in the 50’s is different from the 70’s, 80’s and so on. As the nation grows so does our dreams. Our dreams are growing to the point where we can dream of endless possibilities. What is the American Dream? To me the American dream is to be better than my father ever was. The american dream is to be able to provide for my family and to give them a much better life than you ever got. When I am…

Do you remember Dexter’s Laboratory? Do you remember the Nintendo N64? Powerpuff Girls? Dragonball Z? Well then, you must have been born in the early 90s, because only 90s kids remember the 90s, right? If you had taken a look around the room just now, you would have noticed that when I made that ludicrous statement, no one was shocked. Why is that? It is because we have heard the same statement made more times than we can remember. You’ve heard that only 90s kids remember the 90s everywhere. On…

The smells from the cars and garbage begins to reach Mai’s nose as she makes her way to work. With all the skyscrapers towering over her little body, Mai was feeling a little bit claustrophobic, struggling for some fresh air. The city is always crowded with people, cars, trucks and buses. “Watch where you’re going!” a man yelled as he bumped into Mai on the crowded sidewalk. “By this rate, I’ll be late to work. I might as well take a taxi” she thought to herself. Shuffling through the crowd, Mai…

It all started on a nice summer day everything started off so great. Me and my cousins were outside throwing football, baseball and riding bikes all day long. We went inside to eat lunch, when we were at the table eating. My cousin Alex asked me to race him after we got done eating. We went outside and lined up our bikes where we were going to race. My mom came outside and told us not to race because someone is going to get hurt, I kinda just shook her off and we raced anyways. At the starting…

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” These words of Winston Churchill highlight the importance of change in one’s character. In Groundhog Day, Phil recognizes how growth is an important factor in one’s life. In addition, I also have acknowledged its importance. Both Phil and I pursue personal growth through the use of free will. In Groundhog Day, Phil develops new skills, talents and virtues through the use of free will to grow and change. For example, he learned how…

New York City- Kelvin Martinez 27, wakes up in a rush desperately sorting through his spare change jar in hopes of finding enough money to pay for a train ride to work. However the money that he did find was just enough to get to work, he had no idea what he was going to do when he had to go back home. Besides being stressed over his financial situation he was also concerned about being able to maintain his job. Kelvin was on his final notice after habitually being late to work due to the…

I was 9 or 10 years old and we just got the name of our boat into my dads because my mom and dad just got divorced and before they got divorced we got a new puppy and it was my brother and my’s halloween present and it was the first halloween present that we got from my dad but it was the best Halloween present ever. He got us a yellow lab puppy and we got him early because the family that gave him to us was going somewhere very far away so it was even better because he was super small. My dad…

Clowns are scary. Because in the woods I heard foot step and I said is anybody here and they chased me to the cabin house. And I locked the door and so I grabbed my shotgun and I killed 10 of the clowns and the story was done. Then zombies were coming from the graveyard and I feel and there were 10 zombies so I killed 5 then this guy come and killed all of them. Then I went to the graveyard and there was nothing then at 1:00 am mummies came and tried to kill me and there was like 15 of the…

The Outsiders - Dally’s Death. In this scene, Dally, who is one of the main characters, has just been shot by the police after he robbed a grocery store. Dally is one of the greasers in the group of friends which includes Ponyboy, Soda, Darry, Johnny, Steve, Two-Bit and Dally. The reason why the police shoot at Dally is becauase he points an unloaded gun, which they think is loaded, at them. After he gets shot at the park, all of the greasers run to his side and tell the police officers to stop…