This viewpoint had never been mentioned to me before. I never knew that not believing in a higher power was an option before. Asking questions about religion was not really tolerated in my experience, so I never considered not believing. After my initial shock, I read the arguments for atheism. I spent a lot of time thinking about religion and science and what is “real”. I was also introduced to two of my biggest heroes at this time, Nikki Sixx and Corey Taylor. Both of whom happen to be atheist. It was as though a veil had been lifted. I saw the world more clearly. The people around me claiming to be devoted followers of God tended to be the most hateful and toxic people that I knew. Nikki Sixx and Corey Taylor showed me that one did not have to be religious to be a good person, and hypocritical Christians were everywhere. I began to see how faulty religious claims could be. The world, to me, made more sense without a God than it ever did when I believed. To be clear, this was a very difficult period in my life. This was when I first started high school, which is as close as I’ll get to hell in a mortal life. This is not the perspective of an angst ridden teenaged. There was at least one suicide per year among the student population at the time I was attending. Clearly, I was not the only miserable…
For example, when Price’s character sings The Beautiful Ones the camera begins to zoom in on Apollonia. This is done to show that the song is a confession of his feelings for Apollonia and so that the audience can see her reaction as he sings. Another example, is when ‘the kid’ sings Darling Nikki. Close up shots are used to capture the reactions of Apollonia, the boss, Morris, and a couple of women from the audience. This is done to display everyone’s disapproval and dislike of the song. Morris…
Evie Zamora, the protagonist from the 2003 film Thirteen, is a mysterious, charismatic, yet bold thirteen year who draws popular attention from her peers by her voluptuous body, seductive clothing, and flirtatious behavior. Evie appears to be a broken individual who displays deviant and destructive behavior. It is evident in the film that she transformed from a young girl into women over her summer vacation. Evie is characterized as the most popular girl in school. She has dark and lustrous…
The poem “Woman”, written by Nikki Giovanni, uses several metaphors to describe the journey of a woman and what she feels the man should do but will not do. She describes in many different ways how she wants support from the man, but he is unwilling to give it. In the first stanza, she starts the poem with the woman being a simple, insignificant thing. “She wanted to be a blade of grass amid the fields” (lines 1-2). Grass grows under your feet. Blades of grass are plentiful and ordinary. She…
Nikki Giovanni not like any other writer is a strong, independent, African American woman. Although, her childhood wasn’t the brightest, it pushed her to strive and become one of the best female poets in literary history. Her books and her poems zoom in on the struggles of many African Americans and her own personal experiences. Not many people can say that they succeeded in their life and are satisfied at where they are now. Not only can Nikki Giovanni say she succeeded and made a better life…
In many books, movies, and even on the news people rebel against society. They believe it is an awful idea, and they want to change that. However, is it really that bad? Society has a positive effect on many different people, including individuals in The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton; “On the Road,” by CBS; and “The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be,” by Nikki Giovanni. In the video, “On the Road,” by CBS, a group of football players wanted to show their appreciation for a disabled teammate. By…
‘80s. The band won uncountable awards in their time together, but many people do not know that Nikki Sixx was, as well as the bass guitarists, one of the band's primary songwriters,Despite all the struggles he faced and the addictions he overcame, he was a very popular man at the time and still today. Many, including his band mates, are surprised he even survived. Born with the name Frank Ferranna, Nikki Sixx grew up with problems from the beginning. His father left him and his mother…
Nikki Sixx The digital footprint of a rock star Nikki six born Frank Carlton Serafina Ferrara in San Jose California is the bassist and co-founder of the famous rock band Motley Crue. The band, formed in January 1981, was a project founded by bassist Sixx, drummer Tommy lee, and guitarist Greg Leon. Nikki Sixx has had an extensive history with drugs including getting expelled for distribution and becoming a long time heroin addict. Since those dark days, Mr. Sixx has not only become sober but…
The members of the band were not only memorable on stage, but off stage as well. They lived a lifestyle that most people would not approve of, or deem socially correct. Yet, this lifestyle, similar to the style established by Led Zeppelin, benefited their career. Selling over 100 million albums worldwide, Motley Crue spread the heavy metal brand of music around the world. All of these factors have helped contribute to making them one of the best selling bands of all time. Their style, life…
Mötley Crüe will wrap up their second Las Vegas residency at the Hard Rock Hotel’s Joint this weekend. The L.A. quartet’s plans after that are up in the air, but the end is nigh for the group. Frontman Vince Neil said over the summer that the band was planning a farewell tour next year. Nikki Sixx confirms that while the timing is not set in stone, the band will at some point in the future set out for one last jaunt around the world as "brothers." As the group gets set to put Vegas behind them,…