Rohnert Park, California

Loneliness is a haunting feeling. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie work on a ranch to make money in order to accomplish their dream of buying their own land. On the ranch they encounter people going through their own struggles. They include Candy and Crooks into their dream after meeting them. There is a recurring theme of loneliness in the book. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck loneliness affected most of the characters presenting itself in different ways. Curley’s…

The setting of the novel, Ball Don’t Lie, by Matt de la Pena, is set in Venice, California. Venice is near the large city of Los Angeles. The time period was around the 1990’s. This novel has a lot of sad feelings. First off Sticky’s mom died when he was a young boy, she died of cancer. After that all the way to the age of 17 he jumped from foster home to foster home. This character once said “‘ It’s the best place in L.A. to ball… one court houses the homeless and the other accommodates…

Treatment of Asians was tantamount to paid slavery; many who immigrated were paid very low and unfair wages to work the gold mines of California and to lay railroads. Asians were never destined to star in blockbuster films, so Hollywood thought. It was not until a few Asian actors broke through onto the silver screen did it become apparent that the predictions of White Hollywood were proven…

Before the 1940s, Hollywood and the Studio System, was one that carried the American Film Industry to new heights and brought on different visions from aspiring filmmakers and film companies. What was once just a convenient place to escape the grasp and control of The Trust, became the place to be during the 1920s. Hollywood was thriving with the system it created. The Big Five film companies created movies that made those years the Golden Age of Hollywood. But of course a system that gave the…

Section 5 – PROJECT or PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Using a 12-point font and on no more than two single-spaced typed pages please elaborate on the following eight considerations in relation to this grant request: A. Please describe the history and mission of applicant organization: The City of Lake Elsinore is the second oldest city in Riverside County and is located along Interstate 15 in Southwest Riverside County within District 1. The City of Lake Elsinore was incorporated in 1888 and today is…

To share, for example, I’ve had a significant event that has helped me identify myself as an expert within my community of practice. It started off one Christmas performance at the California Theatre, downtown San Bernardino. My instructor suggested for the whole mariachi group to go rehearse at this specific theater at a certain time before the performance. He approached us saying “I want you all there for practice, Saturday morning…

and Men”, he uses animals to describe the characters to allow the readers to get to know what each character is like in an interesting way. Steinbeck writes about two best friends, George and Lennie, who are looking for a job they can keep in the California farms of depression. They are complete opposites but have one thing in common, the dream. Both friends want to save enough money to buy a ranch of their own. The dream is the glue that keeps…

“Erin Brochovich” This film was based on a true story about a brave woman trying to make an independent living while raising her children and fighting for a community. The movie is about a single mother who is struggling to make a living for herself and her children. She was involved in a terrible automobile accident that left her unemployed and searching for financial income. She becomes connected with attorney Mr. Ed Masry who is representing her, but she ends up losing the case. So she…

Chargers’ relocation application was thought of as BS by the San Diego leaders. The lead negotiator for the county and city efforts to keep the Chargers in town tried unsuccessfully in obtaining a copy of the teams’ application to relocate to Los Angeles. The officials are concerned that the application might have inaccuracies in it. Attorney Chris Melvin tried requesting the document from the NFL and the Chargers and they have not provided it to him. Monday night the Chargers’ had a video…

(“About San Diego, California”) San Diego is also certainly not bereft of economic riches as the San Diego Metropolitan Area has a median household income of $66,192. (“San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos California Household Income”) The aforementioned figure becomes even more impressive when one takes into account the national average for household income —$53,657—a figure almost 13 grand less than that of the San Diego metropolitan area. (“San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos California Household Income”)…