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names in the US (Mooseroots). Although I was unable to locate a celebrity with my first name, there is a few with my first name as their last name, most noticeably is a musical group known as the Gatlin brothers. Starting over 50 years ago, Larry, Rudy, and Steve Gatlin all started to sing their hearts out in their hometown of Abilene, Texas and have performed all over the US, even at the White House, and have won Grammys and performed on Broadway several…

Short Critical Response “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” In the book, “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents”, by Julia Alvarez shows the lives of four sisters who struggle with finding their own identities in American culture. The four girls named Carla, Sandra, Yolanda and Sofia were forced to move out of the Dominican Republic when they were young girls and now struggle to adapt to a new culture that is much different from their social norms. The elements of the text that I…

Malcolm’s development of his character reflects on his changing views of Americans racial problems. Before Malcolm was even born, he sees how both his parents had been destroyed by white society. His demeanor changes as he is exposed to the living conditions of the black ghettos in Boston and New York. As well as the truth that the white man has been hiding. In prison Malcolm’s understanding of the Nation of Islam furthermore changed his views on the society he lives in. He transitioned from…

Human kindness, something truly hard to achieve as mankind is contaminated with lots of impurities. Furthermore, said impurities are gained through man’s strong influence over one another. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak reflects the products of the impurities lingering within man and its ability to collapse man’s humanity. Through man’s constant influence over one another, their humanity is lost through the fog of uncertainty and impurities. With man being lost in the fog they become distant…

of its opulence and power but the foundations of the empire are beginning to crumble. The leaders believe they must build more temples and sacrifice more people or their crops and citizens will die. In Apocalypto, written by Mel Gibson, Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), a peaceful hunter in a remote tribe, is captured along with his entire village in a raid. He is scheduled for a ritual sacrifice until he makes a daring escape and tries to make it back to his pregnant wife and son. The Mayan…

Fight the System! (or Not) Throughout the history of the United States of America, the justice system and the opinions of citizens on how the system should work have vastly developed and varied. Many US citizens currently believe that the justice system has been fair since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, but Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, has a different view. Stevenson believes that being equal under the law did not actually fix the legal…

Judaism is a religion that have been around for centuries. Many people practice this religion there are many different forms of this religion which includes Orthodox, Ultra Orthodox, Hasidic, Conservative, and Reconstructionist. Each group practice the religion a little differently than the other one. Orthodox Jews and Conservative Jews believe in most of the same ideas and is debated that they are the same. One person that classify as Jewish is Adam Sandler. Sandler was born into a Jewish…

Fish and Game Give a man something to eat you will feed him for a day give him the opportunity to hunt and fish, you will feed him for a lifetime. Back in the old days when people slept in huts and tee pees hunting was necessary for men to provide food and shelters for their family. There isn’t one part of the animal that went to waist. Bones were used for tools, stomachs were used for pouches, the skin was used to cover the tee pees and obviously the meat was used for food. In the old days…

Dubbed as the “man who saved tap dancing”, Savion Glover has provoked a stylistic revolution within tap dancing and has inspired many young dancers all over the country with his hip-hop-funk and jazz-infused rhythm tap dance style. How did a seven-year-old go from being a young drummer to one of the most inspiring, and influential tap dancers today? Tap dance is an art form that is characterized by its use of percussive sounds through the tap shoes striking the floor. Although the art of tap…

Concerning a topic that hits close to home, people will always hold different values, beliefs, and opinions. Such a concept will also be the source of tension and conflict when two parties cannot agree on the best route for success. One such topic that merits controversial values and beliefs among professionals and parents alike is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Often, when a parent is raising a child with ASD, they have not previously been exposed to a child with ASD. The parent will likely…