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The Big Sky is a story about Boone Caudill’s journey of becoming a man. He is trying to follow his uncle’s path. Boone wants the same “freedom” his uncle has--becoming a mountain man, trapping animals, and just living on his own away from his father. In the book, on page 362, Boone’s mother tells him that he reminds her of his own father. Boone comes to a point in his life where he has to reflect back to see what kind of man he has become and what kind of father he will become. In this passage…

Eye in the Sky, directed by Gavin Hood, is a compelling polemic film highlighting the moral challenges of drone warfare. It follows a mission to capture terrorists in Kenya, involving characters such as; Colonel Katherine Powell, a military officer; Frank Benson, deputy chair of defence staff and Alia, a Kenyan child. This film highlights that although drone warfare is impersonal and can embroil innocent civilians in its trajectory, it is necessary to combat terrorism. In order to substantiate…

Global Violence Global health concerns have the topic of conversation for many years, where this video documentary, “Half the Sky”, has placed a specific focus on several particular issues. Female genital cutting, oppression of women and the lack of healthcare resources lead to unhealthy environments and even death. The World Assembly is the world’s governing body. This assembly, working with the World Health Organization draws attention to the consequences of issues and their effects on…

I attended UNCG’s production of Silent Sky on Saturday, March 17th. The show was performed in the Brown/Sprinkle Theatre, a thrust stage, that caught all sound from the actors. Each actor was easily heard and spoke with vocal energy. Before seeing the show, I had only read a few scenes from the play and only vaguely knew the plot. It was nice to see this story unfold from actors that worked in the moment and believed their imaginary circumstances. The actors did the best they could with the…

The book I read was called Black Birds in the Sky. The book is about the Tulsa Race massacre or the Black Wall Street massacre that took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 31 to June 1, 1921. The book mostly talks about events that led up to the massacre, such as racial discrimination between whites and blacks and even indians. It also talks about how major black events and people get covered up more than the white events do while teaching history in school. This also helps show that the blacks are…

Having just gotten married in San Antonio,Jack Potter,town marshal of Yellow Sky,and the bride are aboard a train headed back to Yellow Sky,Jack's home town.Despite their elegant surroundings,both bride and groom are nervous about returning to Yellow Sky.While the bride is not used to such classy surroundings and is anticipating her life ahead of her,Jack is anxious about the reception that his marriage will receive from his community,particularly as he had not told them of his intentions when…

Extended Metaphor Assignment Rational John Hickam, the father of the lead character Homer Hickam in the movie October Sky, possesses many personality traits and characteristics which are developed, changed, and evolved throughout the film. The three evident key traits that he seems to have which have been modified throughout the movie are his values, his personality type, and his expectations. The format that I chose to represent the values of John Hickam is a drawing, as his values are one…

The goals of this lab are to observe the constellations in the night sky. We are to us the internet or any other resources of our choice to research the history of the constellations. I decided to do research over Libra, which means the Scales or Balance. It is also one of my favorite constellations because it is also my zodiac sign. Libra has three really bright stars and they are Alpha Librae, Beta Librae, and Gamma Librae. The three stars can be seen at the upper part of the scales that…

After reading, “Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 ” famous olympic gold medal rowing champion Joe Rantz contacted the author, Daniel James Brown, to discuss the central character of the book, who happened to be the champion’s childhood friend. On his deathbed, Rantz started to weakly tell Brown his life story, and Brown decided that his story could not go untold, and sat down to write “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin…

Her poem, “Like flowers in the sky” is one example of this. Huang writes, “I witness Laini remembering / remembering her father’s poem about self defense after / the killing of Sean Bell. my gut knows / we still ain’t seen no poem stop a .38.” In 2006, a group of undercover policemen…