So Can I

Roy Fox Lichtenstein was born in New York City to a German-Jewish family. He grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his father Milton, a real-estate broker, his mother Beatrice, a homemaker, and his younger sister Renee. Roy Lichtenstein was one of the first American Pop artists to reach well-known notoriety, and he became a lightning rod for condemnation of the society. His early work alternated widely in style and topic matter, and displayed significant empathetic of modernist…

Dennis Stock was born July 4, 1928, in tThe Bronx, New York City, NY. Stock had a love for photography early on in life but decided to join the army instead of pursuing the art. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1947 through 1951. When he was discharged Stock decided to try and earn an apprenticeship with Gjon Mili. While working, Stock was mostly placed in Holloywood settings after joining Magnum in 1951. Stock began to make it in the industry after his apprenticeship with Life magazine's…

I Believe in Facing Your Fears I believe in facing your fears. I have always considered myself a fairly brave individual. I can hold a snake without flinching, climb to the tops of tall buildings, and sleep with the lights off after a scary movie. Yet, there was one thing that at the ripe young age of thirteen absolutely terrified me, and that was airplanes. As a child I heard many horror stories of catastrophic plane hijackings and crashes. It scared me to think that so many things could go…

“Your dad is dead!” I remember the statement so vividly. I remember the looks on everyone’s faces. I remember it all like it was yesterday. I was nine when my world spiraled out of control. My dad decided to take himself out of the world and leave us behind. He was in a lot of pain, and he didn’t know what to do with it. At first alcohol was his answer to the pain; but in the end it just left him hurting more than anything else. Things weren’t always miserable in our house. There were plenty of…

People tend to keep company with one another based on opinions and qualities that they share. That being said, no two people can be entirely identical. This is certainly the case with Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston from the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Johnny and Dally are in similar situations due to them both having neglectful parents and placing minimal value on their lives. Despite their similarities, Dally and Johnny have very different opinions on how Ponyboy should be and on the…

as, “the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone” (Investopedia). Many American’s have this belief that the American dream can be achieved by chance, but in fact it can only be achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking and hard work. Catch me if you can, is a true story based on Frank Abagnale Junior’s life.…

“Greasers can 't walk alone too much or they 'll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream "Greaser!" at them which doesn 't make you feel too hot if you know what I mean. ” ~ The Outsiders, Chapter 1, Page 2. This quote which kicks off the book helps to bring together what the narrator and main character Ponyboy character is as a Greaser. The Greasers are what the East side poor kids of Tulsa, Oklahoma with their slicked back long greased hair and switch blades, are called, kind of like…

Hinton’s style of writing had me in tears when Johnny died. S. E. Hinton threw in a great deal of suspense following the climax. When Dally pulled out his gun, I couldn’t think straight. His gun was unloaded, but the police didn’t know that, so they did they the only thing they could think to do. Also, when Pony went into his hysterical state, I got utterly confused. It was one of the most nerve wracking points on the story for me. The Outsiders had great plot elements, and a great author to…

Catch Me If You Can follows the young con artist called Frank William Abagnale Jr., as he escapes the misery of his parents’ divorce. From being a pilot to a lawyer to a doctor, Frank did this all before he was even 19, employing the tactics that he learned from his father. Frank is continually pursued by an FBI agent called Carl Handratty. Frank is also picked on at his new school for dressing up, which leads him to his first impersonation: a substitute teacher. When his parents are informed,…

amazing awesome big brother in the world, almost has no effect at all on the movie. Soda, in the movie, is just a good looking boy who just kind of hangs around the gang with no real subplot around him. In the movie the scenes skip along extremely quickly so it’s slightly hard to understand exactly what’s going on (Coppola, The Outsiders). Dally, in the Movie has a lot of scenes centered around him. He also has brown hair in the movie (Coppola, The Outsiders). A few other small instances that…