Stanley A. McChrystal

The National Hockey League postseason is one of the most exciting sporting periods in the world with people from all over North America and Europe taking part in the action. For the fans, it is a time for them to come together and support their team as they try and win the sixteen games necessary to hoist what many call the hardest trophy is major sports to win. For the players and team organization, it is a chance for them to make a statement of their ability and prove that hard work and…

atmosphere to convey his view of modern progressivism. The time period of the mid 1940’s gives significance to the way that people treated immigrants and those that weren’t originally from America. The author gives his perspective from the story of Stanley Kowalski,…

Stoddard, Valance, and Doniphon making up a visual triangle is something that I hadn’t noticed before you mentioned it Meredith. Interestingly enough, I think your analysis of how Stoddard is unable to understand western ideals in contrast to both Doniphon and Valance extends the usage of triangles in this film representatively within these characters. On the one hand I agree with what both of you have said. Like Hunter, I found the majority of scenes in the film to be lacking aesthetically as…

winter. They are trapped by the snow, and when cabin fever catches up to the man, Jack, things get out of hand. People worldwide love the novel and the movie, but Mr. King has spoken out against the movie version due to changes made by the director, Stanley Kubrick. The variations between the novel and movie include: Jack Torrance’s battle…

Pat LaFontaine played for the New York Islanders from 1983-1991. During his time with the team, he scored 287 goals, and 279 assists (566 points in 8 seasons with the Islanders). His best season was 1989-90 where he scored 54 goals and 51 assists (105 points). Pat's most famous goal as an Islander was scoring the game-winning goal in the Easter Epic in 1987, this game went 4 overtimes. He was a 4-time all-star and had 4 straight 40 goal seasons with the Islanders. Also, he ranks 5th among goals…

From the moment we are born we enter a society where it is the norm to conform and obey. From a very young age we learn that if we do not obey then we will suffer the consequences for these actions. People within society have a desire to be accepted and to belong; whether to a group or a family this social influence can change our thoughts, feeling and even our behaviour. So can we truly be an individual or are we pre-defined by a set of social boundaries? ‘Conformity is the jailer of freedom…

of their relationship occurs when she says “I couldn’t go on believing her story and live with Stanley” (Stella, 1232). This demonstrates that if Stella believes her sister it would destroy her seamless illusion of her and Stanley’s ideal relationship. Stellas sees nothing wrong with there relationship, but in reality its just her sexual desire for Stanley that’s keeping her from seeing the truth, Stanley isn’t this amazing person. He’s a drunk that beats on his pregnant wife and rapes her…

Streetcar Named Desire and The House of Bernarda Alba, gender roles are discussed often. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche, Stella, and Stanley display the exaggeration of gender roles in order to criticize them. Blanche’s character is so over the top that her display of gender roles makes the audience question the necessity of the gender roles in place. Stella and Stanley are near perfect models of gender norms and the extreme nature of their problems displays clear reasons for why the…

Further, she then implies that Stella is as much responsible for the loss as she, when she asks her accusingly "where were you?" When in reality Belle Reve was Blanche's responsibility. Yet Stella falls for her act, as we can see when she tells Stanley not to question her on the subject as "she's been through such an ordeal." Here we see Blanche demonstrate a mastery of manipulation, able to make others take responsibility even for the greatest of her…

According to Stanley Milgram there are various situational variables that can clarify such elevated amounts of a person being obedient. Ordinary people following the rules and what is asked of them in particular position they are in. For instance, in employment, even if they don’t believe in what is asked of them. Many people have found themselves doing things that are destructive and incompatible with fundamental standards of morality. Few people are weak in resisting authority and afraid to…