Underdog

benefit myself, and unravel mysteries of the mind. Firstly, if I am a therapist I can help others. Helping others has always been important to me throughout my life so far. Since I am the youngest of five, I know how it feels to be the underdog and not get much help. My siblings are all grown up and have too much on their plate. I want to help people that had to fend help for themselves. Becoming a therapist would enhance…

The stage was set. The locker room was quieter than mice. Everyone was preparing for, perhaps the biggest game of their lives. Before the game, my team and I had recently watched the movie, The Miracle on Ice. We were inspired. From there, our coach had read the lines for the current game. My name wasn’t said until the end. I thought to myself “Oh great, hardly any playing time again”. Me and my teammate Kyle, glanced at each other and watched the opposing team, the Soo Jr. Lakers step onto…

sword and sorcery, to magical realism, fairy tale fantasy, horror-tinged dark fantasy and more. A prominent element in all fantasy films is the classic good vs evil theme. Good versus evil is a common concept in fantasy, usually depicted as an underdog protagonist against an overly powerful villain. The good vs evil theme was evident in The Princess Bride with Wesley, a pure-hearted hero, who chases after his true love who is being forced to marry the evil Prince Humperdinck. A classic damsel…

The Federal versus State governments hasn’t been equal since the writing of the Constitution and is still going on present day. The state and Federal governments have been affecting lives since the beginning. The constitution granted the Federal government with more superior powers, while the state governments have the lower side of powers compared to the federal. There has been a court case which reduced the states powers, Such as in Sturges v. Crownshield, where the chief justice John Marshall…

The foundation of this country was forged and built by men who believed in something better for themselves and their family. A few of these men were George Washington, Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson. These men were very influential during the Revolutionary Era in many ways. George Washington was born on February 22nd, 1732 in Virginia on his family’s plantation. He attended school but quit when he was 15 because his mother was too poor to keep paying for school. He became a…

biggest rival, Auburn University, Bragg put in perspective to the reader just how important it was for the south to prove themselves worthy. The fact that the south felt it detrimental that football game was to be won besides being casted away as an underdog by the rest of the country, shows the south was not always the powerhouse it is today, a logical fallacy often over looked when facing today’s…

consumers. The crowds of people who have been brainwashed by Big Brother are the consumers, mindlessly being controlled by the big computer companies. The girl with the hammer is the protagonist of 1984, Winston Smith, and in the ad she is Apple, the underdog who has come to save the people from Big Brother, or in…

Adolescence is a vital time in the development and shaping of one’s personality, beliefs and self-image. It is a time of finding one’s self, and is accompanied by the difficulties and angst of doing so. Adolescent angst is a key theme and is evident in both the texts ‘The Killing of Mud-Eye’ written by Celeste Walters and ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ directed by Kate Woods. The main characters from each, Linton Begg and Josie Alibrandi, struggle to overcome these problems, mainly within their family…

Pop culture encompasses entertainment, politics, sports, fashion, and technology. All these things are connected to society and are influenced by it. The changes in society go on to reflect in pop culture as popular culture changes to match the people’s emotions, opinions, or demands. It is not a cause of social change but a result of social change. As new things are integrated into culture and bring change to society, pop culture changes to mirror society's new views. This development even…

What do you think of America, when you think of America? If I ask the old me; the eleven-year-old me, to be specific, I would probably have responded baseball and hot dogs. However, having matured and moving to Brandeis University has made me see a bigger scope. I have become more aware of the cultural and ethnic differences that not only form our student body, but if you think about it, it is how I, and many of us, think of America today: as a diverse growing and cohesive population.…