Yoda

world of animation. For example: 42 years ago Disney's audience was shedding tears over his film “Snow White”, when the dwarfs thought Snow White was dead and now the same audience is shedding tears over the death of a green alien Jedi master named Yoda. A lot of the culture that is popular in America today involves fantasy worlds. Disney has helped make this astonishing transition. His company now owns Star Wars (Lowman). Disney had a positive impact on the traditional American…

Section I. Theoretical Rationale and Philosophy for the Classroom Environment When it comes to creating my own personal philosophy as a teacher I had many theorists to build my own ideas of off. We covered a multitude of varying theorists this term, but the four that I found myself connecting with the most were Carl Rogers, Haim Ginott, Fred Jones as well as the philosophical pair of Richard Curwin and Allen Mendler. All of these theorists have helped in molding my own philosophies as a teacher…

knew if Tessa was around she’d throw a hissy-fit. I calmed with a few breaths. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to come at you like that.” “It’s cool. You’ve got the right to be angry, sweetie. Just remember to learn from what you leave behind.” “Alright Yoda,” I smirked, finishing my hot chocolate. “You always got something wise to say.” “Be lucky it was wise because when you came at me and mine the smart-ass put of my brain was ready to get you out of here.” “Yeah, whatever. Don’t forget, I know…

The Force Will Lure You in Star Wars Fans Revenge of the Sith is a great read for Star Wars fans and for teenagers that like a great Sci-Fi adventure. “Star Wars, Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith” is written by Patricia Wrede. This novel is the 3rd episode of the Star Wars epic saga which follows Anakin Skywalker as he struggles to cope with the duty of being a Jedi Knight and the role as the secret husband of Senator Padme Amidala. An exciting novel that features the creation of Darth Vader and…

MOVIE BACKGROUND: The Kendrick Brothers are at it again with their latest installment into the Christian movie scene, War Room, which is a lovable and heartwarming film focused on prayer and trusting in God. The story starts off with Tony (T.C. Stallings) and Elizabeth Jordan (Priscilla C. Shirer), a seemingly “have it all” couple with their beautiful daughter Danielle (Alena Pitts), a big house and a white picket fence kind of life style. However, things are not always as they seem. Despite…

Joe Muti 11/26/17 Professor Carmen FTV The Good, the Bad, and the Wookie Akira Kurosawa’s Influence on Sergio Leone and George Lucas The post war renaissance in Japan had a great influence on contemporary American filmmaking. Viewing Akira Kurosawa’s films, one will see his influence on modern filmmakers such as Italy’s Sergio Leone and America’s George Lucas, through storytelling, cinematography and character development. Akira had a unique and genius style of creating new movies from classics…

CHAPTER FOUR Literary Device "The subsoil beneath the palm trees was a raised beach, and generations of palms had worked loose in this the stones that had lain on the sands of another shore." One thing this quote does to me is fairly simple; it brings me into perspective of where the children are. The way the author uses imagery allows me, the reader, the mentally picture what this scene may look like. When the author choses to use the word "generations," I am brought to picture something that…

Star Wars episode IV A New Hope is a 20th century classic which embodies: the socio-cultural dynamic that the power balance throughout the galaxy constantly changes, a show of respect for elders on both the good and bad sides of the force, and a diverse cast of individuals all working together towards a similar goal. The film begins as a Rebel transport ship with Princess Leia finds itself flying into an area within which the imperial starship essentially forces the rebels to cede their…

This i It, or This was it, or that was it? Either way something was it. I had successfully made it through my first year of Junior High and my first year at Sequoia Union. It was the worst year of my life. Especially at the beginning of it all. Now what I’m about to tell you seemed like it happened along time ago compared to the difference from then and now, not to say it wasn’t a while back, yet it feels as though it were yesterday. At the beginning of this entire story, believe it or not, I…

Judith Kegan Gardiner writes in On Female Identity and Writing by Women that “[f]emale identity is a process and writing by women engages us in this process as the female seeks to define itself in the experience of creating art” (361). Elaine Showalter takes the case further in her discussion of gender differences in determining “whether sex differences in language use can be theorized in terms of biology, socialization, and culture; whether women can create new languages of their own; [and]…