James De The Man That Lives

Death is the most inevitable and unknown aspect of life. It is unescapable, and by most of today’s population, it is feared in the utmost regard. Our materialistic views and constant desertion of religious ideals has forced our society to view death as an ultimate end. Socrates and St. Augustine’s views on death differ from many views on the subject in 2017, however, for their time, these men had the power to influence a plethora of individuals with their theories. For Socrates, death should never be feared and should be considered a blessing if our souls were to ascend to heaven, or death could be an extensive slumber without any dreaming whatsoever. With

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.  ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Life, the existence of an individual human being. All humans have the desire to “exist” as one would say, to become influential in this world. But is it not possible to exist once one is gone? Famous film director Alfred Hitchcock argues that characters are more important dead than alive. In this life, in order to become important or even cared about, one must die. Death has become the key to success because everyone misses those who are gone. Literary work such as Macbeth, A Lesson Before Dying, Are You Worth More Dead Than Alive? and, How the King of Pop Made 1.5 Million, have proven that not only characters but humans hold more value once they are dead.

There are many people in the world who are very influential. These people impact the world in a positive way by inspiring people to follow their dreams, stand up for what they believe in and overcome obstacles in their life. Jackie Robinson, an individual that shows these traits. Jackie robinson is influential because his work to break the color barrier, his success in the battle for civil rights, and pursuing his talent and love for athletics.

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In the speech, “Fall Forward” By Denzel Washington, one of the things that really got to me was when he talked about deathbeds. He said, “ Imagine your on your deathbed and standing around your deathbed are ghosts. Representing your unfulfilled potential.” Saying that maybe people you know, or maybe people that were in your family. And when you are in your deathbed, you don't want to have to think about the things you didn't do correctly. The people that are know there thinking “Wow you really didn't do it, you didn't fulfill your complet potential.” Or when there's people that relied on you, and you weren't always there for them, and know. Now there waiting, waiting for you at your deathbed. You knowing that you didn't reach the full potential that you wanted to get, you didn't get to the point and time. You didn't reach the best. If you haven't failed, then you really haven't tried. And give up know, your going to have more to do later in the future and it's going to just be a lot of more work for you, your hurting yourself not anyone else. And knowing this, this would be very good advice from an elder, an it is definitely good advice from an elder. He was a good person to get advice from.

“He was the last man standing of a dozen or more, and it’s hardly right to allow such a... brilliant showman such an early death due to a trick of the Fates.”

Some may say he is intelligent, while others may say he is courageous. Big words are just insufficient to describe this actor/director/screen-writer/producer. This two-time Oscar winner and nominee of numerous awards, has proven that Hollywood is not just a money making workshop, but it offers well profound characters that deserve the attention of connoisseurs. More importantly,

November 5, 1844 James won the presidental election, he was known as “The Dark Horse” because of his oppenent that he won against, Henry Clay was a nominee of the Whig party. Of the electional votes Henry Clay got one-hundred and five votes as for, James he got one-hundred and seventhy votes. James campaign slogans were “fifthy four- forthy or fight.” Which meant the latatude of the british boundary of the Alaska and the Oregon Boundary. Another, slogan that James used was “Reannexation of Texas and Reoccopaton of Oregon.” When James became the president he made a campaign promise to be a one-term presidet and not seek reelection. James made promises and he kept them through his term. In 1845, James second year into presidency, he sent John

The Civil War shook the United States in 1861, forcing families and soldiers, both in the North and South, to reevaluate what it meant to live and die under less-than-ideal circumstances. In Drew Gilpin Faust’s essay, titled The Civil War Soldier and the Art of Dying, Faust goes through every change the Civil War made in the standard perception of death and mourning at the time and the lasting implications death in the Civil War would have for years to come. In every sense, the changes Faust outlines were put in place to cater towards the They of Heideggerian thought and ultimately did not help Civil War soldiers and families think authentically about death, but rather shaped social norms that still support the They and prohibit Dasein from authentically anticipating death as a possibility.

As one of the most widely acclaimed and influential directors of the postwar era, Stanley Kubrick enjoyed a reputation and a standing unique among the filmmakers of his day. He had a brilliant career with relatively few films. An outsider, he worked beyond the confines of Hollywood, which he disliked, maintaining complete control of his projects and making movies according to his own ideas and time constraints. To him, filmmaking was a form of art and unlike Hollywood, not a business.

Famous actors, musicians, politicians, artists and authors are often called upon to deliver commencement addresses at prestigious places of higher learning. It doesn't take Nobel-Prize-winning social scientists or psychologists, or speech professors to predict what these elite guest speakers will say on such occasions such as these. The speaker will tell the graduating class to aim high, never give up, make the most of opportunities, and do as our forbearers did: pull yourselves up by the bootstraps. But when Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks showed up at Vassar College to present the commencement address, his presentation avoided those clichés and platitudes. Hanks was refreshing original and yet remarkably pragmatic. This paper critiques Hanks' themes, examines his rhetorical techniques, and editorially analyzes his purpose.

Tom Cruise is an extraordinary actor. Critics and films determine and prove that he is one of the best actors to make it in the business. Cruise not only was nominated for 80 awards, he has won 29, and 4 Golden Globe awards (Wikipedia). His life style, and acting wasn’t just handed to him it was earned and hard worked like anything Tom has achieved before.

He demonstrated that a capacity to grasp the essence of America's attitude about work, family, social life success in historical circumstances. He was the most influential during the Great Depression to World War 2 and Cold War and other aspects of American history (Rosa Sanmartin). The reason he was so impactful during this time was everyone was going through difficult times and he was able to make people feel better through his films.

All of our lives are like stories that eventually end, some just end more abruptly than others. Certain stories are more impactful to some people more than others. A few that you might wish would end sooner, while other stories you wish would go on and on. Some stories leave deep footprints in our souls. The tale of "Uncle" Stan "the man" Morton was one of epic proportion. A story so profound that anyone who encountered it, was unable to resist the sentiment that unselfishly exuded from every moment in Stan's story. One of the few stories in my life that has enabled me to enhance the depth of my own story. A story which continually inspired others to re-look at their own thinking and to push themselves to expand their potential to its fullest.