Rudy V, Rudy, And The Movie

Ultimately, Rudy is deported because he is deemed not-American by virtue of his brown body. His English, Dodgers hat, and knowledge of U.S. popular culture (as demonstrated by his knowledge of Death Valley Days and John Wayne) are completely ignored as signifiers of his Americanness. Instead, his brown body is taken as a more important signifier.

A goal was set into action when Rudy, a football player, was given the opportunity to study at Holy Cross Community College. The movie Rudy is based on a boy who grew up in Joliet and hoped to play football for Notre Dame in the future. However, when Rudy’s best friend dies in an accident, Rudy left home in an attempt to achieve his goal of becoming a member of the Notre Dame football team. Throughout the movie, never giving up on dreams and working hard to accomplish life goals are shown as the overall theme. Rudy was always told that his goals were not realistic and to give up on them. Rudy fought hard and eventually did play for Notre Dame. Rudy proved those who told him “no” wrong. Rudy accomplished his goals to play football for his dream college. I’ve had a lot of goals so far in my life, but one big goal of mine is to eventually have one of my stories published in a novel.

The narrator experienced a lot of problems throughout his life but managed to emerge victoriously from most of them. Even with this, he needs to support Sonny because this was his mother's dying wish. "The death of the narrator's daughter, Sonny's failure to fit in with his own family, a stint in the navy all serve to alienate the brothers, even after their mother made the narrator promise to keep an eye on young Sonny" (Smith 22). The fact that they were born in a harsh environment, society's views in regard to their racial background, and the fact that they experienced a lot of hardships during their lives all had a severe effect on the personalities of each of the brothers.

The plot of Born in East LA follows the main character Rudy. He goes to pick up his cousin but forgets his wallet and is deported to Mexico. He meets some people and gets a job to survive and try to return home but he doesn’t know Spanish and really resembles a fish out of water in the story. He repeatedly tries to get back to the USA but every time is either caught or changes his mind so someone else can go. At the end of the movie he literally walks across the border and in the final scenes he and his love interest are back in the USA enjoying a community event.

Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois on February 6th, 1911. His family moved 5 times before settling down in Dixon, Illinois, and there he spent his adolescent years. He was very busy during and in school. Reagan played football, basketball, acted in school plays, and was the president of the student body. After high school, he moved on to Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois. Right after college, Reagan was a sports announcer for a small radio station, and eventually was moved up to a larger station.

This book impacted me in a positive way by showing the inferior conflicts to avoid in my life. An example of when Rudy had to put through hardship is when he would hesitate between school or partying. “I was a joker who never took classes seriously I would party and get drunk with the townies on the weekends and go diving with my Kahaluu friends on the weekdays. School was just a big time setback” Is textual evidence of Rudy having lack of interest in progressing in his life, and preparing for his

#1 A Civil Action is a tragic movie informing viewers about a case that should have more light on it. A Civil ACtion is based on the Woburn Toxic Trial, Anne Anderson et al. v. W.R. Grace & Co. et al. It takes place in 1982, in the town of Woburn, Massachusetts and it about eight families. The major partie in the trial and movie include the plaintiffs who were a group of eight families that lived in a part of town served by the two municipal wells. The defendants who were W.R. Grace & Co., owner of the Cryovac Plant, UniFirst Corporation, owner of Interstate Uniform Services, and Beatrice Foods, Inc., owner of the John Riley Tannery (kennedy). Six people were treated for died from leukemia, a form of blood cancer. The jury deliberated

In chapter 1 in starts off telling us about him and his struggles that he is faced with from birth that he can't control. He had freckles, red hair, and he coughed up pink froth because his right lung was full of liquid, which caused strep pneumo a rare strain of pneumonia. With those challenges he gets called many names such as Fireball, Richie Cunningham, Ronald McDonald, and Rudolph the Red- Headed Human, tampon head and many more. Then in chapter 2 Rudy finally starts to learn how to block all the negative energy and name calling out.

The narrator always wanted the best for his younger brother Sonny. Sonny from the beginning of the story has a hard history of using drugs, ending up in jail, and not finishing school. Once both of their parents had passed, the

As a parent explaining Rudy’s actions, I would tell him that your admiration for one athlete can be extremely exuberant but painting yourself his skin color in this time where prejudice of different people was very high, it clearly isn’t the smartest move. The itch in my heart is that it is morally wrong to paint yourself black and if you go that extreme with your admiration, Rudy can honestly be taken and have a higher chance to be killed by Nazi Germany.

1. Rudy. Moratorium. Rudy is in the stage of moratorium because he continues to go to college, for six years, but he continues to avoid future plans. He seems to postpone life and be taking a timeout from life and the rest of society.

The second aspect that was noticed bout Rudy was the dedication that he kept consistent. No matter how hard times may have seemed to Rudy, he was too stubborn to give up. He didn't have the grades to attend Norte Dame, so what did he do? He walked into a small catholic school and applied there. He did this to earn credit and to eligible for the fall semester at Norte Dame. That fall semester Rudy got into the school of his dreams and immediately became a hitting dummy for the Football team. Kenneth Turan wrote a review on the movie and he states "It meant a lot for Rudy to play football for Norte Dame, his obsessed determination begins to look more inspirational as the movie goes on" (1).

A big problem throughout this story was the arguments between the older and younger brother on what the younger brother should do with his life. I could definitely relate to Sonny in the younger brother perspective, because I am the youngest of three and we have a big age difference so I felt that pressure from older siblings about what I should do in life. “I want to talk about your brother, If anything happens to me he ain’t going to have nobody to look out for him” (Baldwin, 572). This quote was spoken by Sonny’s mom, she wanted the older brother to basically look out for Sonny when she’s gone, which forces the brother to kind of become this parent role to his younger brother, Sonny. I could resonate with this quote a lot because whenever my parents were out of town or just out for the day, they always told my older siblings they had to watch me and basically care for me when I was younger. This part of the story reminded me of that time in my life. I could also relate to how

The young Rudy grants humanity to someone who is commonly dehumanized when he retrieves a book for Liesel, feeds the jews bread, and gives the teddy bear to the dying pilot. Liesel is a young girl who has had a tough life. She has lost her biological mother, lost her brother, and he has been stationed at a foster home. Rody jumps into Liesel’s life, and giver her comfort through all the pain she has faced. One day, a bully threw Liesel's new book into the river and Rudy stood up for her when he “Jumped in, caught up to it, and held it in his right hand” (241). When Rudy retrieved this book, he was acting out against the bullying that Liesel faced, and he was acting in support of Liesel. Just as Hans Hubermann handed out bread to Jews, Rudy and Liesel do the same. This act could get Rudy in heaps of trouble, but he does so anyways in protest to the dehumanization of the Jews. We know Rudy and liesel are very happy and proud when they support humanity as “There was the trace of a grin on

Having Rudy as a companion is what makes Liesel sane. They go to school together, they plunder fruits together, and they curse at each other. It’s more of a love-hate relationship than anything else. Rudy tends to think he’s in “love” with Liesel, constantly pleading for a kiss. However, Liesel often has interchanging emotions regarding Rudy. Frequently, it depends on what type of day it is. If compared to Park, however, Rudy is fairly different. Park is a little conservative when it comes to expressing his emotions, but is generally not afraid to rise up in defense for something he very much cares about. Rudy nonetheless, is alright with fabricating anything about him to just prove a point. That is definitely not the conservative approach Park would preferably enjoy, but he might do it for a particular