After arriving at the dance it was exactly what I had expected. A semi-full gymnasium of our classmates segregated off into different groups socializing, every last one of them with a glass of punch in their hands. The wallflowers hiding out in the corner near the bleachers. Some lame-ass pop star babbling on about nothing while being played so loud that you couldn’t hear what the person standing right next to you was saying. And, one lonesome buffoon dancing so terribly that they had reminded me of someone having a seizure. But, I’m sure that in their mind they had thought they were the one getting the party started. Yes, the whole scene indeed was a coming of age movie cliché if I’d ever seen one. Of course, when we had walked …show more content…
“Hey, Assholes!” Owen dourly called out with a look on his face that could only be described as stern and contorted. “What the fuck did you just say?’ Harlin, Donnie, and Erik just stood there looking back at him dumbfounded. Their faces puzzled and locked in frozen masks as if contemplating, who the hell are these guys? And what should we do or say next? Tucker then looked at Owen and nodded towards the meatheads while arrogantly saying, “Look at these fuckin’ jack-offs. So much to say just a moment ago and now all quiet like a bunch of scared little pussies.” I had glanced at Katelyn and saw that she wanted to say something before things got out of hand, but I knew that Tucker and Owen weren’t about to do anything here. It wasn 't their style to throw down in front of a room full of witnesses that would surely get the teachers and most likely the cops involved in the process. So, I quickly put a hand on Katelyn 's arm, giving her a little headshake to tell her to just do nothing and let it go. “W-Who... Who are you guys?” Harlin stammered, and I relished every moment of the pure fear that I sensed radiating off of him. “Oh, who are we?” Owen replied smugly. “We 're the guys that are gonna kick the livin ' shit outta you and your friends.” “What 's
Jill Lepore addressed the historical question “Who Do We Think We Are?” . She talked about who the we in the we the people are and who even are the people. She expressed that she thought that was a political fiction, an act of make believe. The question of who even are the people has been a subject of controversy and debate. She talked about how the Virginia Declaration was rephrased to indicate who the free men were.
He just stared a Clancy's face for a minute, then said coolly, “that’s OK kid I got a good read on you just now you’re Ok, and you can call me MaGuirk."
“I thought you were one of them,” he admits, squirming under Walker's punishing hold. “I told them last time I saw them that if I did see them again, then I’d kill them.”
Katelyn then decided that her only other recourse was to go over to my Grandmother Lyanna’s house and warn her herself of what her friends were planning to do.
The unique novel and film The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks is a written by a man who knows how people feel and think as well as how they act once they face a personal tragedy. In 1997 an accident took place involving a bus driver who was driving the kids to school. Throughout the book and the movie a lawyer goes to each family and convinces them that it was no accident. Mitchell Stephens is the lawyer and what he does is comes to the town where everyone consider each other like family and tells them to go against one another so he can get to the bottom and give the town answers. The book was published in 1991 by Atom Egoyan and Russell Banks however the movie was published in 1997 by Atom Egoyan. The authors
We burst out of the door, unveiling ourselves to the crowd outside. We felt like rock stars. Everyone had to get a few more pictures with other friends as they arrived and then we filed inside. The place was decorated from top to bottom, glittered stars hung from the ceiling, white Christmas lights twinkled all around, and glimmering gowns in every color made the entire venue sparkle. As a class, months earlier, we had chosen the theme, “I’ve had the time of my life”. The girls had pulled it from our favorite movie, “Dirty Dancing”, and I think the boys just went with it. We sat down for dinner where we were served our choice of meat, with rice or potatoes and a medley of veggies. Nobody ate much though, either because of nerves, vanity, or just plain desire to get to showing off our best moves, we wanted to boogie! After about an hour the tables were cleared off of the dance floor and it was time to the highly anticipated partying. The DJ played the hottest jams of 1999 and we danced the night away. Most of the girls were in their bare feet, unable to take the pain of high heels any longer as we busted our best moves.
I was able to keep my composure and not use force. It took a lot of perseverance, but I did not desert her to get someone for help because I knew that I could not leave Tiffany alone in the hallway while she was angered. I did not leave her to ask somebody for help. Although I had become timorous as a result of the unexpected aggression, after a long struggle, I managed to return Tiffany to her classroom calmly. I then reported what had happened to her
"That's Tucker, and Sonja. That's how they showed up, I don't know what they were doing and they don't remember. Or they just don't want to tell. Sonja never changes but don't be surprised if you ever see Tucker lounging around with a grey shirt on and some darker jeans on."
“NO TALKING!” McCarter barked, his demeanor changing from friendly to furious in the space of a few seconds. With his shoulders squared, he walked over to where the two undercover officers stood and glared into Booker’s face before yelling, “IS THAT
He was giving me that cold stare he had going for himself all over again. Hell I think that he might just actually have something to say for once. Wow. Here I was thinking he just didn't have it in him. Huaha.
Rock of Ages is a movie based in Los Angeles in the 1980’s. It is based off of the Broadway musical “Rock of Ages”. The plot of the movie is a small town girl (played by Julianne Hough) who travels to LA, with hopes to become a big rockstar. She meets a boy (played by Diego Boneta), who also traveled to LA in hopes of becoming a rockstar. The biggest rockstar at that time is Stacee Jaxx (played by Tom Cruise), who everyone aspires to be. But of course, the Mayor of Los Angeles (played by Bryan Cranston), despises rock and roll. Him and his wife (played by Catherine Zeta-Jones) try everything they can to get rid of rock and roll for good. And they start by trying to close down the most famous rock and roll club in all of LA, The Bourbon Room.
During the Medieval period through the 5th and 15th centuries in Europe, technology advancement in metal forming and extraction was becoming popular. The reason for this is because of the battles and empires in the time periods having the desires to expand and build up their military. To complete this task, an edge in iron working and metal forming had to be solidified as a strength for those wanting to further expand their countries boundaries. An example of this would be the Roman Empire. (Source)
The Jamestown Settlers where the ones who first brought the Marijuana plant over to North America in 1611. The plant is also commonly known as Hemp to people when it was first introduced. Through the Colonial period in North America hemp fiber was a very important export to this country. In 1762 Virginia would award rewards for those who would cultivate and manufacture the hemp plant. For those who would refuse to produce the hemp plant, faced consequences and penalties. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew the hemp on their plantation farms for recreational and medical uses (Medical Marijuana). The current drug laws are doing more harm than actual good. Decriminalizing Marijuana would have a positive effect on the country and even put a dent in drug cartels operations.
Since the dawn of film, back in 1895, directors and filmmakers utilized every worldly element they could to have not only characters and the plot tell a story to the audience, but so the things that created the atmosphere contribute to the progression of the story as well. Manipulating the mise-en-scéne, or all of the elements that contribute to the atmosphere or mood of a film, in various degrees such as camera angles, editing technique, lighting, sounds, and color, can shift the mood of a scene and alter the audiences feeling. In most films, light can be symbolic and tell a story in a way that words couldn’t. As filmmakers use chiaroscuro, the arrangement of light and shadow to tell a story in a scene or film, to provoke or portray a certain emotion ranging from happiness, relief, sorrow, and even sinister. Sound manipulation enhances these emotions and contributes to the story enough to allow the audience to foreshadow. Examples of this can be found in early films such as Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, M, and Scarface.
Toy Story was released in 1995, the animation saw a new age dawn. Not only did it introduce CGI (Computer Generated Imagery); but also, showed the capacity from humanity and emotion that director John Lasseter and the rest of the team brought to the animated film. The film uses a constructed text to put across a theme of two complete different characters learning how to work together beyond their rivalries to rise above a common enemy and work towards a common goal.