Cass Elliot

Individuals may experience difficulties when making a transition, due to society’s perception of ordinary. “Billy Elliot” directed by Stephen Daldry is a film that portrays the difficulties of ones transitions to how they have managed to peruse a successful transformation into the world. Growing up is a complicated process which individuals have to face. Individuals, society and family build barriers which must be overcome. Billy’s environment is filled with stereotypes and expectations which makes

My Michigan Hero: Leopold Pokagon The legend of Leopold Pokagon is that he was born the son of a Chippewa father and Ottawa mother, in the year 1775. Pokagon was Kidnapped from his Chippewa village by a Potawatomi chief and given to Chief Topenebee of the Potawatomi. He was given the name Pokagon because the headdress that he was wearing included a human rib. The word Pokagon means "rib". However, in a book written by his son Simon Pokagon, he disclosed that Pokagon was born Anishinabe

Kirchner Generation X has finally taken out a lease on the future of theatre, and it looks like it is more than able to pay the "Rent" (Coulbourn 43). "Rent" is a musical for our time, for our generation and for generations to come. It has won numerous Tony Awards including best musical, book, score, lyrics, and ensemble performance. This musical is an excellent representation of cultural religion and it has had a profound impact on society both in the 90's and today. "Rent" is not only a

The Mamas & Papas were a group of folkies trying to make it in pop. The group consisted of two males-John Phillips and Denny Doherty and two females-Michelle Phillips and Cass Elliot. The two male and two female voices were equally strong, thus pushing against each other and harmonizing, which made their sound unique and soothing. One of the most iconic and popular songs the folk band wrote was “California Dreamin'.” This song references Manifest Destiny-the American belief that we were entitled

My Seventieth Birthday Speech “The seventieth birthday! It is the time of life when you arrive at a new and awful dignity; when you throw aside the decent reserves which have oppressed you for a generation and have stand unafraid and unabashed upon your seven-terraced summit and look down and teach-unrebuked. You can tell the world how you got there.” Mark Twain Good afternoon family and friends, I am privileged to be here today to celebrate with you my seventieth birthday. Today is a day I

George Eliot's Silas Marner as a Fairy Tale In the novel Silas Marner by George Elliot, there are realistic and fairytale characters. It always ends in a happy ending. Fairytales always represent good over evil and have a timeless quality and a universal quality. Moreover they contain magic and it is as if in the story that Silas's transformation seems magical. In the novel there is a superior power operating in the book. Also fairytales have stock characters (e.g. evil/hero)

Prior to the 1800s, US expansion had been accepted by the government in the thirteen colonies. Despite the government's favor for territorial expansion, the controversy was spread throughout the 13 colonies on the idea of expansion. An American who influenced expansion in America, John O’ Sullivan, conjectured that territorial expansion was destined and it was god’s given right to expand America coast to coast, or in this case into westward territories. This thought was defined as Manifest Destiny

Ever since the first English colonists arrived in Jamestown and Plymouth, the colonists and eventually Americans have always considered expanding west, whether the land was previously inhabited or not: And like most things, many people had different opinions if and how it should be done. Before the 1800s, this issue already had opinions on the best solution. One example of this can be observed by King George III in The Royal Proclamation of 1763, in which he forbade all English settlement past a

In the early to mid 1800s, Americans began to want to expand the country again. Some Americans did not agree with the idea of expansion, and wanted to remain complacent with the amount of territory that they currently owned. The nation was torn. There were supporters and opponents of the idea of expansion. Each side presented their points but we eventually ended up expanding. The issue of territorial expansion sparked considerable debate in the period 1800-1855 between supporters and opponents due

In this essay I aim to discuss the portrayal of Silas Marner in chapters 1, 2 and 14 in the novel. The story of Silas Marner is about how things can change in time. It also supplies a certain message. George Elliot wrote the story in 1860. George Elliot was a female and her real name was Marian Evans. She changed her name because it was difficult for a woman’s book to be published. Her story deals with themes of greed, jealousy and envy. There are many morals to this story and we can learn