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Persistence & Amorality: The Keys to Success The film The Founder directed by John Lee Hancock is a business drama released in 2016 that follows the rise of the McDonald’s empire. The film’s protagonist, Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) is a struggling milkshake machine salesman, who happens upon a revolutionary “fast food” restaurant during one of his deliveries. He recognizes the potential of McDonald's and strikes a deal with the two brothers to franchise the company. As the film progresses, Kroc proves

passes. If the enemy attempts to cross the river, cross first and stay on the Confederate’s right flank. The orders were clear enough for execution. General Robert E. Lee often issued orders that gave his trusted subordinates the leeway to conduct operations as they saw fit. Only this time, not even the strategically talented General Lee could predict the necessity of having Stuart’s Cavalry support the Army of Northern Virginia’s advance from the front and flank while maneuvering into Gettysburg.

Introduction Most modern historians, regardless of political biases, tend to agree that the Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point in the American Civil War. Some even go as far to as to call it the “high water mark” of the Confederate States. What is known is that it represented the last time a coherent Confederate Army threatened northern soil. In fact, from Gettysburg forward, the Confederation of Southern States would be fighting a defensive/fighting retreat. Gettysburg was one of the

men were exhausted from fighting the Confederates, and tragically, Reynolds was shot dead at the battle zone. Later, during fighting, reinforcements for the Confederate army had arrived at the battle zone. General Meade had General Winfield Scott Hancock take charge at Gettysburg. General Howard, another Union Commander, was already in the battlefield fighting the Confederates.(Welch 1-2) July 2, day two of the battle of Gettysburg, resulted in another day of constant fighting. Many men

The movie The Blind Side came out in 2009, written and directed by John Lee Hancock. This movie is based off a true story that has a lot of great lessons with in its. There are quite a few famous people within the movie starting off with one of the main charters Sandra Bullock, and even the likes of Tim McGraw and Kathy Bates. The movie deals with several different issues including race and parental involvement to point out two. This movie has a great deal of football and family which is why it helped

Title: To Kill A Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Year of Publication: 1960 Text Type: Novel What makes the character in this text an outsider? The character that’s made an outsider is Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson is an outsider because of his skin colour, and was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. But him being black was the main reason as to why he was the outsider. Scout and her family were also outsiders. They were made outsiders by the neighbourhood because her father Atticus was Tom Robinson’s

Early Jazz The earliest easily available jazz recordings are from the 1920's and early 1930's. Trumpet player and vocalist Louis Armstrong ("Pops", "Satchmo") was by far the most important figure of this period. He played with groups called the Hot Five and the Hot Seven; any recordings you can find of these groups are recommended. The style of these groups, and many others of the period, is often referred to as New Orleans jazz or Dixieland. It is characterized by collective

solely due to his exceptional athletic ability. The Blindside hit the big screen in 2009, starring A-lister Sandra Bullock as a stern southern bell mother who meets Michael after her daughter’s volleyball game walking home in the rain. Directed by John Lee Handcock with a run time of just under an hour and a half. This bittersweet drama was popular with people of all ages, though intended for teenagers and up with a PG-13 rating due to the gang references and sensitive language. Families flocked the

The Civil War The Civil War is a war that was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. The war was between the Union consisting of 23 free states and the Confederate comprising of 11 southern states, and 5 border states. The motive behind the Civil War was the concern over the institution of slavery within the eleven Southern states and the steps to expand slavery into the western states. The south infrastructure was based on the production of cotton as its staple for economic development

Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin, now known as larue, County Kentucky. Lincoln got married in 1842 to Mary Todd. His children were Robert Todd, Edward Baker, William Wallace, and Thomas III. Abraham was in office from 1834-1842. Abraham Lincoln died at age 56, april 15, 1865. The Republican Party met in Chicago to select a candidate. They took the chance now because of the democrats in turmoil. They needed someone who would help the north and also win most of the electoral colleges