Julie Powell

“A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” -Colin Powell When I was in the fifth grade, I became a member of the Boy Scouts. This was an exciting event for me, as I had been involved in scouting since I became a tiger scout in the first grade. In scouting, I had many different goals and aspirations. My major goal in scouting, however, was to become an Eagle Scout, which is the highest rank in Boy Scouts. I knew this dream would be

Who is Colin Powell? He is a retired four star General in the United States Army. He was also the 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-2005), serving under President George W. Bush. Powell was the first and only African American to serve in that position to date and was an exemplary leader of many facets. Colin Powell has spent a majority of his life serving our Nation and is a decorated Army veteran. Powell developed 18 principles in Leadership based off of his experiences and these principles

Usain Bolt is the fastest man alive. Bolt has been a great influence on the track and field program. His love for the sport really shows in his actions. Usain inspires so many people to go out and do what they love. Usain Bolt was born on August 21, 1986. His parents are Jennifer and Wellesey Bolt. Usain grew up with his siblings Sadiki, his brother and Sherine, his sister. Bolt and his family lived in a village named Sherwood Content in Jamaica. Bolt’s father sold foods in a shop to provide for

death has been remade into a Broadway musical acclaimed all over the world. Seen by over twenty five million people in over 15 thousand performances this intricately designed wonder has taken over 37 thousand hours just to build the puppets and masks. Julie Taymor the director and costume designer was faced with a problem of whether to create humans or animals playing the part and she decided to make masks that show the animal face, as well as, show the human face giving the character his or her personality

Introduction The Lion King musical is a well-known musical that has taken the stages of Broadway, West End and the rest of the world by storm (The Lion King, 1997). Regarding the process of the musical, Artistic Director Julie Taymor’s first thoughts for choosing the Lion King as the next big thing on stage, was classed as ‘impossible’ due to the film’s lack of theatrical material (The Lion King, 1997). Therefore, staging this particular work contained a great deal of uncertainty and the need

Symbolic Significance of Animals in ‘Miss Julie’ by August Strindberg “The petty man conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.” - Xun Zi Animals are the most basic form of human nature; they act without the external pressures of a society, unlike humans. All animals have a variety of both positive and negative connotations, such as the powerful yet wild eagle, and it is in a humans’ primitive nature to behave as they do. “Miss Julie” by August Strindberg tells the story

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George, winner of the Newbery Medal brings a story of a young Eskimo girl, Miyax who has been married off into a bad situation but finds solace in the San Francisco pen pal who calls her Julie. The author tells the tale in three parts. Part I, Amaroq, the wolf; this tells when she first meets the wolves and how she came to understand their family dynamic. The devotion to understanding them is her lifeline for food. Intuitiveness along with teachings of her father

Harrison Bergeron In 2081 everyone was treated equally due to laws 211th, 212th, and 213th. Can you imagine a world where nobody could be smarter or stronger than anyone else? In “Harrison Bergeron” the law said that everyone was supposed to be equal in every way but everyone was not truly equal. Everyone in “ Harrison Bergeron” were being treated equally because they are being treated differently, they have leaders that are treating them poorly, and all of these problems could be because of laws

Fourteen year old Harrison Bergeron is a passionate character that symbolizes equality in society during the year of 2081. Harrison rebels against the government in a way that shows how everyone in “Harrison Bergeron” was not absolutely equal. This community and its citizens has lost its rights after the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution. Everyone was not actually equal in the story since people could not use their own intelligence, express their true beauty, and display their

Imagine sitting on a cliff looking down on “By the Waters of Babylon” and smelling the wreckage of the atomic bomb being set off and burning balls that are moving around in the atmosphere. The technology in this story helped the world develope, then the bomb was set off and they went backwards in time to living like cavemen and in tribes. This is similar to the story “Harrison Bergeron”, in this story Harrison was taken away from his mother and father from the FBI because he was breaking the law