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turns up the music when it’s her favorite songs . Televisions existed in 1945, but they were generally very expensive and the programming options were very few. In back to the future which is a movie that was made in the 80s I saw a scene when Marty Mcfly was travelling to the past and then when Marty was in his mother’s house they bought a new television set which they said was very expensive and was in black and white . The televisions exploded tremendously in popularity in the 50s and 70s and

can change in a split second. “Back to the Future” is a trilogy directed and written by Robert Zemeckis. The movie is about a teen experiencing different time zones with an older scientist that is a close friend to him. Throughout the movie Marty McFly, the main character, matures and learns life lessons from going through major events. Marty goes through many situations, that not every average teen would go through which helps him create a positive future for himself. A major theme in the “Back

In the winter of 1957, Chuck Berry—an eccentric, African American rock ‘n’ roller from St. Louis—recorded one of his most popular and influential songs: “Johnny B. Goode” (Taylor 27). During a time when Jim Crow laws still had a place in American life and active racism towards African Americans and minorities was commonplace, Chuck Berry’s hit “Johnny B. Goode” became popular amongst a white audience, and it reached the number eight position on the Billboard List in 1958 (Cooper 301). The rollicking

Analysis of Southern Gothic Literature Southern Gothic literature, which is a sub-genre of the Gothic writing style, is unique to the American South. Southern Gothic literature has many of the same aspects as Gothic literature; it focuses on topics such as death, madness, and the super natural as well has having many mystical, bizarre, violent, and grotesque aspects. These tools are used "to explore social issues and reveal the cultural character of the American South (Wikipedia)." The authors

Up until recently it had been 7 years since I had been to visit my grandparents house, or as we call it the cabin. The cabin is so full of memories I could plan to sit down and talk about it for an hour and that hour would turn into a day and that day into a week. Every room and place in that house has it’s own stories and each story has it’s own meaning and lasting impact. It all started with a realization. My grandparents come down to visit quite often and we have many conversations, as people

When people hear Parkinson’s disease they think, “Isn’t that what Michael J Fox has?” For those who are asking who Michael J Fox is, he was Marty McFly in “Back to the Future” movie and he played on many other TV programs who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at an early age and has set up an organization to research Parkinson’s disease. What the Michael J Fox Foundation found out was that 40 percent of the people living with Parkinson’s disease experience Dystonia as an early symptom or a

Harold James Gilmore, who prefers you call him Jim, is a Clinical Professor of Communication for Journalism and Screen Studies at the University of Michigan Dearborn and has been for nearly a decade now and has had a professional career in the film industry for 18 years. Jim started out by making 8mm films as a kid, such as Sherlock Holmes meets Ping Pong, his own version of John Carpenter’s 1978 film Halloween and Gone with the Wind (1939). As an introvert, this was Jim’s way of getting to know

movie about a young man is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence (IMDB, 1985). Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean "time machine" invented by slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain

The Overshadowed Disease When people hear the words Parkinson’s disease they think, “Isn’t that what Michael J. Fox has?” For those who are asking, “Who is Michael J. Fox?” He was the character Marty McFly in the “Back to the Future” movie and played on many TV shows. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he set up an organization to research Parkinsonism. What the Michael J. Fox Foundation found was that 40 percent of the people living with Parkinson’s disease experience dystonia as

Converse: More than just shoes The Chuck Taylor or Converse as everyone knows them, are everlasting icons of American culture. Everyone wears chucks from James Dean in the 60’s to Michelle Obama now. The range of owners of converse is astounding. The range of use in converse is amazing. The Chuck Taylor has been named one of the most influential shoes of all time. Sixty percent of all Americans have owned a pair of Chuck Taylors at least once in their lives. (History) Converse was founded in 1908