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I was lucky enough to be witnessed a live speech from a retirement ceremony. AM1 Neff of Patrol Squadron 69 retired from a 20-year service from the United States Navy. It was a simple ceremony held in VP-69 hanger. It was a planned ceremony with complete honor guards. It was held during our general quarters. Every sailor in our command was present. AM1 Neff did a good job with his speech. He stood tall in front of everybody, wearing his dress blue uniform. Since, he’s familiar with his audience

The scene of Andy’s arrival introduces us briefly to several important characters and Darabont uses with the aid of reds dialogue to give the audience insight of what there opinions of Andy was on first arrival. “he was just a little turd in prison grays. Looked like a stiff breeze could blow him over. That was my first impression of the man.” The arrival of Andy in Shawshank Prison was the point of no return for him. Darabont uses this scene as a reality check for Andy which makes him feel extremely

“What ideas does the text creator develop?-an individual’s capacity for self-sacrifice in the face of compelling circumstances” The Shaw Shank Redemption The drama film, ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ was produced and acted in the year 1994. The film was directed and written by Darabont Frank. The film talks about a banker by the name of Andy Dufresne. He was serving a life imprisonment at the Shawshank state prison. This is due to the allegation against him that he killed his wife’s lover

Good will Hunting is a movie that teaches us many good things about the world. The main character of the movie is Will, who goes through many struggles and has a reason to be angry at the world. As he is shown in the movie and the way that he acts is because of the way that he was brought up as a child. He had an abusive father, who always abused him as a child, which caused him to live an unhappy life. His childhood had an effect on future, he turned out to abusive to people around him, and he showed

After undergoing the life of a Mendez Mustang, Josue Alcaide’s desire was to become a Century Centurion instead of a Godinez Grizzly because of one obstacle. Josue despised the life of waking up at six in the morning and traveling on the bus to Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School. In general, Josue is not very fond of school and as stated by Josue, “I like school, but I am too lazy to try.” Josue is not a studious type of student and is more of a carefree, “don’t care”, and “I’m just here to have

The following poster was designed by Noah Van Belle to explore the deeper meaning, found in the film The Shawshank Redemption, in just a single and simplistic image. The primary image, which is a rock hammer, represents the motifs of friendship and hope that is displayed throughout the film. The rock hammer is the first item that Andy, the protagonist, obtains from Red, who is also an inmate. This exchange between Red and Andy is the spark of their strong friendship. This friendship proved to be

producer. He is the lead vocalist for the rock band Imagine Dragons. Reynolds also released an EP in 2011, titled Egyptian – EP, as a duo with Aja Volkman under the moniker Egyptian . He is a recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award . [His early life] In las Vegas, the seventh of nine children born to Christene M. (born Callister) and Ronald Reynolds, a lawyer and author Both are natives of Nevada. To add on Reynolds is a 4th generation Nevadan As a Boy Scout he earned

The movie portrays a banker, Andy Dufresne, as a convicted murder in 1947. Charged with his wife’s and her lover’s murder, he is sentenced to two life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary in Maine. Andy claims he is innocent and is sentenced due to the lacking of his lawyer. Andy befriends an inmate by the name of Red. Red is an older inmate whose parole application continuously gets rejected. Another important character is the Chief Guard Bradley. This guard is the harshest of all and evokes

The death of La Diva De La Banda multicultural renowned Mexican Regional singer loved by many, hit the world by surprise. Jenni Rivera was born on July 2nd 1969 lived a short 43 years, she sold over 15 million records nationwide. Rivera was well known for strong powerful messages in songs for women. Her life ended with a tragic plane crash on December 9, 2012. Six other lives were lost while leaving from her concert in Monterrey Mexico earlier that night. It’s said that the plane had difficulties

The movie the Shawshank Redemption has been viewed as a Christ-figure film. One way that it could be viewed as a Christ-figure film is because it meets the criterion “Becomes embroiled with conflicts with authorities”. In the movie, the character Andy, gets into a couple conflicts with authority. At the very beginning of the movie Andy is charged with Murdering his wife and her lover. Next we see Andy get into a conflict with the Captain of the Guard when Andy confronts him about some money that