Ralph Stanley

Dr. Ralph Edmond Stanley, a well known American Bluegrass artist, was born February 25, 1927, in Big Spraddle Creek, Virginia. He just recently passed away last year on June 23, 2016. During those 89 years of life, Mr. Stanley sure made a name for himself to be remembered for many years after he was gone. There were two things that made him stand out from many of the bluegrass artists. Those things were his original voice and his unique way of picking the banjo. Mr. Stanleys mother bought him his

The film ‘This is England’ from 1983 is based on writer and director Shane Meadows’ own experience as a youngster. In the 19th century Britain was transformed from an agricultural to a modern industrial country. Conversely, in the 20th century Britain lost much of her economic and political power. The trailer ‘God’s Own County’ by Francis Lee, is about this young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex. Both films are about immigration and integration.

Yes, the British sport has managed to invade arguably the most covert and hostile nation in the world — North Korea. For decades foreigners were denied access in this secretive country — until in the 21st century when the government has finally started to issue tourist visas for a few selective parts of the nation. Capital Pyongyang is one of those places, where outsiders are allowed to visit and back on April 25, 2008, on the outskirts of the city, at Taesongsan Park, the locals heard the sound

The film “This is England” is a movie about twelve year old Shaun growing up and trying to fit in with the local skinheads. The film takes place during 1983 in a small town in England. The eighties in England was a time under Thatcher’s government, and society was deeply affected by how Thatcher had governed the country. The Thatcher years had caused a lot of problems for the working class like unemployment, poverty, racism, and people were angered by the unnecessary Falkland war. All of these factors

“Obedience is a form of social influence where an individual acts in response to a direct order from another individual, who is usually an authority figure,” thus occurring in Stanley Milgram’s experiment (McLeod). Stanley Milgram wanted to explain why “SS officers had shot, gassed, noosed, and otherwise tortured twelve million people to death, supposedly on order from their commanders in chief” (Slater 31). The explanation the public settled for the reason of the SS officers’ actions was because

Painted Faces Even though Ralph is a young teenage boy he still possesses the characteristics of a grown man. He shows us courage, responsibility, strength, hard work, and most importantly leadership. One nautical day everything changed for Ralph and his schoolmates after becoming stranded on an uninhabited island out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The boys claim they were shot down, but no one knows for sure what had happened. Somehow everyone survives the plane crash except for the

something special to offer. By working together, members of a team feel a strong sense of belonging and deep commitment to each other and their goal. This is seen in the book Lord of the flies where each character brings something good to the group: Ralphs leadership, Jacks hunting skills, Simons logical thinking and Piggys innovativness. Piggy is made fun of throughout the whole beginning of the book but once he starts bringing upon these innovative ideas forward he starts to gain abit of confidence

was the way they were raised or they were just bad genetics, all it took was for Jack not getting his way. When all the boys voted for chief and Jack was not chosen he starts falling into his role as the bad guy. In the beginning of the book when Ralph was voted chief he counted the show of hands and stated “I’m chief then.” (23) Then the boys broke into applause, the freckles on Jacks face disappeared under a blush of mortification. This is the turning point of Jacks personality and he starts to

readers are introduced to in William Golding's Lord of the Flies is Ralph, a young British boy with fair skin and an athletic build. Ralph is shown to have a child like personality at first; the first thing he does is strip and run into the ocean to swim, and as he looks around he is excited by the prospect of his very own undiscovered island without adults around. However, despite the childish and innocent side of his personality, Ralph is a natural leader and is quickly elected as such by the boys on

specifically, Golding displays through the character Ralph; the phases of psychological maturity. Ralph throughout his experiences on the island will progress and digress in maturity. Ralph will begin as a carefree, innocent child—happy to be away from constraints of society. However, through certain events, Ralph will grow to become a leader and choose to stay morally good, while the boys around him digress in evil. More specifically, events that illustrate Ralphs, responsibility, assertiveness, honesty, detachment