Robert Baer

“Forget all the reasons it won 't work and believe the one reason that it will.” Unknown. This quote from an unknown author perfectly addresses what I believe a critical step for attaining the American Dream is. To focus on the reasons someone cannot achieve something will only lead to disaster, but when someone takes the one reason why they can succeed, they do. There is no better representation of this and the American Dream than the movie Cinderella Man. It shows that no matter how bad things

The movie Cinderella Man is a biographical film of boxer James J. Braddock that illustrates his struggle through the Great Depression. Movies often exaggerate the suffering of the Great Depression or just gloss over it, but Cinderella Man accurately shows the prevailing attitude of the time through the facial expressions of the actors and the obstacles they overcome. In the film, the people on the street and in the crowd in the boxing arenas appear worried and never smile. The only time that people

The excerpt titled “Champion of the World” is extracted from Maya Angelou’s autobiographical work I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, published in 1969. This passage tells the story of Angelou’s community gathering at the local store to watch the match between Joe Louis and Primo Carnera in June of 1935. Angelou describes the spirit of the black community in Stamps, Arkansas as they listen to a match between two heavyweight boxers. Angelou Uses extensive imagery to depict the tension before the match

Did you know that Joe Louis’s mom made him take violin lessons, but Joe would secretly take is boxing gloves with him to practice boxing (Joe Louis)? Joseph Louis Barrow, also known as Joe Louis and the “Brown Bomber,” was a heavyweight boxer that held the champion crown for over 12 years (Joe Louis The Official Website). He had his time of struggles and hardships, but he never let them get in the way of his determination and hard work for what he loved. Joe was born in Lafayette, Alabama, on May

Cinderella Man the movie This movie took place September 25. 1933 which was four years into the Great Depression. The first impression I got was he was a happy man, was rich and made enough money from wrestling, I was wrong. His family included a wife, a daughter, and two sons. They lived in a run down apartment and didn't have enough money to pay for bills and there milk payment was past due. The daughter, Ariel woke up one morning and wanted breakfast she ate and was still hungry the father convinced

In reference to report 15-05766, I, Investigator Nicole Anderson, report the following, On Thursday, December 10, 2015, I spoke with Patient Chandra King in regards to money missing from her wallet. King started she asked her son to hold her wallet while she went to the restroom located on the fourth floor inside the Center for Outpatient Health. King stated after she departed the restroom, she proceeded to her doctor appointment, which was located on the third floor. While on the elevator she

After Jim had a shocking win he goes back to boxing full time despite his concerned wife Mae Braddock (Renée Zellweger). Nicknamed “The Cinderella Man” for his rags to riches story, Jim is set out to fight the defending champion, the menacing Max Baer. This film is a historically accurate representation of what people had to go through during The Great Depression and shows this with the obstacles that were overcome. Although, there are a few alterations

Ms Rita Foxen called us and left three voice messages during this long weekend stating the SPD caseworker Joshua did not help her with her SSA, nor with her housing issues and her medicines. I informed her that I have been in contact with Joshua's supervisor and she said that will help Rita to walk through, but because SSA is a Federal Program, Rita needs to contact them. By checking ACCESS, I also informed Rita that her Medicaid benefits has been opened, now her prescription needs to be prescribed

The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow is about a teenage boy named Karl Stern living in Berlin, Germany in Nazi Era. Karl lives in an apartment with both of his parents and his little sister, Hildy. Karl's family are Jewish by race but they remain without a religion, Karl doesn't consider himself Jewish at all. Also another thing is that Karl and his mother look a lot more German than Jewish but as for his father and sister who do look Jewish more than German. Karl attends a school with mostly

Clarence Henry was a big name in boxing (he is a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame-elected the year before he died- and while boxing, he won various heavyweight titles). He was a heavyweight fighter, who packed a heavy punch despite his light weight of 185 pounds (he was also six feet, one inch tall). He fought in a total of 41 fights, six losses, one draw, nineteen knockout wins (34 total wins). Some of the fighters Henry beat include: Jimmy Bivins, Willie Bean, “Irish” Bob Murphy, Albert