Sandy Skoglund

For a two year span in the early 1960s, Tommy Davis was probably the best hitter in baseball. His 1962 season was one in which Tommy Davis set Dodger records that still stand. Tommy Davis had 153 runs batted in that magical campaign, the most in the National League in 25 years. It would be 34 more years before anyone in baseball would duplicate reaching the 150 RBI plateau attained by Tommy Davis in 1962. But despite his great success at an early age, Tommy Davis wound up playing with ten teams in

How One Man Inspired the Country "Pitching is the art of instilling fear" (Sandy Koufax). These are the words Sanford ¨Sandy¨ Koufax believed in, and strived towards throughout his entire Hall of Fame baseball career. Through his impeccable talents on and off the field, Sandy was able to engraft the characteristics of trust, loyalty, and determination into all of the hearts of those who watched him. Sandy Koufax was the most influential baseball player of the 1960s, because he had a lot of experience

checked out early. An unidentified suspect made a detailed Facebook post to his fake Facebook on Wednesday February 6, 2013 threating to kill his father, himself and at least 200 students at Warren County High School. Due to the recent Events at Sandy Hook Elementary, this threat left the small town of McMinnville terrified and uneasy about what might happen. While visiting WCHS I noticed I had to walk in through the gym, which I was not familiar with. It was very quiet in the halls as I walked

Literary Analysis of Meg Murry In the novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle, Meg Murry is a young female character who learns to lead and understands the power of love. In the novel, Meg changes from a girl who has insecurities about her appearance, to a heroine. Meg goes on a journey to save her father, that leads Meg to a whole other universe. There Meg learns how important the power of love can be, as well as learning new things about herself. Meg also does things she did not think she

The Underlying Courage in “A Wrinkle in Time” Typically in novels there are many supporting themes to create the storyline in the novel; in “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeline L’Engle a major theme in the novel is courage. It shows in almost every chapter, through Margaret (Meg) Murry and Charles Wallace Murry. The quest the kids go through in the novel corresponds to Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s journey also the type of courage found within the Christian framework. Courage is having the strength to resist

A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, is about Meg Murry’s journey with her brother Charles, and friend Calvin to find Meg’s father. The story begins on a stormy evening when Meg and Charles, who are in bed, are awakened by the sound of thunder. Soon after, there is a knock on the door, and Mrs. Whatsit comes into Meg’s house. Mrs. Whatsit was a lady with magical powers. Mrs. Whatsit tells Meg, Charles, and their mother about something called tesserect, which is a tool used to travel through time

An evil force called the “Dark Thing” is lurking around the universe ravaging whole planets, leaving nothing but a distant memory, taking innocent people hostage along with them such as Mr.Murry. “A Wrinkle in Time” is written by Madeleine L’ Engle and has to do with six people and their universal traveling adventure in effort to combat a greater evil with love. Now meet Meg Murry, a socially awkward but kind hearted high school student who is shuttled to space along with her little brother Charles

When introduced to the concept of individualism, it is obvious by the name collectivism would be the polar opposite of such a philosophy. Collectivism is essentially the concept people should be viewed as a collective rather than individuals, hence the name. Collectivism is the root of what most citizens deem to be a corrupt government. The idea can be summed up in Black Sabbath’s song War Pigs, in which lead singer John “Ozzy” Osbourne exclaims in reference to the government, “ treating people just

In the book A Wrinkle in Time, written by Madeleine L’Engle, a young girl goes on an adventure with her little brother, her friend, and three magical creatures. The science fiction novel focuses on Meg Murry, an awkward and impatient high school student, who sets off on an adventure to rescue her missing father from a giant disembodied brain named IT. She is accompanied by her extraordinary younger brother Charles Wallace, Calvin O’Keefe, a popular and athletic boy that goes to her school, and three

In the story of A Christmas Carol Marley started out dead as a doornail and like normal Scrooge is an old bitter, greedy man who hates Christmas, feelings, love and happiness. People around him think that Scrooge is a pain and an unfriendly person to be around during the holidays. He always acted like an old sinner who doesn’t like anything. Nevertheless Scrooge is a tight fisted hand at the grindstone! Nobody really liked him because he never made friends and never really interacted with anyone