Sean Astin

Once having left the Brewin’s place, I was back on the road pushing June’s car to its limit as I made my way over to the shed. I wasn’t completely sure of what my game plan would be once I got there, but I knew whatever it would be, my chances of pulling it off would be slim. I pulled onto the dirt road which led to the facility and then killed my headlamps for the rest of the brief journey. I didn’t really think I had the advantage of surprise given that Lyle probably had scouts watching the

Rap and hip-hop first started to come together in the 1970 's, but didn 't really materialize and become popular until the 1990 's. With a huge surge in popularity and growth in the 1990 's, it seemed that rap and hip-hop had started a cultural phenomenon that still has noticeable effects easily seen today in music and also in pop culture. A cultural phenomenon is an idea, trend, or movement that shapes and defines that time period. During the 1990 's, rap and hip-hop spread like wild fire across

“The Blind Side” Rhetorical Analysis of a film Taking the bad in with the good, although you may be the perfect classification in order to be targeted in todays society. How you’re classified is based on things such as a persons race, intellect, social class, and appearance. A 2009 film, The Blind Side, written and directed by John Lee Hancock stars, Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw, is based on a true story. This movie tells a story that truly depicts simple acts of kindness that has the capability

Lucas Jaxon Emmerling. From the day I was born I had a forever friend, a best friend. What I didn’t know about my inseparable pal, was that he would be ripped out of my life at the age of 5. I never knew the true feeling of loneliness until he left my life. Why did he have to go? Why couldn’t he read one more bedtime story? Couldn’t I have gotten one last “teddy” squeeze? As I lay in my twin sized white bunk bed, covered in light mauve sheets with a puffy blanket and stuffed animals, I hear the deafening

little formal education. He grew up in the Memphis’s projects and his mother was a drug addict while his father was never in his life. Due to Oher’s family circumstances, he was in and out of foster homes. One day, Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband Sean Tuohy decided to adopt Oher. The Tuohy’s provided Oher with a home, a tutor to improve his grades, and invested in his football career. Oher signed on with the University of Mississippi and later got drafted as an offensive lineman for the Baltimore

“The Blindside” A lesson in humanity? A successful football player and the story of his tough adolescent life, is just the beginning of the obstacles the main character Michael Oher endures after starting at a new, private, Christian, high school where he was accepted solely due to his exceptional athletic ability. The Blindside hit the big screen in 2009, starring A-lister Sandra Bullock as a stern southern bell mother who meets Michael after her daughter’s volleyball game walking home in the rain

explores Gladys and Nan Dear’s transformative discoveries after they face racial segregations in the western community. This ultimately evokes them to reassess their negative and positive present attitudes towards the white Australians. Similarly, Sean penn’s film ‘into the wild’, exhibits Christopher’s discovery of humanity and basic human interaction to be truly free and happy after experiencing hardships whilst surviving in the wilderness. The challenging process of discovery vital for individuals

All over the world, many have gone through the struggle of poverty. You don’t have to be homeless to struggle more than the next person, it could be just not having lights on in your home, past due rent, or maybe not having enough or anything at all to eat. Many, feel like because they go through similar things that they will never accomplish anything due to them not having the resources. Others around you can be very doubtful of you too, which could make you believe even more that you weren’t meant

I’ll Be Missing You “I’ll Be Missing You” is a rap ballad by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring R&B group 112. This song was written in memory of renowned rap artist Christopher Wallace who many may also know him as ‘Biggie Smalls, Big papa, or The Notorious B.I.G.’ He was gunned down and murdered in Los Angles in March of 1997. Almost immediately following his death, Puff Daddy and Wallace’s widowed wife, Faith Evans, team up to say their farewells. What started out as a tribute to Wallace, ended

A couple of weeks ago founder of Bad Boy Records Puff Daddy posted a couple of videos of rappers such as Fabolous, Pusha T, Jadakiss, TIP, & more spitting some classic verses of his late friend & hip hop legend The Notorious B.I.G. on Instagram in memory of his passing on March 9th, 1997. Seeing those videos was just another reminder of why one of Brooklyn's finest finds his way into a plethora of Top 5 MC's list. Though the 20th anniversary of Biggie's death is not the only thing we remember about