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Gerald Arthur “Jerry” Sandusky is an American convicted child molester, serial rapist and retired college football coach. Sandusky was born on January 26, 1944 in Washington, Pennsylvania. His parents, Arthur and Evelyn Sandusky, ran a community center known as “The Brownson House” a community recreation center for children. Throughout his childhood and teenage years, Sandusky excelled at sports and did well in school. After graduating from Washington High School, Sandusky went to Pennsylvania State

Next, the title of the book is able to reflect Charlie’s usage of analytical and numerical data to help a horrendous National Football League franchise. When Charlie is trying to help Joe battle cancer, Joe informs Charlie that his grandpa is the owner of the Los Angeles Bulldogs and that his dad is the general manager of the team. After Charlie hears this news, Charlie explains to Joe that he believes he can turn around the direction of the franchise because he keeps a meticulous record of all of

In modern society the idea of the American Dream, is perceived differently by each and every person. The American Dream is considered to be a life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the U.S. The two ways that the American Dream can be perceived is as a dream in which that cannot be reached, but also in the way that this so called dream can be made a reality. Today, most people do not work as hard as they used to and strive to reach that point of making

The movie that I had selected to watch is called ‘Blind Side’. This movie is based off a real story about a boy named Michael Oher who was a black youth living in homelessness and grew up without his mother. He experienced many traumatizing events of separation but ended up going to Wingate Christian School where he met Leigh Anne Tuohy. Through series of events, Michael was eventually adopted into Leigh’s family and was accepted as her son. She encouraged and supported Michael to excel in school

from his mom at age 6. Michael was then placed in a foster home but hated it so much he fled leaving his siblings. Michael’s new family found him when they were driving and he was walking on the side of the road. At first, the father of the family, Sean Sr. Tuohy, drove right past Michael but the mother, Leigh Anne Tuohy, makes them turn around and pick him up. Michael had to face new pressures such as having brothers and being put into a new school. Michael had to adjust to a new school where people

Everyone love someone in secrete but are we brave enough to tell the person that we love? Well let me tell you about this boy his name is Benny. Benny is a “smart” boy, he enjoy play with his friend specially baseball. One day he was getting out of a store when he saw Wendy peffercorn walking, he stop and say “she is so beautiful, sexy, and hot” while she was passing in front of Benny. One of his friends told him “ let’s go to the baseball field.” All Benny friends were in the field but they didn’t

and his infant daughter. Why? Well as Biggie explains on his song “Things Done Changed”, “…because the streets is a short stop/ either you’re slinging crack rock/ or you got a wicked jump shot…” Even after signing a contract with Bad Boy Records and Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs to release music, Biggie didn’t stop selling crack. Famously Puff Daddy had to wire to Biggi After the raid, Biggie vowed to devot “Ready to Die” is a time-capsule to Brooklyn life in the early 90s. It vividly describes the do-or-die

Diddy but his real name is Sean Combs and he has been around and back in the music industry. Combs is an actor, entrepreneur, rapper, record producer, and a singer-songwriter. He has been a part of rap super groups, involved in coastal rivalries, gotten in trouble with the law, and received some honors and awards along the way. The hip hop industry would not be the same without this man and his many different involvements in it. Born November 4, 1969 in Harlem, New York, Sean Combs was raised by his

Critical Analysis- The Blind Side John Lee Hancock’s film The Blind Side portrays the struggles of a talented black man in Memphis, Tennessee trying to pursue his dream of becoming a professional football player. Michael Oher comes from the projects and doesn’t know how to fit in as part of the white society that surrounds him. As a black man he experiences mistreatment and discrimination from his white community, which tends to be a common trend of the American mainstream. Lucky enough for Michael

In the Academy Award Winning movie The Blind Side, Michael Oher starts off as a homeless, poverty-stricken teenager. Over the course of the film, he transitions into a college-bound successful athlete. Similar to this bildungsroman story is Duong Thu Huong’s novel, Paradise of the Blind. In this narrative, the author uses this convention to highlight the main character Hang’s growth into an independent woman. Through her clear journey, Huong initially presents Hang as being a helpless, dependent