The Goon Show

Joseph Kony, a Ugandan warlord abducts children. With the help of his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), he forces children to join the military. Invisible Children, a US-based company, created a viral YouTube video called “Kony 2012” that opposed Kony’s and the LRA’s actions. John Naughton wrote an editorial praising “Kony 2012” in the Observer. Children from other countries enlist unwillingly in the military as well. Ishmael Beah’s book, A Long Way Gone, details his harsh life

entire movie revolves around. In the Coen Brother’s 1996 film ‘Fargo’, Jerry is a pathetic car salesman who is financially unstable, plans to have his wife kidnapped so he can cash in on some money. A business deal about to go sour Jerry, hires two goons for the kidnapping. Along with Jerry being very nervous and jumpy all the time, no one has any idea why or what, Jerry needs the money for. With Jerry’s father-in-law being a successful businessman and owner of the car dealership, which Jerry is an

The Lost World In the beginning of the book one of the protagonists Dr.levine’s main goal is to find an island inhabited by lost animals of the past, he does this by going only with only one other person. Dr.Levine gets stranded after he is attacked by a velociraptor, his guide is killed by the raptors. Many days later Levine’s co-workers Thorne and prof.Malcolm are worried about levine. Thorne and Malcolm meet up with some of Levine’s two assistants/students, Arby an eleven year old black math

in the WWII British Army, children’s poetry and the high popular TV strip The Goon Show. Born of an English mother and an Irish father he spent most of childhood in India the country of his birth before immigrating to the UK later in life. He adopted the nickname of Spike after hearing the Spike Jones and his City Slickers band playing on Radio Luxembourg. He was most famous for being the lead character in The Goon Show while also being the chief writer and co-creator. His seven-volume work Puckoon

he was when no one had really gotten his jokes. He soon realizes that winning the talent show might make him a bit more noticeable. Setting One reason this book is interesting is because of the setting. The book mostly took place at Floyd Hicks Junior High School. Gary had heard that there was a talent show coming up and he thought it might be a good way to show his humor. Gary had also heard there was a $100 dollar prize and though

Technology is constantly changing, we are always coming up with the next best thing. As technology is being changed and recreated every day, we have access to more things easily which can be negative. Easier access means an easier way to invade and violate privacy. On the Internet, people can search up their own names and probably find everything about themselves, and the first question that comes to mind is, “How did this website get all my personal information?” and it’s because of new and improved

I concur with your decision to give the 2011 Pulitzer Prize to A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, as I believe it to be of high literary merit. Not only was the author able to use effective choices to reveal story and character, Egan also told a story that is relevant to American society and shows the connections people make through music and time. To me, what made this book most fantastic was simply the author’s choice of words and how she was able to reveal so much through about a

Over the past 78 years of Batman’s existence, many have been influenced by the cape crusader. All fans have enjoyed the comics, TV shows, movies, and video games of Batman; he has become a world phenomenon in popular culture that in any pop culture store like, Hot Topic or Spencer’s, you will always find Batman merchandise. Throughout the years, fans have learned that the caped crusader’s number one rule is that he would never kill anyone, not even a cold-hearted criminal. Over the past thirty years

In Oscar Wao, the characters are often confronted with overwhelming love as well as with a great sense of loss. The novel shows that loving someone also means inviting the possibility of losing them, but it also declares that the beauty of love is well worth the pain of loss. These two universal human experiences unite mankind despite any cultural differences and offer hope to the characters despite the many harsh scenes of the novel. Diaz’s protagonist, Oscar Wao is always on the pinnacle of love

Millionaire.” Jamal is one question away from being a millionaire when the show runs out of time. The overnight break is interrupted when the police kidnap Jamal on the premises of him cheating to win. During the interrogation of Jamal, he is forced to tell his entire life story of him and he’s adventures in the Indian Slums. As Jamal tells his story, he shows great levels of persistence and luck throughout his life. Jamal shows persistence by never giving up on his brother, his search for Latvia and