Wayne Gretzky Essay

Aliyah Reedy Francisco 8th period 11/23/15 Molly Pitcher Molly Pitcher was known as the reason the American Revolution’s Battle Of Monmouth was won. The American Revolution was a war between Great Britain and the colonies in a fight for freedom. The colonies refused to pay taxes to the king, so the king sent an army to make them. They boycotted, beginning the Revolutionary War. Molly, or Mary Ludwig Hays, her birth name, has been

“The Searchers” (1956) directed by John Ford is a Western movie following the life of Ethan Edwards as he searches for his niece, Debby, who was captured by a Comanche tribe. In this film, there is a scene (1:13:42-1:15:50) which shows Ethan and Marty going into a US Cavalry fort to see if the Cavalry officers have Debby or not. When Ethan and Marty go into the fort, they see a white woman on the floor, screaming and rocking around, and two girls sitting dumbly. Then Ethan and Marty decide that Debby

Waking Ned Devine and Hunt for the Wilderpeople both explore the importance of culture on family life and local relationships. While Waking Ned Devine chooses to focus on the strong ties in a local culture through the intimate interactions of numerous villagers, Hunt for the Wilderpeople details the intricacy and complexity of how families function during times of hardship. Both of these films elaborate on culture as a binding factor between those in the same community. Waking Ned Devine is a movie

cowboys that ever hit the silver screen. John Wayne was an World-Renouned Actor, Director, Cowboy and Great American hero. John Wayne was an American actor that sparked and fed the American public’s love and devotion to Western movies that some people carry to this day. The Duke had a long and prosperous career in Hollywood in which he starred in some of the highest grossing Westerns in movie history, but it wasn’t always fame and fortune for John Wayne. In fact, it was quite the opposite and since

The Arrow Your fear of death will keep you alive. "Wow! Fortune cookies here are intense", Hailey's eyes grew wider as she scoffed over the ridiculous words printed on the long white strip extending from the broken cookie. Henry closed his eyes, leaning closer to Hailey's face, their foreheads touched ever so lightly as he held her hand tighter. "It's surprisingly on point though, I am afraid of death more than anything else", Henry confessed shrugging his shoulders, with a sly smile on his lips

Beginning with The Great Train Robbery in 1903, Western films have gained international many parts of Europe and Mexico in addition to the United States. One classic example of a Western feature (full length) film is True Grit (1969), which stars John Wayne as the strong, memorable protagonist, Rooster Cogburn. Although the film follows many filmic conventions regarding the formula of the Western genre, it also defies certain conventions, thus serving as an example of a revisionist Western. These qualities

filled scenes to the time period it set in, there’s many components of this film that heavily qualify it as a traditional western film. Furthermore, It was directed by John Ford and the lead actor was John Wayne, two very influential people in the making of western film. In this film, John Wayne plays “Uncle Ethan” a civil war veteran who is returning home. Shortly after his return an indian tribe, the Comanches, raided his family’s home and took his niece. This movie shows the year long journey Ethan

analyze in this essay are Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956) by the director John Ford, and a post-modern version of a Western, Django Unchained (2012) by Quentin Tarantino. The protagonist in both movies by John Ford are John Wayne, Jane Tompkins says: " John Wayne, the actor whose name is synonymous with Western films, became the symbol of American masculinity from World War II to Vietnam" (5). What does this "American masculinity" stand for? This term actually appears to be an underlying factor

Vietnam War and the years after usually attempted to push a strong agenda. Not until later did movies become less biased, especially when talking about Vietnam. The Ugly American, directed by George Englund, and The Green Berets, directed by John Wayne, are no exceptions. The Green Berets propose a strong support for the war while The Ugly American tended to blame the United States for being in an unnecessary war. Nevertheless, while both movies differ strongly in their views, both tend to convey

The son of a professor raised in a middle-class suburb, Kanye West was never supposed to be a rapper. West was born in Atlanta, Georgia on June 8th divorced when he was three, he moved with his mother to Chicago. His mom worked as the chair of the English Department at the nearby Chicago State University, and Kanye grew up in relative comfort in a nicer suburb of Chicago. West became fascinated with music at a young age, eventually leading him to drop out of college to pursue it full time