In the movie Maria Full of grace, she had to make a decision weather to continue to work her dead end job, or work as a mule. She really needed the money for her family so she chose to become the mule because it was easy money. She did not do it for herself, but for family. She was pregnant and going to be a single mother. she reminds me of a book i read about a girl who as a single parent, and needed money. She began working for people and doing things that could cost her her family, but when times are hard and you need money its only one thing she knew how to do.
They both tried to fend for their families the only way they know how. Most people would think down on them but until you are in their shoes you dont know what they are going through. They have to be ready mind body and soul, there is no second guessing your decision, once your in your in, no backing out. They chose the life style because its easy money. When you have a family you will do anything to make sure they dont want for anything. All they wanted to do was support and take care of their family, family is the most important thing one has, because you cant always rely on friends.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
second essay
The movie that i feel the protagonist stayed true to them self is Ludovick; My Life In Pink. He knew what he wanted to be since the beginning, he wanted to be a girl. Being a girl just seems so right to him, he doesnt want to be gay, but to change his gender to female. He went through plenty of things from moving, a counselor, moving again and not being accepted for who he is.
The family relocated because their father got a well paying job. They had a house warming party and as they were introducing the childing Ludovick came outside with make-up, hills, a dress and earrings. Many people that he was the families daughter until the daughter came out and he was revealed to be a boy. That first incounterment got the neighbors thinking that the new family would cause problems they just didnt know when.
Ludovicks family said one day that it would have been great for them to have two boys and two girls instead of three boys and one girl. Ludovick took it upon his self to become the girl that the family always wanted, he just wanted to help the family, he had them in mind. he watched the things his big sister started to do and he would do them trying to learn all the in's and out's on how to be a girl. He began to cause the family problems, he tried to be in a relationship with the boy next door, which is his fathers boss son. He really like the boy next door, even though he cant be with him he still tries.
He began to do things he shouldnt do, the children in his school began to call him names nd tease him. through it all he still remained Ludovick! He wouldnt change t all, even though his family got him counseling he still kept his mind on being a girl. After too much began to happen in his new neighborhood the families didnt want them there anymore so the fathers boss layed him off, and the school principle kicked Ludovick out of his school because the parents signed a petition.
His mother accepting him wanting to be a girl, but once it started to effect their image as a family she soon stopped accepting him for who he wants to be. She soon stays on his back and forces him to do boys things instead of girl things. He got too much for her to handle and nobody would accept him so he moved with his grandmother, who let him be him. soon they had to move to a different neighborhood, which ment a new start for the family. But he still didnt want to be a girl, he got invited to a birthday party and they which costumes. He became the princess and the birthday girl put on his boy costume. His mother freaked out and beat him in front of everybody, the children told her that he didnt want to change but they forced him to. She soon realized that she had messed up big time now. He was trying to change for the family, after falling off a billboard because she seen Ludovick going away with the barbie, she soon realized that no matter what gender he wanted to be he will always be her child.
She finally got it that he wanted to be a girl, and nothing was going to stop him at a young age. When his family accepted him for who he was he felt like he could now be who he really was in his heart; a girl. Plenty of things got in his way of being who he was but he didnt let that stop him. He kept on being him, the real him and not what his family wanted him to be. He followed his heart and didnt stop doing hat he believed in.
The family relocated because their father got a well paying job. They had a house warming party and as they were introducing the childing Ludovick came outside with make-up, hills, a dress and earrings. Many people that he was the families daughter until the daughter came out and he was revealed to be a boy. That first incounterment got the neighbors thinking that the new family would cause problems they just didnt know when.
Ludovicks family said one day that it would have been great for them to have two boys and two girls instead of three boys and one girl. Ludovick took it upon his self to become the girl that the family always wanted, he just wanted to help the family, he had them in mind. he watched the things his big sister started to do and he would do them trying to learn all the in's and out's on how to be a girl. He began to cause the family problems, he tried to be in a relationship with the boy next door, which is his fathers boss son. He really like the boy next door, even though he cant be with him he still tries.
He began to do things he shouldnt do, the children in his school began to call him names nd tease him. through it all he still remained Ludovick! He wouldnt change t all, even though his family got him counseling he still kept his mind on being a girl. After too much began to happen in his new neighborhood the families didnt want them there anymore so the fathers boss layed him off, and the school principle kicked Ludovick out of his school because the parents signed a petition.
His mother accepting him wanting to be a girl, but once it started to effect their image as a family she soon stopped accepting him for who he wants to be. She soon stays on his back and forces him to do boys things instead of girl things. He got too much for her to handle and nobody would accept him so he moved with his grandmother, who let him be him. soon they had to move to a different neighborhood, which ment a new start for the family. But he still didnt want to be a girl, he got invited to a birthday party and they which costumes. He became the princess and the birthday girl put on his boy costume. His mother freaked out and beat him in front of everybody, the children told her that he didnt want to change but they forced him to. She soon realized that she had messed up big time now. He was trying to change for the family, after falling off a billboard because she seen Ludovick going away with the barbie, she soon realized that no matter what gender he wanted to be he will always be her child.
She finally got it that he wanted to be a girl, and nothing was going to stop him at a young age. When his family accepted him for who he was he felt like he could now be who he really was in his heart; a girl. Plenty of things got in his way of being who he was but he didnt let that stop him. He kept on being him, the real him and not what his family wanted him to be. He followed his heart and didnt stop doing hat he believed in.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Please Vote For Me
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Kings Speach
King George vi, became king after his father had passed. When his father passed he said to one of his servents that George would be best fit king, and it ment a lot to him because his father never told him that. the king had a speach problem that he battled throughtout his life. He worked hard to over come his problem. He had a coach who did not give up on him, he tried to do plenty of things, but the king was relunctant to do some of the things he wanted him to do. The king practice and practiced to have his speach perfect for the big speach that would renite Great Britian.
The king gave a powerful speach to renite his kingdom and country. He succeeded in the task at hand, but most of all as he continued with his speach, his speach problem began to inprove rapidly. he had to studder over his w's a few times so the people knew it was him, since his speach got way better then it did before. He no longer took a long pause in between every word or sentence. Throughtout his life he had 9 coaches to cure his speach.
The speach was given during the war, he was reniting his country so they could become one whole again. The country needed the boost to get them through from their king. Great Britian soon became a powerful force with the people behind them, they really didnt have much but the people.
The king gave a powerful speach to renite his kingdom and country. He succeeded in the task at hand, but most of all as he continued with his speach, his speach problem began to inprove rapidly. he had to studder over his w's a few times so the people knew it was him, since his speach got way better then it did before. He no longer took a long pause in between every word or sentence. Throughtout his life he had 9 coaches to cure his speach.
The speach was given during the war, he was reniting his country so they could become one whole again. The country needed the boost to get them through from their king. Great Britian soon became a powerful force with the people behind them, they really didnt have much but the people.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The Little Otik
The family soon moved him down to the basement where no one would find him, but the little girl that lives next door payed attention to the family and knew what really was going on. she tried to tell people but they thought she was just a little girl who was making up this fairy tale in her child like mind. no one would listen to her, so she took matters into her own hands and began feeding Otik her self. he didnt eat her because she was helping him. she would bring him food from her home, soon her mom started to realize that food began missing out the fridge. her mom soon caught her in the act and told her she couldnt take any food from their house anymore.
Friday, April 8, 2011
hoop dreams
The movie hoop dreams is about two inner city youth teens who's dreams are to make it in the NBA to help their families. the talent these two young men had was very good, they could have went places with their talents. they faced so many challenges growing up from, poverty, education, money, and family.
Their basketball dreams were going to get them somewhere in life and out the bad streets of Chicago. All they had was family, it was hard to survive in their environment, it was so poverty sticken. Arthurs family was on the verge of losing their home, because their mother got laid off. They struggled throughout the whole documentary, weather it was not being able to pay their bills, or not having food on the table. His father couldn't handle the pressure and began living the life of drugs. his home life was all bad, even so was his school. Arthur got recruited to go to a white school called St. Joseph High, it was a good school for him, it also worked for his basketball career, but he wasn't financially stable and wasn't able to continue to go to the school. Once he left St. Joseph's he did not attend school for two months, from there he went to Marshall High. He went through so much in his high school life, from his father resorting to drugs and abandoning their family, to them on the verge of losing their house. He did not it his environment get him down, he continued to strive and was able to take his team all the way to the championship game; where they lost but still played good. His grades and act test score wasn't high enough to go to a division one school, so he had to settle for a junior college first. After school he did not proceed with his dream of becoming a professional basketball player, he became a preacher, and went on to teach a program for the children to help them never forget their dreams and to proceed it. the organization Hoop Dreams helps children with education also, he goes to different schools throughout the world and speak on his life and dreams, but also to continue on with school and get an education.
William Gates always dreamed about playing in the NBA, he wanted to get his family out of the ghetto and into a safe environment. He got recruited to play at St. Joseph's High and he was the only freshman to start the varsity team. he was the main focus at the school, mainly they were focused on him winning them the championship that they got a rich family to pay half of his tuition at the school. He had so much pressure on him to make it into the NBA, everyone wanted him to from family to friends. he had a daughter in his junior year of high school, but did not tell his coach or anyone about it. he didnt want to mess anything up, but the burden became to heavy and he decided to tell, he got help for his child just like they helped him. he always had a drive for basketball, until he tore something in his leg and he couldn't play for a while tell it healed. it always got to him because no matter how many surgeries he has had he always would re-fracture his knee. after his knee problems he kind of lost focus in everything from school, to basketball. he felt that without his knee right he wouldn't be able to perform like he used to. since not doing any work in school when it came time to pass his act test, he had to take it twice because he did not pass the first time, and in order to get int a division one school he had to have at lease an 18 on his test. he finally got the 18 and decided to go to Marquette College where his older brother went but never got the chance to play. After graduating from Marquette William became a real estate agent. in 2001 he got the offer to play for the washington, wizards but couldnt play because he had injured his foot.
these two young men had people waiting for them to go pro. they had people counting on them. William's brother Curtis was depending on him, he put all his time and day into him, he wanted him to make it because he didnt make it. but he died after the film was being shot. Arthur's father wanted him to make it, he lived in Arthur's shadow because he never got the chance to make it into the NBA so all his hopes and dreams went into his son. everyone wanted these two young men to make it, they started off loving the game of basketball but as they were pushed and tried it just became like a job to them and no longer became just a game.
Their basketball dreams were going to get them somewhere in life and out the bad streets of Chicago. All they had was family, it was hard to survive in their environment, it was so poverty sticken. Arthurs family was on the verge of losing their home, because their mother got laid off. They struggled throughout the whole documentary, weather it was not being able to pay their bills, or not having food on the table. His father couldn't handle the pressure and began living the life of drugs. his home life was all bad, even so was his school. Arthur got recruited to go to a white school called St. Joseph High, it was a good school for him, it also worked for his basketball career, but he wasn't financially stable and wasn't able to continue to go to the school. Once he left St. Joseph's he did not attend school for two months, from there he went to Marshall High. He went through so much in his high school life, from his father resorting to drugs and abandoning their family, to them on the verge of losing their house. He did not it his environment get him down, he continued to strive and was able to take his team all the way to the championship game; where they lost but still played good. His grades and act test score wasn't high enough to go to a division one school, so he had to settle for a junior college first. After school he did not proceed with his dream of becoming a professional basketball player, he became a preacher, and went on to teach a program for the children to help them never forget their dreams and to proceed it. the organization Hoop Dreams helps children with education also, he goes to different schools throughout the world and speak on his life and dreams, but also to continue on with school and get an education.
William Gates always dreamed about playing in the NBA, he wanted to get his family out of the ghetto and into a safe environment. He got recruited to play at St. Joseph's High and he was the only freshman to start the varsity team. he was the main focus at the school, mainly they were focused on him winning them the championship that they got a rich family to pay half of his tuition at the school. He had so much pressure on him to make it into the NBA, everyone wanted him to from family to friends. he had a daughter in his junior year of high school, but did not tell his coach or anyone about it. he didnt want to mess anything up, but the burden became to heavy and he decided to tell, he got help for his child just like they helped him. he always had a drive for basketball, until he tore something in his leg and he couldn't play for a while tell it healed. it always got to him because no matter how many surgeries he has had he always would re-fracture his knee. after his knee problems he kind of lost focus in everything from school, to basketball. he felt that without his knee right he wouldn't be able to perform like he used to. since not doing any work in school when it came time to pass his act test, he had to take it twice because he did not pass the first time, and in order to get int a division one school he had to have at lease an 18 on his test. he finally got the 18 and decided to go to Marquette College where his older brother went but never got the chance to play. After graduating from Marquette William became a real estate agent. in 2001 he got the offer to play for the washington, wizards but couldnt play because he had injured his foot.
these two young men had people waiting for them to go pro. they had people counting on them. William's brother Curtis was depending on him, he put all his time and day into him, he wanted him to make it because he didnt make it. but he died after the film was being shot. Arthur's father wanted him to make it, he lived in Arthur's shadow because he never got the chance to make it into the NBA so all his hopes and dreams went into his son. everyone wanted these two young men to make it, they started off loving the game of basketball but as they were pushed and tried it just became like a job to them and no longer became just a game.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Run Lola Run
Waiting also plays a big role in the film, bacause after they waited and thought about their actions, things started to fall into place. They both got to the meeting place on time, and they got the money that they needed to pay back. Lola goes through plenty of trouble to get te money for Manney, because of her being late. she tells Mannney throughout the movie to just wait for her and she will be there. When he didnt wait things turned out for the worse, she was put in a position one would not like to be put in. Peoples life is put in danger, the movie shows that family is all you have, when you abandon your family you have nothing left. In the end family ends up being the one there for you when you need them the most.
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