On Tuesday night the fans of NCIS got a glimpse of NCIS Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres before he joined Agent Gibbs’ team. The popular agent always suggested he was undercover, but he never really shared details about the cases...that is until the episode One Book, Two Covers. Agent Torres hasn’t always been a team player. As viewers have seen, he sometimes prefers to roll solo when it comes to cracking cases. While that might have worked in the past, Agent Gibbs has shown Torres how working with other agents actually could be beneficial. It certainly was a good thing tonight too. Joining an undercover operation for over a year. Torres was part of a former bike gang. Known for his dirt bike moves and being one of the guys, the gang trusted him with all their secrets. …show more content…
Not exactly happy and considered a snitch, the man who got another chance at life seemed internally ungrateful. Agent Torres might have convicted a criminal in the undercover work, but he also created a monster with his former pal. As the marine’s murder appears to be connected to the bike gang, how exactly it fits is still a puzzle to Agent Gibbs’ team. Knowing the victim had serious debt and his mood changed, the team assumed the gang was reunited and stronger than before. The twist in this episode surprised everyone, including the viewers. While the gang was broken, it appears the wrong man was considered the gang leader. It was actually Agent Torres’ pal. Coming back to take his money and rightful place, the first order of business was clearing out all the members who didn’t belong. NCIS kept following the clues with the murders, but they kept coming up slightly short. It was a phone call Torres received at a murder scene that put everything together. The blackmailer and the pal in witness protection was one and the same. He also killed the marine right after a bank
To the 20, to the 10, to the 5, touchdown! Charlie Gaines is a football phanatic. He knows all there is to know about football. From his favorite team the Los Angeles Bulldogs to the New England Patriots Charlie knows it all. Above all this Charlie truly wishes he were a better football player like his bosom buddy Kevin Fallon. All in all he is still a decent middle linebacker for the Culver City Cardinals. A kid known as the “Brain” because of his freakishly good ability at fantasy football, Charlie Gaines is a very interesting character.
Winter a popular girl who was born and raised in Brooklyn New York projects. The daughter of one of the biggest drug dealers in Brooklyn Ricky Santiaga a businessman but in everyone else's eyes a God. Mr. Santiaga and his wife Mrs.santiaga displayed their daughter's winter, Porsche, Lexus and Mercedes a certain lifestyle. Since the day they were born they were spoiled with jewels, designer clothes and of course Mrs.santiaga didn't work. She influenced others as a remodel, the way she dressed and her fetish with hair. Even winter her own daughter admired her mother.She said " Momma didn't work because beauty was a full-time occupation that left no room for anything else .''(pg.2 ) Mrs.santiaga made it clear to winter that beautiful woman should
Our lady of Guadalupe is the most venerated and respected by the Catholics. The appearance of the Virgin caused a great commotion in the Catholic Church. Ever since the Virgin's first appearance, Catholics have respected and acquired so much faith to the Virgin. The lady of Guadalupe has so many faithful followers that believe in her without any hesitation because of the miracles that she has made for the people that were once suffering and were miraculously helped by her. Because of the help that she has provided for those who were suffering people never forget her and they celebrate the day of her appearance every year by doing parties in her honor. The Lady of Guadalupe’s appearance certainly changed the belief of Catholics and, I believe
In “Enrique’s Journey”, by Sonia Nazario a young boy from Honduras, sets out to reunite with his mother, Lourdes, that abandoned him when he was just five years old. Lourdes leaves to the United States, in hopes to find a better job as an immigrant and to better provide for her family. After many years of suffering without his mom, he travels through Central America to the United States in order to finally reunite with her. He finds his mother beginning to move on as she has a little daughter, named Diana. They run into problems of resentment. Will they be able to finally be a family? Sonia develops this theme of family by using specific facts and characterization. Importance
not only that after the shooting people became suspicious of marcello but they never really have real evidence on him Marlos Marcello stated himself”YEAH, I HAD the son of a bitch killed. I’m glad I did. I’m sorry I couldn’t have done it myself!” ( By PageSix.com Staff ) .
The book, Heat written by Mike Lupica, is a novel about a young boy named Michael Arroyo who faces many difficulties throughout the book, all for his right to play his beloved game of baseball. Michael lives with his dad, Papi, and his brother, Carlos. They are all Cubans who came to the United States for a better chance to follow their dreams. Papi always encourages Michael to play baseball and he always has high hopes for Michael’s career in baseball. It is right to believe in Michael so much because later he fulfills his father's dream for him. After Papi dies of heart failure, Michael still continues Papi dream for him, to be the Little League Champion. Throughout the book Michael meets two characters who have significant impacts on him,
Matteo Alacrán is the clone of El Patrón and is the only clone with a brain. El Patrón is the drug lord of a country known as Opium. Opium is a strip of poppy fields found in between the borders of the U.S and what was once known as Mexico. Matt cells split in a petri dish and then placed in the womb of a cow where his cell matured to baby. Matt is considered to be a monster by most people around him, but El Patrón loves because he considers it to be a reflection of himself as matt is derived from El Patrón that matt the scientist has made. He is considered a monster in home town matt struggles to understand his existence. His very existence is threatened by the town and El Patrón power hungry family. Matteo wonders if he will become twisted like El Patrón. El Patrón’s clone is surrounded by thousand of dangerous army bodyguards.
Detective Maya Vasquez is the protagonist of the show. She comes from a lower end of a middle class economic background and is a native of Lake Arthur. Three ways to describe her are: intrepid, a straight-shooter, and persistent. Maya is also Latina which plays an important role in the way she is treated by side characters. She did not attend college, but did attend and complete her training at a police academy. Maya’s character is similar to the theme in Shondaland of having a multi-dimensional career-driven female lead. However, unlike Scandal’s Olivia Pope and How to Get Away With Murder’s Annalise Keating, Maya Vasquez is not world-renowned or even well revered within her own town. Instead she struggles to be taken seriously in her field
Before this book was written in it's time frame, Holden deals with some struggles that change and impact his life quite a bit. The author portrays Holden's personality through his actions for the audience to understand him. Some of the actions are going back to visit the museum, calling and visiting Phoebe at home, visiting the park, keeping Allie's baseball mitt, wearing the red hunting hat, and asking about the ducks. These examples all play a part in showing that Holden is afraid of change. Holden is starting to grow up and make the transition into an adult, but the audience can tell Holden is struggling. Holden's decisions such as smoking, drinking constantly, buying a prostitute, and staying out late at night show his attempts to face adult life. However, when faced
A journey through a heartbreak can be tough on a person and may lead to clouding of proper judgment and beliefs. In the book Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is a sixteen year old who has dealt with trauma and sadness in his past due to his brother’s death. This has created massive heartbreak for Holden who had become unstable when it came to projecting his feelings. This makes Holden not very admirable because he has trouble understanding age groups and the concept of growing up, he takes advantage of people by lying to them, and Holden has great difficulty when it comes to talking about how he feels. Holden may never realize it, but he is too far gone.
Esperanza, a strong- willed girl who dreams big despite her surroundings and restrictions, is the main character in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Esperanza represents the females of her poor and impoverished neighborhood who wish to change and better themselves. She desires both sexuality and autonomy of marriage, hoping to break the typical life cycle of woman in her family and neighborhood. Throughout the novel, she goes through many different changes in search of identity and maturity, seeking self-reliance and interdependence, through insecure ideas such as owning her own house, instead of seeking comfort and in one’s self. Esperanza matures as she begins to see the difference. She evolves from an insecure girl to a mature young lady through her difficult life experiences and the people she comes across. It is through personal encounters and experiences that Esperanza begins to become sexually aware and acceptance her place and self-definition in her community.
As I was growing up one of my favorite television shows was Good Luck Charlie. Good Luck Charlie features a large family consisting of Amy and Bob Duncan who live with their four children Teddy, TJ, Gabe, and Charlie. Throughout the show Teddy documents life advice for her baby sister Charlie through a video camera. Good Luck Charlie relates to me because I come from a large, busy family, I am the eldest child of three in which I hold a lot of responsibility, and I document most of my life through pictures and journals in hopes that my siblings use my experiences to make their experiences easier just as Teddy.
Howard Hughes appears to be the world’s most brilliant and eccentric aviator and movie director in the film The Aviator (Mann & Scorsese, 2004). He is admired, wealthy and powerful. However, throughout the course of the film, his eccentricities lead to significant impairment. Paranoia, impulsivity and fears of contamination plague his thoughts and behaviors. He becomes unable to cope with being in public and he cannot maintain personal or professional relationships. As a result, Howard is left isolated, losing his social support and success. It is evident that he has symptoms that are characteristic of both obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar I disorder. His behaviors become so impairing and distressing that they impact every sphere of
Victoria Guzman is a victim of Direct Violence in her youth, and a perpetrator of Cultural Violence as an adult to make-up for the pain from her past.