A former assassin named John Wick owes a favor to a crime lord named Santino D'Antonio. After John Wick refuses because he claims to be retired “retired”, D'Antonio destroys John Wick’s house. When John Wick confronts his higher officer about it, the higher officer, Winston, tells that he owes a favor and must honor it. As a result, D'Antonio tells him that to repay the favor, Wick must kill D'Antonio’s sister so D'Antonio can inherit a higher position on the council of high-level crime lords. When John infiltrates D'Antonio’s sister’s party and confronts her, she chooses to commit suicide since there is no way out. As John goes back to New York, he discovers that D'Antonio has set a 7-million-dollar bounty on him to “tie up loose ends”, and that D'Antonio plans to take over New York with his new power with the council. …show more content…
Fearing this would happen, John Wick receives from a local crime lord and makes his way to D'Antonio’s party to kill him and stop him from starting a turf war. D'Antonio escapes and makes his way to the Continental, a place where assassins can discuss affairs. In this hidden assassin world, there are two laws: favors must be honored, and there is no killing in the Continental. D'Antonio, knowing that there is no killing in the Continental, tells John Wick that he intends to stay there forever. John Wick, knowing that if he doesn’t stop D'Antonio, the rest of New York will be doomed, kills D'Antonio, violating one of two laws of the assassin community. As a result, Winston is forced to expel John Wick and double his bounty, so assassins from all over the world can come after him. Winston grants John Wick a grace period to get a head start. The final scene of the movie is John Wick running away as the hundreds of assassins spot him and prepare to go after
San Antonio, Texas-- The Battle of the Alamo, a battle in San Antonio, against the Mexicans broke out, marks the most important of the battles so far during the Texas fight for independence. The battle began on February 23, 1836 and ended two days ago on March 6, 1836, lasting for 13 days. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, leader of the Mexican force, planned to seize the fort with an army of thousands. Unprepared, the Texans had an army of around 200 men, including well- known congressman David Crockett and James Bowie and not so well-known William Barret Travis.
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...nd men after them and they kill Rico’s man. He takes refuge in a old ladies home where he had hidden ten thousand dollars. But the lady makes a deal with him saying he can only stay if he gives her all but $150 of it.
The woman I met spoke pragmatically about avoiding crime in the city and this, more than anything else, depicted the prevalence of crime that, having grown up in a much smaller town, I had never experienced. The unbreakable grips that New York City’s denizens maintained on their belongings while engulfed in throngs of people suddenly made absolute sense in a way that I felt almost uncomfortable with. “Young Lions” also illuminates the frequency of crime in cities and, perhaps more disturbingly, the forethought individuals devote to stealing from others. While following Anna, Caesar explains that “for two months he had secretly placed himself in her life, doing all the scoping out, the drudgery that had once been up to Sherman” (Jones 63). This passage depicts the effort Caesar commits to stealing from a woman attempting to simply get through her
Prior to chapter twenty-five, the king and the duke had committed mild schemes, towards which Huck had been indifferent; once they plan to swindle the Wilks girls’ inheritance, however, Huc...
July of 1933 was a very eventful month for me and the rest of Machine Gun Kelly’s gang. My name is John Hand, notoriously known as “Hand Gun Johnny”, a name Kelly gave me as I rose to the ranks of his right hand man. Kelly had made a name for him robbing small banks, and bootlegging alcohol but he always wanted more, or his wife wanted more. Me and the boys always joked about how Kelly’s wife Kathryn Kelly, had always been the brains behind all of our schemes to rob and bootleg. This scheme whether Kelly plotted it or Katherine plotted it was like no other thing we had done before.
Organized crime has developed a stigma regarding its power and influence, especially during its hay day in the 1930’s. The mob has always been viewed as a powerful “family-like” organization. In Scarface, Hawkes brings the mafia into a seemingly more realistic light. By overturning Lovo’s position of power, Tony represents the idea of “every man for himself,” within a supposed organized group. The viewer steps into a cut-throat world of power hungry men, all trying to get rich quick. In this world, Hawkes asks, how can you organize men towards any goal if they all seek personal gain?
a point in the novel were all hell broke loose. Prendick found himself in the
does not wish to strike down his mother, but realises that he must. The defense
The Spanish Armada was a fleet assembled and dispatched by King Phillip II of Spain in attempt to invade England in 1588. His attempt was unsuccessful. Queen Elizabeth I of England held the defeat of the armada as one of her greatest achievements, assisting the decline of the Spanish Empire. The armada had a mission of both political and religious aims. King Phillip, the leader of the Roman Catholic Spain, was not able to stop a revolt in of his Protestant subjects in the Netherlands, a revolt that began in 1566, aided by Protestant England. By 1586, Phillip had decided that he could not defeat the Dutch until he had defeated England first. Long time religious rivalry between Spain and England was hoped to be resolved by King Phillip in the dethroning of Queen Elizabeth, reconverting England to Catholicism. The plan for conquering had begun. This plan consisted of the coordination of a fleet to sail from Spain and an army from the Netherlands to create a simultaneous invasion of England. His force of 130 ships and more than 30,000 men was to be led by Alonso Peréz Guzmán, duke of Medina- Sidonia. England was aware of the Spanish plans, attacking it at Cádiz, Spain in 1587, succeeding in delaying it for a year. By July of 1588, the armada was spotted off the coast of England on July 29. Lord Charles Howard intercepted it with a larger English fleet near Plymouth, and for the next week made small attacks on the Spanish in battles off of Plymouth, Portland Bill, and the Isle of Wight. Unable to break the Spanish Armada, they waited for their chance at a big blow. The opportunity finally arrived when the armada anchored near Calais, France, hoping to join troops scheduled to sail from the Netherlands. Ingeniously, Howard ordered ships set on fire to be sent against the armada, producing a panic that broke the Spanish formation. In the ensuing battle of Gravelines, on August 8, the Spanish were defeated by England and the armada sailed home with remaining ships that were heavily damaged to Spain; 67 of the original 130 ships reached Spain, most in poor condition.
In Randy’s eyes, Jeremy was constant disappointment. Randy hated his son and when Jeremy moved home, Randy made certain he knew it. After a heated debate on immigration, Randy told Jeremy he was a disappointment and that was the final straw. Jeremy in a fit of rage shot his mother and then Randy in
English poet Alexander Pope said; “Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.” In the play Othello the Moor of Venice, Othello is faced with many different situations where he must decide if he will choose responsible behavior or to follow his passion. Throughout the play, the decline of Othello is very apparent; he began as a man who put work in front of all personal problems and made sure to put others in front of his own well-being. While following his passion gave him a feeling of temporary power, in the end, that is what led to his downfall. Love for Desdemona and soon after, envy and anger for Desdemona took control of Othello’s life in Cyprus. These feelings lead to Iago being able to take advantage of Othello which eventually lead to Othello’s demise.
Along the river, Jim and Huck run across two scam artists who claim to be a runaway King and Duke. Their raft is overtaken by these two men who force Huck and Jim into their dangerous, yet comical scams. Their last scam proves t be too much of Huck. The King and Duke claim to be the brothers of a quite wealth, but conveniently deceased man. Because of their acclamation, the two men are guaranteed a large inheritance. However, when Huck falls for the beautiful heart and kindness of one of the dead man's nieces he can't imagine stealing the money form her. Huck tells the niece the whole story, and admits who the "brothers" really are. The King and Duke are eventually discovered by the town to be impersonators, and are tarred and feathered.
From his early life, one could imagine John Wilkes Booth was a simple young man, only looking to follow in his father’s footsteps as a master actor. However, one must look deep within John’s origins to truly understand the mindset of America’s most well-known assassin. He was born as the ninth son of Junius Booth, a nationally beloved actor and a domestically known drunkard (John Wilkes Booth 1). His fellow actors went as far as to describe him as insane (John Wilkes Booth 1838-1865). His mother, Mary Ann Holmes, was largely absent throughout John’s childhood. John and his nine siblings lived on a lavish ranch in Bel-Air, Maryland. Booth received an excellent education in acting, following in his father’s footsteps. Booth turned out to be an excellent actor, and in 1858, he became a member of Richmond Theatre. Clearly John didn’t value his family name, as he quickly made sure to establish the stage name of “J.B. Wilkes.” This early life was plagued by a political rift within his family. Booth was a native to Maryland, a border state that just barely sided with the union. Much of his family favored Lincoln’s stance, but Booth made it very clear he was stanchly against Lincoln’s initiative. However, Booth swore to his mother that he would not enl...
Although he inspired new social, economic, and political ideas, Napoleon Bonaparte is better known for his military tactics. Even today, his battle plans are used and studied by many in the military. Napoleon, who started out as an extremely short and wimpy foreigner who rose to become Emperor of France, died in 1821 at St. Helena, a remote island in the South Atlantic. He was fifty-two years old. Th cause is uncertain: either he was poisoned or he died of a stomach ailment.