The book “The Contender” by Robert Lipsyte was a exciting and interesting story that keeps you on the edge of your seat and a story that all middles schoolers should read. “The Contender” takes place in Harlem, in general a black community on the northern end of Manhattan in New York City. Alfred Brooks, struggles to find who he is and what he likes to do. He suddenly finds himself in the gym to learn how to box and find something different in himself. Sense Alfred was having trouble with some of his friends and how he forgot about the alarm when his friends was going to break into the store, his best friend james got arrested and his other two “friends” got away and they both blamed alfred for what happened. Constantly, Alfred was afraid
The location alternated between Piedmont, South Carolina, Washington D.C, and Pennsylvania (IMDb). The film presents the south as a serene and peaceful place where all live in harmony with the racial power set the way God intended it to be with whites on top. However, according to author Eric Foner the treatment of blacks in the white south was very inhuman and psychologically destructive. Throughout the film the blacks are seen as subordinate to whites in every aspect even cultivation. The prosecution of innocent blacks was rampant and uncontrolled throughout the entire south even for many years after reconstruction. The large majority of African American prosecutions were unjustified and without probable reason except for the sole purpose of different skin tone. Many southerners predominantly white males in this time period believed that God had set an order in which blacks belonged under whites and had no other purpose besides loyal servitude to their white masters. Ideologies such as these removed any possible human aspect of blacks and victimized them under a corrupt system. However, D.W Griffiths film “The Birth of a Nation”, manages to twist the truth and victimize whites by presenting blacks as the prosecutors of whites, savage, dumb, cruel, and incompetent. Following this, the film then presents the KKK as the saviors of the
Chapter forty-four in Sense and Sensibility is an emotional confession of Mr. Willoughby to Elinor when he comes to check on a sick Marianne. While this scene is intended to pardon Willoughby, many pieces of this chapter show how undeserving he still is of Elinor and Marianne’s forgiveness.
Before Henry worked at Donatelli’s Gym he would linger around aimlessly because there weren’t many jobs available to him due to his Polio disease that affected his walking ability. Many times in the novel Henry encounters life without realizing the negative influences around him. “He looked up once, and saw Henry across the street, dragging his bad leg and smiling as if being crippled was the best thing in the world.”(pg. 25) This text based detail describes how lucky Henry feels to be around the gym environment even if he is not able to participate in the actual boxing. During his work in Donatelli’s Gym Henry becomes a major influence for Alfred’s boxing career. Without Henry at his side then Alfred would have felt discouraged and would have gave up boxing before his first match. With Henry being part of the gym environment he can now feel proud and look forward to hanging with the other boxers without having the struggle of feeling left out. Henry’s change can relate to the quote “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” because the staircase symbolizes the process of how Henry gradually moved up. Each step showed Henry’s confident viewpoint during his navigation of change from the low point to being part of the boxing
Richard Connells “The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story which illustrates that calm analytical thinking can increase your odds of survival and controlling panic.
In politics, elections are very important. In most cases, political hypocrisy has been used to gain an edge. Many politicians would do whatever possible to outwit their opponents. The Contender is a movie that is directed and wrote on the basis of political hypocrisy. It seems that everything is smooth for The Contender. However, the director Rod Lurie lacks courage relating to his convictions. The conviction of Rod Lurie is of great dismay. He is seen to be using his energy and performance honestly. This is evident in the efforts directed towards securing Oscar ballot box. The most shameful issue about Rod Lurie is his continued weaknesses of backing off on proactive issues. This is quite different from his father who was a political cartoonist. The Contender remains lively and entertaining. However, this turns appalling when he slips into platitudinous piousness and partisan politics.
Living in the ghetto of New York City: Harlem, the family relied on public assistance and welfare to survive. Precious endures physical, mental, and sexual abuse by both parents regularly. She lives with her mother, and her father allegedly has another family across town.
The general setting of the story is in Bayonne, Louisiana in the 1940s. The setting is imperative to the novel because it takes place right in the midst of southern segregation and Jim Crow laws. The narrator commonly refers to another setting in the novel which is the quarter. This is the neighborhood he live in which is a community of black and white plantation workers. The town of Bayonne is segregated so that all the black facilities are in the back of town, while all the white facilities are in the front of town.
Jerome Morrow ( Eugene ) was an very intelligent man in the world eye's. He had very good health and once swam on a swimming team where he became a star. He was the ideal guy but had an downfall during his career. He was in a car accident and could no longer swim or walk. Jerome experienced identity acheveiment because he knew what he wanted
The dichotomy between "sense" and "sensibility" is one of the lenses through which Austen's Sense and Sensibility is most commonly analyzed. This distinction is most clearly symbolized by the psychological contrast between the novel's two main characters. Elinor, the older of the two, represents qualities of "sense," such as reason, restraint, social responsibility, and a clear-headed concern for the welfare of others. In contrast, Marianne, her younger sister, represents the qualities of "sensibility," such as emotion, spontaneity, impulsiveness, and rapturous devotion. As both Elinor and Marianne suffer disappointments in love, they undergo transformations that bring each character closer to the other in behavior and personality. Elinor, the epitome of all that is proper and conventional, begins to show emotions, traits that appeared to have been hidden within her. Marianne, the over-reacting and highly emotional young lady, evolves into a more mature and dignified woman. In the final analysis we find that only when these two young women achieve a balance in their lives, can they truly enjoy a peaceful existence. In other words, the novel's success is a result not of the triumph of sense over sensibility, or sensibilit...
Sense and Sensibility’s two main characters clearly demonstrate the interplay of these opposing characteristics. Elinor, who embodies rational sense, and Marianne, who personifies emotional sensibility, combine to temper each other’s extremes. “Elinor… possessed a strength
Alfred was responsible for his own demise. He abandoned Claire for another woman who had money, in order to live a more comfortable life. He bought justice because he did not want to accept Claire’s baby as his own. So, Claire returned as the spitting image of his actions. She came back as a powerful millionaire, who buys everyone and everything, even justice. “What is, in traditional tragedy, hidden behind the visible world and can be guessed at only through the logical and inevitable development of the action, here enters the stage in the grotesque shape of the ‘alte Dame’ and demonstrates, by using the enormous economic resources at her disposal, how the mechanism of the power of Fate works when one looks behind the scenes.” (Speidel 19) As in most of the Greek tragedies, the hero is unable to escape his fate and eventually pays for the wrongs that he has done in life, in the same way, Alfred realized that trying to leave town was meaningless. He would soon be faced with the consequences of his actions, no matter how far away he would be. Claire’s arrival in Güllen emphasizes the divine role that she has been attributed in the play. In order to get off the express train, which never stops in Güllen, she pulls the emergency break. This is a clear indication of how strong her influence is upon
Finally, Elinor shows her emotions by telling her that she did have a broken heart after she found out that Edward had a fiancee - Lucy. Elinor would definitely represent sense. She keeps her thoughts to herself. Maybe it is because she thinks she will not end up hurting so bad as Marianne did.
The two live together and form a quick bond. They start a “fight club” where men can escape the real world. It is a very secretive club “The first rule of fight club is we do not talk about fight club”. As the movie goes on, the club becomes more of a cult and the tasks that they have to complete become more difficult and more dangerous. Soon we learn that our noname character has an alter-ego and it is…Tyler Durden. Tyler Durden is everything he wants to be. Because he lives a so called respectable life he lets himself go through his alter-ego. All the mayhem that happens is all really because of him. Our “average Joe” is the cause of all the “fight clubs” across the nation.
Dealing with heartbreak not only brought the two heroines together, but in fact helped them change one another. Elinor who always kept her feelings in learned to let it out and express them while Marianne who was too passionate and eager to find a man learned to calm down and wait for the right time. The balance between sense and sensibility helped mold the girls and allowed them to build on themselves. Finally it allowed Elinor and Marianne to both find love and happiness by overcoming their struggles and learning from one another’s actions and mistakes.