Never Back Down Review A) Event Synopsis and Theme 1. The film opens in the middle of a high-school football game, with Jake Tyler helping his team to win. Frustrated, one of the players from the opposing team taunts him about the death of his father from drunk driving. Known for his hot temper, Jake immediately begins a brawl with the opposing player. The brawl is captured on the crowd's mobile phones and personal video cameras, and soon is downloaded to the internet. This is in fact the last
In October 1962, when the world came extremely close to the beginning of a World War 3, any hope of achieving peace was almost destroyed at the hands of Kennedy, Khrushchev, and to a lesser degree, Castro. After the end of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba in early 1961, the Soviets gained the perfect opportunity to develop an alliance with Cuba (Falk 145). Subsequently, in 1961 the Soviets decided to place missiles in Cuba threatening the Americans which became the basis of the Cuban
What makes a person an American? It 's an interesting question, with an immeasurable number of possible answers. Every American can likely think up some one word answer to this question and a large percentage of these answers would likely be freedom, even though freedom isn 't as uncommon as it has been in the past and freedom is no longer the groundbreaking, revolutionary idea that sets America apart from the rest of the world. It is entirely possible that a large majority of the world 's population
bringing his foot down hard onto Priam's. He cried out, eyes shut tight. Air was slowly being stripped from him; the last thing he wanted. Blythe tightened his grip, refusing to let go. Priam had to act fast, or he would pass out. He didn't want that, either. His hand gripped his sword tight once again, and he swung the blade diagonally to where it hit Blythe's leg and tore the fabric of his bottoms, causing him to cry out at the instantaneous sting, and let go, falling back. It took Priam a minute
As children, the bravery of the superheroes on television mesmerized us. Wide-eyed, watched their capes flap as they soared through the sky and heard the whoops of the town as they saved the day. We vowed to follow their footsteps and honored the vows, as we got older. Everyday courage has allowed us to advance society, better lives, and leave our mark on the world, so it seems fitting that we take a moment to define courage, as courage is more than a superhero. An act of courage is an act that is
Everyone has ups and downs in life. Something can tear a person down and make them feel like the world is going to end. On the other hand, some things can make us feel like we are on the top of the world. Different people have different moments in their life that occur. Having different experiences is what makes us so unique. If the same things happened to everyone, you wouldn’t feel as special. Nobody would have any stories to share or entertain others with. I have had many events in my life that
in general, I made my brother go down first nothing happen to him oh no nothing happens to him, As he is climbing the hill to come back up he says "See now you go down", I Respond "I'm not going down and he wasn’t going to even try and push me". The only reason why I didn’t want to be pushed was because at the bottom of the hill there was a ramp that a snow plow had banked you on to the hill, the ramp was small but still I was scared.
Every single time I go canyoneering I get a rush of adrenaline. I love climbing down the polished walls of the waterfall, it’s unbelievable. It’s so hard to describe, it’s sort of like the feeling you get when you’re on you’re on a rollercoaster it feels like theirs no gravity and you just float in midair. The feeling of gliding down the waterfall is breathtaking. Canyoneering is my passion. I’ll never stop until I have to. Looking into the opening from the top of the waterfall makes me feel excited
their life. People want to eventually meet that forever person. Relationships can make a person happier, stronger, and a better person. It can make someone do things they never thought they would do just because they are in love. Relationships can also change a person for the worst on the other hand. It could lead to a person never knowing the true meaning of love. Trust is a big part of a relationship. Once your trust has been violated because your partner cheated, that cheating changes how you view
Fiction Writing - Is There No Turning Back? Down a long narrow pathway, I stood there confused and frightened feeling that there was no way out. The £10 was still in my pocket but soaking wet. I shouldn't even be here. Why didn't I just listen for once? Sitting in front of the television watching Eastenders (omnibus) my mum walks through from the kitchen, "Can you please go down to the groceries for me?" Excuse me; go down the groceries right in the middle of my favourite program
got really windy and the ladder was swaying back and forth in the wind. Chu-yi waited for a couple hours till the wind stopped but it never did . Chu-yi decided she couldn’t wait any more it was starting to get dark and she needed to get home. She was getting on the ladder and it stopped swaying just a little bit. She went rung by rung hoping that the ladder would not break or fall backwards. She got a few rungs down when she herd someone screaming her name. She looked down and got horrified she would be in a bunch of
coach is all the way back at home in Billings. As I began to warm up in the most conventional manner as possible, just going through the motions making sure i’m limber, I begin to question what is to happen. How will I hold up to my competition? Can I really do this on my own? I rub my hands down with chalk and begin my warmups on the runway. As I run I feel the dry chalk against the tape at the top of the pole, holding it tightly but making sure i’m not tense.
Years Cardinal by the wonder years written for the pop punk band's fifth album 'no closer to heaven'. In this powerful 3 minute video directed by Kevin Slack it shows the struggle of being too late to save someone and giving a warning to those to never wait till its too late. The video starts off with an unfocused exterior shot of the woods, then as it begins to focus we see a man (soupy the lead singer) carrying an unconscious Mike Kennedy (drummer), as Soupy begins to run towards the camera and
screaming, Johnny. You scared me real bad...” he says, sitting back. “I’m sorry. I was-” “What were you even dreaming about? I’ve never heard a scream like that before.” All I can recall in my startled state is that Lance was mad at me. When he hears my silence, he gets it. “Right. Come on. We’re going to Starbucks,” he says, getting up and pulling on a shirt. I tilt my head, but get up. “What’s a... Starbucks?” I ask. He gasps. “You’ve never heard of Starbucks????” He seems emotionally attacked. I shake
hero is a person who gets back up when they fall down, a hero is selfless, and also a hero is someone who has courage. One way I have characterised a hero is by using my own personal experiences and that is how I am able to confidentially say a person that gets back up when they fall down is a hero. About five years ago, my dad was working for a job that was grueling physically, and he throw out his back. After he throw out his back he thought he would be fine and went back
changed look on the girls face when she gets home and how she is not who she used to be. The candle constantly smells vanilla…thats her scent. Sometimes the candle feels the breeze from the back door when its opened. Every day she hears loud music bumping from upstairs and yelling from down the hall, its never quiet like it used to be. And even though the candle gets upset when its not lit and she has no other candle to ever talk to, she is still strong. She stays on a black table in the corner of
Running was never easy for me. As a young geeky boy, my skin barely saw the sun. My pale thin physique showed that I rarely exercised or even ate. Nonetheless my interest for sports was beyond extensive. My love for football had commenced when I watched Vince Young and the Texas Longhorns bring home the national championship, and from then on my athleticism blossomed… well sort of. It all began with playing on my high school freshmen football team. After seeing limited playing time primary only
transfusion was set up. Soon I was on the operating table. The next part I remember as clearly as anything. As I lay there, I felt myself being drawn out of my body. I remember thinking to myself; "Good God! That's me down there on that table! Look at all that blood!" Looking down I could see two nurses squeezing packets of blood, which were hanging up on drip stands as fast as they could into my body. Everyone was rushing around bringing in packets of blood. All these wires trailing from my
in half, no matter how much tape you try to put on it, it'll never be the same pencil again. Second chances were always second chances. No matter what you did the next time, the first time would always be there, and you could never erase that. There were so many pencils that I never meant to break, so many things I wish I had never said, wish I had never done. Most of them were small, little things, things that you could try to glue back together, and that would be good enough. Some of them were different
human being which triumphs at the end by becoming the total opposite. In the story “Midgets, Jujubes, and Beans”, Bill Meissner expresses the theme of how a person should never lose hope on something they love by using a boy named Martin experiencing various challenges and in the end coming out on top. Bill Meissner’s theme is to never give up on a dream no matter how big the challenge. Bill uses a boy named Martin who is “weak”, “translucent”, and “who nobody liked” (42) to use as an aspect of how size