Essays on Chasing

One of the biggest reasons why there seem to be more incidents of poor behavior in youth sports today is the prevalence of social media and cell phone videos. More people are catching the misbehavior of coaches and adults in youth sports and posting the videos to be seen across the country. This deplorable behavior is caused by a combination of reasons. The majority of youth coaches are parents of a player who try to do the noble thing and coach young kids. The problem arises when these dads interpret the privilege to coach as an opportunity to make ...

This is a Brigance screening for JJ. JJ is 30 months old, and her parents speak Mandarin, which makes her bilingual as she understands both English and Chinese. JJ attends the same school with her sister. JJ and her sister live with their parents and grandmother. I first met JJ when she was 18 months. She was not very playful at the time. She can now understand English even though she still has difficulties expressing herself in English. JJ is very sensitive and used to cry about every little thing even when I changed her diapers. JJ loves to ...

John Grisham, the writer of the novel Rainmaker, together with Bob Yeoman and Francis Ford Coppola that is produced as a movie Starred by Matt Damon and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It outlines the corrupt, selfish, and greedy American society (Movie Reviews for Christians, 2012) legally, the word “rainmaker” in law means someone who brings in big clients to a law firm. Rudy, who is the star of the film, is a humble broke lawyer whose ambition is to make things right in the society where the poor are powerless. When he exposes the Great Benefits Insurance Company, ...

Introduction

The cinematic depiction of the cultural criminalization (intersection of crime and society) has been adequately expressed in some renowned films and mostly these films are categorized as ‘Mafia films’. Further, in terms of a significant illustration of the Italian mafia in the American society, two of the most remarkable cinematic works are those of Ford Coppola’s ‘The Godfather’ (1972) and Martin Scorsese’s ‘Goodfellas’(1990). Both these films have rendered their level best effort in romanticizing the private lives of the Italian mob in America and tries to explain the life of a Mafia with utmost clarity (Sims, " ...

The reaction by a person being told they have HIV is often and very understandably very negative. Most people, even in the most undereducated countries in the world, understand very well that HIV is a life-shortening disease. Depending on a multitude of physical, mental, and socio-economic factors, living with HIV can be a horrendous damnation in which the person is shamed and shunned for the remainder of their life, or it can be another chronic illness among a list of others. In the United States and the United Kingdom, most people today who are the most susceptible consider HIV ...

The current documentary “Chasing Heroin” aired by Frontline PBS offers a glimpse on an array of issues aligned with heroin use and misuse. Precisely, the documentary showcases the manner in which heroin addicts struggles with the repercussions of heroin addiction. The documentary is based on confessions from heroin addicts, government officials, family members, and clinicians on pertinent issues regarding heroin addiction. From the documentary, it is evident that the lives of millions of populates are severely impacted by heroin addiction. The severity of heroin addiction is evident in cases where heroin addicts die painful deaths. A man featured in ...

Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman (1949)

Introduction

Arthur Miller is a renowned American iconic playwright regarded by many as the best of his generation. He is a household name in the American theatre and has produced arguably some of the best plays widely considered by many critics as classics. In my essay I aim to focus on Arthur Miller’s award winning play Death of A Salesman which premiered in 1949. The play, broadly referred to as the first ‘Great American Tragedy’, centers on the life of Willy Loman, the protagonist, and mainly so, on the last twenty-four hours ...

One of the most interesting facts that I learned from the academy was how patrolling worked. Before the academy, I was under the assumption that police officers randomly drove around neighbors to look for suspects and other criminal before. However, now I see that there is a define set of protocols that the officers are following when it comes to patrolling neighborhoods. For instance, there is a proactive and reactive approach when it comes to patrolling neighborhoods. Proactive is when the police officers are patrolling the neighborhood themselves to see if they can find any laws being broken or ...

There are any number people who would never consider video games to be a problem of any kind. They might think, what harm there can be in a game? Games have always existed and always attracted people. Moreover, in our advanced computerized age, the game might be considered as one of many contemporary forms of entertainment that just give us relaxation, relief, rest, or a distraction from our everyday routine. But is this a sensible and intelligent approach? On the contrary, from a psychological perspective, video games present a number of concerns that show that they are, or can ...

Vince Gilligan’s crime/family drama Breaking Bad (2008-2013) is often cited as one of the greatest television shows ever made, one of the best examples of the era of prestige cable drama. Telling the story of science teacher-turned-meth-cook Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and his burnout assistant Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), Breaking Bad’s serialized narrative, layered performances and dedication to dynamic visual storytelling elevate it in ways not enjoyed by most cable dramas. Perhaps one of the most presentational and ambitious episodes of the series is the tenth episode of season three, “Fly,” directed by Rian Johnson. A classic ...

Chasing Life is a TV show about a young woman who has a great life, but who is diagnosed with cancer. The questions that this show arouses are: What will you do if you find out that you are diagnosed with cancer? What would you do if the doctor told you that you had only six more months to live? How would you live the last days of your life? What kind of future would you plan and? What would you try to accomplish for such a short period of time? This show is a drama and it is ...

The Old Testament is believed to have been written before the time of Jesus (BC). Different books in this period of time feature known faithful and prophets such as Abraham, Moses, David and his son Solomon. The book of Ecclesiastics, in the Old Testament, has been regarded as one of the most controversial books in the bible. Officially, it is believed to have been authored by a Hebrew named Qoheleth. However, given the style of writing and the way the author evokes the reader’s emotion, most people believe the book was authored by none other than Solomon. The ...