Pg. 247 Z: The movie that changed my life

Charlton Heston was born on October 24, 1924 who is an American film actor. He is known for playing herioc roles in movies he stars in. He played Moses in The Ten Commandments, and one he is most famous for is his role in Planet of the Apes as Colonel George Taylor. He was one of only a few actors to publically speak out agianst racism, and was also part of the civil rights movement. He was also president of the National Rifle Association between 1998 to 2001. He has lived an incredible life and will always be known for not only his acting but of the man he was.

Pg. 226 The Seven Ages of Man

William Shakespeare an english poet, who is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. The work that is left from him include 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narritive poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every living language. At age 18 he got married, and eventually had 3 kids with his wife. Between 1590 and 1613 is when he produced most of his own work. His early plays were mainly comedies, and histories, and his later plays were mainly tragedies. His most popular works are Hamlet,Macbeth, King Lear, and the one that he is probably most famous for that has given him fame world wide is Romeo and Juliet.

Pg. 219 Ethics

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a dutch painter and etcher. He was born on July 15,1606 and died on October 4, 1669. He is considered one of the greatest Dutch painters and lived in the Dutch golden age. He went through alot of personal tragedy and financial hardships. He painted alot of self portraits and scens from the bible. He is often reffered as one of the greatest prophets of civilaztion.

Motorcycle Talk

The Great Depression was a dramatic, worldwide economic downturn, that was as early as 1928. The Depression in the U.S. is asscoiated with the stock market crash in 1929. It had devastating effects on industrialized companies, international trade decreases. Jobs were scarce during this period and construction was nearly halted in several countries.

Pg.320 Ellen Goodman

Ellen Goodman is a nationally recognized columnist who writes for the Boston Globe. She is an American journalist and Pulitzer prize winner columnist. She worked as a researcher and reporter for Newsweek between 1963 and 1965. She has a number of published books out, and is an extremely accomplished women.

Dog Meat

In many parts of the country not only are dogs kept as pets, but some are raised and then slaughtered to eat. Eating dog is widely accepted in some countries and widley looked down upon in some countries. In Islamic culture eating dog is forbidden, and especially Korea who view dogs as friendly to humanity. Although the U.S. for the most part is disgusted by the thought of dog eating, in some parts of the world we seem wierd for not partaking in this.

Whale Rider

Niki Caro was the director of the movie we watched in class Whale Rider. She was born in 1967 in Wellington, New Zeleand. She is an award winning film director whose movie Whale Rider won a number of awards at international film festiviles. She has directed Charlize Theron who was nominated for an Oscar in the film she directed North Country. She is working on a new movie in 2008 to be based on a novel by Elizabeth Knox.