Ally Sheedy Essays

detention. The Breakfast Club written and directed by John Hugh’s stars Anthony Michael Hall as Brian Johnson: the brain, Molly Ringwald as Claire Standish: a beauty, Emilio Estevez as Andrew Clark: the jock, Judd Nelson as John Bender: the rebel, and Ally Sheedy as Allison Reynolds: the recluse. The Breakfast Club only won one award, the MTV Movie Silver Bucket of Excellence Award; however, it is considered a “textbook romantic comedy” among today’s culture. The diverse characters, classic soundtrack, and

“Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect place.” This quote was spoken by John Bender the criminal in The Breakfast Club, and it shows how each character's life will never be perfect no matter how hard each one tries. In The Breakfast Club, the main groups of people are the jocks, prom queen, nerd, outcast and, the criminal;, these groups are not always who people think they are, depending on the background of their lives. Each high school has these groups in some way or another.

World War I was a prominent event that had a major effect on American literature itself and authors. Due to different chain of events, such as alliances within foreign countries and the death of Franz Ferdinand, it sparked the global war between the allies, including Britain, France, and Russia, and the central powers including Germany and Austria- Hungary. Because Germany sank a ship which belonged to America

For most of the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie was determined to remain with his father, after being separated from his mother and sisters during the early years of the Holocaust. Elie’s father, his only remaining relative, was all he had left. Determination to keep them together very well may have been what kept him alive. Eventually, his father’s willpower deteriorated along with his health, making him more of a burden than a tether by the end of the book. Although he still loved his father

While putting on the test majority times, addressed and tested, for very nearly three decades Porter 's five forces model (1980, 1985), is the overwhelming model acknowledged for examining the allure of businesses. Schrader, Freimann and Seuring (2012) research demonstrates that in the protection business the aggressive competition is high and escalated. It is an industry in the shakeout period of its cycle, portrayed with little yearly development (Tax and Brown, 2012). The business stage is portrayed

Nazi occupied France during World War II. The town had the heaviest defenses directly from the Normandy beaches. Saint-Lô lies on an important crossroads of highways and railroads leading to the interior of France and was key to Nazi Germany and the Allies alike. Near the end of Operation Overlord on the 7 July 1944 nearly one month after the Allied forces liberated the coast of Normandy, the Americans targeted the city of Saint-Lô. The liberation of France hinged on the balance of the United States

The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The operation commenced after large numbers of British, French, and Belgian troops were cut off and surrounded by German troops around the mid-point of the six-week long Battle of France. In a speech to the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Winston

Gallipoli landing Failure Even before the allied troops left their home towns, the poor and ignorant deceptions of war where already determined the fates of thousands of men. The Gallipoli campaign was fuelled by the allied troops desire to conquer he Turkish capital Constantinople in 1915. The key factors that contributed to the campaigns failure, where the lack of training and preparation as well as poor communication upon landing. However just because the campaign itself failed it doesn’t meant

Allie's mitt to express the theme of innocence as demonstrated in a major symbol, big factor in Catcher in The Rye, and overall connection to the theme of the book. First of all, Allies mitt's represents pure innocence and no other symbol in the book represents innocence as good as the mitt does. The mit represents Allies life to us as a innocent and young life. “He got leukemia and died when we we’re up in Maine, on July 18, 1946.” In this quote he tells that his brother died. This shows his brother

was called D-Day, also known as operation Overlord or the invasion of Normandy. Half a million bodies dropped dead on the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944. Although the death toll was extremely high for one day, the success the battle had for the Allies changed the morale of the german forces as well as the Allied forces. D-Day’s success in Normandy by the Allied powers was successful in opening the second front in Europe during World War II. The most important reason why D-Day was successful in

Danielle Catcher in the Rye 7-8 Journal Special Place (Home is where the heart is) A special place in my point of view, is a place where I feel at home, and where I am with people I care about. I think my perception is very similar to Holden's. Holden also likes the company of people he cares about, that is when ever he is with Phobe. Holden feels as if he's at home and he's in his special place when he is with his little sister Phobe. He really cares about her, and they will always be there for

The Allies sent naval forces and Marines led by Frank Fletcher and Alexander Vandegrift (Mann, 117) to carry out a surprise attack on the island (History.com). The amphibious force they sent was the most powerful ever assembled (Trueman). Other similar forces were also sent to capture Tulagi and other smaller islands (Mann, 118). The Allies advanced inland. The bad climate made the journey very difficult for the soldiers

Prior to Operation Varsity During the march eastward into Germany, the western Allies faced many obstacles including fierce German opposition and difficult terrain along the route. Most notably, the Rhine River provided a significant terrain challenge due to its size, steep banks, and strong water currents. Considering the destruction or inaccessibility of bridges crossing the river, few options remained for the Allies

Raise your hand if you know what a paratrooper is. Well, that is what I am going to be doing my speech on. Before we get into all the details, for those of you who don’t know what a paratrooper is, it is a trooper in the military who jumps out of planes, with a parachute, into enemy lines. The first thing I will tell you about is how paratroopers started and who thought of that brilliant idea. Next, I will talk about paratroopers role in World War One and Two. Then, I will tell you about

Allied strategic bombing of Germany during the Second World War was in the main significant. The key themes to be looked at in this essay are the effects that allied strategic bombing had on the dislocation and demoralisation of German civilians; Germany’s economic ability to produce and transport goods for the war effort; other key aspects of the German war effort and, finally, other theatres of the War. The evidence of the effectiveness of allied strategic bombing of Germany strongly suggests that

Germany invaded France in April of 1940; this was part of their plan for Blitzkrieg (lightning war). This caught the Allies by surprise and when the British Expeditionary Force was sent to defend France, they were pushed back to the beaches of Dunkirk. The only way for them to escape was via the sea. A plan called “Operation Dynamo” was put into place by prime minister Winston Churchill. The aim of this plan was to evacuate 100,00 soldiers. They ended up rescuing 300,00 soldiers but was this retreat

How did The Blitz affect British society? The Blitz was a period in the early stage of World War 2. Those who remember it today describes it as a never-ending nightmare, with massive loads of bombs dropped on the entire UK. It was a part of the war that altered many human lives in the UK. When Adolf Hitler won the German election in 1932, he triggered what many believe to be the beginning of a new world war. People had suffered greatly in the years after world war one, and one particular politician

The Battle of Normandy otherwise known as “D-Day” was one of the most famous battles to be held during World War II and took place over a fifty mile stretch of the Normandy coastline. Allied forces that included the United States, United Kingdom and Canada took over Nazi forces which eventually lead to the mass destruction of the German forces. This intense invasion started on June 6th, 1944 and included parachute landings, air and naval attacks and many different phases of land and sea invasions

man who grew up with the Navajo Indian Tribe, and he eventually formed a group known as the “Navajo Code Talkers”. The Navajo Code Talkers were vital to an Allied victory in World War II, because the Japanese couldn’t break the code, it allowed the Allies to quickly set up battle plans, and it also allowed them to never change their codes again. Philip Johnston was born into a religious family, and his father was a missionary on the Navajo Reservation that Philip grew up in. Although he wasn’t a

The first mistake was the lack and poor gathering of intelligence. Even though the Allies knew how well defended the port was, they did not survey the location to determine the landscape or any weakness of location and in the defence of the German forces. The beaches had lots of rocks so the tanks that were brought could not be of used against the German forces, resulting in lots deaths of Canadian troops. The Allies also underestimated the German Forces defence strategy as the Germ as they put up