It was a bright, snowy night the night before Christmas eve in Salt Lake. It was strong and breezy, layers of snow fell down and it did little to ease the biting cold. But lucky for me I was inside with my little sister, we were wrapped in nice warm blankets as we watched SpongeBob because of course at the time my sister was in love with Spongebob. I could hear my stepmother and her boyfriend fighting in the hallway and I could tell that they had been drinking just by the scent of it. My sister huddled close, using me as a barrier. But despite the constant fighting, it was hard to leave this place. The fighting grew bigger eventually the fighting moved into the kitchen, I looked back to see what was happening, regret, my decision. I saw beer bottles and vodka along with many other drinks I looked up to see my stepmom and her boyfriend beginning to hit one another. In shock I jumped up and grabbed my sister a ran towards her room, right as I slammed the door the fighting grew the sounds I heard were the up most horrific sounds you could imagine like a wolf …show more content…
As I held my head and fought back the tears an image flashed before my mind. I could see the cops fleeing to the scene and arresting both my stepmother and her boyfriend just because how ugly this was turning out to be. If I called the cops what would happen? My sister touched. “What are we going to do? I’m scared.” An automatic response hit me the protectiveness for my sister kicked in, I looked up and right then the door slammed open and I saw my stepmother walk in with blood all over her face. She was crying and yelling my name I got up and grabbed me pulling me into the living room I saw her boyfriend standing there and he came rushing up grabbing my stepmom and started punching her over and over
The movie The Breakfast Club provides excellent examples of social psychology throughout the movie. Even though this movie is over 30 years old, it still speaks to the life of high school and the struggles teenagers face. The movie illustrates the power of social standing and how often people will conform in order to make sure their behaviors fit in with their respective groups. I have watched this movie many times, and yet while I was watching it again for this particular project I noticed things I hadn’t noticed or thought about during previous viewings. I chose to focus on using Chapter 13 of our book, Social Psychology. The movie shows many of the topics discussed in
In the movie The Breakfast Club, parents vs teens, drug abuse, and sexuality all play a role. The five main characters in the movie all of some issue or conflicts at home with their parents. Drug abuse takes part in the movie from hiding marijuana in lockers and getting high. Throughout the movie sexuality takes a role by the characters talking about sex and making girls feeling insecure. The Breakfast Club represents multiple adolescence development stages throughout the movie to show what situations were like in that time period.
In 2015, film companies Disney & Pixar came together to create a very popular motion picture film, Inside Out. This film reflects the core emotions of a young child throughout early childhood. Inside out stole the attention of many families with its comical, yet, realistic and relatable story line. Young Minnesota girl, Riley, faces a life changing event and has to learn to adjust. However, this adjustment is not very easy for Riley. In this paper, I will summarize the film, compare the film with empirical studies, and lastly, I will give my feedback.
At 6, I awakened to the sound of a violent argument between my father and mother. I didn't know the reason for the quarrel; I just wanted the shouting, cursing and threats to stop. I could even hear them when buried under the pillows and blankets on my bed. My father had lost his job because of his drinking.
On a cold winter day, my family was getting ready to meet at my grandma’s house like we had done our whole lives. Christmas was one of the most important days of the year for the Robertson’s. Each aunt made entrées and deserts along with the delicious food that my grandma made each year. Food and family were the two main reasons everyone loved Christmas. On the way to Triune where my family lives, my mother started to cry which I thought was odd for
The movie breakfast club has a wide variety of different characters all attending the same detention. There is the Athlete, the Nerd, the Criminal, the Princess, and the Basket Case. Claire Standish is the princess. She is often regarded as the rich, popular girl with lots of money. Andrew Clark is an athlete.
SpongeBob Squarepants has been ruling television as the most popular kid’s television show for more than a decade because SpongeBob is the model of a good citizen, the series writers continue to write stories that interest and effect viewers today , and SpongeBob inspires others to use their “imagination”.
I got back to the room and closed the door. My heart was pounding as I rested on the back of it. I couldn't believe that just happened, but what I couldn't believe most was that I didn't try to do anything about it. I mean what kind of punk was I? I woke my sister up to help mom, and in return, she also ended up hurt.
The show SpongeBob SquarePants plays a profound role in socialization. Children and young adults imitate SpongeBob SquarePants in different ways. During the imitation stage, young people tend to mimic behaviors and what they see without fully comprehending what they are doing. For example, an article by CBSNEWS said “An 8-year-old New Jersey boy saved his 5-year-old neighbor from drowning last weekend with a technique he says he learned from the Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants”. Likewise, they also tend to generalize themselves with SpongeBob SquarePants. To generalize, means that you evaluate yourself and can comprehend the viewpoints of others. For instance, SpongeBob fails the drivers license test numerous of times, however he
Psychology Under the Sea Psychology is a term that humans usually associate with the mental state of other humans and or themselves, well what if Psychology could be used to determine the mental state of a fish? In 2003, the world was exposed to a new form of underwater species in bright animation and vivid picture. The scene opens and the sea life is calm and happy, Marlin and Coral go and look at all 100 of their babies, they name half Marlin Jr. and half Coral Jr., but Coral decides to name one Nemo. In the event of a devastating tragedy Marlin loses his wife Coral to a barracuda who also devoured 99 out of the 100 unborn babies. One baby survives, and we dive into the life changing experience of Nemo.
The movie “Inside Out” is about a little girl named Riley Andersen and within her mind is five personifications of her basic emotions such as joy, fear, anger, disgust and sadness. As Riley grows up, the emotions control her in the headquarters of her mind. Her memories are stored in colored orbs, which are transferred to long-term memory each night through a suction tube. The most important memories are the “core memories,” which are housed in a special memory holder and the memories power up five islands that reflects different aspect of her personality such as Family Island, Honesty Island, Hockey Island, Friendship Island and Goofball Island. Joy acts as the leader to keep Riley happy, Disgust guides her health and social status, Fear protects
It was three weeks before Christmas when my little sister Emily barged into my room. I was busy preparing gifts for the holidays and also was listening to music. I took an earbud out to listen to what she had to say, but I still was not facing her. She then asked if Santa was real. In my busy state of mind, I nonchalantly said yes and urged her out of my room so I could finish what I was doing. At the time, I did not think much about my response.
Going up is hard, going up is hard sometimes especially when you grew up and move to a new place. A similar perspective comes from Inside Out; this movie was released in 2015 by Walt Disney Pictures and was produced by Pixar Animation Studios. In addition, this animation was directed by Pete Docter. The story is about a young girl who moved to another city, so she has to adapt herself to a new environment and a new society, which is a tough time for her. The story is very creative and touching, and the characters are interesting.
I called out "don't do this" and tried to roll off the bed. I was caught in the comforter as I felt the pain of the first blow to the back of my head. ... He swung again, and again, and again. ... I found myself hanging from the window, looking down 20 feet to the driveway below me. I was holding on so tightly and he was pushing.
February twenty-third 2010 was just a regular ordinary day. I was on my way to class on this cold February afternoon, when my phone rung. It was my cousin on the other end telling me to call my mom. I could not figure out what was wrong, so I quickly said okay and I hung up and called my mom. When my mom answered the phone I told her the message but I said I do not know what is wrong. My mom was at work and could not call right away, so I took the effort to call my cousin back to see what was going on. She told me that our uncle was in the hospital and that it did not look good. Starting to tear up I pull over in a fast food restaurant parking lot to listen to more to what my cousin had to say. She then tells me to tell my mom to get to the hospital as quickly as possible as if it may be the last time to see her older brother. My mom finally calls me back and when I tell her the news, she quickly leaves work. That after-noon I lost my Uncle.