Reaction Paper 1. How does Leigh Anne identify a strength in Michael? What does she see that others do not? Leigh Anne sees that Michael is a good kid. He is caring, respectful, and protective. He loves his mom so much even though he knows she has her problems. He will always watch over her because he cares so much about her. He is also very respectful. He never asks for more food or more clothes or more of anything for that matter. One thing that stood out to me is that at Thanksgiving when the whole family sat on the couches to watch the game and eat, Michael sat politely at the dinner table just out of respect for his family. Finally, Leigh Anne sees that Michael is protective. He will do anything to protect the people he loves. For example with SJ in the car accident. Michael protected SJ from the air bags and saved SJ’s life. Also, when Michael and Leigh Anne went into the bad part of town he told her to just stay by him and he would protect her. 2. Leaders draw out the best in others how does Leigh Anne do this? …show more content…
One way Leigh Anne draws out the best in Michael is that she shows him that he matters and is important.
She takes him in and gives him a bed, which is something he has never had before. Also, she gives him new clothes and most importantly she helped him do better in school. Another way she draws out the best in him is by one layer at a time. Michael is like an onion. He has many layers to him, and is not a quick learner. He has to go slow, and take his time, so he understands it. Also, he is not the most outgoing person, in fact, he barely even talked at all at the beginning. Leigh Anne was able to get him to open up, and by the end he was a lot more comfortable talking to his family and other
people. 3. Without a leader to lead people into the future, they fall back to their past. How is this true for Michael? Without Leigh Anne and his family Michael would not have stayed on the right path. He would definitely not be in school anymore and that would affect his life greatly. He would not be motivated or be working for anything and he would have no goals. Without them most likely he would be around his old friends and might end up in a gang. From there his life would just go down hill. He would probably start doing drugs especially because his biological mother is not a good influence and wouldn't be a good role model. Luckily, Michael has Leigh Anne to guide him and he won't fall back to his past. 4. Who are the leaders in this movie? What characteristics do they possess of great leaders? One leader is Leigh Anne. She has high expectations for everyone in her life because she knows that they will rise up and meet those goals. Also, she is very optimistic. She believes that everyone has good in them and deserves a chance. That is why I think Leigh Anne took in Michael. Another leader is SJ. He is very outgoing and friendly. SJ didn't know anything about Michael, nor did he care, SJ was still a friend to Michael. Before his mom took in Michael, SJ talked to Michael when no one else did and was not afraid of him. That takes a lot of confidence, but it comes easy for SJ because he is such a good leader. SJ is also very supportive and caring. He is constantly videotaping Michael while he plays football. SJ does this so he can show Michael his mistakes, then Michael will learn from them and become a better football player. He devotes so much of his time to helping Michael it shows how much SJ cares about Michael. There are many more leaders in this movie, but these are the main two.
Michael was loyal and dedicated when he shocked Clyde, the guy that was trying to rob his mother. in that scene he was showing loyalty to his mother by Shocking Clyde, his mom became safe from hid gun.
Michael is lonely and sad. his parents died and his Aunt Esther has to take him in (74). Cause of Michael’s parents being dead he is lonely. aunt Esther and Michael do not get along. That causes them to be even more lonely.
Characterization: Her character becomes very confident and self-forgiving as shown from this passage. What she used to do was only because she was trying to recover from her deceased husband.
Michael had shot off the rifle that killed Jenna’s father. Michael had accidentally shot it into the sky to show his best friend, Joe, how it works. Michael then heard about Jenna’s father’s death and knew instantly that it was his fault. He “remembered the story about the girl who choked on a stone” (page 32) and knew that he was also choking on his guilt. Michael keeps denying that he killed Mr. Ward but he knows in the end that it was him. Michael has also lied to the police about where the gun is and how his best friend Joe borrowed it. Michael should be honest and tell the police what has actually happened and maybe he will not get into so much trouble. Michael has also cheated on his girlfriend with Amy Ruggerio. That has affected him throughout the story because his ex girlfriend was spreading rumors about him. In conclusion, Michael has done deeds that affect him in the whole
In conclusion Mike was an exceptional man with exceptional middos and there is much to learn from him. Over the course of this assignment I’ve been thinking about the many areas I can and imy”h will change in. Mike helped everyone it didn’t matter if you were his best friend, his neighbour or unknown to him, the only thing that matters was that you were jew. So too in our days it doesn’t matter if you’re smart, granddaughter of the gadol hador or good looking – everyone should be treated the same way. I hope this writing has influenced you because it surely impacted
In the movie, Mikey had a lot of individuals, such as peers and family members surrounding him on a daily basis that influenced his life in several ways. Mickey would get to play and socialize with other children when Mollie took him to the playground to play in the sandbox. That was the time when Mikey could be understood by the other babies when he used his inner voice. One day at the playground, Mikey was told by some of the other babies what daddies were, and then Mikey started realize that he wanted to have a dad too. Mikey soon realized that James would be a good father for him, and wants Mollie to make James his dad. Mikey gets to hear from his playmates what is going on in their households, and he realizes that he is missing one part of a family that his friends enjoy a lot, which are their fathers. If Mikey’s friends did not have fathers, then Mikey would not have even thought about a dad until later in life. Peers have a big impact on children when growing up. Kids love to compare different aspects in life and want to be equal. The inner most level of the environment is the Microsystems. Children physical attributes, personalities, and capacities affect adults’ behaviors, but adults affect children’s behaviors as well (Berk, 2013). Therefore James and Mollie were both involved in influencing Mikey’s life equally as an infant. Mollie wanted Mikey to be in a successful environment with the executive, Albert, so that Mikey could be influenced by him, but Mikey had been exposed to James more, even though he was not the biological father. Mikey developed similar characteristics from James since that was the male figure that he was around the most. Mikey enjoyed playing with cars and pretending to drive because he was used to seeing James drive the taxi majority of the
...s feeling of achievement at completing school is shown. There are close ups of the Tuohy’s with Ms Sue and Sam showing feelings of attachment with Michael. Moreover, the mid-shots of the teacher’s face highlights that he is accepted in the school community too. As such, Michael, like Billy has achieved a new sense of belonging due to connections with new people and places.
Character analysis Annemarie is a normal young girl, ten years old, she has normal difficulties and duties like any other girl. but these difficulties aren’t normal ones, she’s faced with the difficulties of war. This war has made Annemarie into a very smart girl, she spends most of her time thinking about how to be safe at all times “Annemarie admitted to herself,snuggling there in the quiet dark, that she was glad to be an ordinary person who would never be called upon for courage.” (4.60) even though shes going through a lot she still controls it very well.
Michael changed drastically over the course of only a few weeks. He learned more about his friends, family, and himself than he ever wanted to know.
After assessing the client, the student notice many strengths of which Paige had. The student found that Paige had a great support system that included her foster mother and boyfriend. The student also found that Paige was a very positive person. She had good coping skills, and did not let her situation bring her spirits down.
In the opening scene we get a sense of what Michael is like. He is driving a boat of a car across the barren desert, like he is scavenging for something. Strapped for money he stops at a somewhat abandoned gas station where he finds a bundle of twenty dollar bills out in plain view. We get the sense that he tries to be honest because he doesn’t take the money and he buys gas with the last five dollars that were in his wallet, just enough to get him to Red Rock and not any further. He then gets turned down from his job because he told the truth about his leg being injured. When he goes into the Red Rock Bar we can see the change in his life coming. He walks in from the bright daylight into the darkness of the dimly lit bar. This lighting hints to the audience that from that point on Michael is fated for disaster.
After Michaela was adopted by an American family, she moved to the United States at four years old. In the United States, she began to trust and open up to her new
Michael’s life began in Brooklyn, New York, on February 17th, 1963, where his parents James and Delores always stood by his side. His father, known for his unending support, always gave Michael advice on what to do, never letting him down. His mother made sure Michael headed in the right direction with everything he did. As a child he enjoyed athletics, engaging in basketball, baseball and football. He practiced baseball with his dad, persistently playing catch whenever time allowed. Baseball was his favorite. Even at a young age he had already tasted success by being voted Most Valuable Player on his team. “That was the first big accomplishment in my life,” Michael recalled (Harris, Laurie).
the point of view of Michael. We, as the audience, are being told the story through Michael’s
At a young age, a boy by the name of Michael Joseph Jackson becomes a mega pop star. With his afro, short stature, and big brown eyes, Michael's talent at singing makes crouds scream his name and the people of the world cannot get enough of him. Although he loves his talent, his career as an artist deters him from finishing grade school. Being away from his childhood friends, and on tour all the time, Michel is left without a childhood until he feels the need to regain it later on his life. After years of being on tour with the Jackson Five and now almost twenty, Michael is compelled to redeam his childhood. He becomes increacingly more interested in children, and belives he is a life like Peter Pan. Although his compassion for children is on the rise, so is his career as a solo artist. Michel releases more albums until Micheal Jackson becomes a house hold name. By the Early 90's he is at the peak of his career, but things have changed physically and emotionally. Now, he is much more pale and not the small black child with an afro anymore. People have become increacingly more aware of his obsession of children and suspitious of this behavior. Although Michael looks past these things, people still reconize the pop star they have always seen in him. It wasn't until an incident in the early 90's that his secret broke. Micheal Jackson, the beloved pop star of the 80's is caught for child melestation and is labeled a petifile. Although many people boo the star, Micheal still manages to contain his integraty as a pop legend in the end and he still loves children just as he did before. On his "Neverland Ranch" Michel still envites thousands of children to play and have fun.