George Costanza and Cosmo Kramer. Jerry Seinfeld, known by his own name on the program, is the central figure of the sitcom and the catalyst for almost everything that happens. He is involved in the antics revolving around Kramer, George and Elaine. On one episode George, Kramer and Jerry are spying on the naked lady across the street all day to see who can win a bet. The twist at the end of the show is when we see George and Jerry peering through the window and gasping, " Is that Kramer in her apartment
presence of the members of the Silent or GI generation. Throughout the television series we have seen the elderly as stereotypically helpless individuals with little or no purpose. The character’s Jerry Seinfeld, George Costanza, Elaine Benes, and Cosmo Kramer, represent the Generation X culture. These half-witted characters are often unreliable and uncaring about the society they live in. These characters often care about nothing more about life outside their own. The stereotype of these characters
“If you look at me one more time, I’m going to slam your face into this locker.” He menaced. The gangly teenager stood in his plaid jacket with disheveled hair in front of Samuel. Samuel stood in a daze, his mouth was dry; he felt powerless to Rob. Rob was conniving, always knew what to say to get away with whatever he did. While this was going on, a nice dressed administrator walked by. He glanced at Samuel, but he had errands from the principal to meet deadlines; he didn’t stop. Rob continued to
In Ring Lardner’s short story “Haircut”, the narrator is a straightforward barber, who goes by the name Whitey. The story is about Whitey tells a customer about the well-liked regular at the local barbershop, Jim Kendell. At first the barber makes it seem that Jim is a good old fella, but depending on some people’s views, and on Jim’s actions towards people, they will quickly discover that Jim is a selfish jerk. Keeping this in mind there are two important questions that are brought up throughout
Stand By Me “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?” Many of us don’t realize how true our friendships were when we were young. Back then you just get along with other kids, and it’s all smooth sailing. Eventually we all get to that turning point in each of our young lives, and we realize for the first time the people in our lives won’t be a part of our lives forever. This is what Gordie Lachance comes to realize in the 1986 hit movie, Stand by
is generally supposed to be some what submissive to the desires of the customer. The “Soup Nazi”, as he is called, makes the customer feel privileged to be receiving his soup and as if they were doing him a service, and not the other way around. Kramer, who is the only one that the “Soup Nazi” seems to speak openly too, understands him, and states that the “Soup Nazi” is a slave to his soup, the “Soup Nazi” agrees saying, “How can I expect anything less from my customers?” As far as prescriptive
In the book Kokoro, the word kokoro seems to carry a certain vagueness because it’s a foreign word that carries a heavy importance in the book. Since the book did not have a detailed explanation of the word kokoro, I decide to look elsewhere for a definition. In the Dharma Dictionary, it said that kokoro had three meanings, the mind, heart, and essence. It also stated, “Originally, kokoro referred to the beat of the heart, which was considered to be the essential organ of life and the source of
“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”(Matthew 6:14-15, NIV) Husain Haddawy’s The Arabian Nights discusses many situations in which individuals learn to forgive others for the wrong that they have done against them. The Bible refers to the idea of forgiveness as an act not only for the person that has wronged you but for yourself; in order to grow
When I was a young boy my Grandfather always liked to tell the tale of how he was wounded during the extraordinary battle that killed the great Roland. My grandfather was a brave knight that held all the qualities a knight was supposed to possess. He was a chivalrous, brave, strong knight that feared nothing. He had never been beaten in battle, and I suppose he never was. That is for you to decide. My grandfather served under the knight, Rowland, and his fateful assistant, Olivier. He would describe
In both Andy Mulligan’s Trash and Christopher Paul Curtis’s The Might Miss Malone, the authors show the significance of family & friends and how important they are instead of money to live a happy life. Both novels take characters that show how even without money there life goes on. The authors of both novels clearly present the challenges these characters go through to get money but are still happy without it. By doing this the reader can see how money isn’t everything in life, you struggle but
82&84 1.) If I was the social worker in case 3.3, it would be difficult with me to confront the husband about the information that I heard. Of course, I would want the husband to be honest to me about his extramarital affair, however, I do not want to force him to admitting to such an action. The man might be receiving the help that he needs without me knowing about his extramarital affair. On the other hand, being he is seeing me for counseling regarding his marital concerns, becoming aware of this
I just left my father’s funeral. I was wondering where my brother Victor was. He was not at the funeral; I wondered if he was just at home. Why would he miss our father’s funeral? So I got in my carriage and rode home. Victor was not at home. So, I went to ask the people in Geneva. One woman told me Victor left for the Arctic. Why would Victor leave for the Arctic? I realized I had no family member left, I was all alone. All the money and property was supposed to go to Victor but, now he is not here
Robert Plane delicately picked his way through the tatty crowd, careful not to go too fast or get too close to anyone lest he ruin his new red vest. It was a rather simple task. All who saw him knew him. All who knew him knew his father. All who knew his father cringed with fear. The nervous mass of commoners parted like a sea for Robert to walk through. Sideways glances followed his every move toward the great auditorium, and hushed whispers spoke of the terror that would be his before the night
A list of chores is pinned on the refrigerator for me to complete before my mom gets home from work. I have vacuumed the carpet, cleaned my room, and swept the floor, but my least favorite chore remains: washing the dishes. It would be quick and easy to stick the filthy dishes in the dishwasher; however, the dishwasher is broken. Instead, the mountain of food-covered dishes will have to be scrubbed clean by hand. I will have to prepare the supplies, scrape off the remaining food, rinse and dry the
PROTECTIVE DAD My paper is called “Protective Dad”. I decided to use a Hyundai commercial featuring Kevin Hart as the main character. Kevin Hart is playing the role as the father in the commercial. His daughter’s boyfriend wants to take her on a date so Hart gives permission. The boyfriend has to drive Hart’s new Hyundai car before they go anywhere. Little does the young man know the Hyundai has car finder installed so wherever they go with the car, Kevin Hart will always find the couple. By using
The Arden production of The Arabian Nights should have included a story or two about a Demon like those included in the novel by Husain Haddawy. By including these types of stories they could incorporate magic and demons into the play. There are many interesting ways that they adapter could portray magic and the appearance of demons. The Story of the Merchant and the Demon from the novel tells of this wealthy merchant who travels from town to town selling goods. On one trip he rode for many days
This book is about a boy named Brian Roberson who gets stuck in the wilderness when his plane crash-lands because the pilot has a heart attack. It all started when Brian's parents had a divorce. He was sent away on a plane by his mother because it was summertime when his dad had custody. The parting gift his mother gave him was a hatchet. He wore the hatchet on a belt. When he left on the private little Cessna 406 plane in the copilot's seat he never could imagine how this little trip would change
The University of Georgia’s theatre adaptation of the penny dreadful story, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, was very similar, design wise, to Tim Burton’s 2007 film of the same name. While the two were very comparable, they did differ in many design elements which include, lighting, costumes, color, and key structural set-ups. The lighting played a major role in setting the tone for both the theatre performance and the movie. In both the film and play, the lighting was dimmed and
The Wife 's Story is a story about a pack of werewolves, and the husband turns into a strange creature; a vampire. Even though a normal werewolf transforms into a human, the husband in The Wife’s Story transforms into something totally different. The husband is a compulsive lying werewolf that is actually a vampire that is out to kill his family, but his plan turns on him. The husband has been lying to his wife since they got married and she is worried about why he is doing this. A wife should not
Whether we realize or not, physics is a very prominent thing in all of our lives. Physics can be used to explain why just about everything in this world works the way it does. In physics class we learn multiple equations and how to apply those equations to multiple different problems and examples, but what happens when we try to apply these concepts ourselves in a real world situation? When first introduced to the Pack a Pringle project, I couldn’t believe how ridiculously easy of a project we had