in another conflict with the Cobra Kai gang. As the Cobra Kai leader, Johnny, approaches Daniel to beat him up, he says punitively, “You couldn't leave well enough alone, could you, little twerp? No, you had to push it. Now you're gonna pay”(Robert Mark Kamen, The Karate Kid). This scene can be thought of as Daniel’s abyss. The abyss is where the hero appears to have died and must be reborn and begin his transformation into a hero. In his abyss, we find Daniel in the foggy field behind his condo complex
Blacks: A Struggle for Racial Equality Almost everyone would like to have racial equality in the world today. It is often said that all people have been created equally. That is true, however sometimes not everybody is treated equally. In society, blacks are still struggling for racial equality. We should note that in the 1940'1, blacks were not considered equal to the whites. We see this in The Power of One . Blacks could not socialize with whites. P.K. a young boxer asks the manager at the gym
these expenditures for assistance programs. West Virginia’s voting for state and Congressional representatives have been overwhelmingly democratic since the 1960’s. For example, the late, great Robert C. Byrd was a democratic US Senator from 1959 to 2010. His efforts to bring pork barrel spending and ear marks to benefit his represented citizens was the understood methodology of his incumbency. The West Virginia House of Delegates is current 54 to 46, with Democrats being the majority party. Twenty-eight
The movie Taken is directed by Paul Morel and scripted by Luc Bresson with the assistance of Robert Mark Kamen. Brian Mills (Liam Neeson), the main character of the movie, plays the character of a former spy who is divorced. He spent many hours serving the United States, which destroyed the relationship with his ex-wife. In order to stay close with his daughter, he left his job. In the movie his daughter goes on vacation to France. However, things take a turn when she is kidnapped while in France
Techno-terrorism and the Future of Civilization "Modern terrorism, with sophisticated technological means at its disposal and the future possibility of access to biological and nuclear weapons, presents a clear and present danger to the very existence of civilization itself"--Justice Arthur J. Goldberg. Mr. Goldberg's statement expresses a valid concern that has become an alarming reality. As terrorists trade pistols for airplanes and pipe bombs for nuclear explosives, technology is rapidly