Cody Wilmoth Evaluation paper 1/12/13 Coach Carter Coach Carter was released June 18‚ 2005. I critiqued this movie on two very important factors‚ which were the true story‚ which the movie was based on‚ and the life lessons that the movie teaches you. Coach Carter is an inspirational account of a controversial high school basketball coach‚ who receives both high praise and criticism for his unconventional approach to basketball. Coach Carter’s vision for his basketball players was fulfilling
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COACH CARTER 1. WHAT IS THE OVERALL THEME OF THE MOVIE? The movie’s theme is‚ with the combination of education and good decisions‚ and not the environment or athletics‚ is the way out of inner city life. Good choices make a man’s character. 2. IDENTIFY THE MAIN CHARACTER‚ HIS/HER ROLE AND HIS/HER IMPACT AND CONNECTION TO THE THEME. The main character is Coach Ken Carter. Carter pushes his student athletes to strive in education rather then solely depending on basketball. By locking up their
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truly worthy of being immortalized in the literary world. His success‚ due to his innovative message‚ his unique style‚ his general appeal to the modern audience‚ and his relevance to contemporary history‚ as illustrated in his three novels Syrup‚ Jennifer Government‚ and Company‚ makes him a likely candidate for conclusion in the classical canon of literature. Barry’s humor‚ wit and originality have propelled him into his successful role as an author and have earned him notice by many critics and
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Soldier‚ farmer‚ warehouse man‚ professor‚ and president are just a few titles James Earl Jr. better known as Jimmy Carter‚ has held over the span of his life. Born October 1‚ 1924‚ in Plains‚ Georgia‚ Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital. He was raised in a rural community by his parents James Earl Carter‚ a farmer and businessman‚ and Lillian Gordy Carter‚ a register nurse. Jimmy and his three siblings: Ruth‚ Gloria‚ and Billy grew up during the depression on their peanut
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Carter began to run for presidency after the democratic national convention in 1972. His chief motto was to tell the people the truth and give them the best. He believed that why hide it from the public‚ who gives you their faith. His decision about running presidency was influenced when he stared meeting the president like Truman and Nixon. During the convention in 1972 he began to assess his strength and weakness‚ which was first serious step towards running for presidency. He laid out some
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Annotated Bibliography Air Force Association. (2001). Carter Doctrine. Retrieved from http://http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2010/April%202010/0410keeper.aspx In late 1979‚ the US was shaken by Iran’s seizure of American hostages and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The latter event in particular was seen as a direct threat to Persian Gulf oil. President Carter‚ after a period of vacillation‚ used his 1980 State of the Union speech to lay out an explicit pledge to defend the
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Thomas Carter’s Coach Carter‚ which was released in 2005 had been recognized as one of the greatest basketball movies of all time. Not only did it succeed in receiving positive reviews from critics‚ it was also nominated and had won several awards in the year of 2005 and 2006. Coach Carter is an American biographical sports movie which is based on a true story of Richmond High School basketball coach Ken Carter‚ who made headlines in 1999 for benching his entire undefeated basketball team‚ Richmond
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Jimmy Carter was a natural-born leader and hard worker. He served as 39th President of the United States‚ from 1977 to 1981. Carter is still alive today and has 4 children. When Jimmy was just ten he would load his family’s produce onto a wagon and haul it into town to sell it. By the time Carter was 14 he had enough money to buy 5 houses‚ because of the Great Depression the housing market dropped. So he fixed them up and rented them out to families in need. While Jimmy Carter was president he worked
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“Best part about being a former President is you do what you want to and if you don’t want to do something‚ you don’t have to.” Those were the words of former President‚ Jimmy Carter as he told a story of a young boy who told his father that he wanted to be a “former President.” Mr. Carter and his wife arrived at Grand Rapids Community College to speak for the Diversity Lecture Series to help welcome the 100th birthday of the institution. I personally had the privilege of attending this momentous
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in Clifton‚ New Jersey. In 1966‚ at the height of his boxing career‚ Carter was wrongly convicted—twice—of a triple murder and imprisoned for nearly two decades. During the mid-1970s‚ his case became a cause celébrè for a number of civil rights leaders‚ politicians‚ and entertainers. He was ultimately exonerated‚ in 1985‚ after a United States district court judge declared the convictions to be based on racial prejudice. Carter‚ who grew up in Paterson‚ New Jersey‚ was arrested and sent to the Jamesburg
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