November 7‚ 2011 Johnny and Ray One wouldn’t think that the lives of Johnny Cash and Ray Charles have anything in common. However‚ after viewing the movies Walk the Line‚ starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter‚ and Ray‚ starring Jamie Foxx portraying Ray Charles‚ their similarities are as striking as their differences. Both of these films are biopics chronicling the rags to riches lives of two of the most influential musicians whose careers began in the
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orchard offered a moment of rest and refreshment from the feverish activities of the day. Every traveler stopped at his gate‚ for in a never failing spring that bubbled up‚ cold and clear in cobble-lined basin by the roadside‚ Johnny had "next water" in and out of Pittsburgh. Johnny had lost no time in getting to work. From soil as soft as loose as an ash-heap he pulled forest seedlings and weed-stalks by hand. Tough bushed‚ briars‚ and saplings he cut down with his hatchet‚ grubbed out the roots;
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Johnny Cash came from humble beginnings and overcome personal destruction to become an influential and successful artist. Johnny Cash was born on February 26‚ 1932 in Kingsland‚ Arkansas; he was one of seven children born to Ray and Carrie Cash. His family moved to Dyess‚ Arkansas when he was three‚ so that his father could farm. They bought a five bedroom house and farmed twenty acres of cotton and other crops. The son of Southern Baptist sharecroppers‚ Cash began playing guitar and writing songs
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mob) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson) Don Juan DeMarco (Brando’s patient) Dead Man (accountant at the wrong place at the wrong time) Cry-Baby (a ‘50s singer) Arizona Dream (Jerry Lewis’s nephew) THE TIM-BURTON’S-ALTER-EGO JOHNNY: Edward Scissorhands (Golden Globe-nominated performance as a boy with scissors for hands‚ opposite Winona Ryder) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Golden Globe-nominated performance as candy mogul Charlie) Sweeney Todd (Oscar-nominated and Golden
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Favorite Actor; Johnny Depp My favorite actor is Johnny Depp. Personally‚ I haven’t watched too many of his movies but I’ve watched enough to know what an astonishing actor he is. From playing a man with scissors instead of hands‚ to being a rowdy pirate‚ to owning a chocolate factory‚ I believe he’s one of the greatest actors in filmmaking history. Johnny Depp was born in Kentucky‚ on June 9th‚ 1963 but was raised in Florida. In his early life‚ Depp was considered a “rebel” and into narcotics
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I chose Hurt (Johnny Cash)‚ this song is my go to song when everything seem to be going wrong. It always brightens my mood‚ it shows without darkness we would not have light. My darkness is depression‚ I have suffered depression for four years now. I believe Johnny Cash suffered with depression while he suffered an addiction to amphetamines. “Cash suffered agonizing guilt and depression” (Coleman). The world witnessed when Johnny Cash hit rock bottom‚ they were also able to see him pick himself back
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everyone came to know as the Man in Black (Dolan 21). The man’s real name was Johnny Cash. Releasing numerous songs‚ and winning sixteen music awards‚ Johnny Cash became one of the best country music singers known to man. “He wore a long‚ black swallow- tailed preacher’s coat over a high-collared black shirt; his pants‚ too‚ and even his boots were black.” More known for his sultry singing voice and his bad boy attitude‚ Johnny Cash rocked the music industry to its core (Dolan 35). On February 26th‚ 1932
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Johnny Tremain Pride Essay Pride is an emotion that has two meanings. With a negative meaning‚ pride is an exaggerated sense of personal status or accomplishments. With a positive meaning‚ pride is a pleased sense of attachment toward one’s own or another’s choices and actions. Johnny Tremain is known to be an extremely prideful person. Johnny has both positive and negative prideful traits that affect him throughout his life. His pride played a large role in his accident‚ and benefited him and other
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Many Characters in the book “Johnny Tremain” are Dynamic‚ there are also a few static characters‚ Static is a character which personality doesn’t change much and the opposite for dynamic‚ A dynamic character would be Johnny Tremain‚ two static characters would be Mr. Lapham and Rab. Static is a character which personality doesn’t change much and the opposite for dynamic. Johnny Tremain is a Dynamic character. In the beginning of the book he never would think before he talked for example when he
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pre-revolutionary time. At the beginning of the book‚ Johnny Tremain‚ is working as an apprentice to Mr. Lapham. Mr. Lapham is a blacksmith. Johnny’s parents died in a fire several years before‚ and this is why he lived with the Laphams. He worked there with enthusiasm for several years until he hurt his arm‚ scolding it in hot metal. After the accident‚ Mr. Lapham told Johnny that he needs to find a different profession‚ but he can stay with the laphams. Johnny‚ after a lot of searching‚ finally finds a
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