In addition to this his father died when he was very young. So at ten years old Franco was fatherless, living in a city that he once loved but is now destroyed. He made a promise to his mother that he will rebuild Pontito for her. Later on he moved to America which is when his disorder started to develop. He started to have very vivid dreams of Pontito.
Louis Zamperini was born in Olean, New York, on January 26, 1917. “ When Louis was just two years old, Louis and his family moved from Olean, New York, to the small town of Torrance, California, with the population of just around 1,800 residence, just south of Los Angeles” (Hillenbrand 5). He was the second of four children born to Louis and Anthony Zamperini, who were both Italian immigrants. Louis’s Italian ethnicity resulted in many fights at school. After Louis’s father saw him come home regularly with bruises, his father decided to teach him how to defend himself.
Ozzie’s band “The Goons of Doom” continually gains notoriety as they tour globally. Ozzie is an avid artist and his art is consistently featured throughout the Volcom clothing line. Dusty Payne — In the past few years, Dusty has received extensive media exposure and won many important contests. Dusty finished in the eighth spot on the ASP’s World Qualifying Series (WQS) in 2009, and he will be competing in his rookie season on the WCT in 2010. He was featured on three major U.S. surf magazine covers in 2009, and in numerous major magazine
ELA 10 March 15, 2015 Muhammad Ali Historical Persona Muhammad Ali, whose real name was Cassius Marcellus Clay. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky January 17, 1942. He received part of his name from his father Marcellus Clay who was a mural painter who did a lot of work for community churches and his mother was a domestic worker. He noticed one day that someone stole his bike and said he would “whup who ever stole it” after telling this to the police officer he told Ali to learn how to box if u want to whup who stole your bike. Ali was 12 when his boxing career had begun.
The Life of Michael Jordan Daniel K. Lollis PSY/300 October 25, 2012 Sherri Keller The Life of Michael Jordan Michael Jordan is one of the most iconic figures in world today. He is recognized though out the world as an outstanding athlete but he might be better known for the person who he became though out his life. His parents and siblings had a great influence on him growing up instilling values in him that any young person can emulate in their own life. He is regarded as a great athlete but a better person and he owes it all to his family. Michael Jordan is one of the most iconic figures in the world because of the ability he possessed on the basketball court but he became a better person off the court from the values
Al Capone; the Greatest Mobster Al Capone was born on January 7, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, United states and died on January 25, 1947 in Palm Island, Miami Beach, Florida United States. Al Capone was always a promising student when growing up, but never respected any rules, finally when he was 14 he got expelled for hitting his teacher in the face. Al worked a few jobs afterwards like working in bowling allies, until he was influenced by a gangster named John Torrio, who then became his mentor. When he was 19 he married a girl names Mae Josephine Coughlin on December 30, 1918. When had gotten married his parents had to consent for the marriage on paper since he was only 19 and not the legal age of 21; a month before his wedding Mae had a baby boy.
Guy Fieri Broden, Austin Savannah Guy Fieri was born on January 22, 1968 in Columbus Ohio. His original name at birth was Guy Ramsay Ferry. Guy later renamed to guy Fieri after his grandfather. When Guy was growing up his mom and dad inspired him to cook his own meals. Guy and his father built a three-wheeled bicycle cart named “The Awesome Pretzel” which he sold pretzels from, for six years until he had enough money to study at Chantilly Framce at the age of 16.
With the increasing number of fans that tune in to watch NFL games every week, it is no surprise that athletes like Lewis are looked to in a special way by those that admire them, and the fact that most Lewis and other friends in the league choose to do positive things with their fame means a lot to those they help. Ray Lewis born in Bartow, Florida and raised up in Lakeland, Florida was an all-time wrestler and football star for Kathleen High School. I grew up hearing about him all the time considering he went to my Rivalry high school and he’s from my hometown. Ray Lewis is not only a leader on the field he is a Leader off it as well. Some Leadership skills you can take from Ray Lewis are Leaders have to give 100+ percent and learn how to control their emotions.
He really is fun, energetic, and has a great sense of humor. Yet because of his age difference his classmates wouldn’t give him the chance to show them what he was like. Joshua is the smartest person I know. If he wanted to he could take a government I.Q. test and get paid to do whatever he wants in life.
The Dumbest Generation Since the beginning of time resources for knowledge has excelled and advanced. Throughout generations technology has grown along with the human mind set, but due to this growth many would call today’s generation lazy or incompetent for having resources at their fingertips as Mark Bauerlein wrote in the excerpt “The Dumbest Generation”. Being a part of the dumbest generation I would disagree. Today’s generation is more intelligent and more open minded than generations previously due to the advantage of technology and the creativity being shared around the world along with having more opinionated voices that can be shared . From the time 1900’s the intelligence level has risen within the generations proving that we’re not dumbing ourselves down from the