Forrest Gump
Thursday, 25 December 2014 posted at 01:42
Forrest Gump by Winston Groom is a memoir of a "halfwit" in the 1960s-70s whose life is not "like a box of chocolates" but is not at all hum-drum.
Forrest Gump has an IQ of about 70, but realises that he is smarter than a lot of normal people. He escapes special school by growing big and strong enough for football where he makes the All State team and is recruited by Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of the University of Alabama. There Forrest meets Bubba, who teaches him to play harmonica, and the instrument changes Forrest's life. Forrest flunks out, is immediately drafted, messes up at Ft. Benning, GA, and arrives in Vietnam in time for the Tet Offensive. For rescuing his mortally-wounded friend Bubba, Forrest is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Recovering from a minor wound, Forrest meets Lt. Dan, whose philosophy about natural laws change Forrest's outlook on life. In Washington, DC, Forrest enjoys the President's hospitality but during a recruitment lecture ad libs that the war is good for nothing.
Winning the Army's ping-pong tournament, he is sent to Beijing, where he rescues Chairman Mao from drowning. After an early discharge, Forrest finds Jenny, joins her band, becomes her lover, starts smoking marijuana, and loses Jenny. In a Washington, DC, antiwar protest, Forrest is arrested for assault, confined for psychiatric observation, "discovered" by NASA, and sent on a mission to Mars. With bristly Maj. Fritch and an orangutan, Sue, he waits four years for rescue when they land in New Guinea amidst cannibals and head-hunters. Forrest learns chess from the chief, Big Sam. After another White House visit, Forrest runs into Dan and they find Jenny in Indianapolis. A wrestling promoter convinces Forrest to join the lucrative business. As The Dunce, he becomes popular, but loses his money, Jenny, and Dan.
After an interval of professional chess and movie-making in Los Angeles, CA, Forrest and Sue go to Bubba's home town, start a small shrimp farm that grows enormous and profitable. Forrest hires many whom he has met during his adventures. Talked into running for the U.S. Senate, Forrest backs out when newspapers dig into his past. In Savannah, GA, Forrest becomes a famous one-man band, meets Jenny and her son, Forrest, Jr. He settles with Sue in New Orleans, contemplating the better life that Jenny and his son have without him and satisfied that his own life has never been "hum-drum."
The author uses misspellings and grammatical errors to indicate his Southern accent, education, and cognitive disabilities. Like being became "bein" and it is a little hard to read it due to the errors.
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The Eye of The Minds
posted at 01:37
Sarah and Bryson. His parents always went to the vacation that leave him with his sister. And it is all about to change.On his way to school one day, Michael is abducted on the street and taken to see Agent Weber with the VNS where Michael learns that his skills as a gamer are needed. Apparently, a mysterious element known as The Mortality Doctrine is threatening the very fabric of VirtNet, with real world consequences. A gamer, known only as Kaine, has been tied to The Mortality Doctrine, and because of his influence, people have been found dead or comatose in the real world. Kaine has large plans: plans to not only destroy the VirtNet and kill anyone who gets in his way, but perhaps take over the world. And Michael and his friends have been asked to help stop Kaine or die trying.
The biggest problem, though, is that Michael, Sarah and Bryson don’t know where to begin. Every part of Lifeblood seems intent on stopping them in their tracks. It also doesn’t help that everywhere they turn some person or program keeps telling them that Kaine is watching and knows all. After numerous harrowing adventures and escapes they soon learn that the only way to get to Kaine is by finding and following The Path. Finding The Path, however, may prove elusive as no one wants to help Michael, Sarah and Bryson, not to mention they have no idea what awaits on The Path itself. Failure, though, is not an option. Somehow Michael, Sarah and Bryson withstand attacks from KillSims, computer programs known as tangents who appear as real people but aren’t, and even dying in the virtual world to ultimately find The Path. Before entering, Michael and his friends learn that once they step on The Path, there is no turning back. Dying on The Path means they can never come back, and that means Kaine and his evil scheme will prevail. With no choice but to press on, Michael, Sarah and Bryson soon learn they have no idea what they are getting themselves into.
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19 Ruled !
posted at 01:32
Bethany Noel Mota or known more as Bethany Mota is an American Vlogger from California. She started her Youtube channel, Macbarbie07 back in June 2014. She has Mexican and Portuguese descent. Mota now is one of Youtube biggest star. She stated that she started her carrier in Youtube because she want to escape from the stress of bullying in her schol. She begin to gain followers from her videos that now making it almost 8 millions in total.In early year of 2014 it was told that she made $40000 every month on her videos. She likes to share with her followers about fashion,cosmetics, DIY things and other girls thing that interest her. has became JCpenney and Forever 21 became Bethany Mota partnered in her fashion career. She also launched a clothing and accesories line at Aéropostale. She always incoparates her fans idea into her fashion design. "laid-back-but-girly" been given by Teen Vogue to her style. Bethany Mota has released her very first single named "Need You Right Now" a collaboration with Mike Tompkins.She also been awarded by the Teen Choice Awards 2014 in Choice Webstar: Female category and won Fasion program category in Streamy Awards 2014.
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State of Red
Monday, 24 November 2014 posted at 04:42
Shake it off by Taylor Swift set the record highest ever debut single on the billboard chart. With seven Grammys and four multi platinum albums, she's become so successful in her career. Taylor's has been labelled a serial dater for dating five guys in a eight year period. People has been annoyingly feel sorry for her being single. She's just say that she's not looking for someone to date and she's happy being single. Her new album 1989 was about deep, sad, intense heartbreak she went to and this album make us think, We like to be alone not because we're hurt or sad but because it's free. There's a lot of songs Taylor's wrote about relationships but she's just give us a clue in her lyrics and never said that it was point to her or him. She doesn't even know that there could be a person in her world would trying to date her or have a family. She's just came up with the statement " life can be romantic without romance". She's was so happy for it. She had moved into a penthouse in New York. She's never thought that she could had survived in that city and a new friendships circles. By the way she's has a lot of famous friends like Karlie Kloss, Lorde, Emma Watson, Selena Gomez and Hailee Stanfield. They always talk about feminism and the inequality the way men and women talked about. Even her cats were named by the name of strong women. Meredith and Olivia Benson. It has been her mission to support women all the time.
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