Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone was born with dyslexia and struggled to overcome his disability throughout his life. Many people are affected by dyslexia, the disability of mixing up words and their sounds (Moragne 9). Over forty million Americans are affected by dyslexia (ALS). In the world, five to fifteen percent of the population is diagnosed and live with dyslexia (Bronswick 13). Dyslexics suffer from mental symptoms, such as low self esteem from being taunted and rejected by other people (73). They also

Dyslexia Affects Many People like Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone was born with dyslexia through his life. He mostly struggled with it when he was young. Later on he overcame it like many people. Surprisingly many people are affected by dyslexia than we think. The definition for dyslexia is the disability of mixing up words and their sounds (Moragne 9). Dyslexics suffer from both physical and mental symptoms throughout their life. They suffer from low self esteem by being made fun of and rejected

312) Stallone 's character is the archetypal male hero-- tough, confident, and above the law (though it 's alright because he is the hero saving the day). On the other hand, the female lead (played by Brigitte Nielson) is the archetypal damsel in distress-- beautiful, but unable to take care of herself as she is rescued in the end by the male lead. The scene where Brigitte Nielson is saved by Sylvester Stallone as a masculine, patriotic song plays behind them

trivial, jokes and physical humor make fun of events, and characters are protected from harm (Grindon Leger (2015). Romantic comedy films usually have a couple that meet and fall in love in some way throughout the movie. In the movie Rocky Sylvester Stallone as Rocky meets Adrian at the pet shop and realizes she is the women he wants to be with. Rocky is a want to be boxer at the time who wants to be a professional boxer and knows Adrian’s brother from the gym. When Rocky sees Adrian through the

When Stallone wasn't boxing the entire country of Russia, he was busy fighting terrorists. He was also busy being jealous of Rutger Hauer stealing the limelight and he retaliated by trimming Rutgers scenes. That film was Nighthawks. Released in 1981, Nighthawks too seems like a lesser known Stallone film, but for most of the people that watched it, they enjoy it. Shout! Factory seems the potential in releasing the film on Blu-ray, through their Shout! Select line (Number X for those that are collecting)

Featured image from Pexels [dropcap]F[/dropcap]ranz Kafka, an author, wanted his writing to be burned after his death because he was worried people would hate his work. Kafka wrote during the 1900s and was severely under appreciated. He would write a few books and pour everything into his work while he was alive, but they would get no fame until he died. Once Kafka realized he had Tuberculosis and was going to die, he wanted his friend Max Brod to burn and destroy the entirety of his writing. He

Everyone in life has faced different obstacles, I mean when you’re brought up you learn that life isn’t a nice pleasant place. One of my favorite quotes of all time is by Sylvester Stallone who said, “Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life.” Life is defined by how you advance past these

dies in Rocky 's arms, Drago mutters, “If he dies, he dies” (Stallone). Stallone 's decision to make the Russian boxer unremorseful after killing a man shows his intent on portraying Russians as ruthless killers. In the end, our hero Rocky knocks out Drago in retaliation. Some critics have even gone so far as to suggest that Rocky and Drago’s fight is symbolic of democracy’s superiority over communism (Vereykina). Nevertheless, Stallone sought to change Russia 's image in the eyes of Americans through

whose life is turned around after coaching a baseball team to get rid of his debts. O’Neil also battles personal problems like self-greed and is challenged to put it aside as he tries to bring the kids together. Rocky is a film starring Sylvester Stallone. Stallone plays the role of a small-time

Sacrifice Or Success? Something that everyone wants to achieve is success. Success is not something that comes easy in life, one must be prepared to give sacrifices such as time, in order for them to reach a professional level of success. In order to succeed, people must learn to make sacrifices in life. Sacrifice is necessary for people to succeed because if people are not willing to sacrifice anything such as time or effort, they will not succeed. They need to sacrifice dedication, effort, and