Christmas Pinata

Every Christmas Party
My Family gets a pinata
My uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandparents come to the party
All the kids get turns beating the pinata
It is my turn
I am handed the blue baseball bat
Ready to beat the devil out of that thing
I have three hits
only three hits to demolish it
The first barely leaves a mark
I look at the pinata and it seems to taunt me
The second leaves a small dent in the middle.
And out of no where, the third swing connects and the pinata is obliverated
Candy comes out like a giant waterfall
I see everyone rush toward me
I panic
Not knowing what to do with the bat
Everything goes in slow motion
I can't hear anything
It is almost as if it is a scene from the patriot, or some other war movie
babies are left on the couch crying while there mothers scramble for treats
I see my uncle dive in the middle of the pile
elbows are thrown
Sometimes if it gets to serious, a punch or two
You have to protect your stash
Just when you think its over
someone grabs the upper body and dumps the rest of the goods out
It's true, only animals fight over food
but when the pinata breaks
It's on

Film Analysis

Love Don't Co$t A Thing

Ordinary world: Alvin Johnson (hero) is in highschool, he is a nerd who works on cars alot. Doesn't get any girls and he is graduating soon. He is working on a car to win a scholarship
Call to Adventure: Paris Morgan (Hottest girl at school) crashes her mom's expensive escalade into a tree. He knows how to fix cars.
Refusal To Call: Alvin has $1,500 to buy a new part for his car he is working on to win a scholarship, he runs into Paris at the car garage, she doesn't have the money to get her mom's car fixed, he needs the money for his parts. But he gets an idea.
Meeting the Mentor: His dad, Clerence, is the mentor to Alvin, he is always telling him how to work the ladies "No women can resist the motion, BAM! of the ocean, BAM!". Alvin is also a mentor to Paris later in the movie, teller her to read her poetry and play her guitar if she wants to.
Crossing the Threshold: Alvin tells paris he will pay for the parts, and fix her mom's SUV, if she will pretend to be his girlfriend for 2 weeks. So he will become popular.
Tests, Allies, Enemies: Paris teaches alvin the rules of the special world, or how to get girls, the cool kids can't beleive she is going out with him, and they still treat him like a nerd, he ignores his old friends, and theybecome his new enemies. The N.B.A basketball player Paris used to go out with is a enemy.
Approach: The set back is, Paris ends up liking him, but he doesn't know it.
Ordeal: The 2 weeks are coming to a end and Alvin plans a huge break up, to make themselves look good, Paris tries to tell Alvin she likes him, but she doesn't get through.
Reward: There are 2 rewards, he is popular after he breaks up with Paris, but at the end he learns an important lesson and gets back together with Paris.
The Road Back: People find out he paid for Paris to be his girlfriend, he is ignored and treated like a nerd again.
Resurrection: At a basketball game, he stands up to the cool kids who are picking on his old friends, and realizes he needs to just be himself, "I like Michael Jackson's Bad album". His old friends forgive him. And everyone respects Alvin.
Return with Elixir: He learns the lesson to just be himself, gets his old friends back, and kisses Paris after the basketball game.

The Journey

Martavious Sanpayne or "Tay" as people call him lives in the city of Pheonix. He has worked at Popeys chicken for the past 5 years. He has been graduated from highschool for 2 years, his mom lives near by, but his dad passed away five years ago of a heart attack, probably from eating to much popeys. He lives with his cousin Ray in a trashy apartment complex, they both make good money but they spend to much of it on clothes and other stuff, Tay's girlfriend, Lauren has been threatening to leave him cus he spends to much on clothes, and he hasn't got a "real job" yet. One day he came home excited to call Lauren and tell her he will be getting to open up his own popeys and it will give him alot more money, and that he is gonna try to control his spending, but he finds a note on his bed that says "you are not serious enough for me, so I am leaving with my sister to L.A."-Lauren. Now he has to go find her and tell her he is willing to change. Ray And Tay make the journey to L.A., hoping to find Lauren and get her back.

Hero: Martavious "Tay"
Ordinary World: Pheonix, trashy apartment comples
Call to Adventure: Lauren leaves him, has to go to L.A. and get her back.
Special World: L.A.

Hero

Name: Martavious Sanpayne

Age:20

Race/Religion/Gender:Mexican/Catholic/Male

Parents: Martavious Sr. (Dead) and Alicia Sanpayne

Style of Dress: Louis Vuitton, Versace

Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona

Marital Status/Family: single

Most embarassing moment: asked out this cute girl in front of a crowd, she said "Heellllll No"

Greatest fear: his girlfriend leaving him, not having a job

Strongest Desire: live in a nice house, get married

Job: manager at popeys chicken

Where he/she wants to be in five years: wants to own his own popeys, live in a better place.

Guiltiest Pleasure: Enjoys Reese Witherspoon Movies

Identifying Marks: His Louis Vuitton and Gucci Backpacks he always has

Mannerisms/Gestures: Looks out for number one, selfish... jokes about people.

What he was like in school: Did his own thing, had a few friends, some people took him to seriously so he wasn't liked by some.

Favorite Sayings: this food so good it make you wanna slap yo grandma!

Favorite Quotes from songs: "who you tryin to get crazy with essay? don't you know i'm Loco?"

Favorite Movie Quotes: "Murdock, i'm coming to get you"- John Rambo, "It's Friday, you aint got no job, and you aint got crap to do"- Smokey, "you have to be stupid to get fired on your day off!"- Smokey

Most Valuable Possesion- Pictures of his dad and him

How He feels about love: Love is important, when you find someone worth it, love them. Love your family as well

Philosophy on life: Spit your game, if they don't like it, they are ugly anyway. Everything you do, do it to the best of your ability.

Adaptation

A Family's Song (from Dance With My Father by Luther Vandross)

“Remember this song Mom?” I asked, as we were driving from my house back to the old folks center as the song played on the radio. “Yes” my Mother replied, “your Dad used to love this song, everyday he would play this song for us before bedtime, ever since you were born. When you were older we would dance, sing, and laugh… and your baby brother Michael would sit there happy as could be, those were good times.” Yeah, I remember doing that when I was little, but the few years before pop died we stopped, “how come?” I asked. Well, Mom replied, “you got too busy with high school things, you were always out late with your friends or you were out on dates, but your father always played the song and would tell me how proud he was of you, he would always tell me how good of a son you were, and we would always dream about what your future would be like.” Your Father would say, “he’ll be such an amazing dad, and husband, that boy is going places.” Music has that affect on people son, your father used to say, “everyone has their ONE song.” It could be a song about finding love, being hurt, or just any old song that made you happy, he chose that song, because it reminded him of you.
I am brought to tears as the song is ending, I miss my father more than anything, I look and my mom is also in tears, the song is done, I turn the radio off just wanting to finish the drive in silence, I think of my dad, wishing I could go back to my childhood and listen just one more time with him. I can remember the warm summer nights at sunset, drinking lemonade with the song playing, and fall as the leaves turned colors, even the first snow, that song was in the background. We sure do miss him.

Blurbs

You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift)
Gretchen is band nerd in highschool, she has been best friends with Tommy since they were little, she wants to be Tommy's girlfriend but she is scared cus she is a band nerd and he is the quarterback. And Tommy has a girlfriend who is the head cheerleader and Gretchen is just on the bleachers, but she knows she would be better for Tommy than the cheerleader.

Sorry, Blame It On Me (Akon)
A Husband, Akon, is saying sorry to his family for all the wrong things he has done to them, like being away on tour when he should've been home with them, How he was in the streets alot making his wife help him sell the drugs, and how he wasn't there for his sons, he is just letting them know the blame is on him but he is just a singer trying to entertain people and kind of live a double life.

Just A Friend (Biz Markie)
Biz is telling his friends a story on why you shouldnt trust girls when they say they just have a friend, he met a girl at a concert and started talking to her who said she just had a friend, he didn't think twice about it at first and they built a relationship and got really close, but he called her dorm room and there was a guy's voice who answered, so he decided to go down and surprise her, when he walks in the girl is making out with another guy, and he decides to never go out with a girl who said she just has a friend.

Mockingbird (Eminem)
This is the story of Marshall and how he lost his daughter, he had a daughter named hailie, but he couldn't support her so his wife kim left him. He then hit it big with his rap cd and flew them out to california, but Marshall was busy with shows and still didn't have time, Kim became addicted to drugs and Hailie lives with her uncle now and Marshall wants them back cus he can support her now and wants a better life for Hailie

Cat's In The Cradle (Harry Chapin)
Bill is a businessman who has a son, but he is always at work and misses alot of his son's big accomplishements, he wants his son to be better but his son swears he is gonna be just like his dad, throughout the years he still misses alot of stuff and before he knows it his son is in college is married and has kids and now his son is to busy to see Bill.

Story Song

Song Title: Dance With My Father
Song Artist: Luther Vandross
Link to lyrics

PLOT:
Luther Vandross is remembering when he was a little kid and his dad would dance with him and his mom, and he wishes he could be that little kid again and get another dance with his dad. But his dad is dead.

CHARACTERS:
Luther Vandross when he was a little kid
His dad
His mom

CONFLICT:
He wishes he was a little kid again and could dance with his dad, but his dad is dead. And it is hard on him and his mom that his dad is gone.

THEME:
Family
Importance of childhood and parents
a relationship between a son and father.

SETTING:
His childhood home, outside the door of his mom's room