The Hustle Essays

My life has been consistently inconsistent since the day I was born. I have been moving from place to place, without staying anywhere for more than four years. As a result, the setting of my life is always changing, and by extension, the people, places, and experiences are ever changing. In some cases, this is pleasant, but in others, it poses problems. My life is comparable to "The Odyssey" in the categories of "Calypso" (temptations), "Athena" (helpful guides), and "Ithaca" (values and goals)

Haunted Rooms of Battery Carriage House Charleston has a haunted house that is teeming with entities. The Battery Carriage Inn is a place where you can stay overnight and wake up to a ghost sitting beside you. As unbelievable as it sounds, many people have vouched for the existence of entities and strange happenings. In fact, it has been mentioned in many lists of haunted places and visitors and investigators have endless strange and chilling stories to share. Today, the main mansion is a private

different type of “hustles” found within prison. According to Larmour “cash rules everything” even inside prison, where there is not an abundance of cash. These hustles are other ways for these inmates to earn cash. The way Larmour structures his article he separates the type of hustles that are found within the prison. The first are hustles like smuggling drugs and cellphones, selling pharmaceutical meds, making alcohol and extortion. The other kinds of hustles include positive hustles like making sculptures

The Hustle was a reflection of the 1970s, because it was an escape of the turmoil caused by the Vietnam War. Additionally, this dance emphasized the importance of equality for all social groups, including, women and the gay community. Moreover, dancing The Hustle in disco clubs was the way to have fun and to feel a sense of belonging. The idea of escape and individuality are expressed through The Hustle’s movements and costumes. The Vietnam War caused anti-war protests, due to the rapid growth

Kung Fu Hustle follows the main character, Sing on a dangerous, Kung Fu, and gang filled adventure. Kung Fu Hustle takes place in Canton China. The Axe Gang is the ruler of the town and Sing wants to be a part of the gang. Brother Sum, the leader never has the gang go into Pig Sty Alley because it so poor it became the safe spot. Kung Fu Hustle is a film with themes of gender rivalry and tarantism versus individualism. It also has multiple political influences from China as well as cultural and ethnic

American Hustle: The True Story David O’ Russell’s 2013 crime film, American Hustle was based on a historical event that took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The main cast includes: a intelligent con man, Irving Rosenfeld, who is played by Christian Bale. Alongside Rosenfeld is his sly and seductive partner, Sydney Prosser, played by Amy Adams. Rosenfeld and Prosser are forced to work with an FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who is played by Bradley Cooper. Under DiMaso’s command, Rosenfeld and

5 Side Hustles You Can Start Today A side hustle is anything you do outside of your normal job to earn extra money. Having a side hustle can jumpstart your finances in a way that nothing else can. Even just an extra few hundred dollars a month can make a huge impact on paying off debt or funding an emergency fund. They don 't have to take a lot of time either. Most side hustles can be done on evenings and weekends, and the best ones are when you do something you already enjoy doing. Here are five

This article is about a well-known actress named Jennifer Lawrence speaking up about when Sony was hacked it showed she was paid less than her male co-workers in the film “American Hustle” (Rogers). She mentions how she wasn’t mad at Sony, but actually mad at herself for worrying about not being to bratty instead of speaking up about her pay (Rogers). If one knows Jennifer Lawrence one would know she’s actually a well known actress that has even won a Grammy, so she isn’t a less known wanted actress

helps improve balance and posture. There are many studies that have proven dancing improves balance, including in elderly people. Line dancing consists of many turns and steps that require balance. The simplicity of the steps in the Chocolate City Hustle allows one’s balance to improve over time as they work through the steps.

With baseball season around the corner. I thought I would write a post or two on making a fun positive and engaging season for everyone- the little leaguer, parents, coaches, siblings. It’s a bitter sweet time of year. We love baseball we enjoy watching our kids and their teammates playing and having fun. But Let’s face it sometimes we dread the season to begin. Who will the coach be? Is my child going to play? Is my child as talented as other peers his age? There are other things besides talent

The book How To Be A Bawse by Lilly Singh is a very good book. Lilly uses life lessons to give advice in this self help book. She structured it into four parts to help you control one part of your life at a time. The four parts are master your mind, hustle harder, make heads turn, and be a unicorn. In each part Lilly gives us chapters to follow and complete the task of the part. Then, at the end of each chapter, Lilly writes excerpts from the past from when she was depressed and unwilling to work hard

Neoliberalism: A shift to a False Opportunistic Mindset The United States has centered itself on the basis of liberty, individualism, and the idea of equal opportunity to succeed for each person in its society. Though seemingly ideal, these national morals do not consider the oppressive nature of labor forced upon Black workers and minorities in the country. After the abolishment of slavery, the concept of “freedom” to work and choose one’s own path emerged; this freedom, however, did not account

T. L., Peterson, J., & Kaljee, L. (1994). The" hustle": Socioeconomic deprivation, urban drug trafficking, and low-income, African-American male gender identity. Pediatrics, 93(6), 1050-1054. Whitehead (1994) associate the word “Hustle” to the very heart of the mescaline within the African American male community. The word hustle is and will always be embedded in the black community. As young black males the word little-man intertwine with hustle, Whitehead (1994) shows how young drug dealers fights

who has one skill set. Having more than one skill set helps you to secure an exceptional occupation, and lets the employer know that you are dependable when an employee is out sick. The number one thing Jay- Z did to become successful was hustle, hustle, hustle. Born in 1969, with his birth name Shawn Corey Carter, eventually gaining the rap name Jay- Z. Growing up in Marcy, a housing project in Brooklyn, New York he faced tons of challenges but was able to make it through it. Jay-Z’s

Businesses are heavily influenced by hip-hop and the influence of hustling is one of them. In Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter by 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson), Jackson states his relationship with Oprah. At first, he did not like Oprah because she would disagree with all the poor influence that he had on the younger generation. This was until he said “If I can’t

My step dad taught me how to hustle money so on the days I could I would hustle up a few bucks and take the city bus home. By my 7th grade year I had made friends with a few T-flats. I had no clue that my friends were gang members I never put the dots together. Elizabeth was my best friend from 7th-8th grade

He also expects the game to be played the right way, remember when he was in Miami and Hanley Ramirez dogged after a ball and Freddie pulled him for lack of hustle that ultimately cost him his job with the Marlins. If that didn't happen who knows he could still be with the team. This year when Chris Johnson did not hustle on the box and got thrown out at second on what should've been an easy double he was benched the next day and Gonzalez let him know that not how the Braves play baseball

beginning of the essay, Berry has left civilization for the first time in a while, and finds himself missing human company and feeling “inexplicably sad” (671). This feeling of sadness is in part from the woods itself, and partly due to Berry leaving the hustle and bustle of normal life in the cities, and the violent change from constant noise to silence causes him to feel lonely in the woods. As a result of feeling alone in the woods, the tone of the essay is dark and brooding, as seen through Berry’s somber

Thank you, everyone, for attending this long overdue election process. There hasn’t been this many owners in one room since Bud Selig’s surprise birthday party 5 years ago. That evening was certainly one for the books. Unfortunately I’m not here to share funny stories from the past. I’m here to talk about a much more serious matter. I want to talk about one of the greatest players in the history of the MLB. I also want to talk about the most prestigious honor in the MLB. Cincinnati Reds legend

Undeserving, Underserved, or the Most Deserving? In White Men Can't Jump, Ron Shelton uses the streetball scene in a poor LA neighborhood to examine the friendship of Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane. Examining the ways in which the two financially struggling protagonists treat each other, Shelton challenges the viewer to reflect on whether to value the cutthroat “smoke or be smoked” mentality or prioritize one's honor above all else. The former characterizes most of their actions in the first half