Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a memorable movie for its superb acting, meanings, and a great story. The theme of this movie would be something along the lines of living life to the fullest, since the main character Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) experiences so many life lessons and events to even comprehend. The film has a way to linger with its viewers because many of the viewers can relate to one of Gump's many experiences. Even though the film focuses on the life of Forrest Gump, many of its characters are very dynamic and can be related to as well. Lieutenant Dan was a rough badass marine when Gump meets him in Vietnam, but have the war he loses the use of his legs. This leads Dan to drinking and almost suicidal since he wanted to die a hero during the war. However, he fixes himself up and helps Gump manage his multi-million shrimping company, and finally finds peace with himself. This character and many others help shape and mold Gump to the man he becomes at the end. His mom play an important role in his life, giving him many lessons such as the infamous "Life is like a box of chocolates..". This is important because Forrest does life up to this, since his life is filled with many changes and occurrences.  The theme of shoes/feet are important throughout the movie, since Gump believes everyman needs his own shoes. He uses this when he runs across the country until his shoes gives way. Even though there were many scenes in this movie, from Vietnam to D.C, Gump's hometown was in Greenbow, Georgia. This is important to the plot because Gump hold his home close to his believes. This gives the viewers the important message of returning to your roots and always staying close to your home.

Yet Another Music Blog

The use of music sets the mood and tone in many movies. It connects viewers to the movie in a more vibrate way. Many (if not most) movies do this, such as Empire Records, uses many forms of rock to set the theme of the movie. Empire Records  is a records store, selling all sorts of different types of music, however, the cast of slack off teens exhibit traits of rock enthusiasts. The soundtrack of the movie gives many types of rock; Classic, punk, metal, garage, and so on. These intrepid the different personalities and characteristics of the cast of misfits that work there. This allows viewers to connect to the characters without having to watch more movie time to know their backstories. Music also tells the mood of certain movies. When a movie is showing a joyful and peaceful time, music can be played in the background to have the viewers experience not only a visual, but audio connection as well that the mood is a joyful one.

Redemption

Redemption is the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. The Shawshank Redemption is all about this. The movie takes place in the late 1940s, when a banker named
Andy Dufresne finds out his wife had an affair. He gets drunk and contemplates scaring them with a gun, but doesn't go with it. However, his wife and her lover are murdered and Andy is sentenced two life time in Shawshank Prison. There, he endures a harsh system with abusive guards and raping from some prison members. He manages to use he's wits to friend several people, including Red, a smuggler of goods. At the end of the movie, Any manages to escape after 20 years of plotting and tunneling, and brings forth the truth behind the warden's illegal activities and the corruption at Shawshank. The iconic scene where Andy comes out of the sewers he had to crawl out of to escape into the waterworks during a violent storm is very symbolic. It express how through all those years of pain and remorse, he had finally achieved freedom. Innocent, he brought the true criminals to justice; Warden Norton for excepting illegal bribes and Captain Hadley for murdering a cellmates. The movie's name does live up to the plot, since a man that was done wrong achieve sanction for what he had to go through. Redemption comes to other characters as well besides Any. Red served over 30 years, and was released for good behavior. He carriers out a promise he mad to Any and travels to Mexico to find Any.

Another Music Blog

 School of Rock and Mr. Holland's Opus are both movies about musical arts in school. Even though School of Rock is about a fake substitute teacher taking elementary children to play rock music at the battle of the bands compared to Mr. Holland's Opus is about a composer who teachers children throughout many years while making music during his own time and living with a deaf son who doesn't understand his work. Phew. Both of these movies are opposites when it comes to the different types of music or who the main protagonist is, but both have the same meaning. Music in school is still a much needed topic in school for students to learn. In the past several decades, more and more schools around the country have been cutting music classes out because of budgeting finances or the school district thinks it is not necessary for students to have, however, many disagree with these. Many programs, such as VH1 Save the Music, are trying to fund schools with the proper funds, equipment, and teachers to continue music classes for students. Music helps stimulate the mind and helps students understand the value and necessity of arts in school. Music isn't the only class that is threatened to disappear in schools. Art, history cultures, and other classes have been cut from school programs because of financial problems. It is important to teach to not only students, but teachers and music enthusiasts alike, that keeping music as a common core class in schools is a much needed tool.
 

Rent

Rent revolved around a group of people trying to keep their homes from their landlord/friend. Though all of the cast battled through their own personal issues (AIDS, homophobia, etc.), the main issue was trying to come up with money or some way to pay their rent. This was not really a cultural difference, but a financial one. The setting takes place in New York City, and much like every other city, which have poor areas where jobs are scarce and have high crime rates. Mark and Roger room with eachother, and are unable to pay their rent. With their friends, they try to overcome these obstacles such as Roger's AIDS. If this was to be placed in a more luxurious part of New York with people who had money, paying rent would not be an issue and there would be no story. Rent shows the viewers what it would be like living under conditions of poverty. 

Musicals

For reading the movies, I had to watch to musicals, Singing in the Rain and Chicago. Both are set in the 1930s, and portray their story in the form of a musical. After watching Singing in the Rain and trudging through Chicago, I had many feelings for both. They share many differences and one similarity. The only similarity they have in common is that they are musicals. Differences include; Singing in the Rain is a love story and Chicago is a redemption case. Singing in the Rain is about the transition from soundless movies to "talkies" and how it shook up Hollywood. Chicago is about a young woman who tries to get large in the jazz lights while behind the bars for murdering. Singing in the Rain was filled with lovable and lively characters, and though Chicago had a talented cast, I greatly admired Singing in the Rain's cast more. I honestly didn't like Chicago, it was heavily sexualized (though I do understand the 30's/Jazz Age was this) but I felt like I was watching a musical form of Orange is the New Black (which I do not fancy). On the other hand, I enjoyed watching Singing in the Rain. I loved the music and the mood set by the movie. I would defiantly watch Singing in the Rain again but Chicago was a bore. In all truth, I didn't enjoy watching musicals in the past, but after watching Singing in the Rain, I would like to watch more films that were in the same atmosphere.

The Fault in Our Stars and Papertowns

John Greene is the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. Both novels have been popular with students and teachers in the classroom and have been made into major motion pictures. Both works connect to the readers because the story and plot are realistic and are human problems. For The Fault in Our Stars, the theme is about living with flaws and how we cope with it, such as the two main characters with their diseases. As for Paper Towns, it is about finding out what we want to do with our lives and doing things outside of the box, such as when the main protagonist Quentin sets off on a journey to find his mysterious lover Margo. Both novels have large connections with the struggles and lifestyles of young adults. Even though they may not be the same situations are the books, but how the character deal or solve their problems can be related to many teens across the United States. We learn that everyone has flaws in our lives, but we either deal or live with them which can define or determine who we are. John Greene has made perfect example of the struggles young adults face in life, anything from what we want to do after high school or living with cancer. Many teachers admire John Greene's work and use it in their classrooms to try to compare the characters' lives to the students' lives. This has made large impacts in the readers because they can relate to the characters in The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. People like to read something that they can relate to, and John Greene has made these two novels to do this.

9-11

Reign Over Me is a very sensitive movie about a dentist named Alan Johnson who helps his friend, Charlie Fineman, recover and coupe with his families death after 9/11. Charlie lost his wife and three kids after the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, and lives his life afterwards in a seclusive and immature lifestyle. He tells Alan he does this to forget what has happened and not to remember the old times. Charlie does things that he liked to do before his marriage and kids, such as playing video games and the drum, collecting ablum records, and remodels his kitchen constantly. Charlie refuses to see help, and refuses to talk to anyone about his old life. When Alan tries to help Charlie by making him see a psychologist to talk about his problems, but Charlie is slow to adjust. The film shows how people were affected after the attacks on 9/11 by showing how a widower like Charlie Fineman lives his life, trying to deal with the shock of what had happened to his family. Charlie was a broken man who couldn't face the reality of life, and exhibited many symptoms of mental trauma such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The film really moved me personally because how the branching affect of the 9/11 attacks which affected the families and friends of the victims worldwide.      

1941 and Saving Private Ryan

1941 and Saving Private Ryan are both movies about World War II. Steven Spielberg directed both these movies with different goals to reach the audience.  Though both are about the conflict of WW2, they are very different in their content. 1941 is about the following days after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. After the attack, the American people were shocked at terrified by the aggression the Japanese had taken against them, and panic soon spread through the western states fearing that another Japanese attack would happen. The movie 1941 shows the paranoia that ran rampant throughout the American people. Steven Spielberg approached this topic and turned it into a humorous and comical movie. In 1941, there is a wide variety of goofy characters who approach a not-so-threatening Japanese attack of "Hollywood". Blind fear and misunderstanding leads to the greatest threat to the American people which was themselves. Steven Spielberg wanted to show how hysterical people were about a Japanese invasion which probably would of never happened on the mainland. Saving Private Ryan is entirely different in its content. Tom Hanks plays an American Ranger Captain who storms the beach of Normandy. The first thirty minutes of the movie is a brutal and an eye opening to the reality of war, and the viewers know instantly that this movie doesn't hold anything back to show this. When news that a mother lost three sons to the war, the Captain is ordered to take his squad deep beneath enemy lines to find the fourth son and to bring him home. During the treacherous journey, viewers watch as the mission takes lives and harsh combat to the already battered team. When they finally reach Ryan, most of the original squad including the Captain, die protecting a vital bridge from German control. Ryan is able to survive and live out his life with his family, as he remembers the sacrifices that men took to save him. This movie hits the viewers hard with the reality of sacrifice and brotherly bonds. Steven Spielberg directed and told these two movies perfectly and showed the audiences the different points of war.

Racism in Film

The matter of racism is a very sensitive in the film/movie industry. Many directors have different approaches when confronting it. The lives of the directors themselves play a key role in addressing racism. Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List is the story of a German business man named Oskar Schindler who saves the lives of 1200 Jews during the holocaust by convincing Nazi members that he needs the people to work in his factory. Though a Nazi party member himself,  Schindler knows the value of a human life, Jewish or not. Spielberg has great knowledge of this event in history, but what makes him more connected than most is that his family were oppressed by the holocaust. His Jewish background helped him direct what it would be like for the Jewish workers at the time. Another example of a director with background to the movie is Spike Lee and his  work, Do the Right Thing. Spike Lee set up an average day in the streets on Brooklyn, New York. In this setting, people of different ethnic backgrounds such as blacks, Hispanics, and Italians interact with each other. When some problems happen around the community, racial tensions start to build up. Spike Lee new of this problem himself because grew up in Brooklyn. He himself had similar experiences with racial tensions when he was a child and adult, so he used that personal background in his films to bring up the problem with racism.

Sports in Racism

I am disgusted with calling myself an American after watching 42, Glory Road, and Remember the Titans and how racism ruled society. Throughout our nation's history, there has been racism towards all races, especially towards blacks after the Civil War. An example of this has been in sports. The sports of America in the past was highly segregated, with white (being the major form of entertainment and professional standards) and black leagues. Baseball was one example of a segregated sport. The professional teams were made up of white men, whose teams were well managed and funded by wealthy backers. However, there was an underfunded league for blacks, whose games were not taken seriously and just served as a means to play baseball for Negro players. This was the way of life in America until a player named Jackie Robison, a negro player who played in black leagues, was drafted into the major league on the Brooklyn Dodgers. This was the first case of a black baseball player on an all white team. This was taken seriously by crowds of baseball fans whose views still discriminated against blacks. They believed that blacks were not capable or fit enough to play with white players, and Robison had to take not only racial slurs and hateful shouts at games, but being threaten and pressured to leave the game. However, Robison pushed on and in 1948, helped win the World Series for his team. Similar cases of mixing blacks with white teams happened in other sports too, such as football and basketball. Overall, the change between two different leagues separating blacks and whites and joining the two was a long and challenging process. During present times, there are still racial tensions in sports, but mostly because of a player's performance and not the color of their skin. There is still more effort to be done with the total destruction of not only racism in sports, but in our society as well.

451 Blog

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is a story in which a future is controlled by censorship, where firefighters burn books to keep the population from reading about the truth of things. However, Ray Bradbury's work isn't the only example of censorship and how it controls people's thoughts and actions. History has a handful of times governments and groups of people have censored certain areas of people's freedom.

Hugh Latimer was a bishop in England during the 1500s. However,  Latimer resigned in protest against the King's refusal to allow the Protestant reforms that Latimer desired. Soon after, Latimer and his friend Nicholas Ridley were arrested and burned at the stake. This is an example of censorship in early history that did not allow men to express their thoughts freely. Another example of censorship in history is the book burning in Nazi Germany in the 1930's. Much like in Fahrenheit 451, Germany was going through a major reform and government change in which much literature was thought was hurting nationalistic pride and German culture. This was a huge example of censorship denied the German people to read world literature and to allow reading what they wanted to. In both Fahrenheit 451 and Nazi Germany in the 1930's both had disturbing similarities with men forcing taking books and creating huge fires. Censorship has also come into modern history as well. In 1947, Hollywood made a "Blacklist" that checked directors and actors backgrounds if they had any ties or dealing with communist. If an individual was found guilty of this, Hollywood would refuse to publish their works. This is an extreme form of censorship since the privacy of a person is broken because of a government tie-up. This corresponds with Fahrenheit 451 since the government knew each person's background and denied them work opportunities if it was a problem.

Censorship in a whole isn't necessarily bad, however extreme versions of it have hindered humanities furtherance towards achievement. Both in the past and in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 has used censorship as a weight or weapon to control the minds of people as a whole.

Dark Literature and Censorship

Chris Crutcher's Deadline is a piece of "Dark Literature" that has been censored and even banned in some schools. Dark literature is real life experiences, usually evolving teens and problems with early adulthood. In the book, the main character has around one year to live since a deadly disease is found in him. When he lives out his bucket list live style, he discovers many problems of his town and people he has gotten to know. His girlfriend has been raped by her uncle when she was young and is raising her child in secrecy. His mom is an alcoholic who has trouble with maintaining her life. He has befriended the town's alcoholic bum who was once a priest. All these problems are very personal and can be related to teens who read the book, making it a difficult but inspiring read. Despite its strong contents, it helps readers come up with an understanding that everyone has a troubled past or is facing some sort of trouble. Teens more than anyone think that this relates to their lives the most. Schools have acknowledged this and have encouraged many students to read the book. However, since there is some language and situations that some find disturbing or unsettling, some schools have banned the book, leading to the argument of censoring it. Though some language is pretty rough, it hits the reader straight on and confronts the point directly, which is an excellent way in proving Crutcher’s point about the problem with racism, relationships, and most importantly, deciding to keep something from someone or telling the truth.

One Year to Live

If I was told by a doctor that a terrible virus was running rampant through my body, and that I had one year to live, I would travel to the places I have been and re-visit past memories/ friends. For the first month or two, I would travel to Cochranton, Pennsylvania. There, I would visit and tell the terrible news to my dad's side of the family and then I would catch up with my friends who went to Cochranton High School with me. After walking through the woods of my old house there, I would take a plane down to Orlando, Florida. There, I would go to Downey Christian School and take in the memories of one of my favorite schools that I have been too. I would inform my friends and teachers the news, but then recall all the great memories I shared down there. Spending a couple of weeks in Orlando, I would then travel to Upstate New York, to the small riverside town of Harrisville. Since I had lived there longer than Cochranton and Orlando, I would spend two months there. I would spend most of my time at my house spending time with my dad and step-mom. I would take long walks with my two favorite dogs, Sherman and Max, through the dense pine forests of our property. I would visit my old high school with all my friends and teachers there. I would attend my small church family and have relaxing Sunday mornings. Then moving back to Ohio, I would spend time with my mom's side of the family and visiting all my friends. For the last couple of months I'd have left on Earth, I would write a huge story of my life in a book that I would have saved for my future family too read.
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The Usless Tunnel

Though the tunnel itself was almost meaningless as symbolic in "Through the tunnel", the boy himself and the struggle with training and going through itself is very symbolic. In the beginning of the story, Jerry is going to a family beach with his mom. Though he is a only child and at the age of 11, he is very dependent of his mother and almost is childish in his curiosity with the more dangerous other beach. When visiting it, he encounters older boys swimming there, and desperately tries to hang with them and get their attention, which he fails at and cries about it. Then he discovers the tunnel that the boys were swimming through. He tries holding his breath and training to swim through it, while doing this he becomes more and more independent from his mother. At the end of the story, he barely manages to swim through, and has finally accomplished what he trained for. He sees the older boys on the beach, but doesn't want to be around them. This is very symbolic because it shows Jerry becoming of age. From a boy who needs his mother for security and shelter, he becomes almost a man when he finally swims through the tunnel, which was the journey of him becoming a man.

Super-Huge Mustard

As I wandering around the enormous aisles of Sam's Club, something very large and yellow caught my eye. I stared dumbstruck and was in awe as the glorious, three pound tub shinned its magnificence upon me. While soaking myself in its holy light, my life flashed before my eye with this marvelous product. I saw myself standing in a baseball stadium, a hotdog in one hand, the large tub of goodness between my knees. Then I see myself using the tub everyday on things I eat; hamburgers, fish salad, bologna sandwiches, fries & cheese, beans with chili, turkey with salami, rice and ground meat, and meat loaf. After that, I saw myself laying on the couch, in a dark room lighted by candles. A movie is running on the TV, and I am covered by a cozy blanket. The large tub of mustard lay on my chest, and I was eating out of it with a large spoon.



I shake out of my fantasies of the Super-Huge mustard and I am back at the aisle. I must buy this, no matter the cost! I glanced at the label of the hub, ready to make my move. Two-hundred forty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents, a respectable price for a product of that stature. I frantically open up my wallet but was horrified by the most grizzly of sights. All I was in possession of was four dollars, and a lonely nickel. A single tear ran down my check, and my fumbling hands drop my wallet to the ground. My dream would not come true today. All is lost. I stared at the relic of yellow gold in front of me for several hours until the store closed. The drive home was quiet and long. The sun was down and a light drizzle of rain made a very melancholy mood. I slumbered back into my house and sit down on the couch. As I flip on the television, a commercial for the Super-Huge mustard appeared instantly. Even there in the blackness of my room, I was engulfed by the bright yellow light of the mustard. I break down, and flip off the switch and head for the kitchen. Opening my refrigerator, I see an empty spot between the cabbage and the leftovers of last night's dinner. That was the empty throne that could of have been filled by the yellow container of greatness. I let out a great sigh, and with the last of my strength I drag myself up the stairs to the bedroom. I am too lazy to take off my clothes or get under the covers of my bed, and lay there silently observing the ceiling.

Street Lawyer III

John Grisham's The Street Lawyer reflects many topics and issues concerning homelessness and poverty. The story follow's a man named Michael Brock, a successful lawyer in D.C who works at a firm named Drake and Sweeney. After a homeless man takes him and several others hostage at gun point in his firm, Mike sees the huge struggle of the homeless in his own city and ends up changing his ways to help the homeless.


Towards the end of the book, Michael shares the same views as the homeless man, named Mister, at the beginning of the book. They see that the rich, usually the white population including Mike himself, don't think twice in helping the poor and helpless in need. Veterans, such as Mister, don't even get the attention they deserve, even when they are homeless themselves. Mister and Michael share the same view that the differences of the classes hurt both alike and no-one is helping one another out.


Entering his new job to help the homeless in the Street Clinic he made with Mordecai, one of his first clients was a crack addicted woman named Rudy. Ruby represents the homeless in many ways. She is addicted to the drug cocaine, which like many of the homeless, is one of the many problems they face in their struggle to survive out on the streets. She comes to the street firm for help on her case, which many of the homeless do not take advantage of however.


With this in mind, homelessness and lower classes are well defined then the upper classes of D.C. Michael was included with the upper, white class that lived in the nicer parts of the city. People such as Mister (though white himself) lived in the lower side and more dangerous parts of D.C, usually the blacks and lower classes of people who did not have enough money to support basic living conditions. This is a huge problem in the dividing of the upper and lower classes of D.C, and can be the same with cities around the world. Men like Michael need to see and understand this problem and try everything in their power to change this.

End of the Street Lawyer

Many conclusions can be made by reading the end of the Street Lawyer. We follow a middle aged man named Michael who lives in Washington D.C. He was once a very successful lawyer for the firm Drake and Sweeney, made more than enough money, and had a everything set up with him. This all changed when a homeless man, named Mister, came into the firm and took Mike and several other lawyers hostage. After the whole ordeal, we see several changes in Michael. He takes for notice in the homeless in his community and sees the difference life quality between the homeless and himself. He then becomes involved with helping homeless in shelters with a public lawyer named Mordecai Green. This then leads him to quit his well paying job at his firm, divorcing his wife because their relation was not going well, and helping Mordecai step up a legal law firm that is assessable to everyone, including homeless clients.


Predictions can be made of how Michael's life will be after reading the story. Since he is determined to help people in need in legal cases, especially the homeless, he will continue to work at the new firm of 14th Street Clinic. Working there, he will become more and more like his companion Mordecai, more eager in cases and volunteering in shelters. Though his pay is lower than that of his old job working at Drake and Sweeney, his new life style is one of helping others no matter how expensive or hard it is.


Earlier in the story, Michael helps a woman addicted to crack named Ruby with her case. At the end of the story, Mike bonds with her by taking her and his new lover Megan on a vacation to reflect on their lives. Taking this into thought, with the help received from Michael and a well needed vacation, Ruby will recover from her addiction by the therapy classes Michael paid for. As of Megan, Michael will probably marry her because they are into helping the helpless and share many of the same goals, not like Brock's old marriage with Claire who did not care about what he did. He ends up running his own Street clinic with his friend Mordecai, finds a new lover with common interests, and helps countless others including Ruby in their cases.


John Grisham, author of the Street Lawyer, made a pretty clear message, or theme, to his story. The theme is: Do what is right, no matter the cost. Michael Brock not only quits a well paying job and his marriage with another successful person, but he leaves behind his old live all together to help people in need, in this case the homeless in legal cases. He has to change his lifestyle all together to accomplish this, but to him it is the right thing to do, which he starts to enjoy towards the end of the book. Even though he left his old life behind, a new life has begun for him.


Response: Homelessness is a problem that needs to be solved around the world, but until then, people need to help others in need in every way they can. Much like the fictional character John Grisham created to bring this problem to light, Brian Davis, a man who helps homeless in Cleveland, does the same thing. He helps the homeless the ability to sell newspapers and allowed them to have a chance to earn money. By giving this opportunity, he saved many lives by providing them money to buy food, clothes, and a chance to help themselves in a productive way.

Street Lawyer 2

This is blog two of The Street Lawyer, we are around half ways down with the book. Two these point, several key events have happened so far. One, Michael left his firm to work with Mordecai. This is grossly important because this represents Mike changing his life styles and leaving everything behind to represent and help the homeless. This is a big shock to his bosses, co-workers, and his wife, as they think he is going through a mid-life crisis and has no idea what he is doing. However, Mike knows exactly what he is doing, and decides to leave he now boring job. Another key event is the breaking up between Clare and Michael. Even though they both knew the divorce was coming, but it hit fast and quick when Clare announced it shortly after Mike leaving his firm for good. This holds many dilemmas for Mike, for now he is jobless and homeless, and even comments that he himself is now homeless. He is tied up with work with Mordecai, helping around with shelters, attending the funeral for a homeless family he cared about, and dealing secretly of how Drake and Sweeney may of been involved with the deaths of the homeless family. Michael's life has been very haptic and busy, but he does it to help people in need because of his talents in the firm. With everything that has been going on with Mike, he is now working with Mordecai in their new street firm, and though it is a less-paying job then his old job, he does it for the common good for people in need.     

Street Lawyer

In the beginning chapters of The Street Lawyer,  a homeless man takes eight lawyers, including the protagonist Mike, hostage in a law firm. During the hostage situation, Mike concludes that the Homeless man, called Mister by the captives, has no intent on killing anyone. After several hours police manage to take out Mister and rescue the hostages. Mike returns home to his wife, who they do not have the strongest of marriages between them. After rethinking of the actions he was in and the condition of the homeless in D.C., Mike leaves his firm to help represent the homeless. He does this because he feels that the homeless are helpless and need someone to help them in cases and problems. Mike almost feels like he is doing this not because he feels guilty for the luxurious life he has lived, but almost like it his responsibility to help the homeless.


Mike had changed after the hostage situation will change his life and career. He leaves a successful, well paid job (which he had admitted that he was not really fond of) and enters the life of helping homeless in their time of needs.  He takes his experience and talents from his previous lawyer career and takes it to the street. With Mordecai Green, another social worker who represents homeless, they take care of people in shelters and soup kitchens. Mordecai has been helping the homeless longer then Mike has, but gladly helps Mike with the swing of things.