document_title: Shaq–Kobe feud

question_text: who got to the lakers first shaq or kobe

text: Shaq–Kobe feud

text: Origins: 1996–1999[edit]

text: In 1996, the Los Angeles Lakers acquired the draft rights to high school player Kobe Bryant from the Charlotte Hornets by trading established center Vlade Divac.[2] No NBA team had previously drafted a guard straight from high school.[3] After freeing up salary by parting with other veteran players, they signed free agent All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal later that year. The two sparred in their first three seasons playing together from 1996–1999.[4] Bryant kept his teammates at a distance, answering non-basketball questions with one- or two-word responses. O'Neal told the Lakers when Bryant arrived, "I'm not gonna be babysitting."[5] Bryant had extreme confidence in his ability, which was unusual for an 18-year-old. Some teammates interpreted Bryant's confidence as arrogance.[6] O'Neal was wary of Bryant, as a rookie, boasting that he would lead the Lakers in scoring and be the best player in the league.[7] Lakers general manager Jerry West criticized O'Neal's leadership for hazing Bryant that season.[8] While O'Neal's personality was good-humored, Bryant's demeanor was all-business and was interpreted by some teammates as selfishness.[9] O'Neal began calling Bryant showboat because of his flashy offensive moves.[10] In an overtime playoff loss to the Utah Jazz that eliminated the Lakers, O'Neal fouled out with two minutes remaining in regulation. Lakers coach Del Harris had designed the Laker offense around the rookie Bryant, who went on to shoot four air balls. Harris explained that Bryant's one-on-one skills made him the best choice.[11] After the game, O'Neal put his arm around Bryant and told him there would be other opportunities.[12] West said the team's shortcoming made O'Neal angry since he was going to be judged by the team's success.[13]

text: Bryant was assigned by the Lakers to play in the 1997 NBA Summer League to improve as a team player and learn where to send the ball when he drew double teams.[14] The following season, Bryant was voted as a starter in the 1998 All-Star Game though he was a reserve on the Lakers. The Lakers struggled after the All-Star break, losing seven of their first 12 games, and Bryant had a stretch where he made only 30 of 100 shots. O'Neal wanted a championship immediately, and he did not want to wait for Bryant to mature as a player. Harris thought the NBA and its television broadcaster, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), were overexposing Bryant and that he became more of a one-on-one player after the break.[15] Bryant's playing time became reduced. The Lakers were eliminated in the 1998 playoffs in the conference finals after they were swept by the Jazz, 4–0.[16]

text: The team's lockout-shortened 50-game 1998–99 season included a brief stint as a player by Dennis Rodman, the firing of head coach Harris, and the interim head coaching stint of former Laker player Kurt Rambis.[3] During the lockout, O'Neal, Bryant, Derek Fisher, and Corie Blount played a two-on-two basketball game. Bryant was always a physical player during practice. Other players, though, disliked Bryant's approach to practice. Fisher said, "That was really the way we all should have been playing. With Kobe's spirit." During the game, O'Neal slapped Bryant. Fisher said neither O'Neal nor Bryant really started it, as they were both being physical.[17] During the season, the team would blame their problems on what they felt was Bryant's selfish play. At one point, O'Neal pointed at Bryant and told reporters in the locker room, "There's the problem."[18] Bryant's jerseys were outselling O'Neal's in Southern California sporting goods stores, and rumors started that O'Neal was jealous, as he was with Penny Hardaway when they played together in Orlando. "That's far from the truth", said Fisher. "All Shaq wants to do is win."[19] Asked if he helped Bryant through his growing pains, O'Neal said "I try not to help guys out too much. Experience is the best teacher ... Kobe's a great player ... He's a new, up-and-coming kid."[19] O'Neal thought Rambis favored Bryant.[20] Rambis asked O'Neal, the veteran team leader, to heal the rift and reach out to Bryant. Rambis said O'Neal gave him a "blank, cold stare."[21] The rift between O'Neal and Bryant continued into the playoffs. While the Lakers defeated the Houston Rockets in the first round of that year's NBA Playoffs, they were ultimately swept 4–0 by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round.[22]

text: Three-peat: 1999-2002[edit]

text: During the 1999 offseason, West and Lakers owner Jerry Buss agreed to sign the then six-time NBA champion Phil Jackson to a high-priced, 5-year $30 million contract to be the team's new head coach entering the 1999–2000 season.[22][23][24] Buss was previously a believer in spending conservatively on coaches,[24] but O'Neal and Bryant had both encouraged West to hire Jackson.[25] Jackson decided that the offense would revolve around O'Neal, who would be given responsibility to distribute the ball.[26] Jackson also wanted better leadership, physical conditioning, and defense from O'Neal.[27] The coach chose to develop a close relationship with O'Neal and not Bryant. Jackson calculated that O'Neal's personality craved such a relationship.[28] Bryant missed the season's first 15 games due to a broken right wrist, allowing the team to focus on O'Neal as Jackson had planned.[29] The results of Jackson's hiring were promising, as the Lakers amassed a 67–15 record (one of the best records in league history). O'Neal led the league in scoring, averaging 29.7 points per game, and he won his first NBA Most Valuable Player Award.[26] During the playoffs, the Lakers fought off the eighth-seeded Sacramento Kings in five games, and then defeated the Phoenix Suns in the second round, four games to one.

text: It was in the 2000 Western Conference Finals that a defining moment of O'Neal's and Bryant's on-court success together occurred. The Lakers had led the Portland Trail Blazers three games to one, before dropping Game 5 at home and Game 6 in Portland. The Blazers were leading the decisive Game 7, putting the Lakers on the brink of elimination. Portland led by 15 points early in the fourth quarter, before the Lakers mounted a 25–4 rally to take the lead. The comeback run culminated as Bryant drove the lane and threw an alley-oop pass to O'Neal for a one-handed slam dunk after which O'Neal ran upcourt with his mouth agape and both index fingers waving.[30] Bryant extended his hand to O'Neal for a high five, but O'Neal in his celebration did not notice.[31] The Lakers won the game 89–84, and the 13 point comeback after three quarters was the most ever in a Game 7 in the NBA playoffs. O'Neal had 18 points and 9 rebounds, and Bryant had 25 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocked shots.[32] The two players complimented each other on the alley-oop play after the game, and assistant coach Tex Winter thought they came to respect each other.[33] The Lakers went on to defeat the Indiana Pacers in six games and won their first NBA championship since 1988.[3] The Lakers led the series 2–0 behind O'Neal's dominating presence. The Lakers lost Game 3, which Bryant missed with an ankle injury. After O'Neal fouled out in overtime of Game 4, Jackson spread the floor and had Bryant take over the offense and lead the team to victory. Leading 110–109 with 1:32 remaining in Game 6, Jackson again spread the offense—even with O'Neal on the floor—and again allowed Bryant to take over; the Lakers won the game, 116–111, and won the championship.[34] In the ensuing celebration, Bryant was the first person to embrace O'Neal.[35]

text: The season was not without confrontation, as O'Neal in one team meeting said, "I have something to say. I think Kobe is playing too selfishly for us to win."[36] O'Neal felt pressure to be leader of the team and was upset with Bryant's shot selection. Teammate Ron Harper helped mediate the differences between O'Neal and Bryant.[37] According to Jackson, "Kobe didn't have a selfish agenda; he just felt that the way he had been playing was the best way he could contribute. Gradually, he's seen there is a different way to contribute that incorporates more of the team."[38] Upon arriving to the Lakers that season, Winter said he was stunned to discover the level of hatred O'Neal expressed toward Bryant. "There was a lot of hatred in [O'Neal's] heart ... Kobe just took it and kept going." O'Neal regularly expressed to management that he did not believe the team could win a championship with Bryant. Winter observed that O'Neal influenced the entire team against Bryant.[39] Winter thought that Bryant made it a point to get the ball to O'Neal that year, but O'Neal did not appreciate what Bryant was doing to help him.[27] During that season's All-Star Game, Bryant did not participate in the Slam Dunk Contest and a matchup against Vince Carter, following Jackson's request to pass on individual accomplishments to keep the focus on the team. During All-Star warm-ups, O'Neal mimicked Bryant's crossover dribble but threw the ball into the stands to accentuate Bryant's turnovers.[40] O'Neal said it was an inside joke between Kobe and him.[41] Jackson and Winter relied on the triangle offense to heal the relationship between O'Neal and Bryant. The coaches believed that the offense was so structured that the relationship between the two players would be smoother on the court. The coaches would also tell the team they did not see the selfishness in Bryant that the players saw. Winter even put together a video for O'Neal to show that Bryant was playing his role correctly.[42]

text: In 2001, the Lakers won the title again; however, O'Neal and Bryant began feuding during the season. O'Neal came into training camp out of shape, which disappointed Jackson and also Bryant, who worked hard over the offseason to improve his game. Bryant was leading the league in scoring as 2001 began, and Jackson said Bryant was playing the best ball of his career. O'Neal was shooting below 50 percent during stretches, and his free throw shooting was in the 20 percent range.[43] O'Neal said of the Lakers in January, "When it was clear that everything went through me, the outcome of it was (a record of) 67–15, playing with enthusiasm, the city jumping up and down and a parade. And now we're 23–11. You figure it out ... I don't know why anybody else would want to change – other than selfish reasons."[44] Bryant responded that it was a different year and the roster had undergone some changes and "things change, things evolve, and you just have to grow with that change."[44] Lakers assistant coach Bill Bertka said a key factor was the team's defense after losing Fisher for most of the season.[45] O'Neal requested a trade after a blowout win against the Phoenix Suns where Bryant scored 38 and O'Neal scored 18.[44] Jackson commented that their actions were "juvenile" and they should appreciate each other and play as a team.[44] Bryant would be criticized for forcing his offense and not involving his teammates enough.[46] Even O'Neal's stepfather was overheard yelling at Bryant to pass the ball during a game.[47] Bryant told Jackson that the "(triangle) offense is so simple. It doesn't display my talent ... it doesn't give me what I have to have for my game."[47] According to Bryant, the team's defense was the issue and not his increased role in the offense.[48] Bryant said that "scoring shouldn't affect (O'Neal's) defense", while O'Neal maintained that "if the big dog ain't me, then the house won't get guarded – period."[48] Due to O'Neal's sensitivity toward criticism, Jackson overlooked O'Neal's shortcomings while maintaining his criticism of Bryant.[49] West told O'Neal that he also had personal rivalries when he played with all-time greats Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor, but O'Neal needed to "stop being a baby ... put the team's success first."[50]

text: Magic Johnson later noticed a change in O'Neal: "Shaq is saying 'It's me. I'm the one who has to get into shape, I'm the one who has to be ready for the second half run. I'm the one who has to close the middle down like I did last year.' ... He's not blaming everybody else."[51] Fisher returned on March 13, upgrading the team's defense. The Lakers won their last eight games to finish the regular season with 56 wins. O'Neal averaged 33.7 points over the final 11 games. Bryant, upon returning from an injury, was willing to build off of O'Neal now that the center was in shape and playing defense.[52] Bryant would play unselfishly in the playoffs.[46] O'Neal referred to Bryant as "[his] idol" and "the best player in the league, by far" following a victory in Game 1 of that year's Western Conference Finals.[53] The Lakers won the championship after a record-setting 15 wins and only one loss. After the lone loss, which was in the opening game of the NBA Finals against the Philadelphia 76ers, Jackson criticized O'Neal for his lack of defense.[54] Before the following game, Lakers coach Phil Jackson growled at O'Neal, "Don't be afraid to block a shot!" after O'Neal failed to block a shot in Game 1. O'Neal finished Game 2 with 28 points, 20 rebounds, 9 assists and 8 blocks.[55]

text: O'Neal missed training camp due to surgery on an arthritic toe. He opted against a more involved surgery to return back quicker.[56] Still, his toe bothered him throughout the season.[57] Jackson also missed most of camp due to the death of his 94-year-old mother, and Bryant returned to Philadelphia to bury his grandfather. Combined with the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, O'Neal said it would be hard for basketball players to be divided by pettiness.[58]

text: The Lakers won their third consecutive championship, defeating the New Jersey Nets, 4–0. It was the Lakers' first championship sweep in their history, and O'Neal won his third consecutive NBA Finals MVP.[59] Bryant and O'Neal were complimentary of each other afterwards.[60]

text: Final years as teammates: 2002–2004[edit]

text: The 2002–03 season began with the three-time defending champions getting off to one of their worst starts ever. The team was several games under .500 at 11–19 with their return to the playoffs questionable. O'Neal was sidelined with hallux rigidus, a degenerative arthritis in his toe.[61] O'Neal could have had surgery on his toe early in the summer (which would have allowed him to return to playing sooner), but he decided to wait and have the surgery performed not long before the Lakers' pre-season training camp began. He said, "I got hurt on company time, so I’ll rehab on company time."[62] O'Neal debated whether to have a more invasive surgery that would have kept him out an additional three months, but he opted against the more involved procedure.[61] During the season, Bryant had a nine-game streak where he scored at least 40 points and a 13-game streak where he scored 35 or better. Still, the relationship between O'Neal and Bryant remained peaceful. Jackson had ordered Bryant to be more aggressive.[63] The Lakers ended that season with the 5th seed in the Western Conference, failing to get home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. They defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves in six games, but were eliminated by eventual champion San Antonio Spurs in the conference semifinals.

text: The subsequent off-season included accusations and then charges of rape by Bryant in Colorado.[64] On July 16, a little more than two weeks after the initial assault allegations, the Lakers announced the signings of veteran free agents and former All-Stars Karl Malone and Gary Payton, who were recruited by O'Neal.[65][66] After the signings, the Lakers were widely considered the favorite to win the NBA title.[67][68] However, even with these additions, the Lakers would not be able to avoid controversy.

text: O'Neal said his and Bryant's past barbs in the press was "almost like a game." They could handle it—until the 2003–04 season.[69] Just prior to the season, Bryant privately warned Jackson, "If [O'Neal] starts saying [unreasonable] things in the press, I'll fire back ... I've had it."[70] There had been no public indications of animosity between the two since the 2000–2001 season.[71] With Bryant absent from camp due to his legal situation and his recovery from knee surgery, O'Neal said "the full team is here." Later, after sitting out an exhibition game to rest a sore left heel, O'Neal said, "I want to be right [in the regular season] for Derek [Fisher], Karl and Gary." Bryant was again ignored by O'Neal.[72]

text: When Bryant joined the Lakers in camp, O'Neal told reporters Bryant should look to be more of a passer than a scorer until Bryant's knee was fully healed. Bryant responded that he knew how to play the guard position, and O'Neal should worry about the low post.[73] O'Neal responded, "Just ask Karl and Gary why they came here. One person. Not two. One. Period."[73] O'Neal agreed that Bryant could handle playing guard, but Bryant needed advice on how to play team ball. O'Neal added that he would voice his opinions as he saw fit because the Lakers were his team. He said that if Bryant, who would be a free agent at the season's end, didn't like what O'Neal had to say, Bryant should just opt out since O'Neal said "I ain't going nowhere."[73] Jackson told the team to not discuss the issue further with reporters.[74]

text: In a subsequent interview with Jim Gray of ESPN, Bryant questioned O'Neal's claims of team leadership. Bryant claimed that O'Neal came into training camp "fat and out of shape", that O'Neal blamed others for the team's defeats, and that O'Neal previously exaggerated the degree to which injuries had affected his game as a cover for simply being out of condition. Bryant criticized O'Neal's public lobbying for a contract extension when "we have two future Hall of Famers (Malone and Payton) playing here pretty much for free". He also criticized O'Neal for only taking responsibility when the team won. He accused O'Neal of threatening not to put forth his best effort if he was not passed the ball more often. Bryant was also upset that O'Neal did not personally contact him amidst his legal troubles in the summer.[75] O'Neal had his bodyguard, Jerome Crawford, call Bryant.[76] "Everyone knows Jerome is me", said O'Neal.[77]

text: The following day, Lakers scout and former teammate Brian Shaw mediated between a furious O'Neal and Bryant. Shaw reprimanded O'Neal for yelling "Pay me" at Buss after dunking during a preseason game.[78] Shaw turned to Bryant and told him that Jackson allowed O'Neal time to recover from the physical pounding he endured every season. Bryant, still disappointed at the support he received over the summer, told O'Neal, "You're supposed to be my friend."[79] Shaw questioned why he would believe that when Bryant did not join the team for dinners on the road, failed to attend O'Neal's wedding though invited, and did not invite a single teammate to his own wedding.[80]

text: Jackson fined Bryant an undisclosed amount for defying his orders to not talk to the press.[74] O'Neal would reveal after the season that he promised Malone and Payton he would cease feuding with Bryant in light of his legal situation with the rape charge.[81] On opening night of the season, an injured Bryant sat down next to O'Neal during the Lakers' victory over the Dallas Mavericks. "We put it behind us", Bryant said. "Shaq and I are going to move on, be teammates and help this team to a fourth title."[82]

text: The Lakers started the season with a 21–3 record, and they received accolades as the greatest NBA team ever. However, the Lakers lost Malone for three months to a knee injury during the winter.[66][83] During the All-Star break, Buss suspended contract negotiations with Jackson, who was seeking to double his salary from $6 million to $12 million on his expiring contract. Jackson had a contract offer outstanding from the Lakers, but he had not acted on it. The Lakers also suspended talks with O'Neal, who wanted an extension with a pay raise on his remaining three years for $30 million. The Lakers had hoped O'Neal would take less money due to his age, physical conditioning, and games missed due to injuries. The Los Angeles Times wrote that both of the Lakers moves were a concession to Bryant.[84] The Lakers slid towards mediocrity during the spring. Injuries hampered Los Angeles, keeping them as the fourth seed in the Western Conference midway through the season. The team never came together defensively. Winter said, "Even though Shaq was a big presence, he was not a great shot blocker. And he didn't like to play the screen and roll, so he put his teammates in jeopardy. He didn't like to help [on defense]."[85] In March, after Bryant received internal criticism about his shot selection, he scored just one point while taking three shots in the first half against Orlando which the Lakers trailed by 11. He scored 37 in the second half and tied a team record with 24 in the fourth quarter as the Lakers won in overtime. Against Sacramento in April, Bryant took just one shot in the first half against tight defense. He finished the game with eight points. An anonymous teammate told the Los Angeles Times, "I don't know how we can forgive him." Afterward, Jackson urged Bryant to be more aggressive offensively.[86]

text: The Lakers ultimately entered the playoffs as the second seed, thanks to an overtime victory versus the Portland Trail Blazers on the final night of the season, courtesy of a pair of buzzer beaters from Bryant.[87] They defeated the Houston Rockets, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Minnesota Timberwolves before advancing to the 2004 NBA Finals, where they were considered a favorite to defeat the Detroit Pistons.[88][89] However, after five games, the Lakers found themselves not only defeated but dominated by the Pistons, who won the NBA title.[90] Winter said, "Shaq defeated himself against Detroit. He played way too passively. He had one big game ... He's always interested in being a scorer, but he hasn't had nearly enough concentration on defense and rebounding."[91]

text: After the loss, the division between O'Neal and Bryant came to a head. At the news conference after the final game, O'Neal addressed the uncertainty around Coach Phil Jackson's now-expired contract, and Bryant's impending free agency, which meant either or both might not return to the Lakers the next season. With regard to the issue of people possibly leaving the team, O'Neal commented that he understood that everyone would need to do what was best for themselves, then adding "including me".[92]

text: Eventually Jackson, a favorite of O'Neal, was not offered a new contract by the Lakers. Many sports analysts and spectators assumed that this was because of Bryant, who had at times voiced displeasure with Jackson's offensive scheme.[93] However, Winter said Jackson announced at the All-Star break that he would not want to return to the Lakers if Bryant returned.[94] Buss also longed for the Lakers to return to the fast break offense of Showtime.[95] After learning of Jackson's departure and hearing Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak say he would consider trading him, O'Neal demanded to be traded.[96] He made it clear that he felt the Laker organization was making moves designed primarily to placate Bryant, saying "The direction they’re going ... I don’t want to be a part of this."[97][98] Bryant, meanwhile, was involved in discussions with the Los Angeles Clippers. O'Neal's demand was soon indulged, as he was sent to the Miami Heat for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant and a first-round draft pick.[99] NBA coach and former player Doc Rivers called the relationship between O'Neal and Bryant the "biggest travesty in sports" because they should have remained teammates and won at least five championships together.[100]

text: O'Neal traded from Lakers: 2004–2006[edit]

text: A day after O'Neal was traded, Bryant re-signed with the Lakers for seven years and $136 million. Bryant said he enjoyed playing with both Jackson and O'Neal, and he said he did not influence the Lakers' decisions regarding the two. Regardless, newspapers the next day criticized Bryant for his alleged manipulation of the team.[101][102] O'Neal added, "When it came to my leaving, [Kobe] could have spoken up. He could have said something. He didn't say anything." Winter said, "[O'Neal] left because he couldn't get what he wanted—a huge pay raise. There was no way ownership could give him what he wanted. Shaq's demands held the franchise hostage, and the way he went about it didn't please the owner too much."[103]

text: Later, news came out that Bryant had referred to O'Neal while being questioned by police in 2003. According to reports, Bryant stated that he should have paid off his women so that they wouldn't say anything, like O'Neal. Bryant also stated that O'Neal would pay women up to US$1 million to stay quiet about their rendezvous. It also was reported that investigators had told O'Neal of Bryant's supposed statements shortly after the investigation had begun. O'Neal denied these claims, stating that Bryant had no idea about O'Neal's personal business since the two of them rarely spent any time together. O'Neal went as far as to say that he "[wasn't] the one buying love, [Bryant was] the one buying love", a reference to Bryant's purchase of a multi-million dollar diamond ring for his wife in the aftermath of the revelation that Bryant had been unfaithful to her.[104]

text: In August 2004, the NBA scheduled the Lakers and the Heat to play on Christmas Day. The game registered the NBA's highest regular season television ratings since 1998 and would hold its spot until a 2008 Christmas Day meeting between the Lakers and the Boston Celtics. In the lead-up to the game, O'Neal referred to Bryant as a "Corvette" and himself as a "brick wall" in an interview with ABC's Al Michaels during halftime of Monday Night Football.[105]

text: Before the opening tip, Bryant and O'Neal did not talk, but did greet each other by bumping forearms. During the game, Bryant was fouled by O'Neal several times but the contacts were not excessive. O'Neal fouled out late in the fourth quarter but the Heat still won the game in overtime, led by up-and-coming star, Dwyane Wade. Bryant missed a potentially game-winning shot as time expired. When asked about the brick wall comment, Bryant said, "I knew there was a lot of talk about the brick wall and all that. But I think that was kind of just to hype the game. Hopefully, this is all behind us now." O'Neal shared a similar tone, saying "I'm over it. It's old news to me."[106] Bryant and O'Neal met on the court twice more during the season, once during the NBA All-Star Game and once more when the Lakers played the Heat on March 17, 2005.

text: In the following season, Bryant and O'Neal did not engage in further public attacks. However, hard feelings were apparently still present when they refused to refer to each other by name while talking to the media. The Lakers and the Heat faced off again on Christmas Day in 2005, with the Heat winning the second time. Unlike last year, Bryant and O'Neal did not shake hands nor make eye contact with each other before and after the game. O'Neal said, "It was just another game to me."[107] Bryant said "I wasn't even thinking about it. It is what it is."[108]

text: O'Neal indirectly referenced the feud in his cameo appearance in the 2006 movie Scary Movie 4. O'Neal is kidnapped in the movie in a Saw parody, and he hears a frightening voice. A terrified O'Neal then asks, "Kobe?"[109][110]

text: Additional championships and de-escalation of the feud: 2006–2011[edit]

text: From 2004–2006, the Heat and the Lakers met on Christmas Day to emphasize the Shaq-Kobe battle. This tradition ended in 2007, as the Lakers faced the Suns, and the Heat took on the Cavaliers. However, on February 20, 2008, O'Neal was traded from the Heat to the Suns.

text: Prior to their January 16, 2006 meeting, O'Neal greeted Bryant on the court warmly, a departure from his previous attitude toward Bryant. The two shook hands and hugged before tip-off.[111][112] After Bryant scored 81 points in a single game against the Toronto Raptors, O'Neal refused to comment to the media about it.[113] O'Neal broke his silence a few weeks later during a media session at the 2006 NBA All-Star Game, when he acknowledged that he had watched Bryant's 81-point game and offered praise for the performance.[114] During the All-Star Game itself, the two were seen laughing and joking together.[115] O'Neal and the Heat won the NBA title that season. In his 2011 autobiography, Shaq Uncut: My Story, O'Neal wrote of the championship, "I had proven I could win anywhere—not just with some shot-happy guard in Los Angeles."[116]

text: In 2007, O'Neal said that Bryant should have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, which was awarded to Dirk Nowitzki.[117] During the offseason, Bryant was "beyond furious" at reports from a Laker insider that Bryant had insisted O'Neal be traded from the Lakers.[118] Bryant reported that Buss said, "I am not going to re-sign Shaq. I am not about to pay him $30 million a year or $80 million over three years ... His body is breaking down, and I don't want to pay that money to him when I can get value for him right now rather than wait ... It doesn't matter to me what you do in free agency because I do not want to pay [Shaq], period."[118] O'Neal agreed with Bryant: "There's no doubt in my mind Kobe is telling the truth. I believe him a thousand percent ... I would have respected Dr. Buss more as a man if he would have told me that himself, because I know he said it."[118]

text: In 2008, O'Neal reiterated his belief that Bryant deserved the MVP award.[119] Bryant went on to win the award for the first time in his career that season. During the offseason, O'Neal was at a party, and got up to rap in front of the crowd. O'Neal mentioned Bryant multiple times in the rap, saying that "Kobe couldn't do it without me", referring to Bryant and the Lakers loss in the 2008 NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics. He also rapped, "Kobe, tell me how my ass tastes".[120] During the rap, O'Neal also blamed his divorce on Bryant's comments to investigators in 2004 about O'Neal paying off women.[121] Bryant commented that he "didn't take (O'Neal's rap) any kind of way whatsoever."[122] O'Neal later said he was freestyling and that "it was all done in fun. Nothing serious whatsoever ... I'm totally cool with Kobe. No issue at all."[123] Rap artist Snoop Dogg, a Laker fan, agreed that "Shaq has all access and the right to do and say what he wants to say in fun, in the spirit of rap."[124]

text: In November of the 2008–2009 season, O'Neal told reporters that he believed the entire feud has been the fault of the Lakers head coach Phil Jackson. O'Neal later retracted the statement and apologized, interrupting one of Jackson's pre-game interviews to give him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.[125] On January 29, 2009, in an interview with Stephen A. Smith, O'Neal claimed that the feud between him and Bryant was simply a marketing ploy, saying "We helped you hype it up. I know what I'm doing, brother. I'm the smartest player in the world." On Bryant, O'Neal claimed that he "always did love Kobe." On Jackson, O'Neal claimed he is "the greatest coach ever. And he's done a lot for me. Phil's my guy. It's all marketing, baby." O'Neal also added that had he stayed with the Lakers, he and Bryant would have won another three or four titles. "We're still the greatest little-man, big-man 1-2 punch ever created in the history of the game", O'Neal said.[126] At the 2009 NBA All-Star Game, O'Neal, Bryant, and Jackson were all reunited on the West squad. O'Neal and Bryant were both named co-MVPs for the game and were shown laughing and hugging during the game.[127] O'Neal told Bryant to keep the MVP trophy, but Bryant instead gave it to O'Neal's son.[128] For O'Neal, Bryant's gesture marked a turning point in their relationship.[129] Bryant and the Lakers would go to face the Orlando Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals. Shaq showed support for Kobe, on his Twitter page saying: "thats right i am saying it today and today only, i want kobe bryant to get number 4, spread da word  [sic]".[130]

text: After the Lakers once again won the title in Game 7 of the 2010 Finals, Bryant was asked what it meant to him personally. He responded, "Just one more than Shaq ... I can take that to the bank." Bryant had won five NBA titles, and O'Neal had won four. Bryant added, "You guys know how I am. I don't forget anything."[131] O'Neal again congratulated Bryant on his Twitter page: "Congratulations Kobe, u deserve it. U played great. Enjoy it man enjoy it. I know what ur sayin 'Shaq how my ass taste'  [sic]."[132]

text: Upon hearing Bryant's comment about having more titles than O'Neal, Wyc Grousbeck, principal owner of the Boston Celtics, said to Danny Ainge, Celtics' president, "Let's go get Shaq."[133] O'Neal signed a two-year contract with the Celtics for the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 season for the league minimum of $1.3 million and adding to the Celtics–Lakers rivalry. Bill Simmons of ESPN speculated that O'Neal wanted to tie Bryant with five titles and that still "Shaq hates Kobe and Kobe hates Shaq."[134] O'Neal said he didn't "compete with little guys who run around dominating the ball, throwing up 30 shots a night – like D-Wade, Kobe." O'Neal added that he is only competing against Tim Duncan: "If Tim Duncan gets five rings, then that gives some writer the chance to say 'Duncan is the best,' and I can't have that."[135]

text: Post-playing careers: 2011–present[edit]

text: O'Neal announced his retirement via social media on June 1, 2011.[136][137] Two days later, O'Neal held a press conference at his home in Orlando to officially announce his retirement.[138] When asked who was the greatest player he ever played with during his career, O'Neal did not answer but Bryant was the only player whose name was mentioned.[139] He also mentioned that his departure from Los Angeles has nothing to do with Kobe Bryant, saying "the reason I left wasn't about what Kobe did; it was about something else. I was making maximum dollars and felt I deserved more. It was a business end." When asked whether leaving Los Angeles was a bad decision, he answered "I don't like to live in a world of ifs. But if we would have stayed, possibly we could have got six [championships]."[139]

text: After his retirement, O'Neal was hired by Turner Sports as an NBA analyst. When asked whether it would be difficult for him to criticize Bryant, he answered "I have the ability and the backing to give fair criticism. The only time I have trouble with people giving criticism is when they haven't walked that walk. I've walked many walks in my 19-year career, so I think any criticism that I give should be fair."[140] During the 2011 NBA lockout, Bryant discussed his problems with O'Neal with a radio station in Italy, saying "I like players who workout. I used to do that 6–7 hours per day. I cannot stand players who practice for 30 minutes."[141] O'Neal countered that he did not need to work out, and that "My three Finals MVPs speaks for itself."[142]

text: On February 6, 2012, Bryant passed O'Neal for fifth place on the all-time scoring list. Bryant said it was an honor because of their championships together. O'Neal congratulated Bryant, saying "I'm proud of him. I'm happy for him. And, most of all, I want to thank him for being a part of the greatest 1-2 punch ever created, never to be duplicated."[143] Bryant stated on radio the following day that he and O'Neal were never going to last as teammates. Bryant recalled: "There was an interview that I heard Shaq do which he kind of threw down the challenge of me not being able to win without him. After I read that, I said, 'Aw, that's it.' Some comparison that he made with me and Penny Hardaway, and once I read that, I said, 'You know what? I can't finish my career with people saying that. There's no way.'"[144] In 2013, Bryant said that the two "have a really, really good relationship now", calling it "a good lesson for all of us."[145] He said the two had "mutual respect" for each other,[146] while O'Neal commented that they had an "athletic dislike" for each other but "never had a real dislike".[147] That year, the Lakers retired O'Neal's No. 34 during a halftime ceremony. Bryant did not attend the ceremony, but called O'Neal "the most gifted physical specimen I've ever seen play this game" in a recorded video during the event.[147][148] Questioned about his absence, Bryant told the media, "I appreciate you guys trying to start some stuff for old times' sake."[148] Later, it came out that Bryant had missed the ceremony because he had been receiving treatment from the Lakers' training staff.[149]

text: In 2015, O'Neal would launch The Big Podcast with Bryant as his first guest. O'Neal would introduce Bryant as "the greatest Laker ever" as the two reflected on their feud.[150]

text: Bryant retired following the 2015–16 NBA season, playing his final game on April 13, 2016. Leading the Lakers to a come-from-behind 101–96 victory against the Utah Jazz with 60 points, Bryant outscored the entire Jazz team 23–21 in the fourth quarter. He was then taken off the floor with 4.1 second remaining, to an uproarious Staples Center crowd. O'Neal, who was in attendance, was the first person that Bryant embraced upon returning to the bench.[151][152]

text: One year later, O'Neal was honored by the Lakers with a statue of his likeness outside Staples Center. Bryant was in attendance of the statue's unveiling and spoke at the event, which O'Neal said "meant a lot" to him.[153]

text: Head-to-head meetings between O'Neal and Bryant[edit]

text: O'Neal was 7–4 all-time against Bryant, though Bryant outscored O'Neal in each meeting.[154]

text:
#
Game
Date
Score
Player
Points
Rebounds
Assists

1
Miami at Los Angeles
December 25, 2004
104–102 (OT)
Kobe Bryant
42
3
6

Shaquille O'Neal
24
11
3

2
Los Angeles at Miami
March 17, 2005
89–102
Kobe Bryant
26
10
3

Shaquille O'Neal
25
12
2

3
Los Angeles at Miami
December 25, 2005
92–97
Kobe Bryant
37
8
6

Shaquille O'Neal
18
17
3

4
Miami at Los Angeles
January 16, 2006
92–100
Kobe Bryant
37
3
4

Shaquille O'Neal
18
10
1

5
Los Angeles at Phoenix
February 20, 2008
130–124
Kobe Bryant
41
5
3

Shaquille O'Neal
15
9
3

6
Los Angeles at Phoenix
November 20, 2008
105–92
Kobe Bryant
24
5
3

Shaquille O'Neal
15
9
1

7
Phoenix at Los Angeles
February 26, 2009
106–132
Kobe Bryant
22
4
8

Shaquille O'Neal
12
7
0

8
Los Angeles at Phoenix
March 1, 2009
111–118
Kobe Bryant
49
11
2

Shaquille O'Neal
33
7
3

9
Cleveland at Los Angeles
December 25, 2009
102–87
Kobe Bryant
35
9
8

Shaquille O'Neal
11
7
0

10
Los Angeles at Cleveland
January 21, 2010
87–93
Kobe Bryant
31
2
4

Shaquille O'Neal
13
6
3

11
Boston at Los Angeles
January 30, 2011
109–96
Kobe Bryant
41
3
4

Shaquille O'Neal
0
6
0


document_title: Feed 'em and Weep

question_text: who played mr hood on the little rascals

root

text: Feed 'em and Weep

text: Plot[edit]

text: It is Mr. Hood's birthday, and he has been eagerly anticipating a quiet dinner at home with his family. Darla then mentioned that she has invited her friends to the celebration: Alfalfa, Porky, and Philip. The well-meaning trio drive Mr. Hood to distraction with loud and interminable choruses of "Happy Birthday, Mr. Hood." Then they present their ill-conceived presents: a frog, a duck, and a cat. When the kids are not arguing over their favorite comic-strip characters, they are busily devouring Mr. Hood's birthday dinner. Mr. Hood, disgusted over the whole affair, declares he is going out to get a bite to eat and leaves.

tag: p

text: Feed' em and Weep was minus Buckwheat due to a short illness and one of five episodes in a row (including two MGM Our Gang shorts) to not have George "Spanky" McFarland. In for Buckwheat is Philip Hurlic who some say resembled "Stymie". Philip appeared occasionally on Our Gang films when large numbers of children were needed for various scenes.

text: Cast[edit]

text: The Gang[edit]

text:
Darla Hood as Darla Hood
Eugene Lee as Porky
Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
Philip Hurlic (in the Billie Thomas role) as Our Gang member but not as Buckwheat.
Gary Jasgur as Junior
Leonard Landy as Percy

tag: ul

text: Additional cast[edit]

text:
Johnny Arthur as Johnny Hood
Wilma Cox as Mrs. Hood


document_title: Nitrogenous base

question_text: when dna makes rna what is the base that replaces thymine

text: Nitrogenous base

text: A nitrogenous base, or nitrogen-containing base, is an organic molecule with a nitrogen atom that has the chemical properties of a base. The main biological function of a nitrogenous base is to bond nucleic acids together. A nitrogenous base owes its basic properties to the lone pair of electrons of a nitrogen atom.

text: Nitrogenous bases are typically classified as the derivatives of two parent compounds, pyrimidine and purine.[1] They are non-polar and due to their aromaticity, planar. Both pyrimidines and purines resemble pyridine and are thus weak bases and relatively unreactive towards electrophilic aromatic substitution.[2]

text: Role in nucleic acids[edit]

text: In the biological sciences, nitrogenous bases are increasingly termed nucleobases because of their role in nucleic acids - their flat shape is particularly important when considering their roles as the building blocks of DNA and RNA. A set of five nitrogenous bases is used in the construction of nucleotides, which in turn build up the nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. These nitrogenous bases are adenine (A), uracil (U), guanine (G), thymine (T), and cytosine (C). These nitrogenous bases hydrogen bond between opposing DNA strands to form the rungs of the "twisted ladder" or double helix of DNA or a biological catalyst that is found in the nucleotides. Adenine is always paired with thymine, and guanine is always paired with cytosine. These are known as base pairs. Uracil is only present in RNA, replacing thymine. Pyrimidines include thymine, cytosine, and uracil. They have a single ring structure. Purines include adenine and guanine. They have a double ring structure. [3]


document_title: McDonald's Monopoly

question_text: what do mcdonald's monopoly pieces come on

question_tokens: what do mcdonald 's monopoly pieces come on

text: McDonald's Monopoly

text: History[edit]

text: The promotion has been offered in the United States, Canada,[1] Australia[2], Austria, France, Germany, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, and United Kingdom since 1987. Argentina and Brazil were included in 2013 as well as Ireland in 2016. From 2003-2009, Best Buy was involved in the U.S. version, and later in the Canadian version.

text: Like many merchants, McDonald's offered sweepstakes to draw customers into its restaurants. Laws generally forbid a company from administering its own contests, in order to prevent fraud and to ensure that all prizes are given away. McDonald's had a relationship with Simon Worldwide Inc., which was responsible for the distribution of the contest pieces and the awarding of major prizes.

text: In 2015, the Monopoly game was replaced in the US by "Game Time Gold", using an NFL theme.[3] In 2016, the Monopoly game returned, but hasn't since, in 2018 replaced by "Trick! Treat! Win!".

text: Fraud[edit]

text: In 2000, the U.S. promotion was halted after fraud was uncovered. A subcontracting company, Simon Marketing (a then-subsidiary of Cyrk), that had been hired by McDonald's to organize and promote the game, failed to recognize a flaw in its procedures. Chief of security Jerome P. Jacobson was able to remove the most valuable game pieces, which he then passed to associates who would redeem them and share the proceeds.[4][5] According to Jacobson, his disloyalty began when executives began re-running randomized draws to ensure high-level prizes went to areas in the United States rather than Canada.[5] He began stealing winning game pieces after supplier mistakenly provided him the anti-tamper seals needed to secretly make the swap. Jacobson sold winning pieces for a percentage of the winnings in advance.[5] Initially to friends and family but expanding nationwide after a chance meeting in the Atlanta airport between Jacobson and Gennaro "Jerry" Colombo.[6] Colombo would later appear in a McDonald's commercial promoting the game.[7]

text: Jacobson's associates won almost all of the top prizes including cash and cars between 1995 and 2000, including McDonald's giveaways that did not have the Monopoly theme. The associates netted over $24 million. While the fraud appeared to have been perpetrated by only one key employee of the promotion company, and not by the company's management, eight people were originally arrested, leading to a total of 21 indicted individuals with members of the Colombo Mafia family believed to have been involved in the fraud at some point.[8]

text: The relationship between McDonald's and Simon Marketing broke down in a pair of lawsuits over breach of contract, eventually settled out of court, with McDonald's' claim being thrown out and Simon receiving $16.6 million.[9] Due to a constitutional violation, four of those convicted of the fraud had their convictions reversed on appeal.[10][11]

text: In 1995, St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, received an anonymous letter postmarked Dallas, Texas, which contained a $1 million winning game piece. Although game rules prohibited the transfer of prizes, McDonald's waived the rule and paid out the prize, making the final $50,000 annuity payment in 2014.[12] Investigations later indicated that Jacobson had admitted to sending the winning piece to the hospital.[13]

text: Jacobson pleaded guilty to three counts of mail fraud and served 15 years in prison in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida.  The trial began the day before the September 11 attacks and was overshadowed in the media.

text: In August 2018, 20th Century Fox announced plans for a film based on the Jacobson fraud, to be directed by Ben Affleck, written by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, and starring Matt Damon.[14][15]

text: Gameplay[edit]

text: The promotion mimics the game Monopoly. The game is also advertised with tokens appearing in Sunday newspapers.[16][17] Originally, customers received a set of two tokens with every purchase, but now tokens come only with certain menu items. Tokens correspond to a property space on the Monopoly board (with the exception of the Golden Avenue/Arches Avenue "properties", which were added in the 2008 edition; and Electric Company/Water Works utilities added in 2014). When combined into color-matched properties, the tokens may be redeemed for money. Historically, the grand prize ($1 million, annuity only) has been the combination of the two most costly properties, Park Place and Boardwalk, but in the 2006–2007 games the top prize ($5 million, with the traditional $1 million prize for Boardwalk/Park Place) was awarded for collecting the four railroads. There are also "instant win" tokens the recipient can redeem for McDonald's food (typically small menu items, such as a free small McFlurry or medium fries) but never for any food item that has game pieces, money, or other prizes. The 2001 edition was titled "Pick Your Prize!", in which winners could choose which of three ways they wanted their prize awarded to them (i.e. they could choose if they wanted their $1 million in gold, diamonds, or $50,000 per year for 20 years). In 2016, the game changed where all available prizes were cash, including the $1 million for Park Place and Boardwalk, and was titled "Money Monopoly".[18]

text: Coupon pieces[edit]

text: Additionally, in the 2005 edition, certain foods always came with one coupon which could be used at either Best Buy, Toys R Us, or Foot Locker (including online stores). The value of each coupon was random, with Toys R Us coupons ranging from $1 to $5; up to $5 in coupons could be used in a single transaction. In 2008, these coupons were redeemed for up to 25% off any Foot Locker item(s). Since 2009, the promotion has not featured any coupons.

text: Products with game pieces[edit]

text: As of 2018 (Canada) and 2016 (US), the following products contained game pieces:

text:
Canada[19]

USA[20]

Big Mac (Single/Double)

Big Mac

Chicken McNuggets (10/20 pc.)

Chicken Sandwiches (McChicken/Seriously Chicken)

Angus sandwiches (Bacon Cheddar/Mighty/Creamy Black Pepper)

Filet-O-Fish

Large French Fries

Medium French Fries

Medium & Large Hot McCafe Beverages

Medium & Large Soft Drink Cups/Milkshakes

Medium Soft Drink Cups

Coffee or Tea (Medium/Large/X-Large)

McMuffin Sandwiches (except Sausage McMuffin)

Hashbrowns

Quarter Pounder with Cheese/BLT sandwiches (Single/Double)

Regular McFlurry

Biscuit Sandwiches (except Sausage Biscuit)

tag: table

text: Canadian and US laws require that game pieces be available upon request with no purchase necessary (Alternative Method of Entry, "AMOE"), and can be requested by the mailing of a handwritten, self-addressed stamped envelope.[20]

text: Rare pieces in US/Canada[edit]

text: The rare collectible pieces that dictate the odds of winning are as follows:

text:
Property

2018 Canadian Name*****[21]
2018 code
2018 prize
2017 code
2017 prize
2016 code
2016 prize
2014 code
2014 prize
2013 code
2013 prize
2012 code
2012 prize
2011 code
2011 prize
2010 code
2010 prize
2009 code
2009 prize
2008 code
2008 prize

 Mediterranean Avenue

Rideau Canal
901
Xbox One Forza Bundle
801
CN$150,000
601
$50 ($100 in Canada)
501
$50 (Paid in McDonald's Gift Cards in Canada)
431/461
$1,000 ($25 McDonald's Gift Card in Canada)
925
$50 (Paid in McDonald's Gift Cards in Canada)
321
$50 (Paid in McDonald's Gift Cards in Canada)
750
$50 (Paid in McDonald's Gift Cards in Canada)
101
$50 (Paid in McDonald's Gift Cards in Canada)
251
$100

 Vermont Avenue

Mackenzie River
904
Yamaha Family Grizzly ATV Bundle
804
2 Yamaha SnoScoot Snowmobiles & two 250 Yamabucks gift cards
604
$1,000 (Berkley Family Equipment Package in Canada)
504
Shell fuel for 1 Year ($2,500 in Canada)
434/464
$5,000 ($50 McDonald's Gift Card in Canada)
928
$5,000
324
$100
753

104

254

 Virginia Avenue

Percé Rock
906
CN$10,000
806
CN$10,000
608
$2,000 ($10,000 in Canada)
508
$5,000
438/468
$10,000  ($20,000 in Canada)
932
Beach Resort Vacation
328
$200 Spa Certificate
757

108

258

Tennessee Avenue

Tunnels of Moose Jaw
911
Cineplex Premiere Card for winner & guest for 1 Year
811
Cineplex Premiere Card for winner & guest for 1 year
610
$5,000 (Cineplex Premiére Card in Canada)
510
Softcard Mobile Wallet Prize + $2,500 for wireless service ($5,000 Wal-Mart Gift Card in Canada)
440/470
EA Sports Super Bowl XLVIII trip for 2 ($5,000 Wal-Mart Gift Card in Canada)
934
$10,000
330
Beach Resort Vacation
759
$1,000
110
$5,000
260
$5,000

Kentucky Avenue

Confederation Bridge
912
CN$5,000 in Vanilla Prepaid MasterCard Gift Card
812
CN$5,000 in Prepaid MasterCard Gift Card
612
$10,000 ($5,000 in Vanilla Prepaid Gift Cards in Canada)
512
Any Delta Air Lines Vacations Destination for 2
442/472
Any Delta Air Lines Destination for 2
936
Any Delta Air Lines Destination for 2
332
$50,000
761
Beaches Resorts Vacation
112
$10,000
262
$10,000

Ventnor Avenue

Whistler
917
Cabela's Barbeque Package
817
Cabela's Camping Package
616
$25,000 (Polaris Snowmobile in Canada)
516
Beaches Resorts Vacation
446/476
$20,000 ($10,000 in Canada)
940
$20,000
336
$100,000
765
$25,000
116
$25,000
266
$25,000

Pennsylvania Avenue

Portage and Memorial
920
CN$2,000 Hudson's Bay Gift Card
820
CN$2,000 Hudson's Bay Gift Card
620
$50,000 ($2,000 Hudson's Bay Gift Card in Canada)
520
Cessna Private Jet Trip
450/480
2014 Fiat 500L (2013 Fiat POP in Canada)
944
2013 Fiat 500 Sport Hatchback
340
2012 Nissan Leaf or 2012 Nissan 370z
769
$50,000
120
$50,000
270
$50,000

Boardwalk

Le Château Frontenac
921
5,000,000 RBC Rewards Points or CN$50,000
821
2018 Volkswagen Atlas SUV
622
$1,000,000 (annuity, 2017 Volkswagen Golf SportsWagen in Canada)
522
$1,000,000 (annuity)
452/482
$1,000,000 (annuity, $100,000 for Canada)
946
$1,000,000 (annuity)
342
$1,000,000 (annuity)
771
$1,000,000 (annuity)
122
$1,000,000 (annuity)
274
$1,000,000 (annuity)

Short Line

Vancouver International Airport
926
Air Transat trip to Riviera Maya for 4
826
3,000 WestJet Dollars
626
$500 (A "dream vacation" in Canada)
526
$5,000 Target Shopping Experience on Black Friday ($1,000 in Canada)
456/486
Shell Fuel for 1 Year ($5,000 in Canada)
950
EA SPORTS Fan Trip Championship Get-A-Way
346
EA SPORTS Trip
775
EA SPORTS Trip
126
$500
278
$500

Reading Railroad

Route Transcan Highway

928

Esso/Mobil CN$2,600 Gift Card "Petrol for 52 Weeks"

828

Shell "Fuel for a Year"

Water Works***

527
$10,000

Golden Avenue**

271
$100,000

Free Parking****

???
$100,000

text: Note that the rare piece is alphabetically the last property in each group, except for Boardwalk. In 2013, McDonald's allowed two Boardwalk pieces to be produced, previously there was only one produced.

text: [*] Until 2007, Mediterranean and Baltic Avenues were dark purple properties on the traditional Monopoly board; since 2008, it has been brown.

text: [**] McDonald's added Golden Avenue and Arches Avenue for 2008 only; obtaining both won $100,000.

text: [***] Electric Company & Water Works were added for 2014; obtaining both won $10,000.

text: [****] One Free Parking $100,000 prize was seeded on each of the following in only the US Territory: Bacon Clubhouse (1 in 9,836,000), Filet-O-Fish (1 in 19,585,000), Big Mac (1 in 45,000,000) and Large Fries (1 in 150,254,000)[22]

text: [*****] In 2016, the Canadian version replaced all properties with Canadian landmarks (such as replacing Boardwalk with Le Château Frontenac, and swapping Kentucky Avenue with the Confederation Bridge) and replaced all train stations with well-known Canadian airports, including Toronto Pearson International Airport and Vancouver International Airport.

text: Germany[edit]

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text: The German version of the rare piece list is as follows:

text:
Property

2009 code

2009 prize

2009 number awarded

Jackpot
???
1 each of the below + 1 each of the instant win prizes.
1x
0 property
1 instant

Turmstraße
902
Monopoly Game set.
1000x
340 property
660 instant

Elisenstraße & Poststraße
904 & 905
€1,000 Prepaid Visa Card
1000x
950 property
50 instant

Hafenstraße
907
LG Netbook
500x
170 property
330 instant

Wiener Straße & Berliner Straße
910 & 911
Audi A3 Cabriolet
100x
90 property
10 instant

Museumstraße
913
Nintendo Wii with Avatar the game
777x
259 property
518 instant

Schillerstraße
916
MSC cruise for two
5x
2 property
3 instant

Hauptstraße
919
ETI dream vacation to Egypt
100x
34 property
66 instant

Parkstraße
921
Hercules Mountain Bike
100x
34 property
66 instant

Südbahnhof & Westbahnhof
932 & 924
€100,000 from Visa
10x
10 property
0 instant

text: In addition to the property pieces, there are also Instant Win pieces for a Samsung MP3 player, a LG Touchscreen cellphone, €150 gift certificates to S.Oliver, a JBL iPod dock, a Funai Flatscreen television, Nikon digital camera, Noxon internet radio, and SnowTrex one-week ski vacation for two.

text: Online games[edit]

text: In 2005, McDonald's introduced an online counterpart to its traditional game. In addition to the traditional "sticker" game, participants can play online. Each game piece lists a code which can be entered online, to a maximum of 10 entries per 24 hours, a day starts at midnight EDT. Up to 2014, each code entered grants the user one roll on a virtual Monopoly game board, identical to the board game's board. Rolling "doubles" (two dice sharing the same number), as with the real board game, allows the user to move again.

text: Landing on Electric Company, Income Tax, Jail/Just Visiting, Go to Jail, Water Works, or Luxury Tax does not count towards any prize. If a player lands on an unowned property (not landed upon by the player in a previous turn), the user will "collect" that property. When all properties of a colored set are collected, the user wins a prize, with prize values similar to those of the sticker game. In addition to collecting property sets, users can also win by landing on certain "instant win" spaces, including Go, Chance, Community Chest, and Free Parking. Landing on Go (but not simply passing it) gives the player a code worth one free hour of WiFi access at participating McDonald's restaurants. Landing on Chance is worth money to spend at Foot Locker. Landing on Community Chest allows the user to be given a code worth 25 My Coke Rewards points. Landing on Free Parking is a prize of a $50 refillable gas card from Shell, or alternatively 25 complimentary apple pies.

text: In 2007, landing on Community Chest won game downloads.[23]

text: In 2009, the prizes became two hours of Wi-Fi and a $25 Arch Card for landing on Go, an entry into an online roll for $1,000,000 (annuity) for landing on Chance, 25 My Coke Rewards points for landing on Community Chest, and a $50 refillable Shell gift card for landing on Free Parking.

text: The values of the dice are not random. As stated in the contest rules, one property in each set is "rare," similar to the sticker game. These rare properties are landed on only when the game server "seeds" a winning roll. Winning rolls are seeded at specific times on specific dates, and the first user to roll the dice once a win has been seeded will land on a winning piece. This allows McDonald's to declare the odds of winning certain prizes, a legal requirement for contests in most jurisdictions.

text: In 2010, the online game was changed, removing the dice and the game board, presenting only 3 Chance cards from which to pick. One has a prize, starting at 30 My Coke Rewards points, but may be (non-randomly) seeded with a higher-valued prize. Player chooses one card, is asked if that is the choice the player wants to make, and the card is flipped. If it is the pre-selected winning card, the player wins the pre-selected prize.

text: In 2011, the game was changed again – the mascot, Rich Uncle Pennybags (aka "Mr. Monopoly"), is shown attempting to throw a Chance card into a top hat. If the card lands in the hat, the player can claim a prize. Players must choose a "throwing style", which only changes the animations used – it does nothing to affect one's odds of winning.

text: In 2012, the game was changed once more. Players must click on "Spin" first, and if it landed on "GO!", the player wins the online prize shown. The next year, players had to click on "Play"; a win resulted in the prize shown onscreen; regardless of the outcome, players received an entry to win a 2013 Fiat 500 Cabrio. For the 2014 game, players must click on "GO!", and if it results in a win, the online prize is shown onscreen; regardless of the outcome, the participant receives an entry to win $50,000.

text: In 2016, players can enter up to ten codes daily in order to win weekly sweepstakes with a $50,000 grand prize.

text: Restrictions[edit]

text: For all versions of the online game, players are restricted to a set number of online entries per day.[24] In the UK, this is restricted to 24 entries. In USA, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Saipan, the limit is 10.

text: Players in the UK must be aged 16 years or older.

text: Note that the official rules state: "The purchase, sale, trading, or barter of Game Pieces, Game Stamps, FREE Codes or Game Codes via Online or live auctions, or any other methods, does not constitute Legitimate Channels and is expressly prohibited."[24] This includes eBay.com, where it is also a violation of that site's lottery policy.


document_title: Jacqueline Wilson

question_text: what is jacqueline wilson's newest book called

question_tokens: what is jacqueline wilson 's newest book called

text: Jacqueline Wilson

text: Life and career[edit]

text: Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath, Somerset, in 1945. Her father was a civil servant; her mother was an antiques dealer.[3] Jacqueline spent most of her childhood in Kingston upon Thames, where she went to Latchmere Primary School. She particularly enjoyed books by Noel Streatfeild, as well as American classics like Little Women and What Katy Did.[4] At the age of seven, she filled Woolworths notebooks with stories of her imaginary games. At the age of nine she wrote her first "novel" which was 21 sides long.[5] That story, Meet the Maggots, was about a family with seven children. Although she was good at English, she had no interest in mathematics; she would often stare out of the window and imagine rather than pay attention to the class, leading her final-year teacher at Latchmere to nickname her "Jacky Daydream". Jacqueline Wilson later used the nickname as the title of the first stage of her autobiography.[6]

text: After Latchmere, she attended Coombe Girls' School, which she still visits regularly. A lecture hall at Kingston University's Penrhyn Road campus has been named after her.[7] After leaving school at age 16, she began training as a secretary but then applied to work with the Dundee-based publishing company DC Thomson on a new girls' magazine, Jackie.[8] DC Thomson offered the 17-year-old a job after she penned a piece on the horrors of teen discos. She fell in love with a printer named Millar Wilson. When he joined the police force, the couple moved south for his work, marrying in 1965 when Jackie was 19. Two years later, they had a daughter, Emma.[8] They divorced in 2004.[9][10]

text: When Wilson focused on writing, she completed a few crime fiction novels before dedicating herself to children's books. At the age of 40, she took A-level English and earned a grade A.[9] She had mixed success with about 40 books before the breakthrough to fame in 1991 with The Story of Tracy Beaker,[11] published by Doubleday.

text: Two decades later, Wilson lives in a Victorian villa in Kingston upon Thames. It is filled with books; her library of some 15,000 books extends into the outbuilding at the bottom of her garden.[12] She remains a keen reader, completing a book a week despite her hectic schedule. Her favourite writers for adults include Katherine Mansfield and Sylvia Plath.[4] She also surrounds herself with old-fashioned childhood objects such as a rocking horse and antique dolls, and has a unique taste in clothes and jewellery, being known for wearing black clothes and an array of large rings.[13]

text: Wilson is patron of the charity Momentum in Kingston upon Thames,[14] which helps Surrey children undergoing treatment for cancer (and their families), and she is also patron of The Friends of Richmond Park.[15][16] In 2007 Wilson became a patron of the Letterbox Club, a Booktrust

text: In June 2013, Wilson was appointed Professorial Fellow of the University of Roehampton,[17] where she is now a Pro-Chancellor. She teaches modules in both the Children's Literature and Creative Writing master's degree (MA) programs offered by the university.[18] In February 2014 it was announced that she will be appointed Chancellor of the University from August 2014.[19]

text: Reception[edit]

text: In The Big Read, a 2003 poll conducted by the BBC, four of Wilson's books were ranked among the 100 most popular books in the UK: Double Act, Girls In Love, Vicky Angel, and The Story of Tracy Beaker.[20] Fourteen books by Wilson ranked in the top 200.[20] In 2002 she replaced Catherine Cookson as the most borrowed author in Britain's libraries,[21] a position she retained until being overtaken by James Patterson in 2008.[22]

text: Awards and honours[edit]

text: Wilson has won many awards including the Smarties Prize and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The Illustrated Mum (1999) won the annual Guardian Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers,[23] and the annual British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year; it also made the 1999 Whitbread Awards shortlist. The Story of Tracy Beaker won the 2002 Blue Peter People's Choice Award.[clarification needed] Girls in Tears was the Children's Book of the Year at the 2003 British Book Awards.

text: Two of her books were "Highly Commended" runners-up for the annual Carnegie Medal: The Story of Tracy Beaker (1991) and Double Act (1995).[24][a] (Wilson has not won the annual Medal from British librarians, which recognises the year's best book for children or young adults written by a British subject; recently, simply the best published in the U.K.)

text: In June 2002, Wilson was appointed an OBE for services to literacy in schools[25] and from 2005 to 2007 she served as the fourth Children's Laureate.[3][25] In that role Wilson urged parents and child-care providers to continue reading aloud to children long after they are able to read for themselves. She also campaigned to make more books available for blind people and campaigned against cutbacks in children's TV drama.

text: In October 2005 she received an honorary degree from the University of Winchester in recognition of her achievements in and on behalf of children's literature. In July 2007 the University of Roehampton awarded her an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Letters) in recognition of her achievements in and on behalf of children's literature. She has also received honorary degrees from the University of Dundee, the University of Bath and Kingston University.

text: In the 2008 New Year Honours, Wilson was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).[26]

text: In July 2012, Dame Jacqueline was also elected an Honorary Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[27]

text: Adaptations[edit]

text: A dramatisation of Wilson's Double Act, written and directed by Vicky Ireland, was first performed at The Polka Theatre in Wimbledon, London from 30 January to 12 April 2003, and toured throughout the UK. The playscript was published by Collins Plays Plus. Ireland has also written dramatisations of The Lottie Project (performed at Polka Theatre and San Pol Theatre, Madrid), Midnight, Bad Girls and Secrets, which were also commissioned by the Polka Theatre, and a dramatisation of The Suitcase Kid which was performed at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond and later toured throughout the UK. The scripts for these plays were published by Nick Hern Books.

text: The following books by Wilson have been adapted for TV:

text:
Cliffhanger (1995, Channel 4). Part of Look, See and Read, two-part drama.
Double Act (2002, Channel 4). Starring twins Zoe and Chloe Tempest-Jones as Ruby and Garnet, with a special appearance by Jacqueline Wilson as the casting director at the auditions. This was a one-off 100-minute feature.
The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002–2005, CBBC). Starring Dani Harmer as Tracy and Lisa Coleman (whose sister, Charlotte, appeared in Double Act as Miss Debenham) as Cam. Original broadcast dates: 8 January 2002 – 18 December 2005.
The Illustrated Mum (2003, Channel 4). Starring former EastEnders star Michelle Collins as Marigold Westward, who won a BAFTA Award for her role, and who went on to play Stella Price in Coronation Street, Alice Connor as Dolphin Westward and Holly Grainger as Star Westward. This was a four-part mini-series but later shown as a full feature with no ad breaks. It was again repeated at Christmas 2004. Original broadcast date: 5 December 2003.
Best Friends (2004, ITV). This was a six-part miniseries, but was originally broadcast as one feature with a slightly different ending. It starred Chloe Smyth as Gemma and Poppy Rogers as Alice. Original broadcast date: 3 December 2004. This was repeated on the CITV Channel on 6 March 2010.
Girls in Love (ITV). Starring Olivia Hallinan as Ellie, Zaraah Abrahams as Magda and Amy Kwolek as Nadine. There have been two series of Girls in Love broadcast. Original broadcast dates: 1 April 2003 – 18 April 2005.
Dustbin Baby (BBC). Featuring an A-list cast including Juliet Stevenson as Marion, David Haig as a new character, Elliot, and Dakota Blue Richards as April. Original broadcast date: 21 December 2008.
Tracy Beaker Returns (2010–2012). This is a series in which Tracy (Dani Harmer) returns to the "Dumping Ground" (Stowey House, whose name has been changed to Elmtree House) to earn money for her new book because she stole Cam's money to publish it. She realises that Elm Tree House has changed loads and the new children act worse than herself in her days. At times, she tries to help the children, concluding in the new social workers almost firing her. But sometimes she only gets the child's part of the story, then being told the whole thing and being totally confused and outraged.
The Tracy Beaker Survival Files (2011-2012). A spin-off series where Tracy teaches lessons about various subjects using her stories from the past, and clips from The Story of Tracy Beaker and Tracy Beaker Returns.
The Dumping Ground (2013–). The continued life at the Dumping Ground after Tracy Beaker moves on to a new care home.
The Dumping Ground Survival Files (2014).
Hetty Feather (2015–).

text: Books[edit]

text: All of Wilson's books are fiction except the three autobiographies listed here.

text: Tracy Beaker[edit]

text:
Year of release
Title

1991
The Story of Tracy Beaker

2000
The Dare Game

2006
Starring Tracy Beaker

text: Connie[edit]

text:
Year of release
Title

1994
Twin Trouble

1996
Connie and the Water Babies

text: Adventure Holiday[edit]

text:
Year of release
Title

1999
Cliffhanger

1999
Buried Alive!

2001
Biscuit Barrel containing Cliffhanger and Buried Alive!

text: Girls[edit]

text:
Year of release
Title

1997
Girls in Love

1998
Girls under Pressure

1999
Girls out Late

2002
Girls in Tears

text: Hetty Feather[edit]

text:
Year of release
Title

2009
Hetty Feather

2011
Sapphire Battersea

2012
Emerald Star

2013
Diamond

2015
Little Stars

text: Standalone works[edit]

text:
Year of release
Title

1969
Ricky's Birthday

1972
Hide and Seek

1973
Truth or Dare

1974
Snap

1976
Let's Pretend

1977
Making Hate

1982
Nobody's Perfect

1983
Waiting for the Sky to Fall

1984
The Killer Tadpole

1984
The Other Side

1984
The School Trip

1985
How to Survive Summer Camp

1986
Amber

1986
The Monster in the Cupboard

1987
The Power of the Shade

1988
This Girl

1989
Falling Apart

1989
The Left Outs

1989
The Party in the Lift

1990
Glubbslyme

1990
Take a Good Look

1991
The Dream Palace

1992
The Suitcase Kid

1992
Video Rose

1993
Deep Blue

1993
The Mum Minder

1994
The Bed and Breakfast Star

1995
The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch

1995
Double Act

1995
Jimmy Jelly

1995
Love from Katie

1995
My Brother Bernadette

1995
Sophie's Secret Diary

1996
Bad Girls

1996
Beauty and the Beast

1996
Mr. Cool

1997
The Lottie Project

1997
The Monster Story-Teller

1998
Rapunzel

1999
The Illustrated Mum

1999
Monster Eyeballs

2000
Lizzie Zipmouth

2000
Vicky Angel

2001
The Cat Mummy

2001
Sleepovers

2001
Dustbin Baby

2002
Secrets

2002
The Worry Website

2002
The Jacqueline Wilson Quiz Book

2003
Lola Rose

2004
Midnight

2004
Best Friends

2004
The Diamond Girls

2005
The World Of Jacqueline Wilson

2005
Clean Break

2005
Love Lessons

2006
Candyfloss

2007
Kiss

2007
Totally Jacqueline Wilson

2008
My Sister Jodie

2008
Cookie

2010
Little Darlings

2010
The Longest Whale Song

2011
Lily Alone

2011
Green Glass Beads[28]

2012
The Worst Thing About My Sister

2012
Big Day Out

2013
Queenie

2012
Four Children and It

2014
Paws and Whiskers

2014
Opal Plumstead

2015
The Butterfly Club

2015
Katy

2015
Little Stars

2016
Rent A Bridesmaid

2016
Clover Moon

2017
Wave Me Goodbye

text: Notes[edit]

text: Jump up ^ Since 1995 there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. CCSU lists 32 "Highly Commended" runners-up for the Carnegie Medal from 1966 to 2002 but only three before 1979 when the distinction became approximately annual. There were 29 "HC" books in 24 years including Wilson alone for 1991 and 1995.

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document_title: Jacob wrestling with the angel

question_text: who wrestled with god and broke his hip

question_tokens: who wrestled with god and broke his hip

text: Jacob wrestling with the angel

text: Biblical text[edit]

text: The Masoretic text reads as follows:

text: The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.” The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip. Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip on the sinew of the thigh.

text:
The account contains several plays on the meaning of Hebrew names — Peniel (or Peniel), Israel — as well as similarity to the root of Jacob's name (which sounds like the Hebrew for "heel") and its compound.[3]
The limping of Jacob (Yaʿaqob ), may mirror the name of the river, Jabbok (Yabbok יַבֹּק sounds like "crooked" river), and Nahmanides (Deut. 2:10 of Jeshurun) gives the etymology "one who walks crookedly" for the name Jacob.[4]

text:
The Hebrew text states that it is a "man" (אִישׁ, LXX ἄνθρωπος, Vulgate vir) with whom Jacob wrestles, but later this "man" is identified with God (Elohim)  by Jacob.[5]
Hosea 12:4 furthermore references an "angel" (malak). Following this,  the Targum of Onkelos offers "because I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face", and the Targum of Palestine gives "because I have seen the Angels of the Lord face to face".[6]

text: Interpretations[edit]

text: The identity of Jacob's wrestling opponent is a matter of debate,[7] named variously as a dream figure, a prophetic vision, an angel (such as Michael and Samael), a protective river spirit, Jesus, or God.[8]

text: Jewish interpretations[edit]

text: In Hosea 12:4, Jacob's opponent is described as malakh "angel":  "Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;". The relative age of the text of Genesis and of Hosea is unclear, as both are part of the Hebrew Bible as redacted in the Second Temple Period, and it has been suggested that malakh may be a late emendation of the text, and would as such represent an early Jewish interpretation of the episode.[9]

text:
Maimonides believed that the incident was "a vision of prophecy",[10] while Rashi believed Jacob wrestled with the guardian angel of Esau (identified as Samael),[11] his elder twin brother.[12]
Zvi Kolitz (1993) referred to Jacob "wrestling with God".[13]

text: As a result of the hip injury Jacob suffered while wrestling, Jews are prohibited from eating the meat tendon attached to the hip socket (sciatic tendon),[14][15][16] as mentioned in the account at Genesis 32:32.[17]

text: Christian interpretations[edit]

text:
The interpretation that "Jacob wrestled with God" (glossed in the name Isra-'el) is common in Protestant theology, endorsed by both
Martin Luther and John Calvin  (although Calvin believed the event was "only a vision"),[10]
as well as later writers such as Joseph Barker (1854)[18]  or
Peter L. Berger  (2014).[19]
Other commentaries treat the expression of Jacob's having seen "God face to face" as referencing the Angel of the Lord as the "Face of God".[20]

text: The proximity of the terms "man" and "God" in the text in some Christian commentaries has also been taken as suggestive of a Christophany. J. Douglas MacMillan (1991) suggests that the angel with whom Jacob wrestles is a "pre-incarnation appearance of Christ in the form of a man."[21]

text: According to one Christian commentary of the Bible incident described, "Jacob said, 'I saw God face to face'. Jacob's remark does not necessarily mean that the 'man' with whom he wrestled is God. Rather, as with other, similar statements, when one saw the 'angel of the Lord,' it was appropriate to claim to have seen the face of God."[20]

text: Muslim interpretation[edit]

text: This story is not mentioned in the Quran, but is discussed in Muslim commentaries.[22][23]  The commentaries employ the story in explaining other events in the Hebrew Bible that are discussed in the Quran that have parallels, like Moses being attacked by an angel,[24] and to explain Jewish eating customs.[22][25] Like some Jewish commentators, Islamic commentators described the event as punishment for Jacob failing to give tithes to God but making an offering like a tithe to Esau.[24]

text: Other views[edit]

text: In an analysis of Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch's 1968 book Atheism in Christianity, Roland Boer says that Bloch sees the incident as falling into the category of "myth, or at least legend". Boer calls this an example of "a bloodthirsty, vengeful God ... outdone by cunning human beings keen to avoid his fury".[26]

text: The wrestling incident on the bank of a stream has been compared to the Greek mythology stories of Achilles' duel with the river god Scamander[27] and with Menelaus wrestling with the sea-god Proteus.[28] It is also claimed the wrestling incident, along with other Old Testament stories of the Jewish Patriarchs, is based on Akhenaten-linked Egyptian mythology, where Jacob is Osiris/Wizzer, Esau is Set, and the wrestling match is the struggle between them.[29]

text: According to popular author Rosemary Ellen Guiley, "This dramatic scene has spurred much commentary from Judaic, Catholic, and Protestant theologians, biblical scholars, and literary critics. Does Jacob wrestle with God or with an angel?...There is no definitive answer, but the story has been rationalized, romanticized, treated as myth, and treated symbolically."[30]

text: In arts[edit]

text: Visual arts[edit]

text: One of the oldest visual depictions is in the illustrated manuscript the Vienna Genesis.[31] Many artists have depicted the scene. In sculpture Jacob Wrestling with the Angel is the subject of a 1940 sculpture by Sir Jacob Epstein on display at the Tate Britain.[32] Paintings include:

text:
Rembrandt (1659)

Eugène Delacroix (1861)

Eugène Delacroix (1861), (detail)

Alexander Louis Leloir (1865)

Léon Bonnat (1876)

Jacob and the Angel by Gustave Moreau (1878)

Paul Gauguin (1888), Vision after the Sermon showing the episode envisioned by Breton villagers.

text: In music[edit]

text: The Latin text of Genesis 32:30 'Vidi dominum facie ad faciem; et salva facta est anima mea' (I have seen the Lord face to face) was set for the third nocturn at Matins on the second Sunday of Lent and was a popular medieval telling of the story of Jacob's encounter with the angel. It is set as the tenor (upper voice) text of Machaut's multi-text-layered Motet No.15 Vidi dominum (I have seen the LORD) simultaneously with two secular French texts: "Faux semblant m'a decü" and "Amours qui ha le pouvoir."[33] Machaut musically contrasts God's blessing in the Latin text with the disappointments of secular love in the French texts.[34] Charles Wesley's hymn "Come, O Thou Traveller Unknown", often known as "Wrestling Jacob", is based on the passage which describes Jacob wrestling with an angel. It is traditionally sung to the tune of St Petersburg.[35] U2's Bullet the Blue Sky, the 4th. track on their 1987 album The Joshua Tree includes the lyric "Jacob wrestled the angel and the angel was overcome."

text: In literature and theatre[edit]

text:
The motif of "wrestling with the angels" occurs in several novels including Hermann Hesse's Demian (1919), Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle (1948), Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel (1964). In poetry the theme appears in Rainer Maria Rilke's "The Man Watching" (c.1920), Herman Melville's poem "Art," and Emily Dickinson's poem "A little East of Jordan" (Fr145B, 1860).  In theatre, wrestling with the angel is mentioned in Tony Kushner's play Angels in America (1990); the version depicted on-screen was the 1865 version by Alexander Louis Leloir. Gustave Dore's image is reenacted in Jean-Luc Godard's Passion by a film extra dressed as an angel and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz.[36]
Also Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy's Wedding (1955), Stephen King's novel It (1986), Sheila Heti's novel How Should A Person Be? (2012) and David Fennario's play Balconville (1979). A short story in Daniel Mallory Ortberg's collection The Merry Spinster (2018) explores a version of the narrative as told from the perspective of the angel.