Essays on Fantasy

Modern roads were developed in the XX century at the time cars became affordable for the Americans. As the society develops and people invent more advanced technologies the life gets more and more convenient and safe. It concerns roads as well. A modern road should be safe and provide the traffic safety. The road engineers should think about how to reduce the possible harm on the highways from traffic collisions. The construction, design, and regulation of the roads should be well thought out. Highway design is always based on the landscape principles and engineering principles of grade cross-section, right-of-way, ...

Just a little background the first ever video game to be created was Tennis for Two by William Higinbotham and Steve Russell. “William Higinbotham would be credited as the first to design and implement a video game, Steve Russell would be the first to create a game that would inspire the multibillion-dollar video games industry” (Rabin 4). These days, humanity has Final Fantasy, Fallout, League of Legends, and more modern games. Think about the major evolution of game development. For aspiring game developers having the skills and knowledge isn’t enough to achieve success in the career. “Serialization is ...

Schizophrenia is a disease in which the patients get subjected to hallucinations of hypothetical characters and start feeling them to be part of that hypothetical world. There are films which have portrayed their characters suffering from this disease and explained the consequent underpinnings to the family peace and development of such patients. A Beautiful Mind (2001) is an Oscar winning film that has depicted the real life story of noble laureate, Sir John Nash. Although, the film has its own share of dramatic and cinematic inclusions to demystify the actual sufferings and issues regarding Schizophrenia, still the prolific screenplay ...

People generally believe that the Harry Potter book series is destined for children and teenagers. The book series about the adventures of a young wizard and his friends in an enchanted land change with every book. As the protagonists grow up from being children to being teenagers, the story also changes to become darker and more violent. This series addresses young people, who are supposed to grow up reading the series, and the books change with each stage in the growing up process. However, many adults also read books for children and young adults, and I am one of ...

1. Why does Quail want to go to Mars? The unknown world of another planet attracted him very much. Douglass was obsessed with the idea of trudging among its valleys again because he had already visited the planet as a secret Interplan agent. 2. Why does Quali’s wife always try to discourage his interest in Mars? Douglas himself stated that it was a wife’s job to bring him down to Earth. In fact, Kirsten knew about his previous trip to Mars. 3. How does REKAL, INC. provide trips to Mars? They incorporate extra-factual memory implant and provide ...

Cultural and religion competency is vital when it comes to nursing profession since nurses ought to have comprehensive knowledge concerning perspective of different religious groups when it comes to individual health care. It is important to acknowledge that various religious groups have their concepts and perceptions when it comes to person’s wellbeing in this life and after. As such, Christians and Buddhists have their views on human health care and how an individual must conduct themselves on a daily basis and the consequences of living a reckless life here on earth. Thus, this research not only looks at ...

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Social cognition is a branch of social psychology that defines how people perceive, respond and store information about their surrounding and other people in that environment. This phenomena of social cognition enables people to appropriately understand and decipher the signals of others and to respond accordingly. In a real world game players use and leverage their social cognitive skills to analyze their opponent’s body language and confidence level. Similarly their cognitive skills also assists in team building and better cooperation between the players. While this comes naturally in the real world environment, ...

“There is reason that all things are as they are” (Stoker). In the written works of Dracula and The Metamorphosis, the authors use two very different styles to portray horrifying fantasy. In Dracula, Bram Stoker uses realism in the form of journal entries, letters, ships’ logs, and newspaper articles to tell the story of the vampire Count Dracula. In The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka uses surrealism in the form of third person narrative, to tell the story of Gregor Samsa, who wakes one day to find he has been transformed overnight into a huge, disgusting bug. Although the authors employ different ...

Abstract Page The research being conducted has practical, theoretical and scientific value in the research field. Lacanian discourse analysis helps identify the treatment in psychoanalysis, can be applied to studying mental and social characteristics of a language spoken by various minorities. An interviewer and an interviewee took part in a research; the conversation was written down and attached to the paper on the consent of the interviewee. The theory of Lacanian Discursive Analysis has been applied to the paper in order to identify the symbolic and the imaginary unconscious reflected in the language spoken. In the first section ...

The existing relationship between reality and imagination in children literature ported a characteristic inclination to the fears and joys of childhood experiences. The literary approach developed in children literature border on the storyline that indulges in beautiful fantasy to elicit imagination in the lives of children. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White builds on the blocks of creative and intellectual abilities to manifest the symbolic representation of reality and imagination. Charlotte's Web depicts the nature and processes of friendship, death, loyalty and valor within the constructs of reality as well as fantasy. The incorporation of characters form farm animals effectively ...

The case chosen for discussion in this paper is that of Jason (38), a factory worker. After reading the case, the first thing we would want to know is whether Jason is an addict. There are two symptoms that must be looked for before an individual is determined to be an addict. These symptoms are (i) out of control behavior, and (ii) a behavior that is self destructive. If a person’s behavior is under their control, then the person should not be considered an addict. It doesn’t matter at what frequency the subject engages in an addictive behavior. What really matters ...

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Kids of today are the future consumers of tomorrow. Marketers and consumer brands have understood and identified this fact and have targeted their marketing efforts towards this generation to emotionally attach with them and raise loyal customers for them. As stated by the VC of J. Walter Thompson a renowned advertising agency that marketing and advertising is not only about creating awareness of products but the bigger idea is to create a future consumer base who are eager to buy more and attach with the brand. Marketers and advertisers have targeted young adults ...

The distinction between reality and fantasy is one of the most interesting and difficult subjects of study in human life. For many years, Western society has privileged the former over the latter, even marginalizing those that confuse them. However, as one can see in Willa Carther’s story “Paul’s Case”, often fantasy is preferable to reality and can have an organizing effect for some people. First, one can clearly see the eponymous protagonist living in a fantasy world, and his real life clashes with these dreams; there are some instances where one cannot distinguish whether what is happening is ...

The concepts presented by Japanese animation including have provided one with the information on the identity of modern women in Japan. Various cartoons, are extremely important when studying a culture of some country. Especially one may perfectly see the difference between the Western and Eastern worlds, regarding the subject, themes, and style of depiction of the characters in their animations. Japanese animation, it is possible to say, is useful when studying the role of female in society. Popular culture helps to reflect and observe the change in the society of Japan, with the help of consideration of the changes and ...

This argumentative essay utilizes the mechanism of intertextuality to analyze three different English classics namely: Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (1868-69); R. L. Stevenson, Treasure Island (1883) and Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902). Intertextuality establishes the relationships between different texts, here ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’, compared how the reader was influenced by the depiction of pictures as an additional methodology. Little Women and Treasure Island targeted specific genders and age groups. This essay seeks to establish connections or influence between these different books.

Intertextuality enables the establishment of relationships between texts. Such can ...

Embellishment, poise, elegance are some of the adjectives that can be used to describe the trend in art and architecture of 18th century. The age witnessed the most elegant and stylish way of fashion. It can also be called as a fashionable era. 18th Century era is generally known as the Age of Enlightenment. The beginning of this century experienced a significant change in culture, art and architecture. Fashion industry also was on its peak. The fashion centre in this era shifted from Versailles to Paris. The educated Aristocratic class was called bourgeoisie class. They settled down in Paris. The new ...

This chapter reviews the literature sources which provide relevant information and data for analyzing the chosen topic of applying the marketing mix in three chosen countries on the examples of three companies: Blizzard Entertainment (US), Rockstar North (UK) and Tencent (China). The main area for the collection of academic sources was marketing, as it is directly connected with the topic. Due to the reason that marketing in computer games is not extensively researched, I reviewed the literature on marketing, game industry and some sources about the three chosen ...

Throughout the course of this essay I will attempt to construct a picture of modern techno cultures in respect of the laws and norms of the world they inhabit but don’t necessarily fit into. I will try to display to the reader that these techno cultures live within our world but outside our laws, they themselves construct their own laws as they live in their own worlds, they live in our world but in another world of their choosing. I will in a sense try to find reality in these virtual worlds and try to discover what is real and ...

Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series has been one of the most popular, long-running and influential fantasy book series of the past 50 years. In addition to its intriguing stories of high fantasy, one of the most integral components to its longevity and popularity are the stylized, intriguing and fascinating cover art that has graced every edition of each of the numerous books in the series. Many artists have worked on the series' cover art for many years, and their varying styles throughout the decades show the differences in fantasy art styles and audience sensibilities in a very ...

Fantasy Hotels is a leading UK based hotel chain which was established in the year 2004. The company mainly focuses on establishing and running budget hotels across Europe. Over a quick span of time, Fantasy Hotels had grown into a leading player in the European hospitality sector. Even though a budget player, the company’s hotel properties provide all the basic facilities like wireless internet, LED televisions with cable access, swimming pools, dry cleaning, etc. The company manages to provide these additional facilities by charging an extra fees over and above the regular room charges. As Fantasy Hotels is already is well spread in ...

The topic about how a violent video game causes a violent behaviour among children has been a complex and controversial subject in the society. This is because there have been a number of reports where children who are addicted to violent video to have a sudden outburst of anger towards others. Therefore, it became a political topic for years since the 1970s. There have been numerous researches that have been conducted by various people in the world to find out if the violent video games are causing the children to have violent behaviours. There have been conflicting reports about this matter in that a person will ...

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Late eighties was a decade of immense transformations. This chunk of the time was a period during which the roles and perception of women in the mainstream society went through sheer changes (Buckland 178). The same mainstream thought of the society is reflected in the role of the princess depicted in Walt Disney’s animated musical fantasy film, “The Little Mermaid”. The character of the princess in the aforesaid fantasy film was played by Ariel, who is a young sixteen years old mermaid. Dissatisfied with her life in the water, she became much curious ...

The information about policies that the public needs to know should be truthful and free of bias as much as possible as these information shape public opinion and even electoral decision. The presentation of the factual and unbiased information about policies is most of the time the responsibility of media as politicians are subject to their political beliefs and stand on the specific issue. The media, as the Fourth Estate, should present this information in such a way there could be clarity and understanding between the government officials and the constituents. There has been a lot of information published regarding ...

The influence media has on society is often underestimated because it contains subliminal messages that are, by definition, absorbed unconsciously. The media, including magazines and television commercials, normalize attitudes toward sexually explicit images, gender roles and unrealistic body expectations. In particular, the article "Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt," the author, Jean Kilbourne argues that advertising has acquired an important role in portraying females as objects and normalizing overall attitudes toward the female body. In contrast, Susan Bordo's story "Beauty (Re) Discovers the Male Body" focuses on the distorted image of the male body. In spite of describing the ...

Shambleau by C.L. Moore: A Summary Northwest Smith is a famous and respected guy on a dozen wild planets. He was walking the street of Earth’s latest colony in Mars when he met Shambleau, who was then being chased by a mob of Earthmen, Martians, Venusians, and other nameless denizens of unnamed planets. Despite himself, Smith helped the berry-brown girl wearing a tattered garment in red. After staking his claim on the girl, the chasers backed down and looked at Smith with complete disgust, while some even spat on the ground. With an important business to attend to in Mars, Smith ...

The archetypal hero’s journey has taken many forms throughout history; in contemporary film, it often requires the main characters to step outside their cynical, grounded physical worlds and enter new realms of imagination. In the case of two classic films from the 1990s, Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King and the Wachowski Brothers’ The Matrix , three archetypes of the hero’s journey(the hero, the mentor, and the monster) are found, contextualizing these modern science fiction and fantasy films as modern hero’s journeys. The three characters from each of these films that fit these archetypes are adapted ...

Video games have evolved a thousand times since their first introduction to consumers. They have increased not only in price but in intensity. Violence seems to be a central theme in some games and with that there is the consequential impact on today’s youth. This paper does not aim to analyze how kids and adults value (or fail to value) life after hours of killing in video games. It aims to simply describe two popular selections that have quite a few things in common, despite their obvious differences. Call of Duty allows for traveling through time from World War II to ...

In the time when there were no books and not everyone could write and read, mothers and grandmothers were able only to tell their children or grandchildren stories and fairy tales. Even when people became more literate, they did not begin to write down folklore for youngsters. It was Charles Perrault, who collected and published folk tales for children in 1697. However, speaking about folklore, people imagine more often not Charles Perrault, but the Brothers Grimm (Zipers, 2002). They are considered to be the first collectors of both folk and fairy tales. The reason for this is their ...

Art exhibitions are presentations of various works by different artists. They aid us in analyzing the unique styles in works of art done by individual artists. This exhibit includes both three dimensional and two dimensional works by Jammes Joffe, Mary Morrell, Theresa Northway and Melanie Rush Davis among others.

The exhibit collection by James Joffe includes a number of paintings. These images are two dimensional expressions of the craftsmanship of this artist. James Joffe’s works reflect a clear and focused mind that is attentive to nature. His use of color is also effective in expressing different emotions to the audience. ...

More and more of people’s everyday lives are occurring online. Unlike many previous generations, the current generations are growing up in an increasingly isolated world, with much of their contact with other people taking place through the Internet. Of course, not all human interaction will fall by the wayside as a result of this increasingly-cyber world, but now much of the human interaction that used to take place in the “real world” occurs over the Internet. Using the Internet as a tool to find a romantic partner, for instance, is one way that the Internet has changed the face of human ...

The mass media has always been an influential force in shaping social perspectives and culture. Disney corporation is particular has played a fundamental role in the development of socialization among young children particularly for little girls. For more than 70 years the multimedia giant has been a leading authority on the subject of influencing popular culture. The tremendous power that mass media is considered as a strong influential factor in child development, which will be the focal point of this discussion. It is apparent that mass media particularly Disney Company is among the strong influential factors in the development of socialization among children and ...

The archetypal hero’s journey has taken many forms throughout history; in contemporary film, it often requires the main characters to step outside their cynical, grounded physical worlds and enter new realms of imagination. In the case of two classic films from the 1990s, Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King and the Wachowski Brothers’ The Matrix , three archetypes of the hero’s journey(the hero, the mentor, and the monster) are found, contextualizing these modern science fiction and fantasy films as modern hero’s journeys. In the proposed research paper, the three characters from each film that fit these ...

Many communities and societies exist today but the one that I am acquainted with most is my class. I am currently in college and the school is a grouping of people from all walks of life. My class exhibits a divergent assemblage of individuals from different ethnics, races, political, age, social and economic backgrounds. However, despite this diversity, life has perfectly been well and the differences have ultimately been neutralized. In “Arts of the Contact Zone” Mary Louis Pratt brings forth an argument about a “community” and a “contact zone”. The word community is quite a common phrase and according to Pratt, the ...

Mending Wall by Robert Frost is a simple poem which airs the views and opinions of two farmers. One farmer is rather conventional and wants to repair and rebuild the boundary wall between the two houses during spring. The only reason behind this decision is that of tradition. The tradition of rebuilding the wall in spring has been followed by his grandfathers and father, and hence, he wants to keep up with the tradition. He further maintains and believes in the age old adage, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbours”. The other farmer is unconventional and reflects before taking an ...

Feste is one of Shakespeare’s most intricate and fully sketched comic characters, and perhaps for his sophistication he has been a special favorite of the literary critics. This paper discusses three important aspects of Feste’s character in order to gain literary insight. This study addresses whether Feste is a mere fool - a comic-butt and a parasite or hanger-on in the play with his only function being to elicit laughter by his words and actions, or one whose inclusion in the play signifies something more sublime and subtle (Grief 61). I Shakespeare, in his play Twelfth Night, has given ...

Pornography is, ironically, one of the messier topics related to women and gender issues to discuss; the existence of pornography has a tendency to divide those within the gender studies community. Is it a symbol of the objectifying, male-dominated, sex-focused culture in which we live, or is it an opportunity for women to express their sexuality and take ownership of their bodies? Pornography is a much more diverse industry than one might expect, with varying companies and individuals creating and distributing it in different ways, making it a mistake to discuss porn as a monolith. Instead, the complex intersection of feminism and pornography must ...

Variations in culture theory has demonstrated how scholars differ in how they have analyzed and evaluated how advertising and television-watching has mapped human values. Researcher Lauren Zalaznick, in thinking about popular (pop) TV, posits her theory that television literally holds or reflects the idea of human conscience. In relation to Zalaznick’s ideology, the task herein is to analyze whether the weight of her arguments and concepts bear out collected evidence, in terms of her thesis holding up in light of the observer’s personal viewing habits. In addition to contributing findings that may support or refute her ideas, a ...

INTRODUCTION Cultural and social problems attributed to gun violence have been a prevailing phenomenon for years. In a society where one could be fragile to the effects of cultural crackdowns and psychological breakdowns, guns have been a prevalent tool in addressing violent actions. Guns induce both violence and personal protection, but using it would likely trigger more instances of violence than self-defense. This is best illustrated in the series of school shooting tragedies that have gripped the whole nation and the world in fear for their safety and the saddening reality of the disintegration of society. However, despite the heated arguments ...

The phenomenon of alien abduction has insisted on the emergence of research procedures that would define the concept by which these assumptions could be proven wrong or not. Relatively, it could be realized that in the field of psychology, unlike in the field of mystified science, alien abduction is seen to have been rooted on the distinct course by which experts intend to see why the sensation happens, and why the assumption itself is developed. The exploration of the issue on alien abduction is completely identified with what is assumed as a consistent experience that a person needs to contend with ...

1. I read Akira Vol. 1 by writer and illustrated Katsuhiro Otomo. I borrowed a copy of the version published by Dark Horse Comics in 2000. The series was first published, however, during the 1980s in Japan. 2. I selected this specific issue because it introduces the readers to the interesting world created by Otomo. When I started reading Akira, the story immediately grabbed my attention because of intriguing story and the interesting characters. Moreover, the idea of a post-apocalyptic Japan was both stimulating and daunting. 3. Otomo worked on Akira. What I like best about the illustrations is ...

X-Men series of film is an institution in its amazing way. Bryan Singer pioneered this popular comic characters and brought them to the silver screen. It is a very gigantic task to convert the fictional fantasy of an existence of a superhuman into a realistic visual treat. However, highly creative mind of Bryan Singer is capable of this task. The history is the evidence (The Usual Suspects) of the mastery of Bryan Singer in direction and storytelling. The thesis statement of this paper is the powerful auteur of the directorial team of the movie to bring his vision into reality.

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The Robber Bridegroom is a fairy tale written by Eudora Welty in 1942. Eudora’s story is based on the original The Robber Bridegroom by Grimm Brothers. The story is about the life of Rosamond, a beautiful woman who was raised by an evil step mother after the death of her mother. The novel opens with Mike Fink meeting the robber Jamie Lockhart, who later on kidnapped Rosamond. As it progresses, it follows another character, Clement Musgrove to his home where he stays with his second wife Salome and Daughter Rosamond. After Rosamond was kidnapped by the robber Jamie Lockhart, they ...

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Angels of Despair: A Researched Paper on Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” In today's society it is often the case that we exclude the people and the things that do not make sense to us, or more often than not, do not fit in the rules and regulations of good "society." This is especially true in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings." The story takes place in early times, as a baby lies dying from an unknown disease. In a twist of events, a dirty angel falls from the sky ...

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (“Prufrock”) was first published in the June 1915 issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse (“Poetry”). It was written by American-British poet T. S. Eliot (“Eliot”) (1888–1965). Eliot first started work on the poem in February, 1910. As the Overseas Editor of Poetry, Erza Pound (“Pound”) had instigated the whole business (n.a., n.d., “Bio,” 2014; and McCoy, 1992). Prufrock has been studied by many, many talented scholars. In fact, what makes it such an outstanding piece of poetry is the fact that people can read so many meanings into it. ...

Video games are very popular and have been that way for some time. Since the days of video arcades and home game consoles, players have been choosing this activity as a pastime and as a form of entertainment. With the introduction of the internet, video games and its appeal has reached new audiences and have become extremely popular and almost a way of life. Insafe website states that in recent years, online gaming has become big business and many games have a huge following (Insafe). With so many video game communities and many games to choose from, it is important to identify ...

The Seventh Seal is a Swedish drama fantasy movie that Ingmar Bergman wrote and directed, before its release in 1957. The title of the movie is an adaptation from the Book of Revelation which has the mentioning of the phrase, Seventh Seal. The seventh seal in the Book of Revelation is accompanied with God’s or heaven’s silence and this divine silence is a chief motif and theme in the film.

For one, the drama seems to portray human beings as very finite. Because of this quality, however hard man tries, he is outwitted by fate. The ultimate fate in ...

One of the greatest social issues that Americans are facing today involves retirement. Everyone has heard people say that they cannot wait until they turn 65 so they can retire in a beach and spend of all of their time fishing. However, present day seniors are quickly discovering that it is not as easy, automatic, or beneficial to retire at age 65, as it once was. Retirement is not just about ending a lifetime of work, but having means of income being provided as a retirement fund, a “nest egg” saved, of some kind of pension plan may find that reaching 65 is ...

The Martian Chronicles, a science fiction short story collection is dated by 1950 year, was written by a famous fiction-writer, Ray Bradbury. This story collection tells about the colonization of Mars by humans, running from their troubled and devastated Earth; about the conflict between the aboriginal creatures of this planet and the newcomers, resulted in annihilation both Earth and Martian races. But, The Martian Chronicles isn’t only the science fiction story collection at all, but it can be a version of mythology, made by Ray Bradbury with involving a lot of sci-fi techniques as rocket ships and space travels. The author ...

How the ways celebrities acted and dressed in the light of the media changed and influenced the way teenagers live and experience their lives As generations come and go, teenagers have proved their desire to be associated with the famous in the society. The need to be appreciated and recognized makes most teenagers set standards basing on a celebrity they love. They will hence put in more effort to dress, talk and even live like a celebrity of their choice. Unfortunately, most of such celebrities are only virtual role models to the teenagers who judge them according to how they ...

Fairy tales are types of stories that characteristically feature European folkloric fantasy characters like dwarves, giants or even witches and magic among others. They take place once upon a time rather than real time. Pan's Labyrinth a Mexican-Spanish fantasy film is one such fairy tale. Although some claim that Pan's Labyrinth is not a Fairytale, there are sufficient reasons to support that indeed it is a fairy tale (Zipes 15). The story takes place during the early Francoist period about five years after the Spanish civil war. It is starred by a character Ofiela haunting the Spanish maquis who were involved in the ...

The topic on homosexuality remains amongst the most debated across the globe. Whilst the act is prohibited in some states in a legal and morality perspective, it is legally acceptable in other states. The topic gains popularity and increased concern from regulations of human conduct that include religion, law, sociological needs, biological and scientific explanations, psychological needs, and other theoretical frameworks. This paper discusses the various provisions on homosexuality using human behavior disciplines. In explaining homosexuality and developing concepts that form theories of homosexuality a contradiction on what homosexuality is constantly arises. There lacks an agreement among scientists, communities, religious ...

The minds of assassins generally teem with oddities. For example, Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President William McKinley, was so devoted to his anarchist principles that he refused to talk to anyone whom he perceived to be an authority figure in the aftermath of the assassination. This included his court-appointed attorneys and the judge at his trial, which led to his attorneys attempting to secure a finding of insanity but ended up exasperating the jury, which only required an hour of deliberations to find him guilty of first-degree murder and sentence him to the electric chair. When he finally said ...

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a fictional novel by Junot Diaz. The book chronicles the lives of its main characters in two contexts, New Jersey in America and the Dominican Republican. The main character in the book is Oscar Wao, an obese boy growing up in New Jersey who is obsessed with fantasy and science fiction books as well as falling in love. Oscar is also obsessed with a curse has he believes has plagued his family for many years. The book also features a host of other characters with one of them being Yunior who is Oscar’s ...

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America is a frontier country, it is part of our identity. As soon as settlers reached the New World they starting heading west in search of opportunities, adventure and resources. However, these people were cowboys, gold prospectors and other rugged individuals that tall tales were made of. The vast majority of Americans stayed safely home in their towns and cities and only ventured west when the foundations were laid and the trains ran on time. As a result, the narrative defining wilderness and the west was largely constructed using mythology and fantasy. This construct was also malleable, it could be ...

The Martian Chronicles, a science fiction short story collection is dated by 1950 year, was written by a famous fiction-writer, Ray Bradbury. This story collection tells about the colonization of Mars by humans, running from their troubled and devastated Earth; about the conflict between the aboriginal creatures of this planet and the newcomers, resulted in annihilation both Earth and Martian races. But, The Martian Chronicles isn’t only the science fiction story collection at all, but it can be a version of mythology, made by Ray Bradbury with involving a lot of sci-fi techniques as rocket ships and space travels. The author ...

The website in question is io9.com, a media and genre-based website that is part of the Kinja network (along with other popular websites like Gawker and Jezebel). It is a curated blog-type website whose business model is to create content for their audience, which is mostly concerned with science fiction and fantasy media (such as books, movies, comic books, video games, music, television, etc.). The sender of the content is io9 itself as an entity, headed by editor-in-chief Annalee Newitz, as well as managing editor Charlie Jane Anders. The perceived receiver of the content includes an audience of tech-savvy, genre fiction ...

Nature, structure, types of products or service of your chosen organization, and two (2) key factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success. The National Football League is an American is a non-profit sports organization in the United States. It organizes a league of matches that are American football oriented which runs for a maximum of 17 weeks (Quinn, 2012). The nature of the organization is the promotion of sports in the United States. The organization has been there since the year 1920 and has improved a lot to become one of the unsurpassed sports associations in the ...

INTRODUCTION There are very few people in the United States who do not know what the quote “May the Force be with you” means, even if they are not fans of the Star Wars franchise. The same could be said for “beam me up,” “resistance is futile,” and “boldly go where no one has gone before.” Science fiction, its characters, phrases, and worlds presented, have become part of the social paradigm. Granted, science fiction is a genre that does not appeal to everyone, but to those who favor the genre they are often committed and loyal. Science fiction can ...

In a Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois is a conflicted character who lives in a fantasy world to avoid the ugliness of her life. When she declares “I don’t want realism, I want magic!”, she is being serious. She has rejected the real world in favor a place where her fantasies (magic) provide an escape from the ugly reality that is her own existence. At the beginning of the play, Blanche is unbalanced, lying and drunk. It is not until the end of the play, after being raped by Stanley, that Blanche goes completely insane, but it is obvious throughout the play ...

The answer, no; only a correlational effect.

For years, people have been playing all sorts of video games and has fallen in love with playing the ones that they do play. There are some people who play video games use it as an outlet when they need to relieve stress, and there are others who do it because they simply love playing video games to waste time. Ironically, some parents are against their child playing video games because of the fact that it has been known to invoke feelings of violence that is basically not true. Video games are play ...

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a fictional novel by Junot Diaz. The book chronicles the lives of its main characters in two contexts, New Jersey in America and the Dominican Republican. The main character in the book is Oscar Wao, an obese boy growing up in New Jersey who is obsessed with fantasy and science fiction books as week as falling in love. Oscar is also obsessed with a curse has he believes has plagued his family for many years. The book also features a host of other characters with one of them being Yunior who is Oscar’s ...

Every culture has its heroes and villains. Heroes are utilized to teach us important themes on good and evil and to help set the framework for acceptable behaviour in society. Children grow up learning about heroes and villains as examples of how the ideal person behaves and what happens when an individual turns ‘evil.’ Children also grow up imitating these stories as they internalize the lessons. We all have memories from our childhood where we pretended to be a good guy and captured the bad guy to prevent him from wrecking evil on the world. Modern children also engage in ...

The Wizard of Oz is a musical fantasy film of the United States, which is produced by Goldwyn Mayer, and is also based on the famous and commercially unbeatable adaptation of the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by Frank Baum in 1900. The film appeals the audience if something special is introduced or used (Lumet, 1995). The film is notable for using Technicolor, unusual characters, musical score, and dreamy storytelling. Because of these features the film has become a well-known film and the part of the popular culture of America. It, however, also featured in the cinema that can ...

“The Ladies Man” is one of the most famous transgressive comedies produced by filmmaker Jerry Lewis in the year 1961. The movie proved to be a great success for Lewis in both technique and ambition. The Ladies Man is an episodic film, which involves script with a series of gags that include everything from crude comedy to a ballroom dance with George Raft. The greatest fame of the film rests not only in the script but in the inventive set, which occupied two soundstages in the Paramount studio . As a director, Lewis presents noteworthy patience as he exposes the magnificent construction to the ...

The book, the glass menagerie, is an interesting read that encompasses and represents the lives of human beings who are torn between the world of reality and of fantasy. Therefore, it becomes imperative to discuss the storyline of the book and its connection to psychological theories. The book is filled with puzzling events that are more symbolic than real happenings. Just like the title describes it, the glass menagerie is a fanciful and fragile world in which the book’s characters live in. the book centers around three characters, namely, Tom, Jim, Amanda and Laura. Each of these characters is ...

The antihero is a long-established literary convention, in which a main character does not have the normal trappings of heroism that you might normally find in traditional heroes. Antiheroes are not idealistic, they are pragmatic; self-centered instead of selfless; amoral instead of moral, and so on. These anti-heroes are not meant to be role models, but are often avatars for the desires and ideals of whomever is writing them, as well; in the case of Stephen King’s horror novel Misery and Ian Fleming’s James Bond novel Moonraker, the characters of James Bond and Paul Sheldon both carry many similar ...

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A concept perpetuated by many different motivational experts and self help experts states that if a person wishes to achieve success there are simple steps that can be taken to effect such a goal. A common one is positive visualization. A series of four experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that positive visualization could increase the likelihood of desired outcomes in different endeavors. The results of these experiments showed the opposite effect. Positive visualization actually drew ambition away from the very activities that were required to ...

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a. What are your personal reactions to this movie? Be descriptive. “The Princess Bride” is a charming, funny Gothic film filled with colorful characters. The most captivating part of the movie is the sense of sincerity with which Director Reiner tells the story. The princess’ enchanted appearance also adds more interesting features to the film. “Princess Bride” is a postmodern fairy tale movie that affirms and challenges the principles of a genre that may be devoid of flexibility to provide support to the movie. The character of Patinkin is a joy to witness in this film because of his longhaired ...

Character Analysis Essay The character of Emily Grierson is the most obvious element of fantasy in the story, with the combination of the element of compassion. The character itself appears as a mysterious personality, which evolves from the figure of a jolly & energetic young girl and develop into the sketch of a reserve & conservative old women’s personality. This particular transition of evolution could be regarded as the core essence of the story. Hence, undermined with the character depiction of Emily Grierson. At one point, the personality of the lady is marked as the object of fascination because of her gleaming ...

What are the definitions of mass murder, spree murder, and serial murder? How are they different? How can you identify the difference? Please discuss the differences and give examples.

In a mass murder, a murderer kills his victims of four or more at a time, in a place with a single crime scene. The locations of the murder could be inside a home or building, on the open street, or at offices or schools. For example, on March 26, 2006, Aaron Kyle Huff, twenty-eight years old: Aaron walked in on a certain house party with three guns of more than three hundred rounds of ammunition, a black ...

C. S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”

C. S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” follows the adventures of the Pevensie children – Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. During World War II, their parents sent them to live in the country with a certain Professor Kirke to keep their children safe. On a rainy day, the Pevensie children play a game and explore Professor Kirke’s house. Lucy, the youngest among the four children, discovers a wardrobe in one of the rooms. Entranced by the wardrobe, Lucy opens it and steps inside only to discover another world. Lucy ventures ...

Abstract The paper outlines a few connections between pornography, erotica, and obscene material, in relation to sex crimes committed against adults and children. It is commonly known among the public that sex offenders view this material, and that they are often influenced by it. The paper also discusses how offenders my use the material to avoid acting on their desires, as well as how the material may awaken stronger desires within certain individuals. Rehabilitation is possible for those with desires that centralized around pornography and obscene material as the primary trigger. The best results for rehabilitation were seen in ...

Very many communities and societies exist today but the one that I am familiar with most is my class. I am currently in college and the school is an assemblage of people from all walks of life. My class, which is to large part composed of my course mates, also exhibits a divergent assemblage of individuals from different cultural backgrounds. In “Arts of the Contact Zone” Mary Louis Pratt brings forth an argument about a “community” and a “contact” zone. The word community is quite a common phrase and according to Pratt, the society’s idea of community is ”strongly utopian, embodying ...

Death of a Salesman is the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Arthur Miller, it was published in 1949. The play is an American tragedy that details the life and death of Willy Loman, a traveling salesman. Note that Arthur Miller named this character “Loman” a name that literally derives from Low Man. Willy Loman lives in Brooklyn New York, where Arthur Miller was born and lived his professional life. Loman’s home life revolves around his nagging wife Linda, deadbeat son Biff, and younger son Happy. Loman fantasizes about being younger and having a young, joyful family with productive happy sons and a supportive ...

1) Expressionist film in Germany is a part of the Expressionism movement in the country of 1920ies. This was a period of the silent movies and their main feature was the theatrical look in the films. The actors used painted, dramatic scenery and exaggerated make-up, which is commonly used in the theater. The changes in the German art were reflected in the sets, which had high contrast between white and black, different geometric shapes were used, all of which created exaggerated light and shadow. Although this movement did not last for long, it had significant impact on film makers from different ...

Introduction The Shakespearean tragedies are very specific about the determined thematic approach of the play. In the case of Hamlet, the theme of revenge predominates the entire approach of understanding the psychological development of Hamlet and the way he gets driven by a sense of revenge. Due to this, Hamlet undergoes the psychological transformation and meets the end in the most melodramatic way. This paper is looking into the psychological venture of Hamlet and is an attempt to comprehend the theme of revenge as led by ‘Mousetrap’. The approach is to check the relevance of this play-within-the-play in developing ...

Violence is not a new issue in the human race. It is worth noting that violence is tremendously on the rise in the modern society. As a matter of fact, media is one of the crucial tools that informs people in society, but many has associated media to violence and other violence related activities. There is greater access of media information in the world today; these are because technology has become very advanced. There is greater access to explosives and firearms, which has increased the scope of violence in society. For many years, several research have been carried out to determine ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of “The Great Gatsby”, develops his characters in such a way that that they seem to contradict each other’s personality traits. Such a set up essentially allows the readers of the novel to notice and understand these characters in an almost equal magnitude. The best depiction in this set up is brought put in the two major characters in the novel, Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway. The two characters’ traits are hugely contradictory of each other. On one hand, Nick Carraway is a character who exhibits great development throughout the story while Jay Gatsby is a man ...

[Author’s Name] In general terms, mass media can be described as the channels of communication through which the wider audience gets the messages in a simultaneous manner. It is a crucial fact that the children in the contemporary era are greatly affected by the mass media. Television — video games, and social media are playing a distinctive role to shape the identity and culture of people today, children in particula —. In addition, mass media is also having a great effect on the interaction and communication of children with their parents, family members, friends, classmates and society (Livingstone & Bovill, 2001). A majority ...

M. Butterfly is a play that captures the story of Gallimard, a French diplomat and his affair with Chinese woman, Liling Song. The “woman” later turns out to be man and a spy. The main themes in the play are Eastern duplicity and Western imperialism. The climax of the play happens when Gallimard is seduced by Song. The play places a lot of focus on racism, imperialism and sexism and the prejudicial feelings of the West and East (1:3). The play by Henry captures the interconnectedness between sexism and imperialism. Drawing from postmodern aesthetics, the usage of dramatic shape, stage, pictures and ...

In the novel, “The Bluest Eye,” Toni Morrison exposes and attacks racial self-loathing in the black community through her main character, Pecola. Pecola is depicted as a black girl. However, she is white at her heart. Pecola has self-loathing that gets worsen as the novel goes on. When the clerk of a store completely ignores her, for the first time, she gets the knowledge of her blackness. She tries to wash it away as ...

History is the study of past human affairs. This area of learning educates people about the significant events that shaped the world into its present state. Today, everyone can learn historical details either through watching films or reading historical books. In this paper, I would like to give an in-depth analysis regarding a historical film of my interest, ‘Der Untergang (Downfall)’ directed by Olivier Hirschbiegel. The film itself is an accurate portrayal of people’ lives during Hitler’s final ten day reign over Germany. Downfall also showed Hitler during his insanity and eventually defeat. It is a historical account of Hitler ...

In the story, The Things They Carried the author Tim O’Brien tells the story of soldiers of Alpha Company, led by First Lieutenant Jimmy cross. Most of the men are low-ranking soldiers. The platoon is there to fight in the Vietnam War. The narrator, Obrien, is one of the soldiers. This story is all about what objects those soldiers were carrying with them, and their memories or emotions associated with those objects. How all those soldiers are confronting the tension between fantasy and reality. The Dreamer of that Company is lieutenant Cross. He comes to his senses when ...

"Araby" can be said to be a complex short story written by Joyce as a reflection of the life of a young boy growing up in Dublin city. The narrator, a boy, is not named, and Joyce, the author, uses him as the first person; though the narrator appears to be more mature than the boy referred in the short story. Araby, focuses on fantasy and escape; revolving around despair, darkness as well as enlightenment. The story is retrospective of Joyce's life and looks back of his past life as well as his constant struggles (Smith 10). This story, Araby, involves a couple ...

A lack of time is one of the most common problems people face in 21st century. The average people who have nine to five jobs piled on top of personal stress of life, is carried around on their shoulders all day. When they get home they want to be able to relax after work and be entertained. In today’s media driven society that means spending more time in front of the TV. Because of this, the entertainment industry has been more and more focused on the idea of producing TV shows that will claim their attention and keep ...

Everything once written is read at least once. World literature heritage counts great many of works that were written in different styles with the use of the vast variety of methods and techniques, which assist writer in revealing his original idea and delivering it to the reader. Brad Carrington, American is a fantasy short fiction story. The author gets the reader into a real world, but creates an unreal story in it. Along with human characters, there is also a speaking and thinking puppet dog character, who is an ultimate participant of all the events. Fantastic transformations of the yard and ...

The books Harry Potter and The magicians are fictional novels that take us through the world of wizardly in the lives of two young people. A lot has been told about the ability of magicians to transform and change things using mystical powers. Magic as narrated in the books is all about imagining something and bringing it into reality using some powers. The stories are very similar just that one is told in the perspective of an eleven-year boy who out of curiosity decided to venture into the world of magic. To fulfil his ambition, he enrols to a magic ...

This essay aims at comparing and contrasting the theme of fantasy and wishful thinking as presented in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1949) and also in Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie (1945). Both playwrights have intensively used characters who resort into habits of escapism into fantasy and wishful thinking to free themselves from their miserable existence. The main sources of their predicaments are their consistent failures in achieving their dreams, little interaction and communication with family members coupled with personal insecurities. Due to these facts, they all have a common problem which is frustration and boredom. They resort ...

The Secret life by Walter Mitty is a humor short story by James Thurber concerning the people`s state of mind and the social reality facing them in life. By using an American context, Thurber shows how ordinary citizen`s especially during the Great Depression escaped realities by turning to Hollywood movies, and inflated imagination to escape the harsh realities that the world had to offer during these hard times. These period was characterized by a not-so-easy life where poverty, high prices of commodities and standards of living pushed the average middle-class Americans to the edge of their lives (Kaufman, p93). ...

The history of adventure games started in the 1970s. The first adventure game was the colossal cave adventure game known as Zork, designed by Will Crowther in 1976. Will worked in BBN as a programmer and developed the assembly language program that was used to develop Arpanet. Additionally, he developed the colossal cave adventure game from the experience he had gained in the mammoth cave in Kentucky, where he worked as a caver. The version of the game was based on the real cave but contained fantasy features such as magic bridge and axe-throwing dwarf to add excitement. Will Crowther developed ...

“Xanadu” a thrilling 1980 romantic film written by Richard Christian Danus and Marc Reid Rubel. In its interesting nature, it brings the fantasy that is highlighted in the quality of a filming technology that relatively shows the maturity and quality in the delivering of the plot and thesis statement revolving around the scene. The film which starts with an inspirational note brings in a strong thesis of love and the associated challenges related to the affair. This is supported by the view that a young man Michael Beck(sonny Malone) falls in love with a dazzling fantasy figure by the name Newton-John and the ...

It is always the desire of each person living to have a fulfilled life where they will live free of worries and anxieties. The steps towards such accomplishments are followed by various actions including working hard in life and even being nice to people. Everybody is usually looking for a secret towards success and once it is unveiled, everything will be done to ensure they get there. However, the definition of success defers from one person to the other and the level of hard work and commitment is not always the same. In an effort to achieve what somebody else has ...

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia is replete with a number of highly prized artistic works that vary from classical art as well as modern works which also have the capacity to thrill. The permanent collection is full of wonderful art works from a wide variety of established artists which really merit inspection. A typical exhibit is ‘The Nativity’ by Francesco Giorgio who hailed from Siena. This work is beautiful and colourful as well as being rather striking in its matter of fact description.

There is also an exhibition on Albert Bierstadt, a typical plein air artist from California ...

When you play the game of comparison and contrast, one is always better than the other. The HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, tends to leave die-hard aficionados of the epic fantasy novel series divided over the changes the second season has made to the novels. David Benioff’s and D.B. Weiss’s Game of Thrones has not been loyal to George R.R. Martin’s novel series, and to prove this the second season of the TV series must be compared to the A Clash of Kings, ...

Asian Horror Films The birth of Asian horror movies started began with the popularity of Japanese horror films. Initially these films were made by independent filmmakers and had low budget. But the gaining popularity of Japanese horror films spurred the culture of horror films to be made in other Asian nations like South Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong. The visceral and moral extremes displayed in recent Asian cinemas may leave the viewers appalled. The movie Oldboy displays the main protagonist cutting off his tongue to prevent his daughter to know about their incestuous relationship as well as ...

Sight is a very prevalent theme in a great variety of fiction; it can often be a symbol for understanding, comprehension, and enlightenment. Hindsight and foresight are often rewarded as virtues, or at least play heavily into the plot of a story. A blind person is often thought to ‘see’, or comprehend, more than the normal person, and sometimes people are not aware of a shocking truth, despite it looking them straight in the face. These scenarios are found in August Wilson's play Fences, as Troy, the patriarch of the family, is completely undone by his pride and lack of awareness of his situation. ...

In August Wilson’s Fences, we follow Troy Maxon, a disillusioned, bitter middle-aged man who used to play baseball in his prime – however, since he played before the color barrier was broken in major league baseball, there was no chance for him to shine. This has left him a broken shell of a man who clings to what mild successes he had in the past and participates in an extramarital affair which tears his family apart. Troy’s journey is the most transparently indicative of the American Dream – his dream occupation was baseball, a quintessentially American sport. However, due to the times in ...

In the wake of gun-related massacres like Sandy Hook and the Aurora theater shootings, the relationship between violence in the media and violence in real life becomes more of a pertinent issue than ever. Many argue that the increasing level of violence in films, television shows and video games is contributing to increased aggression in teenagers. Some studies have suggested that media violence has the capability to increase the likelihood of individuals, especially teenagers, to engage in real violence (Anderson et al., 2003). This is seen to vary depending on the individual, of course, as various teenagers have different degrees ...

A song can be generally defined as being a voice composition which is performed by the act of singing, the song words tend to have a rhythm or are poetic in nature. The two songs that I have chosen are; ‘Your Racist Friend’ by the group known as They Must Be Giants and ‘When Fredric Was A Little Lad’ by Gilbert and Sullivan. The song genre of the song ‘your racist friend’ can be classified as modern rock while the song ‘when Fredric was a little lad’ can be classified as a comic opera which typically is a comic play which usually incorporates songs ...

The film “Big Fish” is a movie based on the novel by Daniel Wallace. It is a drama, fantasy and comedy rolled into one by Director Tim Burton. It stars Billy Crudup as William Bloom, the son and Albert Finney as Edward Bloom, the father. The story is about a son who visits his dying father for the last time. It is about a son’s search for the truth about his father’s life. Although the film mirrors a real world relationship of a father and a son, it is engulfed with several interesting exaggerations and astonishing happenings. Examples of these are stories about ...

John Summerson was one of the leading British architects in the 20th century. On the other hand, Robin Middletown is a South African born architect who has shown major interest in French and British architecture. The two believe that all the credit accorded to Robert Adams and John Soane respectively comes from the interior designs. Robert Adam was a neo-classical architecture who not only shaped the neoclassic architecture but also came up with a new style-Adam style. On the other hand, John Soane was a British architecture during the neoclassical period. His masterpieces are housed in the famous John Soane’s Museum. ...

One of the movies that were released in 2013 is Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. It is a fantasy-adventure movie based on the original book story, which was written by Rick Riordan. The movie is 2010’s The Lightning Thief sequel and the second installment in Percy Jackson movie series. Produced by Karen Rosenfelt, Chris Columbus and Mark Radcliffe, together with Thor Freudenthal as the director, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters was released on 7th August 2013 (imdb.com).

In the beginning of the movie development, the first sequel of the movie was directed by Chris Columbus. However, for this second ...

Social networking websites have become a tool of communication in recent times. Social networks have allowed people from all corners of the world to engage in the activity of identity creation and relationship development. This has been done in a positive and negative way. Positive because these profiles help market a person and even hook them up with friends and family who have not been in touch for a very long time, and negative because they have been the cause of multiple lies and fake identities. Ongoing dialogues have been created among people who know each other and those who don’t therefore ...

Introduction Fantasy as well as science fiction answers this question –What if? Science fiction often takes our understanding when it comes to how our universe works and even imagines technologies and ideas that people have not witnessed yet, but could still fit within our understanding. The fiction, which expands on what people know about science, is working on known principles. There are many roots of science fiction and fantasy as a genre that can be explained through the course of this study. In this research, we also argue that there are major creators of science fiction and fantasy ...

J.M. Coetzee is the author of the book “Disgrace”. Coetzee develops the book through developing the personality of his main character David Lurie. However, close reading of the last pages of the book shows that although the main character, Lurie, goes a complete metamorphosis in terms of falling from grace to grass, his personality remains intact. There are some interesting developments especially with regard to the Lurie’s interaction with some people whom he had problems with during the course of the narrative. For instance, Lurie’s relationship with his daughter Lucy is considerably repaired. He is somewhat depicted ...

The Screwtape Letters is a fictional work written by Christian apologist C. S. Lews. The book consists of an ongoing correspondence between two demons. One of the demons, Screwtape, is trying to teach the younger demon, his nephew Wormwood about his understanding of God. Obviously, a demon’s understanding of going to be distorted. Screwtape uses convincing arguments to teach his nephew Wormwood that God loves for people only for his own sake. But through his distorted views comes Lewis’s real views that he is trying to convey through Screwtapes distortion. The first time love in mentioned is Screwtape, ...

Marquez does not embrace the clear-cut way of narration. There is a rough sketch of happenings between the time of founding the town, time of collapse; the Buendia’s clan genesis and its destructions. Marquez keeps on moving forth and backward and does not come clear on time. He thus creates a sense of informality and mythic feeling of a history. Though in the very first episode he talks of the Macondo gypsies who bore the technological innovations that were miraculous to the people of this isolated village, it is still had to believe it for in the first statement he puts ...

The book “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins takes place in a dystopian fantasy world. This genre is adventure fantasy. While reading one quickly realizes that things are not as we now know them. There is a great gap between the poor and the rich. The rich take advantage of the poor by using their children for entertainment is a televised event called “The Hunger Games”. Children are thrown into a generated environment and forced to fight to the death. The brutality of this treatment eventually leads to need to change the current political system. The setting of this book takes place ...

Cybercrime must be considered on two levels within the virtual platform of the Internet. Firstly from a legal perspective cybercrime has historically been referred to as an action online that causes harm to someone offline. Secondly as the popularity of online multiplayer games has increased the stakes have risen above the goal of fun and entertainment. The possibility of monetary gain has given some players and/or criminals a motivation to cheat and intimidate others for personal gain. (Gřivna, 2008, 98) Online crime that causes harm offline is covered under criminal law whereas the legal precedents for crimes with virtual games ...

The Pulitzer and Nation Book Critics Circle Award winning book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is not an easy read. Although a fictional novel, it is based upon history and set in New Jersey where the author, Junot Diaz grew up. It is not just the story of Oscar de Leon, referred to as Oscan Wao, a “Getto Nerd” in search of his personal Grail for a “pure and unadulterated love;” it spans three generations and two cultures. It calls up Dominican-American history in a way that can be stark, brutal, lush, tragic and comedic. It refers back to the “fuku ...

The use of internet among children as a source of entertainment has become so commonplace that the life of the average child is shaped and determined by the internet. Through the internet, children find it easy to access violent games and movies, which, according to research, have devastating effects on the behaviour and social development of the children. Psychologists explain that watching violent movies and playing violent games has negative effects on the considerations that kids have in regard to human feelings. Apparently, violent video games hinder the ability of children to develop emotions towards the feelings and suffering of ...

Dance is described as the art or science of making steps and making body movements to a proscribed tune. The success of acquiring the skills of dance depends on one's knowledge and effort of getting used to the principles of the dance. The Chinese have the unique dragon dance that is performed in annual festivals. The dance is significant for its traditional value. The dance is used alongside the lion dance in festive celebrations. The dragon dance signifies the descendants of the great Chinese King who was the first to rule. He also taught the Chinese people agriculture basics of ...

Compare the attempt to escape the miseries of the world in Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and Yeats' "Sailing to Byzantium."

The different faces through which a person goes through makes them have a number of experiences. This is largely caused by internal and external expectations which could be contrary to what a person can deliver. It reaches a time when an individual feels lonely despite the numerous people they could be around them. After being in a world of their own and realizing that nobody seems to understand to understand their plight, people tend to find ways through which they can escape from ...

Throughout the course of this essay I will attempt to construct a picture of modern techno cultures in respect of the laws and norms of the world they inhabit but don’t necessarily fit into. I will try to display to the reader that these techno cultures live within our world but outside our laws, they themselves construct their own laws as they live in their own worlds, they live in our world but in another world of their choosing. I will in a sense try to find reality in these virtual worlds and try to discover what is real ...

We live in a world obsessed with routine. Anyone who tries to do things differently is frowned upon. As such, the only decent thing to do is to conform. As a result, many people end up feeling alienated. They end up feeling isolated by the world which is supposed to nurture and celebrate them. Consequently, their true identity is not discovered. Despite these events, all is not lost. Some literature authors have realized this problem, and they have dared to be different. They have walked paths which not so many people have walked and changed the way the society thinks. Although ...

The novel is about a man called Christopher Banks whom both of his parents disappeared his father was opium. Christopher was then forced to live in their aunt’s place where he desired and vowed to become a detective in that he was motivated by the fact that he did not know and understood the disappearance of his parents in a span of two weeks. Later he covers thi9sd through a large extend as he accomplished his work in china as he followed most of his cases. As a little boy for example he has trouble as his parents disappeared who are feared to ...

What makes an individual? Is it a construct of one’s identity or is it the perception formed by others. Well, these are some of the questions deep thinkers have been asking themselves over the years, and there are no signs that the debate will come to an end any time soon. Despite the side of the debate we might choose to support, one thing is for sure: describing the essence of human beings is largely a complex affair. Confounded by this dilemma, several classical writers have tried to explain their opinions on the subject, and put the matter to rest ...

“There and Back Again” or “The Hobbit” is actually a fantasy novel by J.R.R Tolkien who is an English Author. It is also a children’s book that can be described as a classic hero pursuit story. This novel is an adventure, which is filled with action, wonder, vividly memorable characters, and magic. These are remarkable accomplishments for any piece of writing. Originally, “There and Back Again” was anticipated to be a children’s tale. The novel was initially published in 1937 in Great Britain by Unwin and George Allen. Therefore, it was published prior to WWII outbreak. In addition, it acts as ...

Wide Sargasso Sea was written in 1966 novel by Dominica born renowned writer Jean Rhys. This post-colonial parallel novel has put the author in the limelight being her most successful novel. This novel is a premonition of charlottes Bronte’s novel of Jane Eyre 1847 novel. This is a revelation of a relationship that casts a patriarchal society in which she is neither a black nor a white European with her European white boyfriend. This is a sour and unhappy marriage, which makes her appear demonic or devilish woman. The novel shortly tries to analyze the main themes of racial inequality and harshness of displacement and ...

The seagull was first published in March 1986.The seagull is the best play that was written by Chekov. He was inspired by a real life incident of a death of a seagull. This is a poignant love story. The characters are seen suffering in their own realistic ways as they move across the country. The characters are the ones that are analyzed in the play not the plot. The author allows his character reveal the act of devastating dreams. The death of the seagull has been used to symbolize the absence of defeat and that life has a lot of beauty in it.The characters ...

Karen Brennan’s short story “Floating” is from a collection of short stories entitled “Wild Desire” (1991), which collectively could be defined as stories about independently-minded women, including the main character in “Floating” who escapes from her tedious, ordinary, but unhappy everyday existence into a world of fantasy. This story is narrated by a woman who we find has had a miscarriage, which has so deeply affected her mental state that she fantasizes, not only about still having the baby she has lost, but believing she is able to levitate, thus symbolically escaping from the constraints of her currently unhappy reality. By using ...

Heroes are people who dedicate their lives to other things that are bigger than them. Heroes are people who are distinguished because of their courage and capability, and people admire them because they have noble qualities and superior deeds. Heroes also perform heroic acts that are praised by others. In the book, the Woman Worrier there are certain heroic characters that have been analyzed by the author. The author presents different women such as mothers, aunts and women worriers in different qualities and style and he also brings out their weaknesses clearly. The discussion below is a detailed argument about ...

Arguably, the exotic Art Deco was an exceptional style that dates back to the 1920’s a time when fashion had hit the predominant art industry. Commonly referred to as the boom of the roaring, Art Deco affected many forms of art in decorative arts, design, fashion, transport and product design, film and fine arts. Similarly, the exotic art was the new trend that hit the art industry influencing numerous forms of art. It largely touched almost all parts of contemporary life such as dancing with girls, tropical birds and animals, lotus flowers and even crossed borders to change native ...

Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey” tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, a young hobbit who enjoys a peaceful living in his quiet home, far away from any danger or unexpected events, until the sorcerer Gandalf pays him a visit, inviting twelve dwarves at Bilbo’s home, for dining, and proposes him to join their adventure: reclaiming the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the Dragon Smaug. The adventures of Bilbo in the company of the warriors who are searching for their land indicates the hobbit’s journey to maturity, to finding his true identity, his adventurous spirit, hidden ...

All I know is essentially a lie. The truths I believe to be essential can not be so in face of the uncertainty of the reality. This fire that burns and warms up the room is false. There may not even be a room around me. This warmth I feel is a fallacy bestowed upon my senses by me and only me. I conjure it myself. It is all in my own mind; if that is real at all. I know I am here. At this present moment I can assure that because I am conscious of this experience. I have a ...

Benstock, Bernard. Critical Essays on James Joyce's Ulysses. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1989. 

Benstock speaks extensively about the romantic fantasy in Ulysses. He portrays the idea that Bloom is a victim of his own musings and circumstances with most of his thoughts focusing on the self and thus hampering his moving forward. Bloom’s musings and inner sexual thoughts are important parts of the whole narrative especially in Chapter 13 and Benstock also focuses on the links between one episode and another which should be read in continuity if we are to truly appreciate them. The interaction between Leopold ...

The turn of the century saw the popularization in Latin American literature a prominent style of narration now known as magical realism. Authors Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende and Laura Esquivel have become household names in this genre. The style however owes its beginnings in Germany’s visual arts back in the 1920s. It was only introduced in the Americas 20 years after and by 1950s, Latin American fiction writing has characterized the use of fantasy in realistic mode (“History”). German art historian and critic Franz Roh (1890-1965) first referred as “magischer realismus” the images of life behind ...

The movie “V for Vendetta,” directed by James McTeigue, follows the actions of a freedom fighter who operates under the alias “V” and uses guerrilla tactics to oppose the totalitarian regime established in England. When he rescues Evey Hammond from the secret police, he also gains an accomplice. James McTeigue, the director of “V for Vendetta,” entered the film industry during the 1980s, and he became an assistant director in 1991. He was an assistant director known for participating in the creation of “The Matrix” series and “Star Wars Episode II.” The movie “V for Vendetta” was his debut ...

Public Figures (their expertise and their assigned speech topic:How in one sentence would: (Oprah Winfrey's credibility as Talk Shows: Their Role in Society) be initially affected if she spoke on assigned speech topic of: The Comedy of Politics?�" plus one sentence on how to make her credible on the given speech topic Oprah Winfrey is a magnificent talk show host yet her grasp of politics is somewhat limited and she would probably stutter and veer off subject if given such a topic to talk about. Her credibility would be affected since she is an avowed Democratic Party supporter so it ...

The 2006 film Stranger Than Fiction, directed by Marc Forster and starring Will Ferrell, tells the tale of a humdrum IRS agent (Will Ferrell) who finds himself learning that he is actually a fictional construct, a character in a story being written by Kay Eiffel (Emma Thompson). As he deals with the constant meddling of an authorial force in his life, and making sure he is not insane with the help of a professor (Dustin Hoffman), he soon learns that Eiffel plans to kill him off in her own story, in order to make her writing interesting and cure her writer's block. The film ...

Ted Bundy was born in a house for unwed mothers to an absent father. So to cover up the shame of this he was raised believing his mother was his older sister and his grandparents were actually his parents. He was a shy reserved child. When he was four his mother posing as his sister took him to live a new life with a new husband it was only until in his adolescent years he eventually found out his sister was actually his mother. This is believed to be what affected his ability to form attachments, he didn’t know who ...

Introduction Cinema is a medium used to entertain people. It portrays many issues about the society, science and various myths. It depicts different psychiatric disorders such as suicide and drug abuse to schizophrenia and personality disorders. Gone are the days when films were used to negatively portray psychiatric conditions. Nowadays films are used for educational purposes as well as to change the negative attitude towards people with psychiatric conditions. Film portrays that even psychiatric people are geniuses and that they can solve complex problems. Mental conditions are portrayed in different ways in the film industry. Film is used to ...

The California Dream Act enables illegal immigrants who have graduated from high school a Cal-grant aid. They are also entitled to a permit of residence for 6 years. The Carl-grant is divided into two, A and B. Section A considers the grade point average (GPA) and financial necessity. B depends on GPA, the highest level of education of the applicant’s parents and marital status. Legal citizens have difficulty times applying and getting financial help. Allowing illegal immigrants to the aid on simple requirement is amnesty of the highest level. It heightens unfairness compared to applicants who are U.S citizens. It ...

MKG1200: Marketing

Part1: The World of Marketing Worksheet4 Mission Statement..4Objectives4SWOT Analysis..6External Environment7Economic:7Legislative:..8Social Trends:8Political:..9Ethics9Part 2: Analyzing Marketing Opportunities Worksheet9Target Market Segment..10Product Positioning..12Marketing Research.12Part 3: Product Decisions Worksheet13 Product Issues..15Brand15Packaging Issues..16Product Life Cycle Issues16Service Quality Issues..16Part 4: Distribution Decisions Worksheet16 Method..17Distribution Facilities..17Web Site Strategies..18Part 5: Promotion Decisions Worksheet18Objectives..18Media.19Public Relations Activities20Sales Promotion Tools.21Sales21Part 6: Pricing Decisions Worksheet21Strategy.21Price Comparison21Implementation22

Business Description Masaeco is an art and craft shop along with a coffee shop all offering a unique taste of Filipino culture and delicacies. The cornerstone of the company’s business is high quality products that create a unique customer experience. We source arts and crafts ...

Virtual reality (VR) refers to any interactive, computer-simulated environment using 3D graphics, complex interface controls and multi-user capabilities; it recreates one’s physical presence in the actual, real or even imaginary world. Virtual reality augments lifelike experience of the ‘as if’ but ‘not quite’ of the real (sometimes, even mixed with the fantasy) world. Multi-modal VR technologies make it possible to engage multiple senses (that is, sight, touch, sound, and smell) for a broad range of applications, for examples, in entertainment, military, corporate, financial, scientific, especially, in medical and educational arenas . It has been claimed that VR brings a ...

Throughout the course of this essay I will attempt to construct a picture of modern techno cultures in respect of the laws and norms of the world they inhabit but don’t necessarily fit into. I will try to display to the reader that these techno cultures live within our world but outside our laws, they themselves construct their own laws as they live in their own worlds, they live in our world but in another world of their choosing. I will in a sense try to find reality in these virtual worlds and try to discover what is real ...

Abstract: The Irvine Museum of Modern Art is a haven of excellent works with several hues and shades. The museum regularly organizes exhibitions by several artists and among these one may include the works of Franz A Bischoff, George bandriff, Alson S Clark, Frank Cuprien and Paul de Longpre’. The museum was founded by Joan Irvine Smith, Athale Richardson Irvine Clark and James Irvine Swinden opening its doors on the 5th of January 1993. From the opening, the museum has worked tirelessly and intensely to promote art hailing from Californian artists particularly from the Impressionist period (1890-1930). The ...