Essays on Real Life

A hero is an individual who displays exceptional courage and personal self sacrifice to ensure the well being of others when faced with danger or when at a condition of weakness (Scott 23). Heroes exist in all societies and the deeds of some have formed the basis for some of the great legends in history. Real life heroes can be found in all societies; individuals who put themselves in great danger and sacrifice for the well being of others in their society. Since their inception, movies have always made portrayals of heroes in their characters. These movie heroes have some ...

Violent Video Games and Their Effects on People

The world has grown smaller with technology; bringing people closer no matter how far they physically are. At the same time, people have become more mature for the ages as compared to the past. As the nature and lifestyle of people have changed, the nature of utilities they use has also transformed. The foods have become more exotic, travelling has become more of fun than learning and gaming has become violent more than entertainment. Video games were first invented in the 1990s with a view to develop the ultimate gaming experiences of individuals. It brought about a kind of revolution ...

Introduction

In a recent study conducted by British researchers over 11,000 kids born between the years 2000 and 2002, it has been found out that children who spent over three hours watching TV are likely to develop hostile behavior such as stealing, bullying or fighting. There are numerous studies and surveys conducted over the decades which have demonstrated how watching age-inappropriate programs on TV could result in disturbing behavioral pattern in children. A research result shows that by the time a child finishes elementary school, he must have watched at least 8,000 murders on TV if not more. By the ...

Introduction

The Iguana Tree is a story that is set amid the perilous intricacies of illegal border crossings. The book narrates the suspenseful story of Lilia and Hector a couple who separately journey from the home in Mexico in search of employment and a safe home for their young daughter in the United States of America. This harrowing novel by Michael Stone meticulously reviews the obstacles that each of the characters endures in the pursuit of a new life (Stone 12).These obstacles include abominable acts like rape and murder in addition to manipulation at the perilous start of the border crossing. Further into ...

Summary – Response of Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

Doc is one person who is lived and respected by everybody in the society. One would expect him to be a very happy man because his relations with the community may be at its best. But this does not reflect in his personal life because deep down inside of him is a very sad and lonely man. Perhaps this can be equated to Steinbeck himself after having moved from his home to New York never to return home. He may have been lonely after moving from home to a new place where he knew no one. Steinbeck’s moving away from home ...

Video games are one of various tools of the entertainment. People, especially kids play video games in their spare time but it has been observed that many kids are addicted of playing video games and eve overlook other things including their study. Various incidents suggest that video games negatively affect the behavior of children. However there is a difference of opinion among people on the issue of video games. Many People complain that video games incite violent behavior in teenagers who spend substantial time in playing video games. It has also been observed that teenagers waste their time and money ...

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Media channels promote TV violence aggressively to earn money. What was limited to imaginative stories on movies and television shows are now enacted in real life violence on TV. In the event of such promotion of violence, the influence of media violence on children as well as teenagers has become a topic of great discussion, especially when the number of crimes committed by teenagers is escalating around the world. There lies a conflict of opinion among people as regards the effect of media violence on teenagers with one group believing that violence is a natural streak inherent in some people and children ...

According to the Oxford Dictionary, friendship refers to the conduct or emotions of friends. This implies that friendship is a state of being friends. This definition incorporates the word emotion to show that friendship is a positive attribute in the sense that it represents a form of kindness is given to a person. Circumstantial definition of the word friendship is different from the one provided by the English dictionary. Ordinary circumstances describe the word friendship as referring to any form of meaningful, peaceful relationship between individuals, groups, or even countries that sacrifice to be together irrespective of whether the relationship will give genuine ...

Introduction

The fictional plot of hunger games has provided its audience with enjoyment and entertainment. However, the same themes that were used in the three novels reflect some of the issues in our society. Of course there is no such thing in the society as the actual hunger games where children starve and fight to death. The topics in the novel however are close to some of the issues that people go through in life. This paper explores how hunger games is connected with the revolution in Arabic spring and real life. Hunger games is not just fictional but is ...

This paper is a critical analysis of the issues brought out in Anastasia Salter’s article titled ‘Virtually Yours: Desire in virtual worlds’, it discusses the main issues brought out in the text. Much of the text on the article virtually yours; desire and fulfilment in virtual worlds by Anastasia Salter revolves around the relationship between virtual realms and reality. These two aspects are such that virtual and real world perceptions are intertwined such that it becomes quite difficult to draw the line between them. Notably, virtual perceptions of reality are not new to humanity as Salter explains human ...

Virtual communities provide people with an alternative life in which to take part, without leaving the comfort of their computers. Through self-created avatars, individuals are able to, essentially, recreate themselves. Through this medium, people can take on any identity they choose, and even have multiple identities. This raises questions about the nature of the ‘real self’. Increasingly, it appears that virtual selves and real selves are overlapping. Second Life is one example of an online platform where people can create their own alternative life; they can buy property, find employment and even maintain relationships. Once logged in to ...

Introduction

Human interactions can be just like games. Game theory is an approach that attempts to analyze situations the same way players in a game assess situations. We face many situations, yet we do not have rules on how to handle them. Hence we wonder, what players would do if they were faced with the same situation. In a game, players make quick and strategic decisions that will help their team win. We handle real life situations just like players. The decisions we make affects our outcomes. Since we come in contact with people, game theory establishes how we can strategize with ...

Growth in technology has ensured that people from all over the world can interact in real-time. Human beings are social creatures, thus, it is their nature to include fun in their interaction. Advanced technology has over the years ensured that games are an integral part of human interaction all over the world (Jansz et al. 269). This interaction of people as a result of sharing and participation in various games on the internet is known as online gaming. Online games like Warcraft amongst others provide a getaway to people getting into a fictional and fantasy world from the normal, regular and real ...

Fictional crime shows and real crime shows share some similarities as well differences. For example, both shows attempt to unlock the mystery of crime scenes in a logical and systematic manner. Nevertheless, fictional crime shows also differ significantly from real crime shows. The differences arise in terms of the tools used for investigation, and the period required to solve the issues under investigation.

A good example of a real crime show is First 48. In season 10, episode 6, the detectives attempt to resolve the murder of a 28-year-old man stabbed to death while working in a smoke shop. In order to resolve ...

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Suchman argues that plans are an important component in computer science and Artificial Intelligence research. According to Suchman, plans are understood best not as determinates of action but are explained as rhetorical devices for explaining the action. This helps her to explain the aspect of human-machine interaction. She recommended methods like conversation analysis and ethnomethodology for studying the relation between machines and human beings in reality. Suchman used methods and theories from different fields or disciplines in order to understand fully the concept of human –machine relationship. The examples of the real world problems dealing interacting with human beings ...

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Violence is endemic in today’s television, movies and video games. The prevalence of violence in popular media begs the question: Are we, as a culture, very violent in nature, or does the violence in the media make us violent. Many people subscribe to the “Art imitates life” idea that violence in the media reflects the violent urges of people, while some feel that the violence displayed in media actually causes people to be more violent. Of the two explanations, the more compelling one is that the violence in the media reflects the violent nature of humans. One study ...

Video games have remained to be a subject of great debate between parents, experts, game fans and game developers since the time of its inception sometime around the 70s. The reason for such arguments is the perception that video games have the capacity to impact the growth of the youth. On one side of the argument, some groups argue that video games are an effective medium to entice positive development in young gamers; physically, mentally and socially given today’s advanced gaming platforms and titles to improve the gaming experience. On the other side of the argument, there are groups ...

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 ...

Produced by Caitlin McNally and directed by Dretzin and John Maggio, the film, Growing up Online shows a clear difference between the virtual world and the real life of emotions with regard to teenagers and young people. From the film, young people have made the internet part of their social and academic life. The film agrees that the internet is today a way of life and the young IT generation of today are influenced by the internet in many ways. The web shapes how the youth behave, learn, interact and share information. Therefore it becomes a crucial tool for learning. However, virtual ...

Introduction

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 ...

Introduction

Lesbian porn has been debated by feminists in a political sense to be a way for women to give affection to one another in a way that only women can understand. In a sense, sex between two women is argued by feminists in support of lesbianism to be a way of expressing sexuality in a more equal way (Segal, 1993, p. 94). Much closer to the topic at hand the portrayal of sexuality in lesbian pornography is increasingly receiving attention in sex studies where lesbian porn has been criticized for misrepresenting lesbian sexual interaction. In fact, sex in lesbian porn is misconstrued and misrepresentative of ...

It is not always smooth all the way at the family level when it comes to making decisions. Every family member has their interests and perceptions of life, which help them, make personal choices and decisions. The same can be said about Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin. While reading the story, it is natural that the story can elicit feelings and thoughts in similar situations in real life cases just as events unfold in the story. The two brothers, Sonny and the narrator have different paths that they have chosen in life, just like it can happen to ...

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Social media surround us every day. Facebook and Twitter are not only helping us to keep ourselves informed and maintain relationship with the people we know; the social media literally shape our lifestyle. Starting an experiment of seventy two hours without social networks, I could not even imagine the extent to which the social networks have penetrated into our everyday life and mindset. Looking ahead, I should tell that this experiment went successfully, and I learnt a lot about myself, my habits and lifestyle. Having an account in all major social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Forsquare, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube, ...

‘A sorrowful woman’ is an acclaimed story that gives a glimpse of feminism and further helps readers in understanding women’s sad state of affairs. The story is written by Gail Godwin who is a famous American novelist and known for her views on women and social issues (Xuehua). This paper intends to discuss the story along with examining how author idea and life is reflected in this story. The story of ‘A sorrowful woman’ swivels around a woman who is the Protagonist of this story and struggles to fiddle with her role of mother and wife. This woman is living a ...

According to Laurence Perrine, there are two primary purposes for any literature – to entertain and enlighten. While entertaining is the easier part, Perrine opines that a literature should do more than just entertain, if it is worth scholarly scrutiny. Thus, a fiction can be categorized into escape and interpretive literature. An escape literature is one, which mainly aims at entertaining and intended as a time pass. Whereas, an interpretive literature aims at making the reader delve more intensely into the world around him. While an escape literature aims at taking its reader away from his world for a while, an interpretive literature takes ...

Computer games became part of our lives. Virtual reality beckons with its limitless possibilities, and computer entertainment industry each year presents all the new games which become more realistic and sophisticated. According to C. Barlett , C. Anderson and E. Swing (2009, p. 377) young people in the USA spend at least 9 hours per week sitting on computer. Around 70% college students consider themselves to be gamers – people who specialize on challenging virtual reality barriers. Video games industry is constantly growing addicting more and more people. According to the recent research about 89% of all games are violent (Buckley, ...

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American culture is vast and diverse and the media brings together several facets of this in different guises. The TV Show which perhaps best encapsulates American culture is ‘Seinfeld’ whilst the film chosen is ‘Bowling for Columbine’ which personifies American fixation with guns. Finally the music styles chosen as representative of American culture is jazz with a civil rights angle.

Seinfeld is an intriguing TV show which examines the relationship between persons on a more moral and social level. The text will continue to analyze the show’s facets and points with particular intensity. The main characters are analysed accordingly and ...

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Each every one of us has two sets of life, the real life and the virtual life. Virtual life may give us the abundance of life in all aspects for it will be us, who can control whatever we want to be in the virtual world. Real life is what we normally do in our everyday or living with our own responsibilities; like doing our chores, completing your projects, living our life with the societies, or even interacting with our families and friends. This is the real world we live in. On the other hand, a person can have his ...

In the recent years, there has been a rapid growth in the use of technology. This has not only affected the business world and the communication strategies, but has also spread its roots to touch on the entertainment sector. There has been the development of online gaming which tends to be quite a favorite of many people. According to Hotz (2012), there are over 1 billion online subscribers. These people can spend up to 18 hours a week on the internet playing the games. Generally, online gaming “has become a $25 billion- a year entertainment business” (Hotz, 2012). Of course, there has been a ...

- What is the soul? The soul is a concept of human life that has been interpreted differently by different people, with ancient philosophers arguing that the soul only exists in humans and not in other animals and plants (Baker & Goetz, 2011). Whether or not, this is factual, has been a theme of deliberation in the fields of religion and philosophy. Even more complicated is the relationship between the body and soul. It may be difficult to understand how the material body is linked to the soul which is presumably intangible and invisible. Plato explains the soul as having ...

Determinants of Capital Structure

Abstract Decision on capital composition is a crucial decision for firms as it has major financial and profitability implications. The objective of this paper is to identify the determinants of capital structure and discuss the key theories on capital structure. The paper discusses they key theories of capital structure, providing evidence of the theory and listing its limitations. The MM theory is the foundation for the other modern theories of capital structure. The trade-off theory is an extension to MM theory relaxing the assumption of bankruptcy. Pecking order theory highlights the firm’s preference of internal cash flows as ...

Comparable yet Dissimilar

Marriage is a legal commitment under which a man and a woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife. (Dictionary.com) Marriages become complicated situations and are never perfect no matter whatever circumstances arise. This can be seen in the marriages presented in the short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber and in the play “I’m Going” by Tristan Bernard. Both, the story and the play portray married couples in two different ways. In one the wife is shown as the dominating member of the two and in the other the husband is dictating. These two ...

Introduction

In any market condition, information plays a critical role in structuring the demand and supply forces. All other things being constant, perfect and complete information to both buyers and sellers ensures that price determination takes place at a point that provides maximum benefit to the society as a whole. In such cases, the buyers or the sellers cannot influence the price. This scenario ensures equitable distribution of benefits to everyone in the society. However, perfect information is a characteristic of an ideal perfect market alone. It is not experienced in real life scenarios. Information asymmetry is a common phenomenon in the real life imperfect ...

The modern times offer a plethora of new and improved technological gadgets, devised for the purposes of making human life easier and more interesting. Internet usage is a pervasive force in the lives of almost every single human being, from a simple Google search, movie and image downloading, to the ubiquitous social networking. And, taking into account the most insidious element of student experience, no wonder so many adolescents seek friendship, romance and so much more on social networking sites, such as Facebook, Myspace, and similar. However, as it is mostly the case with young and developing minds, they do not know ...

Human Communication and the Internet

This case study addresses popular way of finding soul mates with the help of Internet. Margaret and Antonio have been corresponding for more than one year and finally decided to get married. They did not see each other in real life. They only exchanged a couple of photos via Internet since they lived in different countries. Once they have met they felt disappointment because the photos they exchanged were of ten-year remoteness. In the meantime he managed to grow bold and she grew plump. After their actual meeting was over they stopped corresponding. Thus, they planned their joint vacation ...

Book Review: Allen, Catherine J. 2002 The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community. Washington, D.C

Book Review: Allen, Catherine J. 2002 The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community. Washington, D.C. Introduction The book “The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community” is an idiosyncratic ethnography of the Quechua-speaking people of the Andes. The book brings the story of this group of people into present and hubs mainly on the very real problems of cultural continuity in a dynamic world. The author manages to discover demonstrates that the hold life has in 2002 is not the same as it was 1985. This ethnography is very ...

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This essay will discuss how Mark Twain uses superstition to develop the plot of his novel while also satirizing religious belief in the America of the 1800’s. I will discuss how the author uses his characters to reflect his own views and uncertainty in this subject while also discussing how these superstitions relate to real-life.

Superstition runs though Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and is infused into the plot and character development process. Often, the superstitious qualities relate directly to the ideas of hope and fear and the characters tend to equate their actions with having an effect ...

1. The main theme of the book is the focus on the central idea that the personal character of a leader is above all positions or power. The book emphasizes that a leader must win its followers by its own virtue. He should be a role model, rather than a forceful person to lead his followers. The personal attributes may vary, but the leader must utilize these to make others obey his command. “Authentic Leader” is a term coined by David Irvine and Jim Reger to define the leader who leads by the strength of his characters.” Is he for real?” is the question ...

In the history of human civilisation, theatrical performance was one of the ways of sending a message from authors to a target audience. The mean of sending this message was an actor and his ability to create a contact with the audience, to make his acting credible and understandable for the target audience in a specific context of performance. The aim of this essay is to explain what it means to perform on stage and how our perception of it has changed under the influence of the contemporary theatre-makers. Looking through critical reviews of different plays, one can come to a conclusion that ...

Nowadays the way many people interact with each other has changed radically because of technology. It really has an influence on communication between people and affects their relationships in various ways, so there are both some positive and negative effects. Firstly, in a social network there are limitless possibilities for communication. People who initially may be thousands of miles apart can become friends or even family later. The network allows to find friends, family or just peers with common interests. Secondly, everyone has the opportunity to express his point of view, to find like-minded people, to talk on ...

Critical Thinking on Media Theology

Today people in the West can hardly imagine communication without internet. The massive involvement with social media affected also the Christian community that learned to use tools to communicate with congregations. Social media helps educate Christians on religious matters. It is involved in events management and organization of church activities, that use social media options to connect and stay informed about forthcoming occurrences in church life. Internet offers diverse sources for information on Christian issues. Generally, Christian communities benefit from social media that keep them connected and give them new resources to encourage each other in their faith.

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The ECE 111 is one of the courses that students studying ECE at the Oregon State University will first have to encounter. The course is aimed at introducing the students to the available tools in the university; it also introduces and gets us exposed to ECE. This paper presents the final reflection report for the electrical engineering class ECE 111. It gives my personal reflection and summary of all that was learnt and all the activities that occurred during the class. The class activities mentioned in this paper include the lab activities, guest speakers, programming assignments, summaries and ...

Modern world brings much convenience into our daily life, but at the same time it is full of various temptations. Many years ago the childhood was completely different, and kids had to play in the yard, ride their bicycles and play dolls. Nowadays most of these things became replaced by interactive entertainments, such as tones of computer games, easy access of the World Wide Web, and availability of any information. End of XX and beginning of XXI century kids prefer to play a video game or to watch a movie or a short video online to pleasant plays in the garden or ...

Leadership is the ability of a person in charge of others or a specific group to provide guidance and direction to those that he or she commands. The group works with a common objective in mind. In executing leadership roles, the person in charge does not only depend on his or her ability to give direction, but also depends on social control. Social influence goes beyond individual effort to the engagement of the subjects in the accomplishment of a given task. At most times, leaders assume the support of the people they are leading. However, success in leadership depends on others, as well; ...

In today’s world, the media plays an important role in the process of socializing. The media has enhanced stereotypes to a considerable degree. People are impacted by what is shown on the media either positively or negatively. Since childhood, children are exposed to various forms of media, and the process continues throughout their lifetime; therefore, it is difficult to isolate the impact media has upon an individual’s personality. Adding on, the media places much emphasis upon physical beauty and even children’s cartoons depict this beauty either directly or indirectly. For instance, the world famous Disney Character Cinderella ...

Introduction

Substance abuse such as alcohol usage, tobacco smoking as well as others has been on mass media over the last two decades. Some of the popular mass media platforms where substance abuse is common nowadays may include music industry, TV series and now it has been rampant in the movie industry. American movie industry’s exposure on marijuana usage in on the rise as the USA government stand against the issue is changing every moment. This has facilitated the rise in usage of marijuana in movies such as Pineapple Express and Requiem For A Dream as well as others.

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Immersion as a Language teaching Method

Second language learning is an individual process where a learner is able to interpret and process incoming language data which is different from the native language. The process of language acquisition includes the practice of the target language. The practice is helpful in the development of correct language habits. The process of second language learning is affected by the native language. Various learning methods are implored to establish learners’ ability to understand and use the second language efficiently. Second language learning is effectively done through immersion: the adoption of immersion as teaching method enhances learner fluency and comprehension. Secondly, ...

INTRODUCTION

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 ...

Introduction

Movie is a form of art just like literature, music and paintings but movie is much beyond that. Movie is a pictorial representation of a story one reads in a book. Movie is an expression of life in motion as one sees in paintings. Movie is a medley of colors and sound which provide a gateway to its audience from all the worries of life for a short while. Movie is a means of escape from the reality of life to find solace in something more cheerful. During Great Depression when people were bogged down with the distressing economic condition of the country, many Americans find something ...

‘Fight club’ is David Fincher directed movie which is based on acclaimed novel written by Chuk Palahniuk in the year 1996. The movie is not for everybody but it is for certain kind of readers. The movie as the novel relies on the accounts of an unpredictable narrator who suffers from insomnia. Tyler Durden, the narrator gets inspiration from his doctor who said him that insomnia is not any problem but does not hesitate from getting sympathy of several people by impersonating himself as a severely sick person. This paper intends to discuss the movie and its character, Tyler Durden ...

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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 ...

Sociological perspectives refer to various approaches that sociologists use in studying the human society and systems. The three sociological perspectives are structural/functional, conflict and symbolic/Interactionist perspectives. Generally, these approaches provide the theoretical frameworks through which issues of human society and systems can be solved. It is through these theoretical approaches that clinical or practical sociology operates. The application of the concepts into real life situations gives the study of sociology relevant its students. The functionalist perspective of sociology looks at the society as a complex system of parts or structures that interact harmoniously to perform different necessary functions in ...

Reflective Essay

Introduction The project aimed at creating awareness to the patients through structured educational program. The program entailed increasing the patient knowledge on the background of cardiovascular diseases and causative agents. Through evaluation of the patients, I was able to gauge their weak points and strong point on the subject matter. I then explained cardiovascular risk factors while citing applicable control measures on the same to the participants. Knowledge evaluation on the subject matter was carried out before and after the training. The tools used for knowledge evaluation were questionnaires and clinical measurement such as Basal Metabolic Index of the ...

“Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes has remained an instrumental piece of literature since its publication in 1605. The success of “Don Quixote” may be in part to its underdog hero and his quest to achieve his dreams despite ridicule from his peers. Some critics have gone as far as saying that “Don Quixote” was “the best literary work ever written”. To understand the importance of “Don Quixote” one must break down the novel and examine the theme of chivalry and heroics to see why “Don Quixote” is truly a literary work that transcends time and entertains and inspires many ...

Virtual reality or simply VR is a technical term used to describe various types of computer simulated scenarios which simulate the real environment and also makes imaginary worlds look real. Most virtual reality experiences are visually transmitted and supported by sound and other sensory stimulations. Virtual reality is presently used in medicine, military training and gaming applications which have become very popular. This paper will identify the disadvantages attributed to virtual reality and compare them with the known advantages of this technology. We will establish whether the technology is beneficial to continue with the development of the technology or not.

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I believe that Tom has laid down a great talk from a prospective of education on motivation especially to the students in this Motivational and Emotional video. This is applied in a sense of what is a challenging task engaging. One of the techniques that could be applied is collective questions that randomly rewards person with a huge piece of puzzle. In this presentation, I think the main idea is how the video games are applied as an extension of the practices and principles of applied analysis of behavior. In my opinion, what makes the schools to be a mindless and boring for most ...

The movie portrays the era of 1970s and is based on a real life story.

In this movie the antagonist Harvey Milk represents a real life person who was an activist elected to the San Francisco Board of supervisors in1977, and was murdered the very next year. He one of the first openly elected gays in the community and his murder can therefore, be regarded as a hate crime. The screen representation was fascinating and tear-inducing to say the least. “Milk” brought in tremendous amounts of insight regarding the gay community and the biases they are subject to in their daily lives. It also portrays history openly and declares that there have been gays in ...

Reviewing my emerging teaching philosophy

My belief is that teaching forms an essential basis for education, which certainly plays significant roles in moulding students in readiness for the current knowledge based economy, whereby an individual’s competitiveness in the global economic context is directly aligned to their the educational skills. Educational institutions should not only increase educational achievements of students, but should impart more skills as well as providing improved education and qualifications, which will enable students meet the increasing difficulties resulting from the need for more knowledgeable workforce. As such, I believe that such a sophisticated workforce will be able to sail through the ...

Should the government control violent video games? There’re two points of view on this situation. Concerned parents think that governmental control over the video game industry can decrease its negative influence. However too many restrictions on this industry can result on the profit of video games companies. So how do you find the golden mean? To find a solution on this problem let’s take a look on this problem.

There’s a possibility of inputting governmental control over the production of violent video games. Government could control the content of this product in several ways. They could ban violence in ...

In the 1993 film Last Action Hero, the protagonist is Danny Madigan, a disenfranchised preteen who is completely and utterly lost in the world of over-the-top action movies. He has watched enough of them that it has become a staple of his life, having been exposed to an entire film genre’s worth of violence, sex, and vulgarity. As a result, when he is magically brought into the world of an Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie (Jack Slater IV), he is not only completely unfazed by the horrific things going on around him, but he embraces it and relishes the fact that he ...