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    scientific development in the real world, compared to Wells book the time machine which is based on the future journey and social, scientific changes that will occur in the future world. This

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    Experimental Filmmaking for Dummies (Part 1): Why You Should Be Making Experimental Films.  In 1962, French writer Chris Marker directed the experimental short film La Jetée. Primarily, La Jetée follows the story of a prisoner who is forced into time travel experiments. Additionally, these experiments are conducted by scientists to call past and the future in order to rescue of the present; Paris post-nuclear war. Subsequently, the prisoner was chosen because of his strong mind, in particular a powerful

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    composed of a time machine’s and its passengers’ journey into prehistoric times. Once there, Eckels, along with his fellow hunters and guides, found what they were searching for. As they followed the metal path, their game approached, a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The group shot

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    normal human being, because without a way to properly identify himself, it’s as if he is not living, able only to travel through time and live through the minds and bodies of others. In one of his time traveling experiences we see Zit encountering emotions and understanding the importance of connections. “I can feel his happiness. It makes me happy” (p. 116). After Zits is able to time travel and gain knowledge about native customs, family connections, and have the ability to experience emotion, he begins

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    The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic science fiction short story about a hunter named Eckles, he visits the Time Safari, a company that sends you to the past. A group of three join Eckles to travel back in time to shoot and kill a prehistoric dinosaur. Gloria Skurzynsk's Nethergrave is about a young boy named Jeremy, who plays sports, and has a group of internet friends. Later, Jeremy has the choice whether to stay in the real world, or leave it for the virtual introduced by a great

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    Time travel may seem like an event of of the distance future, that most scientists and engineers cannot fathom right now. How can we possibly revisit incidents that already occurred? Despite how impossible it may seem logically, everyday people dream about the experiences they are would have with time traveling abilities. This group of hopeful thinkers definitely does not exclude me. Although I understand the chances of being able to go back in time is extremely slim, I enjoy envisioning where and

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    Michael Crichton, the author of the science fiction novel “Timeline”, Mr. Crichton wrote this book because he always wanted to write a time-travel story, but mostly because he thought it would be a unique way to talk about history and also because he thought it would be an interesting adventure. Choosing the time, which the story will take place is his first problem and since he wanted to talk about history, he can’t take it too far into the past because than the history will be made up. He chose

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    An important nonfiction book that I think everyone should read is Night by Elie Wiesel. This book was published in 1960 by Hill and Wang. It has 116 pages and it is told by a man who survived the Holocaust. This was a very important moment in history that everyone needs knowledge on. Elie Wiesel was 15 when the Nazis came for the 15,000 Jews of his hometown of Sighet, Transylvania, in May 1944. Upon arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau, his mother and sister were murdered within hours, while he was put

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    Time Warp Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter- House- Five is a gut wrenching anti-war book that follows the life of Billy Pilgrim through extensive time travels that extend through the most fatal war in history, through the loss of loved ones, through Adventures to Alien planets and to visits to Billy's own death. The end result is a beautiful breathtaking novel that manipulates time to illustrate death as a fals villian created by humans and society and instead paints death as a beautiful new beginning

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    Chapter 1 I used to live in a (1)mundane world, I loved it, But then a time (2)paradox came to (3)wrest that from me. I wish it never happened. It all started on an (4)ominous day. There was a (5)throng of people outside celebrating the new president of 2020, Jack. Jack started his speech. “I have been (6)hapless up until this point in time,” Jack started to (7)regale the populous with every word he stated proudly. “I will uphold every promise I have made up to this point!” Jack exclaimed. “I will

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