Arthur Pendragon's The Black Hole

In the Black City you would find “smoke and garbage” (Larson 247). The color black is painted with a negative connotation with death and evil the smoke and garbage represents a city not taken care of. Larson purposefully calls it the ‘Black” City to boost the idea of a dirty city. The audience can see the evil that the city holds. The juxtaposition comes out when the sentence is followed by the White City’s “clean and public bathrooms, [and] pure water” (Larson 247).

The Enlightenment was a period of time during the second half of the 18th century of new concepts and ideas aimed to advance European society by using rational thinking and logic. The ideas presented during this period focused on changing the way we view our world and the people who live in it. The two scholars who formed the foundations of the Enlightenment, Isaac Newton and John Locke, concentrated on two different subjects, but they both greatly influenced our way of thinking. Another leader in the enlightenment who introduced another facet into our way of thinking is Pierre Bayle. Bayle mainly focused on religion and whether religious intolerance is justified. Adam Smith applied another way of thinking to the science of economics. All

The main character's name is Stanley Yelnats. At first, you see stanley as an alright kid who has made a bad decision stealing. “ I stole some sneakers” (pg 22). Throughout the rest of the story you find that stanley is nice and always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. “He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time all thanks to his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather” (Pg 7). At school before camp Green Lake he was bullied and treated bad. “he didn’t have any friends at home, he was overweight” (pg 7). At camp Green Lake Stanley made a new friend, his best friend “Zero”. He get’s along great with Zero and teaches him how to read. “I’ll try

The music blared so loud through the speakers at the bar and grill MacGowan's Haven, that Alannah Chambers worked at that she had to shout in order for her customers to hear her. "What would you like sir?" She yelled at the middle aged man on the other side of the counter. He was a heavy set man with thinning salt and pepper colored hair and thick glasses, he wore faded blue jeans and a blue shirt that looked like it seen better days. Lots of them. He had a mustard stain on his shirt too that he hadn't bothered to wipe up. "Uh, I'll take a beer and a piece of that ass babe," he said, and grinned wickedly at her. If it had been a few years sooner, Alannah would have ignored him, but not this time, she was done with little-miss-shy-girl that

“She made me do it! She made Betty do it!” said seventeen year old Abigail Williams when accusing Tituba, a servant from Barbados, of witchcraft. Abigail is the person in the play, The Crucible, to do whatever it takes to stay alive and out of jail. The Crucible is a play inspired by the McCarthy hearings in the 1950’s. It focuses on the Salem witch trials and how the devils work is incorporated in the trials. Abigail was a walking and breathing problem during these trials because of her personality. She was stubborn, selfish, and persuasive. Her personality shows through out all four acts of the play in different situations, as does mine, but in a more minor way compared to hers.

The last two booths were properly secured by thick red padding and large shads. When diggs made his slow approach, the patrons glanced at him and thought him a thug with his white suite and tipped fedora, Adam was waiting patiently, sipping coffee, and didn’t notice his surroundings. “What is up?” exclaimed Digs. Adam turned, smiled and they embraced like two brothers who have returned from war. “What’s happening?” asked

Dan wondered why his mother didn’t shrink down and perch on his shoulder already, like the annoying bird she was. She chirped his name, then followed with three sharp pecks against the door. Dan ignored her and took the last sip of his coffee. Beads of sweat rested on his forehead, and he pulled on the chain to lower the brightness of his desk lamp. His eyes had become red, and the dark circles and designer bags under his brown eyes were ever present. Simply put, on any given day, Daniel Malik was a zombie.

In poetry, not everything is exactly as it sounds. Sometimes things have a deeper meaning to them. Howard Nemerov wrote “The Vacuum” which portrays the love that he used to have for his wife. Throughout the poem, Nemerov tackles an issue that is important in the American society: grief of a loved one. Everyone had different ways of dealing with grief and for Nemerov, his grief was put into a poem. You must be willing to fully pay attention to the words and phrases in the poem in orderly to truly grasp onto his poem. Not only does this poem express his love that he had for his wife, but also it used on word as a symbol for what he used to have. With the use of diction, stanza and simile, Nemerov’s “The Vacuum” sum up the expression of emotions full of loneliness and sorrow with the loss of a loved one.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines drug as, “something and often an illegal substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness.” As the definition states, drugs are normally thought of as substances taken that alter one’s state of consciousness that produces euphoria such as marijuana, heroin or cocaine. But what about behaviors that also produce euphoria such as eating food, having sex or playing video games? If the definition of a drug depends on a change in consciousness and the possibility of addictive tendencies, then why wouldn’t we include behaviors that produce a euphoria just like drugs? In this research paper, I will expand upon the definition of “drug” to include addictive behaviors, citing the similar chemical reactions these behaviors have on the brain and the human body. By exploring the varieties of addictive behaviors, I will point out the common side effects these “drugs” share. (Merriam)

Have you ever been falsely accused of something you didn't do? Well, this happens in the realistic fiction book, Holes by Louis Sachar. I strongly believe that you should read this well developed book, for it has fascinating characters, the great message, and the astounding plot. The 14 year old and main protagonist of the story named Stanley Yelnats goes through a series of unfortunate events that leads him into an abusive camp. He is overweight, lonely in school, and gets bullied frequently. In the camp, the requirement every day is to dig a hole five feet deep, and five feet across in every direction. Because of the many kids in the camp, the landscape is full of holes, and looks dry and beat up. Stanley eventually finds out there is more

The short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Man with the Twisted Lip,” is based on disguises of wealth and appearance and how these disguises change the point of view that people have in the social classes and what they think about each other during the Victorian Era. Disguises can be used to create an identity for one’s own personal gain or to protect an individual 's identity. Neville St. Claire uses disguise to validate his place as a gentleman. His status as a beggar allows him to become the successful gentleman that he should be, by concealing his true self to the social class system. Sherlock Holmes uses his persona as a protection to keep the people of London safe and out of harms way. Between the two personalities of St. Claire and Holmes is the outcome of what others may think of them; St. Claire knows the identity that he has created is not accepted by the social class while Sherlock Holmes identity is seen as a hero and is accepted by the social class. One uses his disguise purely for monetary gain and the other uses the identity in order to solve mysteries and protect his city. As shown in the “The Man with the Twisted Lip”, disguise is only allowed when the social class accepts the identity.

The short story I have chosen to adapt to a feature film is of the works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his most successful character Sherlock Holmes. The Final Problem by Conan Doyle was written in 1893 for the Strand Magazine for which he wrote a series of short stories for them from 1886 to 1927. The last story was published three years before his death. The title came about because Conan Doyle felt that there was a problem with the now beloved character when he wished to kill him off due to his ambivalence towards him. I am going to discuss my adaption ideas for The Final Problem and to create a film that encapsulates the essence of the crime-solving duo of Holmes and Watson.

The otherness is the result of a process in which one dominant group constructs and emphasises the difference between them and one or several other groups to show superiority and the inferiority of the other, whether the difference itself is real or imagined, presented a negation of identity and therefore giving motive for discrimination. Difference belongs to the realm of fact and otherness to the realm of discourse. Sex is difference, there is in fact an unmistakable difference, however gender is said to be otherness that it resides in the realm of discourse, debate and discussion.

When we think back on the mistakes we have made in life did any of them have a good outcome? For young Stanley Yelnats in Holes by Louis Sachar, a mistake turned his life around. The mistake put him in a bad place, but by the end of the story he had actually ended up with many good outcomes. Stanley benefitted from many things from the mistake made by Hector Zeroni. Stanley made a friend, received/ found a treasure, and also bettered himself as a person. Even though he got pulled into a mess he did not let it destroy him as a person. He strived to better himself and those around him. In the beginning of the story Stanley is a timid, bigger built, loving, and caring boy; but as the story progresses he begins to change. Stanley’s personality

There have been many studies conducted to record data about domestic violence. These studies allow police and domestic violence assistance programs to become more informed about the issue. In the United States, research shows that 10 million men and women are physically abused by an intimate partner each year. Of these 10 million victims, women account for 76% of that number while male’s account for the other 24%. Of the people injured by intimate partner violence only 34% the victims receive medical care for their injuries. Due to the abuse, victims of domestic violence have been found to have higher rates of depression or suicidal behavior. To continue, American Indian and Alaskan native women are significantly