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Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 2006, The Road. Tells the post-apocalyptic story of a father and son traversing the ruins of the southeastern United States, after a disaster of unknown origins. The plot, follows the characters heading towards the southern coast, once their previous environment became too cold for them to survive. Only being accompanied by each other, love keeps them alive. An unbreakable bond, that is continually functional throughout the entire book, despite…

Something seems to be missing, though. The present isn’t an option, why is that? Many people, just like this man faced with problems of life or death, are far too preoccupied with the past and the future to the point where…

scheme of things push humans towards the notion that they need to make an impact on the world within their immediate community by living their lives as the best versions of themselves. Through both Self, Society & the Cosmos as well as Paths to the Present courses it can be found that although human motivation for leaving a footprint has changed, the innate desire to leave a legacy behind has not. The human awareness of self and its impact of the world has slowly…

focuses on the present, using the term "presentism" to describe our lost concept of narrative time. Rushkoff argues that our present day culture, including our world…

and peers. However, two major components of human language are displacement, and productivity. Displacement is the idea of being able to refer to a place other than the current location, and the idea of being able to refer to a time other than the present time, such as the past and future. Productivity is the idea of being able to combine different elements of the language in an infinite number of…

Grasshopper enjoyed feeling “alive” (Conklin, 2010, p. 60) and conducted himself in a recreational manner, though he witnessed the Ant’s effort to labor for its future. “Why bother about winter?” said the Grasshopper; “we have got plenty of food at present” (Martin, n.d.). Therefore, when the winter season arrived, the Grasshopper was unprepared and hungry, while the Ant was full and content. At that moment, the Grasshopper knew, “It is best to prepare for the days of necessity” (Martin, n.d.).…

Rome and China’s Shang Dynasty are like twins; they are nearly the same in how they functioned. However, no matter how alike they may seem to be, these prime empires had differences. Among their similarities there is the likeness of what they contributed to the world, how they started before gaining territorial dominance, and a distinction in their beliefs. Rome and the Shang Dynasty have similar contributions to the world. Benefactions from both empires that bear a similarity is the creation of…

“The Sound Of Thunder” Everyone dreams of going back in time and experiencing the past, but is it really worth it? “A Sound of Thunder,” by Ray Bradbury, is an intriguing science fiction short story that brings us back to the past to experience the dinosaurs. The action and drama in this story really showed off the theme of the story. Ray Bradbury created a plot, conflict, and theme that made it over all a compelling read. The plot of “A Sound of Thunder” is a thrilling adventure of time…

and windows to show that it is the past, as they cannot use the present doors. The light and music also signal that a flashback is about to begin as with 'Ben's music', this initiates his arrival. As we move into flashback with young successful Bernard the stage directions state what the 'light of green leaves stains' mean. They show that…

written by Marge Piercy. This book is an indictment of some fundamental assumptions of our society. It also presents the intriguing portrayal of the Utopian alternatives. In this novel, a woman named Connie in the age of 37 has been declared as insane. However, the woman is overwhelmingly sane. She had merely turned into future and is able to communicate with the future year 1937. This paper presents the book review of “Woman on the Edge of Time” written by Marge Percy. This paper reviews the…