The Unexpected

“I’m not a hero or a warrior, not even a burglar.”(The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) Although not written in the book, these words were spoken by Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It is in this scene that Bilbo describes himself to Thorin as just an average creature, when in reality he is anything but that. Thorin, who up until this time doubted Bilbo, realizes that without him, he would not have survived the previous attack. Character developments and connections like these…

Question Change blindness is defined by Matlin as the failure to detect a change in an object or a scene and inattentional blindness is the failure to notice an unexpected and completely visible stimuli while focusing attention on other aspects in a scene (Matlin, 48). Simons and Chabris address the role similarity has between the unexpected and attended events with regard to detection (1999). Simons and Chabris are also looking at the frequency of strange or unusual instances being detected…

and today I’m going to talk to you about how to handle unexpected situations. Last Friday, there was a very alarming fire drill that occurred about 30 minutes into English class. During that hour, students were also on the verge of leaving to go on a service- learning trip. Ms. Sirmon probably had everything planned out just the way she needed her lesson to be in preparation for the students’ departure. Now, a fire drill obviously is unexpected and sometimes can throw some students and teachers…

and Stir Theatre company In the play Romeo and Juliet, the scene where there was tension of unexpected surprise was in the fight scene when Tybalt and Mercutio both are killed. J.P. Vizcay-Wilson who played Tybalt, Johnny Balbuziente who played Romeo and Amelia Douglass who played Juliet all used movement to create this tension. The actors used different body language to create and emphasise the unexpected surprise with the use of fast, heavy and slashing movements of their arms and hands. The…

why we ‘miss’ certain objects is due to inattentional blindness. Inattentional blindness is where attention is focused on a certain task and unexpected objects that appear in our visual field may not be noticed due to our attention being elsewhere. Inattentional blindness can be observed when participants are asked to pay attention to one task and an unexpected object is placed into their field of vision whilst completing the task, if they do not see this object…

in the south. Courage was portrayed by multiple different characters throughout the story. Many unexpected characters show acts of courage in Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Courage was well portrayed by Atticus going to the jail to protect tom Robinson, Boo Radley saving Scout and Jem and Mrs.Dubose overcoming her morphine addiction. Atticus protecting Tom Robinson in jail is an example of an unexpected courageous act. Atticus setting…

planning. Risk and uncertainty are the essence of corporate planning. Therefore, despite the image of precision surrounding the corporate plan, management is aware that unknown, uncertain or less likely events at the time of the plan preparation (i. e. unexpected events) may subsequently…

to what you say to yourself, to what you say without using words at all. No matter how it is said, anything that shapes your life is a gift. Gifts help shape people's lives and journeys and without them people couldn't succeed. While numerous unexpected gifts are given to Jem and Scout in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the important gift that shapes their lives the most is mystery. What makes this gift unique is that it is given through…

these provocative discoveries are often unexpected or evoked by curiosity. These ideas are explored in the romantic comedy play, The Tempest (1611) by William Shakespeare and the short story, Shooting an Elephant (1936) by George Orwell, these texts effectively portray the power of discoveries, capable of altering one’s perspectives. Discoveries may be difficult to overcome as there are often barriers preventing the individual from accepting their unexpected discoveries. In The Tempest,…

After reading Traps, Pitfalls and Unexpected Cliffs on the Path out of Poverty I was a little depressed. Traps, pitfalls and unexpected cliffs on the path out of poverty were mainly about a study that was conducted to explore the “cliff effects,” and the overall drop in household resources when poor working families become ineligible for government work support and other recourses of assistants. Mary A. Prenovost and Deborah C. Youngblood began to invest this topic. Mary A. Prenovost and…