Universal Time

outcast hugs some memory or some illusion" (Brainyquote). Many people like to live in denial about negative things at the expense of reality. Hiding away pain and pushing away unwanted feelings seems like the best way to live, but at the end of the day, time doesn't wait when life gets tough. The made-up illusion created by loneliness eats away at people until reality isn't viable. One of the many people who experienced life-changing alienation is John Cheever. He was the ashamed outcast of his…

“troubled history and sympathize[d] with the brave struggles” (Fitzgerald pg. 66) of those who have come before and their actions. With every good deed that they committed there comes an equal evil action that accompanies it and evens it out in a universal law of equilibrium. “Do I dare to change the universe,” (Eliot line 51-52) shifting the world and cutting off this balance point? I would if it meant the world would be a better place to live in but I have this deep fear that I might…

finished my Algebra II Honors course at Toll Gate High School, I nearly immediately started my job. That June afternoon was also the beginning of a time where I would need to learn independence to thrive.…

Black hole The story of my scientifically accurate sci-fi paper happens in 2046. At that time, people nearly destroy the earth by nuclear weapon. In this case, the league of survivor sends hundreds of spacemen into space in different direction in order to find a habitable planet. Jack, a brave spaceman, carry out that long-term space travel mission. He spends the rest of his life on space travel and experiences lots of bizarre and untouchable phenomenon. Black hole, the topic of this paper,…

It is a compelling tale that shows us where we have been and what we have done. Typically, the idea that history is a story is discouraged by most history teachers; rather it is just thought to be “All recorded events of the past” (Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1983). But by exploring American history as a story, we can find so much more depth and meaning to it. In this essay, I will look at the pros and cons of thinking of American history as a story. When…

of both lead actress Violet Mersereau and Vanardy’s, likely aiming to maximize its audience and, thus profitability. Furthermore, the middlebrow nature of the narrative base of film’s attraction, Vanardy’s novel, suggests that Bluebird, and thus Universal were working toward a standardized mass audience of roughly middle-class people, in addition to those across classes who may have been drawn to the film by Mersereau’s star power. However, it is obvious that the method of adaptation, at least…

Robert James Waller once said, “Life is never easy for those who dream.” In A Raisin in The Sun everyone has a dream they wish to achieve while others think it is bizarre. The statement given by Robert James Waller is true because the texts A Raisin in The Sun and “Harlem: A Deferred Dream” prove that having a dream is not easy for someone, especially with major setbacks. Life is not easy for those who dream; however, it is manageable with perseverance and patience. The texts displayed above…

Adventure Time is a cartoon series, currently airing on Cartoon Network, consisting of eleven-minute-long episodes that follow the adventures of a human boy Finn and his magical dog friend Jake. The series started airing in 2010 and is currently on its seventh season. Adventure Time, although originally created for kids, has gained audiences from all walks of life and that is in no small part due to the show’s effective use of different media platforms. Adventure Time engages with all kinds of…

Throughout history there have been great social changes whenever it came to the rights that privileged citizens held over others. As disparages between social classes grows there is an outcry for the same privileges that had long been privy to a certain percentage of the population to be shared. Great Britain however began to change in regards to this social norm when the Reform Bills were introduced. In Britain the Reform Bills were brought into being for the sake of suffrage regardless of…

which illustrate a connection between separated sections of space-time through a three-dimensional tunnel (refer…