Essay On Otherworld

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Otherworld was a very captivating book for the second half. In the beginning, it was just complaining. Texas was freezing, and a farmer, Pops Dickey’s cow gets killed. He calls the police when he notices it is a clean cut capable of only being done by a human. The police officer calls a veterinarian to inspect it because it would the most reliable source. Out of nowhere, the veterinarian says that it is the doing of aliens; the officer lets captain Graham Lattimer know. Suddenly, the whole town goes into a frenzy, thinking that even lights from an airplane are flying saucers. Mike Walsh, a journalist who is going through mental chaos after the leaving of his wife, gets caught into the mess. He is recommended to take a college course with a professor named Samuel Bering. Because of all the recent so-called UFO sightings, Mike is forced to write an article on it. While he looks for books to read on UFOs, he runs into Dr. Bering, and Bering tells Mike all about his belief in another dimension. Apparently, Dr. Bering ends up seeing these aliens, so he invites Walsh to come and meet the alien. This alien ends up trying to get Mike to kill himself. Mike then gets worried for Samuel. He calls the college, and ends up talking to Dr. Leo. …show more content…
Leopold “Leo” Sutzkever. Although he is described as an older man, with white hair, a thick mustache, glasses, and an overall professional look, I cannot help but think he looks like the character in this link: https://s13.postimg.org/w1y6ljhev/collage.jpg. He is known to argue with Dr. Bering on various topics. I love the way Dr. Leo writes journal entries so we can get learn about a situation from another point of view. There are also incidents that we would be unaware of if it were not for Dr. Leo’s journal entries. Dr. Leo is also the reason Dr. Bering, Steve Woodbridge, and Mike Walsh came to know Christ truly and thoroughly. This is why Dr. Leopold Sutzkever is by far, my favorite

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