Many aspects attributed to the Crisis of 1850. Men such as William Gienapp and Tyler Anbinder both pose different theories on what was the cause of the Crisis. Gienapp states that local political contests as well as state contests in 1853 and 1854 turned in mostly ethno-cultural issues. These issues included temperance and anti-Catholicism. He argues that these two issues in particular, caused great damage to the old "party system.…
A basic version of godrays was implemented using Unity’s Sun Shafts camera effect. This effect draws godrays from a given position. This implementation of godrays works in conjunction with a rotating combination of two directional lights, which represent the sun and moon. The rotation of these lights mean shadows move over time.…
In the article “The Mystery of Being in Gattaca”, the author Dmetri Kakmi illustrates the different ways that the film projects disability. Kakmi believes that what makes a person crippled is not always the physical part, but also outside factors that can also make them impaired. The author states that Eugene, the disabled man in the movie, was mentally crippled by his own expectations that he could not meet. When Eugene was born he was a 9.3 rating on the perfect scale, he was born great, yet he could not be perfect or be first place all the time. Kakmi states that Vincent, who is crippled by his heart defect, does not let his heart stop him from getting into Gattaca.…
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston is a non-fiction novel about the origin of Ebola and its effects on people and the outbreak of Ebola in a monkey house. Preston also goes into details about the symptoms of Ebola and the different strains of Ebola,which are Ebola Zaire, Ebola Reston, and Ebola Sudan. Preston really informs about the dangers of Ebola and what it can do to the human body and what must be done to prevent the virus from spreading around the world and causing an epidemic. Undoubtedly this novel gives us true facts that would help us in the future if we were ever to come across this virus in the future.…
Our Only World, written by Wendell Berry, addresses environmental issue, as well as homosexuality, abortion, and violence. Wendell Berry wrote Our Only World not only to make these issues known, but to also provide possible solutions to these issues and to show that we, as human begins, are the ones truly responsible for fixing these issues. Berry shows this by constantly focusing on how we view the world (and how that directly impacts the environment) and by teaching us that the first steps of saving the environment is by keeping things local, rather than attempting to fix things on a global scale. With this book, Berry hopes that people will take what he says in to heart and will being to take the steps necessary to slow the process of the destruction…
Information Literacy as it Relates to A Highly Unlikely Scenario A Highly Unlikely Scenario, is a futuristic, unpredictable, and quirky novel about saving the world. Overall, I did not enjoy the book because it was very hard to follow the storyline and confusing terminology. In fact, during the author talk Rachel Cantor claimed she did make up a few of the words, which may explain why I was so confused. However, I did think that the second half of the book was better than the first half because it had story line, and I was able to decipher some of the strange words, and therefore I was able to follow along better.…
To Lemony Snicket, I have just finished reading the first book of your ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ series. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, even though it was my second time reading it. Throughout the book, I appreciated the definitions of the words along the way, which helped to understand the book. I also admire the excellent description used throughout the series, which really made me visualize the story, and paint a picture in my head. The plot was fast flowing, not dwelling on a certain feature for a long time, which made the book interesting the entire way through.…
The Journalist of Visions Have you ever picked up a novel and could not put it down? I enjoyed the book Scribbler of Dreams because it drew me in from the start. This book was not based on any true events. It was all thought of by the author.…
It takes a good man to try and make everything in life fair. The name of the book I’m reading is To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This book has some revealing scenes so you get to know more about the characters.…
My novel I read is called “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’engle. This story is about a weird, awkward, lonely girl in a small town seeking for answers of her lost father and a lost for hope and love. Megan Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and her friend Calvin search many areas. But can’t seem to come to a conclusion. Megan, Charles and Calvin go through many obstacles to save and collect her father from an evil dimension.…
The book I read is called The Scarlet Letter. The author of this book is Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter has two hundred and seventy two book pages. Also one other cool fact that you may not know is that is has eighty four thousand three hundred and twenty words in it. It took me about 3 months to read the whole entire book.…
In Sapir Whorf Hypothesis - Worlds Shaped by Words, there are several stimulating ideas to how it really forms our behaviors and cultures such as that of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. In summary, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, developed by anthropologist Edward Sapir and linguist Benjamin Whorf, theorizes that a person’s viewpoint on life is shaped by the language they communicate. At first thought the hypothesis appeared like a rational idea which in depth has solid points as to how language provoked people’s thought processes, hence after further examining the hypothesis there are some clear subjects in its arguments. The hypothesis did point out that at least in American culture, opinions are determined by language in place of colors or numbers.…
My prediction before beginning the book compare to what the book actually ended up being about was very different. My prediction had the main points of the story, but not the essential ones. I didn’t realize how dull and plain the community in the book until I read the first few chapters. There were no feelings and no love, it was just ridiculous. In addition, I wouldn’t have known that the Giver would know the horrible truth about the community and how science has taken over their lives.…
“Soledad Brother,” by George Jackson at the beginning of the book it's seemed to me as if it would be another boring book. As I read through the book it seemed interesting to me, also as I was reading the book I did something I had never done with any other book, I was relating my self to the story. I had some similar events as the guy in “ Soledad Brother.” Even though we are two different races I related to someone not even the same Identity, roots, ethnicity,background as myself. I knew i could relate to anyone, but not in the way i relate to George.…
The Otherworld is an outlet for many cultures. It is expressed in many ways, depending on the mythology that is involved. The otherworld is core to many cultures; however, this forces the question, why? Why does one reach towards the Otherworld to explain the happenings of this world?…