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After understanding how Hemingway uses The Sun Also Rises to comment on mankind’s need for salvation, one can compare it to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Like Hemingway, Fitzgerald wrote during a time when traditionally held morals and social structures were being questioned and discarded. The Great Gatsby’s setting revolves around careless characters seeking escape and needing redemption. By examining the redemptive figure Jay Gatsby and his savior-like relationship to Daisy Buchanan…

the Red Death is a symbol of death! In this town everyone feared the thing called the Red Death because everyone was dying from it. “The Red Death had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its steal the redness and horror of blood” (Masque 456). When people heard the words RED DEATH they automatically thought of death! They feared and trusted…

The last step of the hero's journey is the Return. The Return is when the hero is able to come back to the old world with his accomplishments. Sometimes the hero may feel content in the new world and refuse to return to the old world. In order for the hero to fulfill their destiny and become the leader they need to return to their old world. An example of a refusal is when Jack fights against the cops and refuses to turn himself in and go to jail. Another step in the Return is the Magic Flight.…

When a person imagines love, they think of a romance filled with activities such as hugging, kissing, and being together. However, for some people they are looking for their special someone online in a virtual world where they can only view a custom avatar and talk though a headset. MMORPG games such as World of Warcraft and Second Life has open a wave of online relationships with people looking for love in these fantasy worlds, despite the fact they may already be in a relationship in the real…

“The Great Commandment” On October 12, 2014, I attended the morning service at Beulah Baptist Church in Statesville, North Carolina. The service normally starts around 10:30 a.m. and ends a little after twelve o’clock. On that particular day, the service was divided into three parts: a baptism, the praise and worship service and finally the sermon. Dr. Coite Sherrill conducted the worship service and my pastor, Dr. Allen Roberts, delivered the sermon. Magic was not involved in any aspect of the…

The Hurt Locker the lowest grossing movie to win an Oscar for best picture. The movie brought in 14.7 million dollars in box office sales when it released. Compared to the 2 billion Avatar brought in the same year. Sales boosted once the film won an Oscar, it nearly doubled. The film was praised for its episodic format "Ms. Bigelow, practicing a kind of hyperbolic realism, distills the psychological essence and moral complications of…

According to Oldenburg (1999) the term third place is used to “describe the public spaces used for informal social interaction outside of the home and workplace.” (Soukup, p.421). Third places are public spaces that provided “unique functions within a local community.” Oldenburg’s criteria for traditional third spaces stated that they must be on a neutral ground, must be social leveler, must be accessible, driven by communication, must have regulars, and a playful mood. Furthermore, third…

I have chosen to pursue a career in the healthcare field as a Nutritionist. There are a variety of tasks and roles that I will assume by choosing this career path. I will be responsible for coordinating meal plans for establishments like schools, hospitals and businesses. I will also council individual patients; creating meal plans for those patients who have specific ailments. Nutritionists are experts in using food to replenish the body and treat diseases. Nutritionist plays an active role in…

Hindus celebrate many various holidays throughout the year in honor of their many Hindu gods. One of the holidays celebrated is called Navratri, also known as Sharad Navratri. The holiday is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Maa Durga and honors feminine divine power. It is celebrated in the Hindu month of Ashvin which can be either in September or October in the commonly known Gregorian calendar. There are many legends and stories concerning how the holiday, Navratri, originated and why…

The servers have since been expanded and now play host to millions of unique users a day. Once you start the game you are asked to create your avatar(which can now be edited as of July 30) and then introduced to the games “tutor”, Pokemon Professor Willow. He explains how the world of pokemon works and then allows you to choose your starter Pokemon just like old times. You are given the choice…