Avatar Essay

Distracted By Everything is a documentary that I feel I can connect with. Being born in 1988 I grew up in one of the earliest forms of the world wide web. I grew up with dial up connection and America Online (AOL) so using technology and computers come natural to me. This documentary covers a lot of different platforms for using the internet like video games, tablets as well as different settings like classrooms and at home. I found a few interesting topics within this study that I can…

He descended to the earth in ten different forms (avatars) to preserve righteousness in the world. The Himalaya has done the same: Mountains reincarnate to preserve the planet's 'right environment' for life. This Vishnu-Himalaya parallelism has mythological beauty and richness. In Hindu mythology, Himavat…

Oppression has been around for a long time since the start of the United States, and there are still modern day “bird cages” that trap individuals into certain duties. A “bird cage” of oppression in today’s world is the role of women in the US. Women back in the day were seen as the weaker gender that stayed at home, cooked food, and took care of kids. Now in 2015, not much has changed in the minds of America. There has still not been a female president, it is hard to climb the ranks in the…

The word ‘Myth’ generated from Greek word ‘Mythos’, means story or word. Myths are morally suggestive tales usually set in distant past which are believed as true and comprises of unearthly, supernatural creatures or legendary characters. They are moral stories which emphasise a better world view or admirable action within society. Puranas are categorised under Hindu Mythology. They envelope stories which stand apart from Epics. It includes heroic and…

Lynda Barry’s “One Hundred Demons” is another great book about self-identity. We as the readers get to see the identity struggle that Barry went through as child that relates to the process of Filipina American representation (De Jesus, 2). De Jesus argues that Barry does not need to spell out her concern with racial identity because of her red hair and white skinned, freckled self, Barry looks very different from the other members of her family and her extended family throughout. One Hundred…

speaker explains that when she started to analyze the language of the Heptapods that her husband fathered her future child. Analyzing the use of future tense in this text, this means that the speaker is not just speculating but also affirming the avatars of her…

The social media has been used over the course of 30 years, as so many people think social media did not start with the computers but with the online system so called phones around the 1950s. The early explores of social media built some devices that could make them generate tones letting them make free calls and access the telephone operational system. The very first real blogs and podcasts was done by hackers using voice mail systems where they would get into mailboxes and set up shopping…

Ron Howard tried directing the film like the book, Moby Dick wrote by Herman Melville. A film that has a clear vision of Romanticism is Avatar. It has a lot of nature scenes and is based on human life outside of technology. Another film is Jurassic Park, it has many of the key concepts that Romanticism has especially showing nature. Watching these films changed my perception on the breakdowns…

The Death Traditions of World Religions There is no questioning that all beings on Earth inevitably die, however; each global religion has their own traditions pertaining to life’s final chapter. As a matter of fact, there is no concrete knowledge of the after life. Each religion reflects their personal values and teachings through their beliefs of the events that follow death. While researching, I discovered that some religious beliefs are alike, some very different, and some intertwined with…

Gender Inequality in the Film Industry needs to be talked about If you can’t name 5 female directors that have directed more than 3 films, gender inequality exists in the film world. There is a huge pay, equality, opportunity, and bais gap between men and women in the film industry. For every 5 men working, there is 1 woman (Zurko). As a women pursuing film, it’s discouraging how i will have less opportunity and wage than someone else just because of my gender. By highlighting the social and…