Avatar Essay

country that the unknown plague is destroying is also unknown. The idea immerses readers into an unsure world, closely resembling a nightmare. The disease is described as having “no pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal --the redness and the horror of blood”(8). Immediately into the story, Poe ignites fear and uncertainty, depicting the terror of the calamity. The fear of The Red Death is so intense, that The Prince and his companions don’t mind…

likes being in large crowds, but I do enjoy being in the company of my family and friends. In my free time, I like watching anime and reading online books. I am a firm believer of God and continually seek ways to grow spiritually. I chose to draw an avatar to depict myself for this section. Rather than using my school appearance, I decided to represent myself in my casual state. A year ago I made the decision to let my hair grow naturally as opposed to relaxing it. I feel comfortable with my…

Valerian: Luc Besson’s hero drives a Lexus A younger generation raised after Star Wars might think, when looking at Valerian, the film, that it borrowed many ideas from George Lucas blockbuster, but the reality is different: Valerian inspired Star Wars. Valerian, the film, picks the comic series from 1967 and mixes it with a promise of the future: the Skyjet vehicle designed by Lexus for a world set 700 years in the future. The first trailer from Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,…

Warning Signs There are multitudes of warning signs that others can see to tell if an individual has a gaming addiction. There are features of video game addiction that can be in the criteria for diagnosing the addiction. Principles of Addiction and King, Delfabbro, and Griffiths (2013) states that there are 6 features that are criteria include: Salience, Mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal, relapse, and harm. Salience comes around when playing video games is all the person can think about,…

Deep, dark secrets are not an aspect of life that came to age with 21st century technology. However, through the modern medium of the World Wide Web, there has been a new cultural phenomenon called “PostSecret,” which provides people a window to anonymously share their secrets. This phenomenon began in 2005 when Frank Warren initiated an art project that welcomed people to anonymously mail him their secrets on postcards. Since 2005, on every Sunday Warren has released new batches of secrets so…

"Pessimistic" Views of Social Media and Technology Social media and technological advances has become more popular and prevalent in today's society; affecting every aspect of our lives constantly. We become blind to the risks and its negative impacts. It's amazing to see how easily we get sucked in this "blackhole" of any form of technology. Everyday were coming more and more dependent on its use; taking it for granted as we use it for all the wrong reasons. Social media and technology…

may not have crazy weapons, but it does have an unfair stamina, an everlasting one at that. Within that gaming area, women are defenseless. They could be a phenomenal gamer, but they don’t have the options that men have. Starting off, creating an avatar is always the same; as a male, and a lot of games don’t have the option to customize the playable character to even the correct gender. Seldom do games start as a female, unless of course the game happens to be a baking, dress up, or home-making…

Virtual Reality in Sports Virtual Reality, a new software that has been sweeping the nation, and a big seller this holiday season. The sports industry has been experimenting recently with Virtual reality software at sporting events, and in practices. It is still in the early stages but this can possibly change the sports culture for the world. Virtual reality is changing the way we watch, and interact with sports. Virtual reality has been put to use in the most effective and aggressive way…

considered to be the oldest known system of treatment survived all these years can be verified with the fact that this unique system of treatment survived all these years without much change in fundamental application. Lord Dhanwnthari, supposed to be a Avatar of lord Vishnu, is the God of Ayurveda. Charakasuhrutha, Baisshajavaybhata and scores of seers natured and cherished this holistic science over thousands of…

animals and humans for thirty years. They were prepared for cloning in a way few others were not. But not just cloning. The word “cyberspace” comes from a science fiction novel William Gibson called Necromancers, which was published in 1984. The word “Avatar” comes from Snow Crash by Neal…