About Time

Alright, this time nothing’s gonna stop me from this. Guess who was my first thought after I saw this task. Bingo! Heath Ledger’s Joker. For me, The Dark Knight is not just another ridiculous superhero story, like ‘Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice’*, but the whole philosophy behind. When people are young (yea, just like I’m turning 81 tomorrow), they all praise the Batman. When they get older and start to analyze some facts, they come to the conclusion that it was the Joker who was a real…

Brian Tran Reading Response Log 1.”That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong What they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realized I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years now." -chapter one This quote, located at the beginning of the first chapter, gives heavy insight into what lies ahead. In the second sentence, the narrator hints at a memory from the past. We then know this…

Epiphany to Lent Read Ephesians 6 On Ash Wednesday things will change. The light of the world will become the sufferer of life. It seems too soon. On the first day of January, annually Christians and others may celebrate the birth of Mary's baby - Jesus. Now look and listen as songs have turned from praise of birth to hymns and music for a season of ministry, before death. What makes it bad or sad? Why is it that there often a madding sense of frustration that comes, after such a…

playing games-or for “Staycations” in the back yard”. Due to the necessity to watch our budgets, we are spending more time at home. People are having to discover lower cost ways to entertain themselves. We are starting to spend more quality time with our families. Consumers are starting to realize that we do not have to spend an excessive amount of money to have an enjoyable time. Family time is a wonderful way to save money while making memories that we can look back on for years to come. Many…

Humans are addicted to the materialistic possessions that society deems as important. Dates in time such as birthday, wedding anniversary or special holidays, celebrating with others on such special occasions. W.S. Merwin celebrates the polar opposite, mourning his own death, and celebrating his last possessions. In the poem For the Anniversary of My Death by W. S. Merwin illustrates the author and his understanding of his fables of the beloved treasures left behind. “Every year without…

World renowned author, ethicist, and theologian Lewis B. Smedes once argued that , “The problem with revenge is that it never evens the score. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain. Both are stuck on the escalator as long as parity is demanded, and the escalator never stops.(Diederich)” Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado highlights the sequence of events Montresor endures to enact revenge on Fortunato. Montresor believe that he has been wronged to the point of…

In the accelerated world, living a life without money is not living at all. As the society develops day by day, the daily routine has changed in a way that more related to money in demand. This leads me to a question: “Why would people try to be richer and richer if money is not important for real?” As an answer to this, I believe that money has a crucial position in many aspects of life that no one can deny. As a proof for this, I am now pointing out the importance of money in three main…

Yik Yak is used it literally is an anonymous thread posting app. If you look at it you can basically talk about people near you without ever having anyone know it was you doing that. In the…

a theory/style of writing in which the vast majority of the story is not read in black in white but inferred and hidden throughout the writing. Ernest Hemingway was famous for the style, and it can be seen throughout, “Now I Lay Me” a short story about a religious man during The Great War who refuses to fall asleep for fear of death and the dark. At least that is the surface version of the story. However, like the iceberg, the remaining seven-eighths of “Now I Lay Me” is below the surface…

In the play jacob’s wake by Michael Cook a major focus is on the kitchen of the house. Culturally in newfoundland the kitchen is the hub of the household. A majority of the time it was the only place in the house where there was heat was thus becoming a congregating ground. The symbol of the newfoundland kitchen ties the newfoundland family together. The kitchen not only ties the family together in a symbolic way, but also in a physical way, being the kitchen is one of the only warm places in…