Armageddon

Pre-service For the religious service I am going to go to a Kingdom Hall in Murphy, North Carolina. Tyler Graves, a friend of mine, is a Jehovah’s Witness so I plan on going with him. I am planning on going over Thanksgiving break. I chose to go there because I wanted to have a friend to go with, so I wasn’t completely alone and clueless. Initially I had planned on going to a Mormon church with another friend but he will be in Utah at that time. Growing up, I never went to church that often…

Cities wiped out in seconds, nuclear fallout that lasts years, and consequences on how we see life today. Ever since their inception we have barely maintained a hold on the reins of a weapon that could wipe out the world. The atomic weapons of the past are but a fraction of the power we now have with hydrogen bombs. Nuclear weapons have shaped society in many ways, in the cold war we lived in constant fear that everything we’ve ever known will be destroyed before we even knew what happened. The…

Many times throughout U.S. history attacks of unimaginable magnitude have take place. A symbol for freedom and hope, the hubris of the United States in believing it is invincible has been proved wrong. During these times of impending doom, the president of such a powerful nation must recognize the horrors and facts and reply with wisdom, intellect, and uphold American values, expected from a strong and powerful leader. Two leaders analyzed are George W. Bush responding to 9/11 and Franklin…

Filip Koritysskiy L13 Throughout every political campaign ad, the ulterior motive has always been consistent: to coax the audience to vote for the nominee. There is a stark contrast as to how these campaign leaders have gone about in reflecting their core principles as well as how they stigmatize their competitors. In the 2012 Presidential election, between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, the advertisements reflected the candidate’s goals and their prior experience in relation to these goals.…

No one understood Mia. She never wanted to be part of this. She had alway rebelled against Edenton since she arrived there. But, Mia did not understand how dangerous this town in South America really was. She never wanted to followed any of the rules, but breaking them came with horrible consequences. Mia continue to daydream of what life is like outside of the Flock. She always feels trapped by the armed guard on the outskirts of the town. But, when a mysterious boy named Gabe arrives at…

Apart, “Butterfly”, another work of Chinua Achebe in which it describes the violent interaction between nature and the human world. Also relating to Achebe’s works,“The Second Coming” by William Yeats details a mythical creature bringing about an armageddon. Both poems relate to Things Fall Apart in their interactions between worlds. These clashing of worlds, such as Christianity and Ibo culture, cause tragedy. Relating back to Things Fall Apart, this clashing of Christianity and Ibo culture…

While researching psychology-related books, I found one author in particular, Jennifer Traig, who published Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood. Jennifer also contributes to the Forward and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and has co-authored many books published by the Chronicles. Jennifer Traig style of writing involves real life situations and examples of her own scrupulosity, a hyper- religious form of obsessive compulsive disorder, that she describes in details as a…

life, I failed. . . I was ashamed of myself all day long. My mind battling with itself with no relief. . . I always believed everything that I was taught but I thought that I was not approved by God. I thought that basically I, too, would die at Armageddon.” (Tarico, Winell, 2013) One of the greatest examples of Lane’s emotional state is this passage on what he thinks Hell looks like: “It was of two great and terrible armies within himself, opposed and facing each other, silent. There would be…

1. Canadian films have long been compared to American films and described in the sense of being “not American”. There have been many ways we historically separate Canadian films from American films, and it has mostly been through showing the differences between the two. Canadian films, historically, must have Canadian elements to be considered uniquely Canadian. This could mean Canadian actors, a Canadian director, Canadian funding, or, most prominently, a Canadian setting. Specifically, as Jim…

Saving Private Ryan was the number one movie in 1998 making $216,199.00. The other top box office draws in 1998 included Armageddon, Theres Something About Mary, and A Bug’s Life.
The Academy Awards for best Picture, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress all went to Shakespeare in Love. ( 1990s Flasback, Academy Awards) Other movie releases in 1998 included: A simple plan…