Augmented reality

occurs a glorious war (Howells 1492). This allows both the soldiers and their loved ones to be proud of what was done during the war. Howells develops a connection between the real world and the world within his story. What makes this realistic is the reality of what war brings forth and in particularly, the draft. After reading the story, we could describe Editha as a realistic character living…

Think about the time right now and how things are seen as. What we see as right and wrong and how we handle situations. Now think about the 1600s. Do you think their mindsets and beliefs are the same as ours. You may be asking why the 1600s. Well that is the time The Crucible is based off of and I disagree with the statement “the difference between right and wrong is always clear” and will be explaining why. Their is always situations where you are not sure who to believe. For example, one…

The concept of the “personal legend” is not a new one. It has been been bouncing around the collective human psyche, in one form or another, almost as long as human themselves have existed. It is the notion of destiny- of a person’s one true dream, passion, purpose or goal, the thing that provides a definitive pathway through what may otherwise seem a meandering and formless existence. In the novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Santiago concludes that life is generous to those who pursue their…

mistaken the appearance of reality due to the reason that they have never seen anything outside of the cave. Similarly, in The Matrix, the main character, Neo is trapped inside a reality created by a computerized program as the program was designed by the artificial intelligence that took over the world. Furthermore, Neo is chained down to a machine that takes away all his body’s heat and energy to power the machine. Both the prisoner and Neo are completely unaware that the reality they think…

Did you know Kathie Lee Gifford said” we're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond”. In the story “The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato implies that we are Shackled In Modern Life just as they are in the story. In this essay, i'm going to be telling all of you the things that shackle our minds just as the prisoners and the story were Shackled . In the story it said the prisoners are Shackled to the wall by chains as if they are trapped there. Which…

drugs would be their definition of success, it is their form of improvement. Everybody’s mind works differently, people have different desired visions, different types of confidence, and different planned goals. Success is when those dreams become a reality, when you prosper in whatever it is you want. Though others may frown upon these sort of humans, it’s what makes them happy, and what keeps them content. Anyone could soar to higher stars than they believe, but very few have the extra spark…

Wag the Dog, a political satire film, steps into a world where constructed and inter-subjective ideas are incredibly important. The film explores how ideas are constructed and how these ideas become reality through the acceptance by the masses and is an excellent demonstration of how identities, interests and institutions are inter-subjectively constructed. In the film, the president of the United States is up for re- election, however, a “Firefly” girl accuses him of sexual misconduct with…

How one defines their own reality speaks loudly of a person’s character. People are always attempting to decipher the riddle of “illusion vs. reality”, but have never come to a consensus on the issue. These opposing ideas stem from the way we distinguish what is real and what is not, which all relies on our own self-perception. In William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Hamlet, the characters struggle with recognizing the deception that has managed to intertwine itself into their lives. The…

The Magic Lacking According to Oxford Dictionaries, magical realism defines as, "a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy". "Elsewhere" by Gabrielle Zevin kind of uses the magical realism writing technique. This book exhibits five out of the six factors of magical realism. It shows lyrical, almost poetic writing, it examines the aspects of human nature, extraordinary events are often accepted as…

The fashion in which one chooses to live and conduct their lives is solely due to the way in which they view their reality. One’s reality is comprised of beliefs based on the truths that make up their everyday life. Holistically, this is the precise structure of a worldview. In a worldview, it only set to explain the secular perspective of our lives, therefore, it fails to provide a revelation of who we are in God. It describes our behavior, emotions, cognitive processes and actions, but only to…