Breaking Dawn

Ambivalent Ambiguity Dawn by science-fiction novelist Octavia Butler defies the constraints of Earth, moving human issues of identity and individuality into the unknown frontier of outer space. Butler begins the novel in the aftermath of the desolation of the human species, presenting the reader with the few people saved—maybe imprisoned—by the Oankali, an extraterrestrial race. The human based necessity to retain individualism and the rejection of the new liberal mechanics of the foreign race…

Ray Bradbury’s short story, “There Will Come Soft Rains” is a conceptualization of the future. Throughout the story, Bradbury uses repetition to create for the reader a sense of rhythm, context, ceaselessness, and at times anxiety. From the very beginning the reader is placed in a sterile environment where a house provides everything for its occupants. The house is constantly notifying the owner of the time and what must be done regardless of the owner being home. The house speaks out saying,…

Reading can be the portal for new and enlightening experiences. Due to an abundance of material at our fingertips, how do we make a wise choice? Does grouping by age make the library a more user friendly place? An age group stands to be defined as a number of people that happen to be the same age. The notion of an age group assists librarians around the world by lending them a hand in identifying books or movies that are appropriate for a certain age group. Common Sense Media is a website…

forgiveness, she often uses imagery and figurative language of a new day to build upon this idea of new beginnings and forgiveness for oneself within her poem. Angelou often manipulates the language used to represent the hope found from a new dawn. “This day breaking” represents a clean slate in which “you may have the courage” for one to forgive himself and restart their character (81, 98). The title-- “On the Pulse of the Morning”-- depicts the fresh morning after stages of darkness. In this…

Would you go on an adventure with someone who enters your bedroom window at dawn? Goody two shoes, senior, Quentin Jacobsen wouldn’t have even dreamt about it. Until, a childhood friend and lifelong crush of his Margo Roth Spiegelman arrives through his window asking for his help. He accompanies Margo on one of her many mysterious adventures. Margo forces Quentin step outside of his box on this adventure. She makes Quentin do things that are illegal and could get him in big trouble. He skips…

“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way” says established psychologist Edward de Bono”. This creativity is what is driving our economy and society because novelty and innovation is what people crave and need. unfortunately this influential creativity is on the decline according to the “creativity quotient”, which has steadily decreased since 1990. A manner in which to remedy this issue is the implementation of classes which…

I have two ideas of movies with a cohesive group, both of which I have watched recently and know pretty well. Idea #1: The Hunger Games Catching Fire Small group: Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Haymitch Abernathy, and Effie Trinket. I think that these four characters are a good choice because they all have to work together throughout most of the movie. They begin working together as a group for the victory tour, and then continue working together when they are preparing for the Quarter Quell…

Allen Ginsberg, along with William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac are poets known as the "beats" and important writers of the beat movement. Ginsberg was born in New Jersey and raised in Paterson, NJ. His father was an english teacher. His mother suffered from mental illness and had a series of mental breakdowns. It affected him growing up. Ginsberg, Burroughs and Kerouac met at Columbia University in 1943. At the time, they were considered "subversive" for their views and behavior. They…

whenever that may be," he said, "I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future. I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead." He was 93 when he died of pneumonia on June 5, 2004. He was extremely determined in bring an end to the cold war. He didn’t appease the communists or negotiate with them. He had a plan for peace by being stronger then them in…

This is not my mother. This is an animal, and you’re breaking my heart every single day!’ John still finds the strength to visit his 18-year-old brother who was born with Dawn syndrome and was early abandoned by Jean in a care facility, right after her companion has turned his back on her when he found out about the child’s condition. In one of the saddest scenes…