Breathless

Smart, sneaky, daring and adventurous are all traits that define a spy. In Anthony Horowitz’s novel, Alex Rider: Stormbreaker, Alex Rider, the protagonist, is a young teen whose uncle has just died. Ian Rider, Alex Rider’s uncle, was killed in a car crash, but something seemed off about his death. When Alex went to find clues to what happened, he was recruited by his Uncle’s employers, MI6, the United Kingdom’s secret service. Throughout the whole story, Alex Rider, a teen spy, works to avenge…

When cloning comes into play, people become fearful of the idea. It is a topic of debate and causes controversy in many instances. This controversy has existed for years. The incorporation of genetic alteration, also known as stem cell research, into Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein shows how the advanced plot reflects this debate. Over time, the concept of genetic science and cloning has evolved into something much more than it once was. To some of the public, genetic engineering has caused quite…

Pulmonary Atresia is a very serious type of congenital heart condition. There are actually two main characteristics: 1) The pulmonary valve, which allows the blood to flow from the heart to the lungs, is completely blocked. 2) There is a large hole- ventricular septal defect- between the two main pumping chambers in the heart. You see, in a normal heart, the blood passes the pulmonary artery to the lungs to collect oxygen. With people who have pulmonary atresia, the blood can’t pass through…

Red, the color associated with many different emotions. The most prominent of those emotions: revenge and love. These two emotions are some of the most well known emotions around the world. One could even say you can’t one without the other. Revenge is passionate, and before having revenge we must first fear something (From Hate to Love). We fear things that are different or unknown. And what is one emotion that caused the most fear? Love. Love makes us do some crazy things. Strangely, love…

and the Bahamas. It is astonishing on how this immigrant such as Haitian that have to travel from Haiti to the Bahamas or just straight to states. It shows just how determined they are for a better life. The stories that were told could leave you breathless. In the year of 2005, a Haitian immigrant was killed by the human smuggler that almost brought him to America. When Mr. Pierre realize that he was about to get caught for smuggling immigrants. He force them off the boat. When the male…

In the Athenian play, Medea, Euripides explores the role of the Chorus and how their ongoing interactions with Medea influence and enhance the audience’s understanding and perception of Medea and her choices. The homogenous Chorus was a widely used technique in Ancient Greek theatre to bridge the gap between the audience’s thoughts and the performers’ actions, and for Medea, Euripides uses the naïve Chorus to observe and comment on characters' behaviours and actions, guiding the thoughts of the…

walking back into the living room when Rachel came out of the library. She pulled up short at seeing Sam there. He was used to it, he knew that it was a bit of a shock when you weren’t expecting a six foot four man in your way. “Sam,” Rachel was breathless, though she smiled at him as well, “Dean thinks he’s found something.” Sam looked behind him for a moment to see Colleen talking with Max and a few other people Sam didn’t recognize before following Rachel back into the library. He could…

now. Then, he was not satisfied of his first car and expect to buy more expensive cars. It took him a quite long time before he saved enough money, he refused social activities, less communication between colleagues and uncountable works made him breathless. Finally, he got what he wants, however, he was not that happy because it makes people isolate him instead of admiring. I am wondering why he wants to purchase so many cars? Why do not save money to do something special? Why makes himself so…

When Judee Norton expressed how she felt about reading and writing she stated, “When I read, I was somewhere else. I was no longer the oldest child in the most dysfunctional family in the universe. Writing was magic and I wanted to be a magician, to take people out of what was awful to another place” (Chevigny). Born in Arizona, in 1949, Norton was raised in a poor family with five children. As a child she took on the responsibilities of taking care of her siblings. Her autobiographies and…

looked like an obstacle unable to be hurdled within the industry, turned out to be one of French New Wave’s defining attributes. With little to no funding, directors had to find alternate ways to film while working on a very tight budget, which meant non-professional actors, little to no script, and innovative methods of filming (Hitchman). These alternatives to the traditional way of film production are responsible for the The French New Wave’s reputation as an audacious movement based on…