Christopher Cox

The Dark Knight is a story about a well-known superhero, Batman, and his crime fighting adventures against villains, specifically, the Joker. There are a lot of different points in this movie that prove it really is an outstanding piece of art. Rotten Tomatoes, a website that gives a percentage rating based off of positive review ratings, gave The Dark Knight a 94 percent. There are a lot of things done well, like an interesting plot, well developed characters, thrilling scenes, and excellent…

Inception director Christopher Nolan created a psychological sci-fi action film about a thief Dom Cobb who has the ability to enter into the dreams of others thereby learning their secrets. When given a proposition by Japanese businessman Mr. Saito Cobb cannot resist he assembles a team together, the plan to plant an idea in Mr. Saito’s opposition Robert Fischer Sr mind by creating dreams with dreams so in the end Robert Fischer Sr would think he came up with the idea himself. However the plan…

The 1790’s to the 1840’s was a period where the colonial people had a chance to revolutionize the very way of their living. They did this throughout many different ways, some unsuccessfully, but the majority impacted the people in a substantial way. The way these people would live their lives depicted the way they were looked at. Although, there are many different ways the people’s lives would change, house advancement, travel and music were the most prominent. “There is more travelling in the…

In literature, love has always been a concept of great debate, although, what exactly is love? Pamela C. Regan, from Los Angeles University, explains that “…A person who experiences sexual desire for another individual, along with other emotional or psychological events, may characterize his or her state as one of ‘being in love…’” (Regan 139). However, does this sexual desire always breed emotion? When one thinks of love, thoughts of tenderness, kindness, and romance often arise with it.…

Nature is most beautiful when it is left untouched. Forests with trees not cut down and waterfalls that are still running strong are examples of what make nature so pure and pretty. A transcendentalist will agree that nature is beautiful. In Into the Wild, Chris McCandless wants to find something more in his life, so he turns to nature. In Pat Riley’s essay, “Following Dreams”, Pat’s brother-in-law, Bill, goes into the wild just like Chris in order to feel like he was fully living his life. Pat…

The Dark Knight (2008) is the second of the three movies in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” trilogy. The first movie being Batman Begins (2005), and the most recent movie being The Dark Knight Rises (2012). The trilogy follows the story of a young Bruce Wayne up to the developed Batman we know today. Nolan 's outstanding creativity allowed him to take a completely different view on what was once just a children 's comic book. Also, the performances of all the actors were spectacular, but…

Europeanisation of the world Imperialism began around the sixteenth century and lasted into the nineteenth century, but you could still see the effects of imperialism all the way into mid twentieth century. Under imperialism many European countries developed to become a stronger countries. Multiple nations after becoming stronger, attempted to gain power over other weak nations. By the early to mid-seventeenth century, many European countries were developing economically and trying to expand…

spotlights ' 'Chinese mothers demand perfect grades ' ' (Chua, 2). Chua asserts that a Chinese student should get the highest grades ever in order to be successful in his life. However some people gets best grades and do not succeed. For example, Christopher Langan is smart enough to pass his exams with very high grades which makes the best two universities in the world accept him. Yet, because of his poor practical intelligence, he was kicked out of the two universities. Rajib…

wants to show the side of history that isn 't so heroic as some of the books show it to be. With that in mind, chapter one starts off with the native americans and what happened to them because of European expansion. This starts with the arrival of Christopher Columbus. The story usually told is that Columbus shows up, discovers America, and is deemed a hero. Unfortunately, history is not all gold and glory. Zinn describes how the natives swam out to meet Columbus, gave him anything he wanted,…

September 2015 The Life of a Greater Sailor In 1451, the birth of a son into a textile artisan’s family in Genoa, Italy marks the beginning of a new generation. The father, Domenico Columbus, and the mother, Susanna Fontanarossa, named this baby Christopher Columbus. As the eldest child in his family, Columbus is deemed by many as the most influential person in the world base on his pioneering travels, exploring and cartography. During Columbus’s childhood, he helped his family to weave…