to sharing the same taste in music, the devious pair also shared a favorite movie, Natural Born Killers. Both high schoolers referenced the movie often and tried to mimic the flick when attacking the school. Nowadays, if somebody listens to “dark metal bands” or watches certain movies they are categorized as “troubled” or “dark”, and all because two kids decided to shoot up a…
cousins again that I rarely ever see. I was happy until she told me that we were taking a plane to get there. As soon as she said “plane”, my heart sunk and my hands started sweating. A plane. I cannot do a plane ride. People are trapped in a metal can, flying in the air, possibly crashing to their deaths. A plane! No. Not me. I will walk to Florida, maybe I could walk to Florida. It would take a while and I am not allowed to cross any streets without holding my…
Hinnom Valley is a deep, narrow ravine separating Mount Zion from the so-called Hill of Evil Counsel. It forms the southern border of ancient Jerusalem and is mentioned several times in the Bible. It's original Hebrew name is Gei ben-Hinnom which means Valley of Son of Hinnom. Nobody really knows who Hinnom or his son were but the name stuck through the ages. The earliest mention of the valley of Hinnom is in the Book of Joshua 15:8, where the boundary line between the tribes of Judah and…
to leave, by saying that she couldn’t do of Linda’s children as she once did for her (pg. 77). I think mostly she wanted to show her that things for her worked out and that maybe thinking about escaping could bring something worse than freedom but a doom for her and her children. This gave Linda a lot to discern and I bet that it gave get a lot of nostalgia. Meanwhile, she was still working in the plantation when her ideas of escaping become even greater, thank s to a gentleman that informed her…
contaminating the ecosystem and damaging it. Avatar is a scathing indictment of human greed and excess where the film's villains are the human society. The film illustrates the collision between nature and technology that would come to define and ultimately doom humankind's reign on Earth. The Navi consume renewable resources like flowers, while the human stuff their gourds with pre-packaged dinners. Their lifestyle emphasizes inner space rather than outer space. Peaceful equilibrium over…
possibly be, and the answer to as much is that his banishment is the catalyst itself. Kent’s attempt to overturn Lear’s judgment is the latter’s last chance to save himself and his daughter. Kent says it quite plainly himself, telling Lear to “reverse thy doom, / And, in thy best consideration, check / thy hideous rashness” (I.i. 150-153). In an almost unnatural event, Lear is given the unique chance to undo his wrongs. Rather than immediately be confronted with the consequence of his actions,…
hollering, and waving his cowboy hat. The bomb explodes, triggering the Doomsday Machine. Ultimately, the malfunctioning doors is one of many scenes that represented a lack of control.1 Government, politicians, nor any other force could stop fate—doom was imminent. Thus, Kubrick plays on people’s fears of this nuclear age, yet “…making an entire generation laugh about an issue that could end life on any given…
fear of it. Van Helsing becomes the antagonist to one of these supernatural creatures, Count Dracula, because he is the most threatening to this evil being. The Professor starts to find Dracula's weaknesses and uses them in order to bring him to his doom. While Van Helsing is able to follow the vampire, Dracula still finds diabolical ways to confuse and hurt the Professor. They go back and forth, fooling the other's plans and keeping the reader guessing as to who will succeed. Van Helsing is the…
Who’s Responsible? I researched and looked for all of my information trying to figure out who was responsible for the horrific tragedy of Columbine when in reality, there were lots of factors in this event and all of them added up evenly in many ways. Each and every one of the sources I’ve found has both good points of view but they also have downsides at the same time. A lot of people were wrongfully blamed and criticized for being themselves, therefore pulled into this tragedy without…
In Sarah 's Kendzior 's article, "Ferguson Won 't Heal", she explores St. Louis ' history and contrasts it with it’s present, comparing the bitterness of race riots and the Michael Brown Shooting with the sweetness of cakes that pepper the privileged areas of the city. Kendzior 's article compares Darren Wilson 's administrative leave and the article of "The Grand Jury Says no Now St. Louis make the most of it" with the rubbing of salt in a wound; Ferguson 's explosive history combined with its…