EarthBound

Love is a destroying force for many. The novel “Earthbound” by Aprilynne Pike portrays many different aspects of love, fate and power. Tavia Michaels is mysteriously a sole survivor of a plane crash that kills her parents. Fortunately, Tavia quickly finds herself a best friend that she later falls in love with;Benson, which helps her deal with her mental instability in the beginning of the novel. Still completely lost and sorrowful, she begins to see visions of a mystical boy that she has never spoken to before and starts to have strange feelings of attachment towards him. She soon starts to question if what everyone told her about her past was one enormous lie and is desperately searching for answers. However, when Tavia discovers that her…

Mother is the Japanese name for a role-playing video game series that started with Mother on the Nintendo Entertainment System back in 1989 and ended in 2006 with Mother 3 on the Game Boy Advance. Fans in America should know the series by the name Earthbound. The series has become known for its great storytelling, humor, and characters. Despite a bright appearance at most points, the games tend to have very dark undertones involving issues often faced in real life, particularly by children. As…

A video game that has arguably the biggest fanbase out of all gaming, contains the the most tragic storyline in a video game, and is still the highest requested game for international release. Mother 3 is the sequel to Mother and Mother 2 ( Known in America as EarthBound Beginnings and EarthBound) and unlike its predecessors, Mother 3 has been japanese exclusive ever since it first came out on April 20th, 2006. Nintendo, the company that makes all of these games, claims that the game still faces…

Organic food is about as healthy as food purchased from a regular supermarket. In “What Are You Buying When You Buy Organic?” Steven Shapin argues that organic food isn’t anything special or holy-grail. He mentions Earthbound Farms, a massive organic food company, which is nothing like the local farm one visualizes when they hear the term “organic.” Earthbound Farms grow their produce on giant farms in several locations across the country and organic manufacturers like Whole Foods depend on…

claim to produce organic products are imagined to be a small family-owned business. That was not the case, as evidenced by Shapin’s article, where he pointed out that one of the biggest organic food producers, Earthbound Farm, went from a two-and-a-half-acre farm into a combined 26 thousand acres farming space. In addition, Earthbound Farm has production plants in different parts of the country which conjures up images of a large cooperate operation. (429) To keep up with the world…

Rebellious dead, rise never till the wood of Birnam rise, and our high-placed Macbeth shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath to time and mortal custom” (4.1.98-105). When he receives the prophecy, he honestly believes that such a phenomenon “will never be” while asking what he thinks is a rhetorical question of “who can impress the forest unfix its earthbound root” in a sarcastic tone, emphasising that he truly believes that there is no way such thing will happen. One of the two critical…

Strolling through Stop and Shop, customers always seem to lay their eyes on the organic aisle for a split second, and think "What really labels this aisle as organic? Why would I ever want to be healthy?" Some, nonetheless, walk through the aisle, picking up these overpriced products that claim to allegedly be free of artificial flavors and genetically modified chemicals; products that claim to be unlike those found in the other ten aisles of the supermarket. The article "What are you Buying…

The dorcas gazelle is like the addax antelope because it eats the leaves and pods of acacia trees. They also both drink very little water as an adaptation to their desert habitat. In fact, a dorcas gazelle can actually undergo its whole lifespan, up to 12 years, without directly drinking a drop of water! They quench their thirst through the plants in their diet. Even though they tend to share similar meals, these two creatures gather their food in different ways. The addax antelope generally…

symbolic of the syncretism of these two cultures. This style of having a dominant figure in the center and secondary characters on the side originates from Pre-Columbian art. The mural’s bold, vigorous brushwork and bright color palette, along with the artist’s vision of society are characteristic of the expressionist movement. The symbol of a crucified Christ on Coatlicue is meant to represent the coming together of Spanish Catholicism and Indian polytheism. Herran contrasts the ferocity of…

The latter was an attempt at a joke by Huck’s least favourite radio host. There weren’t even any chars falling, as far as he cared to see. He gripped the steering wheel tighter. His doctor could kiss his low blood pressure goodbye. In the back seat, the earthbound form of Cerberus—otherwise known as Huck’s brain-deficit pet dog—was yelping like a rubber ball caught in a wringer. Didn’t the mutt realize he wasn’t a cat? An unfortunate minnow went splat! against the rear window and Cerberus’s bark…