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Entertainment has always developed from either images, sounds, or both. People are entertained when they hear or see a topic they find interesting. Furthermore, everyone wants to be absorbed by an activity. For example, Ancient Greece was years before our time, but people wrote tragic stories that were soon acted out because it was fascinating for everyone. Shakespeare's play, Hamlet is a classic tragedy that entices people by its distinctive and riveting plot, and its historical and cultural…

They say that the 90’s didn’t truly end until 2004. I am a huge proponent of that theory, since that would make me one of the cool, hip “90’s kids.” I grew up on old-school Spongebob, classic Disney Channel series like Phil of the Future and Lizzie McGuire, and lots and lots of Barbie PC games. When Hannah Montana ended in 2010, so did my childhood. And when that period of observation and absorption ended, my creative work began. I’ve been writing fiction for ten years now. That sounds pretty…

ONE MILLION, THIRTY THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE. That is the number of fans that entered the gates to KFC T20 Big Bash League fixtures during BBL05. With a crowd average of 28,279 over 32 games this summer, the BBL has found itself with the 9th highest attendance of a sporting fixture in the world. Crowds have risen an incredible 47% since the inaugural BBL01, when only 550,220 fans entered the gates (17,749 per game). Back then, the BBL was considered a joke of a league, something…

Obliteration Written Response 2a. My program is an arkanoid type game. I wrote this game in C Sharp using Unity environment to write this code. The purpose of my program is to entertain the user with this challenging game and it also shows some basic physics concepts. The video illustrates how the user can play the game and whether they want to use AI to play a specific level. This game can be played by maneuvering the mouse to keep the ball bouncing to hit the blocks. In addition, the video…

n the age of technology, there are now many ways of viewing different literature, including movies. Movies and plays share common similarities: they are made to be watched by an audience, actors take on the roles of the characters, properties are added to make the story more realistic, and the list goes on. When I was told that my play, The Importance of Being Earnest, was becoming a movie, I had mixed feelings. I was extremely satisfied that my work was successful enough to become a movie, yet…

Monopoly, the household known game that is: fun, a good way to pass the time, a good way to bond with others, and an even better way to break those bonds. Monopoly is one of the most widely known games in the world, for a reason. What makes the game fun is the thing that makes the world go ‘round…. Money. Something about being able to physically see your income grow is pleasing, no matter if the money is fake. Like in real life, there is nothing better than having a huge payout, and nothing…

The idea does portray the plausible capabilities of humans. Essentially what we are addressing here is social engineering. Throughout many civilizations in history we can see where this has happened for the good and for the bad. Mayagoitia Soria writes in American Social Engineering through children's educational films (1945-1953) that we utilized short films to deal with topics on ethics, character, home or family life, civil protection, and knowledge of celebrations our country celebrates. (…

3/21/18 The Dust Bowl Film (sections of disk one and two) This film talks about the difficulties of the Dust Bowl and shows the destruction it caused. This film talks about the viewpoints of the people who lived through it. It mentions how historians have viewed this disaster as well. It gives lots of information about this historical event. The Dust Bowl occurred during the time of the economic disaster of the Great Depression. It mentions how daily events like the sun shinning were changed…

Brother Bear is a Disney children's movie that was released in 2003. Although it is a movie that was made for children, it does contain parts of animistic religion. Animism is the belief that there is no separation between the spiritual and physical world. It also contains the belief that spirits are present in the natural environment. Throughout this essay, I will explain the links to Animism that are portrayed in Brother Bear. Disney shows the primal animism in many different ways…

The cartoon is called Mass Shooting and Societal Norms. The author of the cartoon is Amelia Scheetz. The speaker in this cartoon is not Scheetz herself, but instead, the speaker is worried parents. Parents like the one in the cartoon are worried to send his or her children to school because they fear that, that may be the last time he or she will ever see their child again. The intended audience for this cartoon would be President Trump. He could be the possible audience because him as…