Extremes

Finally, despite what people say about global warming being a hoax, it surely is not. All evidence points to the reality of global warming.” Today 's scientists point to climate change as the biggest global health threat of the 21st century" (Polar extremes on the polar caps). The is proof of global warming from melting glaciers, increasing temperatures, and a depleting Ozone. These are all causes and effects of global warming. If global warming was not real, then we would not be experiencing…

in California for a couple of million dollars. Her new house, which she made exceedingly clear that she paid for herself, is filled with every luxury item that a woman could possibly dream of. Her posts on Instagram of her new home portrayed the extreme joy that she felt after this acquisition and the pleasure she received from such materialistic…

America” or the official motto “In God We Trust.” The American people express their patriotism and love for their country through the acknowledgement of such texts, rituals and hymns. However, when do these beliefs and deep sentiments become too extreme and…

Within a matter of years, millions of innocent people perished under the dehumanizing Nazi rule. Prisoners placed in concentration camps experienced extreme acts of brutality, causing them to perceive themselves as less than human. In his memoir Night, Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, recalls his time spent in an infamous concentration camp. Wiesel describes the dehumanizing methods which are used to degrade and annihilate countless prisoners. Overall the prisoners are stripped of their…

an American Republican, Donald Trump because I believe the media has portrayed these two to be very much alike. The research I have done proves to be somewhat true; however they have very different stories both being such strong leaders with such extreme views. Born in Austria in 1889, Hitler rose to power in German as leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, also known as the Nazi Party. Hitler became a strong leader because of his ability to manipulate and persuade people, his…

“Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.” –Jamais Cascio. Survival requires you to have aspiration even if something goes in the wrong direction and intelligence by creating useless items into useful items. In the excerpt Life of Pi by Yann Martel, it explains how Pi struggles to survive on a lifeboat with a large Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after a horrific…

Ahh, the age old question…nature vs nurture? This argument, as you might know, debates wether or not human development is based mainly on their environment or their DNA composition. In literature, there are writers called Naturalists. These Naturalist writers focus on the nature side of the debate. They take more of a “what if” standpoint than a standpoint of argument. Only taking one side in this debate, is more of an observation tactic. Naturalism is the scientific method of literature. The…

time of famous technological innovations and nuances and yet it held an age of inflation and had industrial and business leaders, or rather robber barons. These robber barons were labeled as so because the industrial and business leaders would use extreme and harsh measure to control and concentrate wealth and power among the people. In fact, their roles in the very revolution, itself, became and remain heavily debated even to this day. Most believe beneficial and others, detrimental; however,…

Loosely based on the "Saitama serial murders of dog lovers", a case of a married couple who owned a pet shop and murdered at least four people, Cold Fish gave Sono the opportunity, to present his version of how a serial killer film ought to be like. Syamoto is a humble and guileless pet shop owner that both his spoiled daughter, Mitsuko and his second wife, Taeko take advantage of, each in her own way. The former especially, is an underage delinquent that spends her time flirting and sometimes…

Shot size refers to the size of the object in your frame, and Clouzot shot size range from extreme long shot to extreme close-up. By using different shot sizes Clouzot shows us that even thought things appear one way far away, our view might change when we get closer. In the extreme long shots, we are shown a normal looking French town, kids playing in the school yard, and people meeting in church, things seem normal. The closer we get…