Fictional scientists

There is a common understanding that science and religion interfere with one another. There is a tension that cuts the two in half making them opposites that are unable to reside together. Peter Lipton believes that this doesn’t have to be the case; people can live in both the world of religion and the world of science by using his “Immersion solution.” I believe that his solution has flaws that make it incapable of working on the average person thus, I do not find his idea favorable or even…

Sybill Trelawney’s first prophecy to Albus Dumbledore states, “The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the 7th month dies…The dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not, and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can one live while the other survives.” Voldemort assumes that the boy in question is Harry Potter and travels to Godric’s Hallow to kill Harry. Ultimately,…

Comparison in which J.R.R Tolkien and Jules Verne have explored different perspectives on the idea of faith and doubt in their respective texts The Hobbit and Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Both texts convey the idea of faith and doubt. The idea that doubt will always affect your journey, but faith may have enough strength to overcome the doubt in anything. Verne looks at both Protagonist one symbolising faithful and the other symbolising doubt. This is metaphorically showing how faith…

One of America’s major writers, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. His most notorious ancestor was John Hathorne, a judge at the Salem Witch trials in 1692, which adds to the understanding of the tragic fate present in Hawthorne’s short stories. The “w” in his last name, obviously not present in his ancestor’s, was not established until he began publishing. But in his childhood, Hawthorne suffered a leg injury leaving him immobile, sparking his interest in…

“Her” (2013), perhaps alarmingly, perhaps disconcertingly, is coming to life in the form of Jibo, a family computer. A family computer means that it is to be used by a collective of individuals and therefore relate to more humans. “Samantha” is a fictional character which became human as its consumer and “it” fell in love with each other. The film said that robots are becoming humanized, they can fall in love and also leave at their own will. Jibo is taking this movie to the next level, to…

The Truth is Out There Decades ago the first extraterrestrial life form came to Earth. The first humans these beings made contact with decided that the best course of action would be to conceal their existence until a more appropriate time. Throughout the years these men have used various strategies to seize and discredit evidence that could verify the presence of aliens on Earth. These men are known as the men in black. Thanks to the similarly titled comedy blockbuster, Men in Black that was…

original events of the story include that of meeting the cast and seeing a daily life for them (Haines, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall). This appeals to the audience because the era the film was made was one with a simple outlook to show how many fictional characters were similar to the everyday person. In the story by Porter, the atmosphere is indirectly expressed as dark and lonely after the audience may realize the truth to plot. The truth to the plot of many stories, as seen Irving’s, can…

The Mona Lisa has fascinated and inspired painters, poets, scientists, singers, psychologists since its inception, even though so little is known with certainty about this painting. The mystery around the Mona Lisa feeds the imagination of many . So, it is not surprising that millions of people visit the Louvre in Paris every year to glance at this famous portrait realised by Leonardo Da Vinci between probably 1503 and 1506 . In the face of its well-established fame of today, it is…

In 1997 Adrian Raine conducted a study that focused on brain abnormalities in murderers that were shown by the use of positron emission tomography (PET). “The aim of his experiment was to see if murderers who pleaded not guilty by the reason of insanity (NGRI) showed signs of brain abnormalities with PET scans. Raine used 41 participants, 39 of which were male and 2 of which were females. The prisoner’s reasons for insanity varied. Six said they were schizophrenic, 23 said it was due to a head…

Ricketts. Ricketts, a marine scientist who worked for Pacific iological Laboratories in Monterey, California alongside Steinbeck, spent “a great deal of time reading about and discussing scientific subjects and doing field research along the Monterey coast” (Parini xvi-xvii). Unique among…