Final Fantasy

Imagine that you were given a decision, a decision that could Chang your life forever, it could take you from your IQ of 68 and triple it. Would you do it ? In "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, a cognitively impaired man named Charlie Gordon with an IQ of 68 undergoes operation that could Change his life forever by tripling his IQ. Charlie has to make this decision with his unitellgentce mind. He was not told all the side effects of the experiment, he was told that it might be temporary.…

Flowers for Algernon is a book by Daniel Keyes. This is about a mentally retarded guy named Charlie Gordon. He is given surgery to try and become smarter. He takes a bunch of different tests before they actually do the surgery. His teacher Ms. Kinnian, from his school for retarded adults recommended him for this testing. After the surgery he started to get smarter and then had some complications. The quote from the novel “The mind in absorbed in and involved in itself as a self-centered end…

With knowledge comes power, yet with ignorance comes bliss. Generation after generation, our drive to become well rounded intellectuals and functioning people of society has allowed us to become knowledge hungry. Through this perceptual lens, the author of ‘Flowers for Algernon’, Daniel Keyes, shows the pitfalls of intellectual drive and the power of ignorance through the book’s main character, Charlie Gordon. Charlie, a mentally handicapped man, wants to become intelligent and accepted and is…

The Final Frontier Why is space called the final frontier? The reason why space should be called the final frontier is because past space there is nothing left to explore. I believe that space is the final frontier. Three main points that help with this are Galaxies what they are their shapes and what lies within them. Lifeforms off of earth what’s out there and are they friendly. Stars and planets what fate lies for our sun and other stars and the fate of planets in orbit around them. Galaxies…

"Space: The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before." In “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier,” the Enterprise is taken over by Spock's deluded half-brother Sybok, who believes that the moment of enlightenment will come after crossing the so-called Great Barrier at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The ship is closely pursued…

can see that everything comes together in the final scenes with what Stanley did to Blanche and Blanche leaving to go to a mental institution. Through the progression of scenes of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, the final scene of the sensational story develops to be a very crucial scene due to the final insight of Blanche’s bathing, Blanche’s madness, and Stella’s illusion of reality. The first reason in which the final scene is significant…

and the calm sensation of weightlessness of the water capping the end to Jay Gatsby's life as if his death was peaceful and meaningful. Fitzgerald's use of soft diction gives the final moments leading up to the end of Gatsby's life a sort of soothing tone and his description of the water really eases the tension of his final moments. Fitzgerald's use of vivid, familiar imagery helps the reader understand the feeling of buoyancy Gatsby was feeling as if they were on a…

within the fantasy world. The fantasy creatures and related sound effects are unrealistic sounds artificially created for impact. However, the fantastical world is also characterised by mysterious, mournful and ominous music repeated whenever Ofelia enters the Labyrinth. This draws audiences into the fantasy world, whilst creating feelings of curiosity and fear, emotions parallel to that of Ofelia. Del Toro also uses an ethereal lullaby to assist in the adjustment from reality and fantasy. This…

cinematic device the shot incorporates all the characters both in the fantasy world on screen and the reality in the theater. By keeping everyone in focus the shot exemplifies the spectator’s viewpoint in the theater and the interaction that many have with movies. Everyone then, is important to Cecilia’s decision because all of them share their opinion on what she should do, but it is ultimately Cecilia who will make the final choice. Cecilia’s situation is quite peculiar because she has to…

an extreme amount of trouble in the video game Kingdom Hearts II. Kingdom Hearts is a video game crossover of the realms of Final Fantasy and Walt Disney. Final Fantasy characters and Disney characters alike come together to solve the game’s issue. One boss was added as an extra challenge, but you didn’t have to beat him to complete the game. Sephiroth was from Final Fantasy VII, the most popular game in the series, and the most notable enemy, and took me years to beat. To begin, I was first…