Futures contract

Life is an imperfect circle. There is a starting point and an end point in every area of one’s life. This perpetual truth is not simple enough to be deduced down to good or bad. Every imperfect circle is a cycle, and every cycle is different; whether it be at a personal, relationship, or historical level. Inevitably, every cycle continues until broken by the one(s) it directly affects. Although outside forces might attempt to interrupt those cycles, the only one who possesses the power to to…

significant experiences outside of my family that have affected my personality, direction in life, or lifestyle for the future are ______ As you consider events that stick out in your life, consider the who? What? When? Where? And how? Looking back, the two significant experiences outside of my family that have affected my personality, direction in life, or lifestyle for the future are becoming friends with Angel, and doing better in school. The reason meeting Angel has affected my personality,…

‘‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison is set in the future setting of the technological world that functions on the strict schedules, like ticking of the time bomb. The plot of the story revolves around a world, for which time means everything. Ticktockman, the protagonist, is a robotic character that has the authority to penalize or kill those who do not value their time and do not comply with their commitments. In actual, the story is a satire on the utilization and…

The past, the present, and the future. All are intervals of time that everyone has caused, has, and has eventually. Both the stories “A Rose For Emily” and “The Man in the Black Suit” show how the past influences the present. The past in both these stories contributes to the dark aspects in each story. In “A Rose For Emily”, Emily lives in the constant mindset of past events which leads her down a path of solitude astray from the rest of her progressive town. This path of solitude leads Emily to…

"How was your summer?" Is a question I'm already anticipating. To be honest, I'm not really sure if people will really want to know. "How was your summer?" is just a question you ask to sound friendly and kind. Do you really want to know though? Do you honestly want to hear hours of stories, some more boring than the previous ones, and with short bursts of annoying drama? I know I wouldn't. But of course, I, like just about everyone else, ask that question to people anyway. When I ask…

In my previous essay, I explored Brenda Shaughnessy’s “I Have A Time Machine,” a poem that described her experience traveling into the future with her time machine. Through a window in the machine, Shaughnessy could witness her past. I endeavored to explain what was special about the time machine since it can only move forward one second at a time into the future. I latched onto the machine’s window into the past and considered the viewpoint that it provided for her. As a result, my entire essay…

consulting in animals in captive population. My animal training experiences has provided an excellent relationship providing knowledge about that future career. Internship Statement I have completed 53.50 hours of my internship. Additionally, my internship experience has been excellent in facilitating knowledge as both a present zoological employee and in my future positions working with animals. This statement relates to my goals because I want to learn more about animal training outside of my…

Reflection paper There were many thing that I like and disliked from this class. One thing that I liked about the class was that we did not physically have to attend the class. That was nice because I got to sleep in a little more. That also left extra time for me to work and put in a couple more hours. What also came beneficial with this was that we got to do our work when we wanted to. This was nice because there would be days that I would be extremely busy and I wouldn 't have time to…

Kindred was penned by Octavia Butler in the late 1970’s, a time where there was limited written legal differences between races, but still much in the way of unrecognized social disparities. The fabulist nature of Octavia’s book gives it the space to speak to the many abuses and inequalities faced by African-American women in the 1800’ and 1976. The disease of power, victimization and sexualization of women, the power of norms—all play a powerful role in the novel. Most noteworthy, however, is…

Introduction Technology was birthed when primitive humans developed tools from sticks and stones to gain control in an unstable environment. Modern technology has succeeded in not only controlling the environment, but has to some extent become the environment. With technology we have been able to escape the harsh realities of nature; hiding away in concrete civilizations, trading our hunting and gathering skills for qualifications and job dependency. But since the industrial revolution,…