G. K. Chesterton

“The Minority Report” (1956), by Philip K. Dick is a collection of short stories divided into four volumes, Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002) is, the produced film to help illustrate the science-fiction novel and is clearly, one of few films that transition most highlights the ideas of surveillance of citizens and preventive justice. Although it is undeniable that both ideas are taken from the original story by Dick, in the film they are highlighted and modified, to some extent thanks…

In the science fiction novel Ubik by Philip K Dick there is a product named ubik that is advertised in many different ways and as many different things but each way shows a new side of how advertising affects consumerism and how produces manipulate the advertisement industry to make their product more desirable. Philip K. Dick incorporates advertisements throughout the book that all around the same item, Ubik. This item is portrayed as many different things but all these different versions of…

In our conflict between the Mexicans and the Settlers, neither side was right on who owned the land. The Mexicans believed that the border of their country and the U.S. was the Nueces River. But, the U.S. believed that it was the Rio Grande. Both of them were fighting for extra land by marking where the border should be. But neither side was right, as both the Mexicans and American settlers had taken the land from the Native Americans without their consent. So they were both fighting for land…

Texas has been a state ruled by different constitutions during its early years. Seven constitutions gave shape to the modern Texas, one under Mexican rule before Independence, one as an independent republic, one more as a state of the Confederacy, and four as a state in the United States. Several revolts challenged Spanish rule during 1811 to 1813 lead by Juan Bautista de las Casas and Jose Bernardo Gutierrez, the latter issued a declaration of independence from New Spain and drafted a…

In a ost solar system called kepler an explorer by the name of Duke searches for anything that looks valuable his sidekick, an all knowing artificial intelligence called Matpat by his side. On a nearby planet that is on one side forest and water and the other mechanical. “Ghost.” says Duke. “What is the name of that planet?” “Nuseus” Matpat replies. Duke steers his spaceship for it. On Nuseus there is another explorer who plans to reactive a race of “technoganic” robots called the Vex,the…

Bertie County is one of the largest counties in North Carolina, covering 741 square miles. The population is very small. Bertie originated in 1722 when the state legislature decided to divide the county from Chowan, a river. Bertie County inherited its name from James and Henry Bertie who has purchased the land. Bertie is located southwest of Elizabeth City, one of the poorest counties in North Carolina. The county includes eight townships, Lewiston, Kelford, Aulander, Powellsville, Roxobel, and…

The subject of this report is Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J. K. Rowling. It is a story of a young boy named Harry Potter who find out he is a wizard. The story starts with Harry living with his aunt and uncle as his parents were killed when he was baby by a evil and powerful dark wizard named Voldemort. As Harry gets older strange things happen that he can not explain. When Harry is close to turning eleven he receives a letter from a wizarding school but his uncle destroys it before…

no one can decide whether it is from the devil or just a fictional series. Can the children to young adult books be encouraging the use of witchcraft? Or do they provide enjoyment for people who like to read? Many websites can be found saying that J. K. Rowling confirmed she wrote it to convert children to witchcraft, it is not so. There are also websites that say that vaccines cause autism, and we know that’s not true. Rowling states on her website: “I was traveling back to London on my own on…

Moby Dick Name of the Writer Name of the Institute Date of Submission The Quarter-Deck and The chase-Third Day Introduction: Moby-Dick is full of symbolism and describes the character of Captain Ahab in two chapters The Quarter Deck and The Chase-Third Day. Moby Dick is a Great novel written by Herman Melville in 1851. It is a story of a quest among a White Whale named as Moby Dick who destroyed the Captain Ahab’s ship in a voyage and also split his leg from the Knee. MobyDick is…

Serpent Search By J.K. Rowling is anything but normal when it comes to books. Serpent Search is a mystery story that has a wild adventure that three children must go on in order to find out what the chamber of secrets is and where it is located. The setting of the story takes place in Hogwarts a school for wizards and witches in the time of 1996. Harry Potter is the protagonist of the story, he is white with black hair round glasses and a scar on his forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt.…