Gigantic

Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, awakes one morning to find out that he has been transformed into a gigantic insect. From his bed, he looks around his room, adjusting physically and mentally to his new body and wondering if he hasn’t been dreaming. But when he tries to turn over onto his right side and can’t, he realizes that it is no dream, that indeed he is an insect, complete with a hard shell for a back, wriggling legs, and feelers. At last, plagued by guilt, Gregor agrees with his…

he streaming service juggernaut is so jam-packed with content, sometimes it takes a little help finding the diamonds in the rough. Luckily, we've got your back on this one, whatever genre you're into. 1. The Get Down Set in 70s Bronx, The Get Down is a musical drama following a group of teenagers led by “Books” Figueroa (played by Justice Smith) and the rise of hip hop and disco. It's vibrant music along with a talented young cast complemented by some stunning cinematography throughout the…

curious, you swim towards it. You go on to the miniscule island that the portal is on. As you start to get near the portal a thick fog starts to form and you can’t see anything. The ground starts to tremble at your feet as a gigantic figure rises from the shadows. As the gigantic shadow looms over you it starts to stomp towards you, you are about to fall down as it gets closer. It stops moving, it is so close you can touch it. It lets out a screech and it spits out poisonous gas at you. You try…

Victor the True Monster Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. What defines someone being a monster? Is it a gigantic stalky being whose appearance is offensive to the eye? No, this is a prejudice assumption and should not be taken into consideration in the case of Victor Frankenstein and his ‘creature’. The truth about the creature is that he did commit murder, however, it is imperative to understand the circumstances of which lead to such tragedies. From the beginning of Creature’s creation, he…

sound like too long of a time, especially if it took the New Horizons probe nine years to reach Pluto. However, keep in mind that this is just our solar system – a grain of sand on a gigantic beach. The nearest star-system, the Alpha Centauri System, is 4.37 light years away. Our universe is so incomprehensibly gigantic and constantly expanding, that just the observable “sphere” of the universe around us by our most advanced telescopes is 92 billion light years across. That is why, if by some…

feelings for the victims and an engaging storyline to vividly paint a portrait of the narrator’s thoughts. Poe’s stories contain numerous bold details that retain the reader’s interest till the end. For example “…there stood against the western wall, a gigantic clock of ebony….there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a sound which was clear and loud and deep and exceedingly musical.”(Masque of red death, Poe 2). When…

Often in short stories, symbols are present. Symbols represent meanings beyond what they literally are in the story. In the short story, The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe, the gigantic ebony clock is symbolic. The ebony clock is symbolic because it symbolizes death and that time never stops. Symbols represent something other than themselves, which is significant to the story. The ebony clock in the seventh room symbolizes death. According to the short story, it…

In twenties century of 1912 America suffered one of the big unforgettable historical disasters. The most gigantic and luxury steamship instead of getting to the New York seaport, it sideswiped to the iceberg in North Atlantic ocean and dive to the depth of the sea. Theretofore, the Atlantic sea witnessed many ships and vessels ply in various purposes between Europe and America. It may many ships sank into the sea for different reasons, but nobody thought this kind of a ship with having such a…

put together symphony of machinery and seemingly factory noises, only for it to stop for 5 seconds so Willy Wonka can put the 5 golden tickets in their separate chocolate bars. Burton uses the sounds of loud machinery and orchestras to make this gigantic mood and synergy of noise that wraps the viewer in, only for it to stop for something very small. He uses music in a comedic way, despite the intense music surrounding it all, something only his style could do so…

industry faces a pivotal decision in order to match or surpass last year’s numbers. They have decided to go back to the leasing deals and other methods of selling cars that got the industry in trouble almost a decade ago. Car companies are offering gigantic discounts on many types of cars such…