Gone

Gravity : Space Mission Gone Wrong Gravity is a movie about an astronaut who survive after a catastrophe destroys her shuttle and leaves her adrift in the orbit. The movie was released in 2013 and it falls under the Sci-Fi and thriller category. It is a tense and visually stunning movie which is directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The main casts of the movie are Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. The movie opened with a shot of the earth and space, and it was absolutely beautiful. The visual effects…

Mahoney. The poem Andy’s Gone with the Cattle was written by a nineteenth-century Australian poet Henry Lawson in 1888, who has become renowned for his depiction of Australian bush life. He had a strong belief that Australian identity should always emanate from its own soil, not from its mother country, Britain. Him being Australian had suffered hardship and unemployment and knew of the characters and lifestyles he talked about within his poetry. In the poem, Andy’s Gone with the Cattle,…

One would think that young children would not take part in the warfare, but think again. Ishmael Beah, the author and the main character of the novel, A Long Way Gone, is a child soldier during a civil war in Sierra Leone. This memoir recalls the journey of Ishmael’s life during the war and the struggles he has faced since then. The death of his family made him want to go against the rebels, but to survive he had to kill blameless civilians. In return, he was forever damaged with terrible…

There are many aspects of the book HTTLAP that relate to a Long Way Gone, but one characteristic that is continually present throughout, is the importance of geography. Foster clarifies that geography isn’t simply restricted to being the setting, but it can be relevant to virtually any element in the book, such as theme or plot. He also stated that geography can base a character's actions and identity due to the circumstances and limitations it creates, and how it can help a person develop,…

Gone and Hunger are just two of the six books in the book series Gone, by Michael Grant. The plot of these books is how kids under fifteen survive without access to the outside world, or adult supervision. The first and second book are more or less focused on the same thing, which is dealing with the new found FAYZ wall. They also deal with the revelation that most of these kids stuck inside the wall, have powers from a mishap at the nuclear power plant. These kids need to learn how to get along…

In the article, "World Gone Mad" by Derrick Jensen, describes how the behavior of a sociopath compares to the way our nation behaves as a culture by using rhetorical proofs. He explains that the human population has been blinded by the sociopath stereotypes of being a murderer but doesn't realize that the nation around them have similar characteristics as one. For example, the emotions of a serial killer; Derrick compares a documentary about a murderer to the way people carelessly feel about…

Hamlet remains one of the most critically acclaimed piece of literature for its complex and interesting story. After over 400 years people still argue what the best route Hamlet could have gone. Some argue he had no choice on his actions because he was bounded by Elizabethan code, while others argue he should have thrown away his morals for his best interest. Hamlet succeeded in avenging his father’s death, but at what cost? I believe Hamlet acted poorly and did not think his plan thoroughly…

Long gone are the days of doctors performing blind or exploratory surgeries in hopes of discovering an ailment in their patients. The discovery of the x-ray in 1895, by German physicist W.C. Roentgen, was a major contribution to modern medicine (NDT Resource Center). Years after the discovery of the x-ray, the dependency of such increased, “The number of radiographic and fluoroscopic studies skyrocketed from 25 million in 1950 to 293 million in 2006” (Herrmann et al). Due to the uptick and…

Kara Walker is an African American contemporary artist who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence and identity in her work. Walker is most known for her tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes. One of her most famous art works is Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart. This romance that the title speaks of is representing a love triangle between the man’s wife and mistress. The romantic war that is occurring is…

monkey so that it would no longer have the chance to put other hunters in the same predicament” (Beah 218) Ishmael said, thinking of his memories as a soldier. This quote is something that he has learned from being a soldier. In the memoir A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael was a normal kid living in Mattru Jong. The RUF rebels attacked his village and he was separated for his family. Ishmael spent long months of fleeing from the rebels and looking for his family. He had made some new…