Grateful Dead

Literary Analysis : Ender’s Game Ender’s Game is a book that was published January 15, 1985. The author was Orson Scott Card. Ender’s Game is a science fiction book and shows themes of friendship and loyalty. It explores through the courageous young characters, as they are in space.In the near future, a alien race has attacked Earth. If not for the heroic of commander Rackham, all would had been lost. In preparation for the next attack Colonel Graff and the military are training only the best…

The Empty Tomb “And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?” This is quoted from the gospel of John chapter seven, verse twenty six. Jesus was a man who performed various and unexplainable miracles, and who also claimed to be “One with Christ.” He created unrest among the Pharisees, who struggled for power and authority when Jesus and His teachings started to spread among the nations. The Pharisees planned many…

James D G Dunn notes: “The epochal significance of Pentecost raises the whole course of salvation-history to a new plane ….In one sense, therefore, Pentecost can never be repeated - for the new age is here and cannot be ushered in again. But in another sense Pentecost, or rather the experience of Pentecost, can and must be repeated in the experience of all who would become Christians.” Dunn is effectively saying that in order to witness for Jesus Christ today, just as the disciples…

During the Civil War times, New York was full of many slums, including Five Points in Manhattan. It was full of gangs, crimes and several bars. It was full of many Irish immigrants trying to escape the Great Famine in Ireland. Five Points was considered one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in New York. This paper will tell you all about the neighborhood of Five Points. Five Points was completely made up of immigrants. Irish people came to escape the Great Famine, and many of them also lived…

The Day of the Dead (El Dia de los Muertos), is a very important holiday celebrated in Mexico. The purpose of the holiday is to gather family and friends to remember members who have died. We celebrate on November 1st and November 2nd where the children eat first and then adults eat the second day. Some traditions that mexicans do for the day of the dead is build altars, marigolds, favorite food, and also visiting graves. We honor our deceased ancestors by cooking their favorite food and…

person had in mind. Once you understand what people really want, you can't hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can't hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your own heart” (271). In Orson Scott Card’s, Speaker for the Dead, we are met yet again with Ender Wiggin, on a foreign planet, with foreign people, a new foreign alien species, and one he has carried with him for the last 3000 years. The book in it’s entirety is essentially based on the concept of foreignness.…

Have you ever been somewhere that completely takes your breath away and changes your perspective on things, and life in general? This past summer I went on an astonishing journey with my best friend. It was an experience I will never forget. Adding to this, traveling to Israel is not as simple as it may seem. Numerous obstacles are involved, but overcoming them is worth it. The sites were monumental and the people were gracious and welcoming. Trying and enjoying new foods was a perk of my…

Before analyzing The Walking Dead, it is important to note that the writers and producers of the show, Gale Anne Hurd, Frank Darabont, and Greg Nicotero have worked on popular films previously. A prime example of this Greg Nicotero having worked as a special effects supervisor for the widely acclaimed novel to movie adaptation of Stephen King’s The Green Mile, which Frank Darabont also directed; later the two also worked together for Stephen King’s novel to film adaptation of The Mist; whereas…

the wife of Rick Grimes and the mother of Carl Grimes in The Walking Dead. Lori is a wife and a mother who has been thrown into a world of chaos. What’s a mother to do, she already lost her husband who is presumed to be dead and now she only has one thing on her mind and that’s to protect her son Carl from the living dead. Lori and her family are originally from a small town in Georgia; like most of the people in The Walking Dead they traveled to Atlanta for shelter and safety. We first hear of…

In the 1882 collection The Gay Science German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche first stated the idea “God is dead!” a point which he later referred back to throughout his body of work. The death of God has become a widely quoted statement and as such has met various interpretations and misinterpretations leading to a wide general debate as to whether Nietzsche was actually correct in proclaiming the death of God. In answering this question, it becomes of fundamental importance that there must be…