Grateful Dead

In Ender’s game the computer game foreshadows how Enders character will be in the end of the book. Ender is playing a game and is stuck at a point until he thinks differently about the situation.“And instead of pushing his face into one of the liquids, he kicked one over, then the other, and dodged the Giant’s huge hands as the Giant shouted, ‘Cheater, cheater!’ He jumped at the Giant’s face . . . and began to dig in the Giant’s eye. . . . As the Giant screamed, Ender’s figure burrowed into the…

Envision sharing a universe with strange insect-like creatures, called “buggers,” who are trying colonize your home - Earth. Ender’s Game, written by Orson Scott Card, is about a boy, Ender Wiggin, who gets sent to Battle School - in space! - and soon becomes commander of Dragon Army. Battle School is designed to turn young children into military leaders. At Battle School, groups of students fight mock battles, in null gravity, and are split into different toons. Because of Ender’s brilliance,…

DREAMS VS REALITY "The yellow woman ." A short story written by Leslie Marmon Silko about a woman who meets a man while she was traveling along the river whom she believed was the "katsnia spirit" . The woman was told stories by her grandfather about a "yellow woman" who was taken by a spirit in the night , she lived with him until she was able to leave and return to her village . The young woman in the story is referred to by the man whom she believes to be is a spirit as "yellow…

The Control of Nature Atchafalaya, by John Mcphee, is a fascinating article on the Atchafalaya, the Mississippi River, and the history of these two. The article delves into the various facets of concerns and implications for these rivers - informing the reader, and introduces new ideas to persuade the reader. The Mississippi, like most rivers, were much larger a long time ago. About three to four thousand years ago to be exact. According to Mcphee, the main channel of the mississippi is now…

bodily resurrection of the dead at the return of Jesus. The question at hand is whether or not those who place their faith in Christ will be resurrected at Christ's return. This is is evident earlier in verse 12 when Paul asked “how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?” Paul uses the arguments given in verses 29-32 as grounds for verses 33 and 34. In verse 29 Paul begins with the example “Otherwise what will they do who are being baptized for the dead?” he repeats this…

John 8: John 8 is going to show us a further conflict between Jesus, and the Judeans. While the initial conflict takes place between Jesus and the Pharisees, he will be attacked by a larger group of general Judeans (8:31). Chapter 8 represents the growing enmity between Jesus and people, other than the disciples, who have potential to follow him. He becomes more and more bold throughout the chapter, being able to confidently assert himself as a child of God, and not as an adversarial force…

hope to people who are in despair and cannot see a way out. All human beings need some sort of higher power or being to depend on in order to make it in this world. That higher being for some people is God. In God is dead by Nietzsche two bold claims are made which are God is dead and that we are responsible for his death. This is something that Christians, Muslims, Jews and anyone else who believes in some form of a God would be very angry about. With the first claim Nietzsche does not mean…

He was stating that Zarathustra was the person keeping everyone else away from God. The Ugliest Man said to Zarathustra that “you are a rogue! Whether that one still lives or lives again or is thoroughly dead—which of the two of us knows that best? I ask you. But one thing I do know; it was from you yourself that I learned it once, O Zarathustra: whoever would kill most thoroughly, laughs.” He is saying that it does not matter if it is a new God or the…

Ender’s lesson In the book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, unfriendly aliens mounted an attack on Earth. After repelling the buggers, Colonel Graff creates a military school aimed to find the next great commander. Finding interest into Ender, he is recruited to battle school. Here, students study strategy, tactics, military history and goes deeper into math and science. At school, Ender finds himself at the top spot, which impresses Colonel Graff. Ender graduate from battle school and is…

Jarmusch’s film Dead Man (1995) is the departure from a typical western genre turned postmodern shown through cinematic qualities that emphasize a surreal feel and dream-like state throughout. The film is shot in black and white and follows the narrative tale of William Blake (Johnny Depp) a man wanted for the murder of a wealthy mans’ son, after he shot him dead in defense on his first night in the western town named Machine. Blake is met by an out casted Native American who goes by the name…