Hibernation

relaxing after an intense practice, along with a bagel, and about five other food items of course. Even though I eat a lot during the season, sometimes my eyes are bigger than my stomach, and I end up eating way more than I need to which leads to a “hibernation” mode, or food coma. Though this meaning of Agata is somewhat bizarre, it is still an amazing fit for…

In Invisible Man, Ellison critiques as one develops his or her identity, belonging to various communities ultimately diminishes the person’s individuality instead of enhancing it. While Invisible Man feels disconnected to his surroundings and experiences dream-like states of isolation, Ellison demonstrates that a person cannot explore multiple communities without losing parts of himself or herself. As a result, Invisible Man becomes unable to accept and evolve his racial identity during his…

In Margaret Atwood’s poem February she uses imagery, metaphor and tone to display her distasteful feelings towards the month known for lovers. February it is not just a cold winter month, but also the month to display romantical relationships. In Margaret Atwood’s mind the month of February brings thoughts of loneliness and she stresses the question if love will ever cross her path. Margaret’s theme throughout this poem is a very noticeable dark scene of non-existent love that dampens her mind…

average guy played by Luke Wilson, wakes up from a government hibernation experiment to a dimwitted society where he is the smartest person alive. Although the acting in Idiocracy is phenomenal, the portrayal of society in the future is annoyingly exaggerated and the narrator’s voice over is unnecessary but understandable. Starts off with Joe Bower (Luke Wilson) and Rita (Maya Rudolph) being chosen for a top secret government hibernation experiment, which they are supposed to sleep for a year.…

Stasis is not the science fiction type of stasis where you are frozen in time; it is more akin to hibernation. We will slow the bodies of humans down to a state where they can still function as a person but not get deadly hypothermia. Astronauts aren’t supposed to live off of their body fat for 8 months like bears so scientists have come up for a solution to give humans that same affect by giving them liquid nutrients directly into the bloodstream. This is great because it bypasses the…

Varying environmental climates require organisms to develop defense mechanisms to survive. For conditions under freezing temperatures, each animal has a response. If an animal is unprepared for the extreme situation, the formation of ice leads to a destruction of tissues and most organisms are unable to tolerate even frostbite; which make animals adapt to stay warm and out of the cold. Biochemical studies have examined why amphibians can tolerate freezing temperatures. Many amphibians, though…

2001: a space odyssey is a science-fiction novel published in 1968, written by Arthur C. Clarke and a science-fiction film released in (the same year as the novel) 1968, and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The following are all the differences I noticed while watching the film; No narration: I feel there should have been at least some narration in the beginning, so people can better grasp what is happening (i watched this film with my mother, who hasn't read the book, and i had to explain some…

animals and plants. When most people think of winter they think of Christmas, snow skiing, and hot chocolate. What if winter never ended? In the winter, weather begins to get cold. Areas experience snow, ice, and freezing rain. Some animals go into hibernation or migration and many plants become dormant or die. Close to 2,000 birds migrate north to south each winter. In some places there are avalanches, blizzards, and the water freezes. Winter also brings the flu virus. Studies show cold, dry…

-96 degrees fahrenheit, the winter lasts four months. Because of an average temperature of 27.9 degrees, the saltwater oceans freeze. Since all the oceans freeze over, the whole ensemble of creatures go into hibernation. After the cold winter, the ice melts and animals come out of hibernation. With all the ice melting, the first month of spring is cold and wet. Then the trees and plants bloom and the creatures go about their everyday lives. With summer on its way, the animals air out their homes…

Mise-en-scène Mise-en-scène is all the elements placed in front of the camera to be photographed such as settings and props, lighting, costumes, make-up and actors and their behavior. In a clip from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, mise-en-scene is used heavily to convey the major elements of the two sequences without the use of dialogue. The first sequence is of a space ship moving through outer space, heading towards Jupiter. It is immediately easy to notice how…