Jeremy Piven

Do you like to read books that have much to do with survival? I hope so because this is what my letter essay is about. In the book “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen a boy named Brian is about to fly in a one engine propeller plane to his father's house out in the woods of Canada. Brians Mother and dad had gotten divorced so Brian's dad moved away from New York to Canada. Brian now spends the school year at his Mother's house in New York, and he goes to his father's house in Canada during the summer. As Brian and the pilot of the plane make their way across the Canadian woods, the pilot suffers a heart attack during the flight. The plane crashes into a lake and Brian is the sole survivor. Brian learns to survive in the conditions given to him and he is eventually rescued by another plane that he waved down with a large fire. “Scootch around so I can see’ He moved around in the seat, feeling only slightly ridiculous. She nodded. ‘Just like a scout, my little scout.” (paulsen 9) These were the last words said to Brian by his mother before the plane took off. And it was when Brian was given his hatchet from his mom. This tool is the key to everything about the book since without it, Brian would of never been able to create sparks and start a small fire from the side of the little cave he slept in. Brian would have never been able to survive without his hatchet. The theme of the novel is loneliness and isolation. This was demonstrated when the plane crashes and the pilot dies. Brian…

In chapters 1 and 2 we meet a boy named Brian and his parents are divorced. Brian boards a plane excited to fly it because it’s a single engine plane. When Brian starts to fly he has thoughts about his parents being divorced and all the fights they had. The pilot of the plane gave Brian a chance to fly the plane, so Brian said yes. When Brian got to the Hampton the mother gave Brian a Hatchet so he can use in the woods After Brian fly’s the plane he sits back down in his seat and the pilot has a…

Setting Brian Robeson, a child of divorced parents, is going to visit his father up North in Canada. He leaves from New York City, where his mother lives, and sets off for Canada in the small, private plane. While over the middle of nowhere in the Canadian wilderness, the pilot suffers a heart attack, forcing Brian to take control of the plane. He crash lands the plane by a lake surrounded by wilderness, and is injured and jarred from the crash. Stranded and alone in the wilderness, Brian…

Imagine just imagine that one day your parents are divorced and during the summer you have to go and visit your dad in Canada where he now works, there are so many things going through your mind and you know a secret that your father doesn't about why they split up. But before you could even reach your dad the pilot of the small single engine plane, the pilot dies of a heart attack, the plane crash lands a little while later. You are stranded in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. That is the…

Every day, we as humans, face tasks that we must come to a decision on whether we are going to do what is morally right, or for the better for the greatest amount of people. Utilitarianism is the action that is best, which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers (100). This may be helpful for short term tasks and requirements, but in the long run always choosing the action that benefits everyone would ultimately hold people back. I will discuss both sides to utilitarianism, how…

Utilitarianism is a consequentialist moral theory, where actions are judged right or wrong solely by virtue of their consequences which was introduced by Jeremy Bentham and later carried out by John Stuart Mill (Kemerling,2011). In regards to the consequences the only importance is the amount of happiness or unhappiness that was produced. In regards to utilitarianism it is believed that everyone counts as one, and no one counts as less or more than another person. And that a person should do…

Sympathy For Living, From The Dead To our knowledge the modern zombie has no consciousness, it’s somewhere in between alive and dead, walking around with a need to feed on human flesh with no parallel to the person the body used to belong to. Mike Carey’s zombie is much different, Nick is essentially still conscious but no longer eats, breaths or sleeps and his existence is basically meaningless. The story revels how this man, a stockbroker with no sense of community or companionship finds…

“The best way to protect yourself is to be as fluid and formless as water.” One of my favorite quotes begins, “Never bet on stability or lasting order. Everything and everyone can change.” This is a simple quote until one actually tries to apply it to life. When betrayal becomes a factor in a relationship, it should be easy to leave said relationship behind. However, leaving someone is always easier said than done when love is involved, despite the fact that the relationship causes more harm…

‘Funniest Security Camera Moments of All Time’ from America’s Funniest Home Videos uses found footage comedies to define our modern day visual culture. Through the opportunity of profit, loss of individualization and disengagement of freedom, we as a visual culture have sacrificed these components of our everyday for a few laughs. Ultimately, due to the panoptic order in entertainment, our desire for visual culture is defined. Much like Foucault’s theory, the panoptic order of America’s…

In certain extracts of John Stuart Mill’s “Utilitarianism,” he argues, “that the only ends of human life are pleasure and the avoidance of pain, so that anything else is bound ultimately to turn in some way on these ends” (Mill 127). Essentially this means that Mill believes that pleasure and the avoidance of pain are the guiding source when it comes to making decisions regarding moral dilemmas. This claim also involves stating that utility is the ultimate source for decision making. Utility is…