Amanda Hocking was born, bred swears that she will die in Minnesota. Aside from being a proud Minnesotan Hocking is one of the few or rather the earliest authors to really take on the indie publication market. By the time she was 26, Hocking had written 17 books and published them herself online. She writes young adult fantasy books, some of which have made it onto the New York Times' Bestsellers list. Hocking tackles Vampires to Zombies and everything in between. Some of her more famous work…
imaginable can all be obtain by the press of some buttons. One must ask if all this knowledge is good for us or not? Nicholas Carr, the author of Is Google Making Us Stupid, helps one realize the true implications of the internet and the dangers that lurk beneath. Carr successfully describes how the internet manipulates human minds towards the decline and ultimately the destruction of one’s concentration and contemplation by the need for efficiency, distraction, and improving technology. The…
In the 21st century companies display the human body in a provocative manner with nudity on billboards and advertisements in magazines. As a person looks at an advertisement for perfume or nail polish, the eyes go straight to the naked body of the model. When seeing the beautiful, sexy model with the beauty products, the buyer falls in the trap of buying the products believing that they will also feel beautiful and sexy. They want to seek the pleasure the model exhibits while wearing the product…
of the dark side of things because they lack the concepts necessary for awareness, and they lack those concepts because life has not yet provided them.” Babies are not born aware and children have not lived enough years to be aware of the bad that lurks in the world. Jem and Scout, who have barely undergone ten years of life, are finally exposed to it in Maycomb with the result of Tom’s trial and Mr.…
outcome. This makes it very interesting and fun to read. Not only does conflict serve as a way to entertain readers, but it can also teach valuable lessons. “The Most Dangerous Game” was able to leave its readers with a powerful reminder that conflict lurks everywhere and can strike at any given moment, even when it’s least…
Famous authors and artists are often lauded for the madness that lurks behind their works. They were allowed to freely express themselves through a variety of media, whether it was music, art, or even through narrative. Their popularities stemmed from their abilities to envision new, imaginative ideas that had not been thought of before, at least by any ‘sane’ person. However, their situations would not be the same had someone stifled their creativity; their creativity was even an outlet for…
For countless millennia, civilizations around the globe have followed a patriarchal social construct. Far too often has the female voice been suppressed in the favor of their masculine counterparts. In the novel, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad tells the tale of Marlow, a captain of a steamboat for the Belgian Continental Trading Society, as he ventures deep into the Congo. Although Conrad addresses the corruption of Africa and its people by European imperialism, he turns a blind-eye to the…
dogs and humans is thought. Dogs act without thought. They do not question the outcome of a situation. Humans ability to think is a liability for them in the Canadian Wilderness. There is no time to question if something is worth it or not for death lurks around every…
We just finished watching the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea. I was inspired by watching people like Mikaela Shiffrin, Red Gerard, Sean White, and the United States Women’s Hockey Team represent our country and lead us to victory. I find it no small coincidence that we’ve been asked to examine Simon Kuper’s essay, where he asks the provocative question: “Why do we still watch the Olympics?” This article was published in the sports column of the Financial Times, and it was created for…
A Hideous, revolting, disfigured creature lurks in the shadows of the forest. What is it? Could it be a monster? To answer this question we must first ask the question: What makes a monster a monster? This controversial topic is explored in the gothic novels Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray written in the nineteenth century. During the nineteenth century fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature and individuality influenced writer’s style. As shown…