Manhole

In the Name of Freedom/Fear??? The fear drove her forward; her lungs burned as she pushed herself harder in an attempt to distance herself from the scene. The roar of the sirens drowned out all the other sounds of the city. The woman ducked into a dimly lit alley, and prayed to find some respite from the horror of her night. She panted heavily, pressed against the slick brick of the building, as the colored police lights illuminated the darkness to reveal her presence. The cop car stopped in…

In literature, authors make use of literary devices in an effort to establish not only the intelligence of the characters being created, but their individual voice as an author. Throughout The Running Man by Stephen King, the author makes use of events, tone, mood, and sentence structure to separate the classes in a dystopian society. One main distinction between these classes however, is the language spoken within each class and is made apparent through varying sentence structures. Through this…

Google has said that self-driving cars may be much further away than many May realize Google car Project Director Chris Urmson explain that fully autonomous vehicles being available to the public is as much as 30 years away. there is still serious safety and Technical challenges that need to be understood and corrected before they hit the market.As of right now automakers like Tesla Audi and Mercedes-Benz are limited to highway driving. and Tesla is the only one as of right now that you can…

We dared not turn back as we scrambled into the labyrinth of the evergreen forest. Christopher, Eliza, Francis, Gracelle, Hassan, Oliver, and I had all met that morning in a deteriorating abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Paris, France. There, we were informed of the valuable information implanted into our brains at birth by a mysterious, dismembered secret organization called NanoTech. Hence the reason why these military experienced robots keep trailing us wherever we go. Before leaving…

From the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X in 1984 to the current Samsung Galaxy S5, cellular phones changed the way in how humans communicate. Someone from the great state of North Carolina can talk to anyone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean without a problem just by using a portable satellite phone. Cellular phones have also allowed us to stay connected to our loved ones with just one phone call or text message away. Like everything else related to technology, there are various flaws that have an…

“The invisible- the unseen or spiritual world.” People tend to relate the word “invisibility” with things such as: invisible cloaks, superheros, monsters, etc. Invisibility is often viewed only as a physical characteristic. However, the word “invisible” takes on many spiritual and literary meanings in Emerson’s novel. Invisible Man is the story of a young, black man struggling to survive and succeed in a racist society that refuses to see him as a human being. Invisible Man follows the…

Steam puffed out of manhole covers that dotted the road. Penn Station came out at an intersection where the air was filled with the melody of car horns, voices and footsteps. Authentic New York style pizza was something I had always wanted to try. Across from Penn Station was this little, uncrowded restaurant that served some very addicting garlic knots. It was impossible to just eat one. The pizza comes in large, thin slices which had just the right amounts of sauce and cheese. It was a…

He is afraid to come out due to his past experiences. In the narrator’s manhole, he has thousands of lights hung up and steals electricity from the local electric company. He explains how being invisible can have its benefits because he gets free services. The narrator loves light because, although no one else can, he can see himself. The light symbolizes the truth in the world. Through the novel the scenes are very dark and dimly lit. Stereotypes are corrupting the world, therefore diming…

The Invisible Man and African American lifestyle. In 1952 Ralph Ellison wrote The Invisible Man, which is today considered one of the most compelling pieces of literature that portray African American society in the twentieth century. Ralph Ellison relates the story of an African American student from the south who then moves and works in New York. Being the narrator the protagonist of the story, he explains his experiences as an African American and describes his life as an “invisible man.”…

Although the thirteenths amendment abolished slavery shortly after the American Civil War. However, there was still severe inequality between Blacks and Whites, a supreme court case, “Plessy vs. Ferguson” which stated that African-Americans are separate but equal. This led to a period of time known as segregation, an era where Blacks were constantly ostracized. Public facilities that were made for Blacks would be poorly kept, and Black schools would have oversized classrooms and horrendous…