Myopia

One of Bruce Jackson’s lines from “Killing Time: Life in the Arkansas Penitentiary” made me reread it at least ten times. He writes, “…they forget that the distance between guard and convict is greater than the distance between black and white. One’s friendship lines in an interracial group are often confused and ambiguous, but in the world defined by men with guns and men without guns, there is no ambiguity at all. The difference is absolute” (18). At first, I rationalized his statement by…

Macular Pucker A macular pucker is scarring on the macula of your eye. The macula is the part of the eye that lets you see clearly and sharply. It also lets you see detail. The macula is in the middle of the thin membrane that covers the back of your eye (retina). A macular pucker can affect your vision. This condition usually starts in one eye, but can affect both eyes over time. Vision changes can range from mild to severe. Vision changes usually do not get worse over time. CAUSES This…

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6. Why does Nick Bostrom believe that the universe may be a virtual simulation? Do you agree or disagree? Substantiate your answer The famous movie trilogy “The Matrix” describes a human life by a conscious creation of a virtual machine space. And recently, a team of philosophers express that we could really live in a computer-generated universe. Nick Bostrom is one of the philosophers. He believes that our universe may be the value of life computer simulation. He believes that after our highly…

of his severe myopia… Twice Murray returned to school, only to fail again. As a senior he needed 60 Carnegie Units to graduate. Because he received an A in Art, a subject in which he excelled, he made the grade, but his principal--whether out of spite, retaliation, or anger, Murray never knew-- lowered his grade to an F, which kept him from attaining the magic 60” (Smith). Murray tried attending school multiple times, yet failing each time he tried. Murray suffered from severe myopia which is…

that bends the path of light through the eye. Refractive error is an optical abnormality in which the shape of the eye fails to bring light into sharp focus on the retina, resulting in blurred or distorted vision. Examples of refractive error are myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. In optometry, a "refraction" procedure is the measurement of refractive error by an eye care professional, usually for the purpose of correcting the error with glasses, contact lenses, or refractive surgery. A…

In The Flowers by Alice Walker, Myop’s innocence is emphasized by many literary devices, such as, symbolism, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, tone, and imagery. Walker named the main character, Myop on purpose as it is short for myopia, which is the scientific term for, nearsightedness. This is an example of symbolism because in most parts of the story, Myop is a very innocent and pure girl, and is not able to see farther than the idealistic beauty of her childhood. To Myop, the harvesting…

sign in his driveway saying, “A violent offender lives here. Travel at your own risk. The author says how although, bringing these past punishments into the present time or of modern policy into the past would be unhelpful and misleading, historical myopia has the opposite affect.” I think the internet has changed society where public shaming could likely happen again. These days, anyone can spread information about anyone over the internet, especially social media. Even one photo can be seen…

Today, one of the preferred options for many to correct the refractive errors of the eyes is to go in for the laser-assisted procedures. This procedure is preferred over the glasses and the contact lenses. Even though the laser-assisted procedure technology has advanced a lot, it cannot be performed on everyone. If you choose to undergo the Lasik New York City procedure, you will have to undergo a proper evaluation. This evaluation which is done by the surgeon you choose is based on certain…

Often in Poe’s writings is the presence of animals that act in a manner almost supernatural. While it is easy to dismiss them as characters merely created with the intention to scare the audience, they actually have much deeper meaning in that they are used to speak more about the protagonist psychologically. In some such stories, like Metzengerstein, the tale is written with a detached narrator who witnesses the fall of the protagonist to darkness. In other stories, like in The Raven or The…