No Such Thing as Vampires

It was a cool and clear night, the kind of night when vampires roamed and monsters stalked. It was a beautiful night where you would not wish to stay indoors, a fact that the figure wandering the lonely docks of Port Smith noted contentedly. The figure belonged to Johnny Nakamura. He was of Japanese and Chinese descent and had just turned nineteen. Despite his heritage, Johnny was very much British. He was ruggedly handsome, his bleached hair styled into a rat’s tale with a scar down one eye.…

The Ghost Sonata and Three Sisters have many things in common, marriage problems, high class problems, and not being able to think for themselves. The marriage problems involved in the plays are the same, but handled differently. In the Three Sisters, although they do not love their husbands anymore…

see. Whether it's the willingness to explain things a little more, or keep the plot moving by introducing…

Introductions Here I am, my first essay paper since 2006, and I get to write on a topic I know all about: myself. There is heaps to know about me. There are places I want to go, things I want to do, and people I love. I have many obsessions, and there are plenty of things I don’t enjoy doing. Well, let’s get started, shall we? Before all else, I am a mom. I have been a mom for almost seven years. I have an almost seven year old named Cameron, and he is in the first grade. He loves skulls…

Sympathizing with the Killers through Appeals Over the course of this semester, we have read multiple books and watched numerous movies and series about serial killers. Over the course of this term I have experienced something that sounds extremely bizarre to say out loud, that is I feel as though I have grown closer to these serial killers and I have essentially gotten to know them. I feel as though I can connect to them, understand their reasoning behind killing, and in some cases even hope…

hallway together. Then, all of a sudden Joey Farace came chasing after us. Joey is kind of a unique kid, he is more into dark things. Joey wears a lot of black clothing and he likes to listen to rock music if that helps you understand what I’m trying to say. So with him chasing after us we didn’t know what we had gotten ourselves into. We soon after learned he was acting like a vampire and he was trying to bite us. We…

condescended too or seen as strong, yet corrupted and must be disposed of. This is the shown in the text “Shambleau” by C.L. Moore where the character Shambleau is part of a race of medusa-like vampires whose mind control powers causing them to be seen as a threat that must be taken care of as they “never let those things live” (113). On the other hand, the character Marilyn from “The Cold Equations” is the exact opposite. Marilyn is a young, naïve, and innocent earth girl. However these…

ever remember for Johnny where he said that he wanted to play this ever since he was a little boy” (Huver). Johnny Depp also said this about the old TV series, “It was so classic, this sort of classic monster – like Fangoria magazine or that kind of thing” (Huver). This makes Dark Shadows (2012) an interesting movie because it was made on the basis of respect and enjoyment of the old TV series, rather than an opportunity to tap into an old fanbase for the purpose of making money. This idea of…

Is there really such a thing as super or mutant lice? In 25 states and counting, there has been a highly drug resistant strain of head lice known as the Super Pediculus humanus capitis. Also known as the head louse, it infects six to twelve million people each year (Lice vs Super Lice, n.d.). This is tiny, vampire like parasites that sucks the blood from its victims. Even though they are being called super or mutant by the media as a scare tactic, these lice are actually just regular lice.…

thought to herself. Harker was completely oblivious to his wife’s feelings as he dashed to his room to continue packing his clothes and belongings. Not until he was finished did Harker realize how his wife had taken the news. He quickly dropped his things, and took her into his arms. It was needed for business; he tried to explain to her. He had worked his hardest to provide for her and all he wanted to do was make a name for himself, and what other way than to stand up to any challenge that…