Octopus

The book “Ancient Roman Women” originated from the author Brian Williams and was first published in 1943. It was updated in 2003 in the United States. Its purpose was to add to the series “People in the Past”, and to inform people more about ancient civilizations. Some values is that it has a lot of essential information, and that is was updated recently. One limitation is how there is no information on the author in the book or online, and it is unknown whether he was a certified historian.…

The end of the first world war was not as fulfilling as one might have initially thought. The so called “War to end all wars” as stated by Margaret MacMillen, was just a ripple before the tidal wave. World War I was successful only at forming new problems and expanding others. Firstly, WWI was caused by Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, Industrialism, and Alliances that were governing powerful countries across the world. These drove the globe into its first World War and in return led to…

Haida Gwaii is an archipelago comprised of over two-hundred islands divided into three main physiographic regions: the Queen Charlotte Ranges, the Skidegate Plateau, and the Queen Charlotte Lowlands (Banner et al., 2014). These diverse landscapes and climates give rise to a wide range of plant species, which have sustained the Haida and their ancestors for over ten-thousand years (Banner et al., 2014). However, these plants are more than just a source of sustenance for the Haida, as they are a…

Animation on Vimeo Writing Assignment: “Gulp” For the purpose of this critique, I will be analyzing the stop-motion animation, “Gulp,” using the art critical framework. “Gulp” was released in the summer of 2011 (uploaded to Nokia HD’s channel on July 25, 2011) to showcase the creative imaging capabilities of the Nokia N8 while also attempting to create the largest stop-motion set at the time. The short film was directed by Will Studd and Ed Patterson from Sumo Science at Aardman, and was used…

It always seems to come down to this question, the “who am I?” An entire branch of philosophy devoted to how to approach the question and still, I have no definite answer, though there has been some great art to come out of it. Thankfully, I have a bit more… “specificity” to work with, limits have been put down, as well as the much easier “why” to scribe. All about the idea of nature. That laid out, it turns the question from “Who am I?” to why am I doing this? The question more manageable, it’s…

are a means of reminding the Hero who he really is, to keep him humbled, and to remind him of what his purpose is” according to the book Hero with a Thousand Faces written by Joseph Campbell. In the film Finding Dory, Dory meets Hank a seven legged octopus (Septopus). Hank agrees to help Dory in exchange for a tag Dory received by a staff of the Marine Life Institute when she was captured. Hank helped Dory find her way to the exhibit where she and her parents use to live together. They face many…

her family. She wanted to reunite with them and this took her to the journey of finding her family. She always stayed positive and friendly with everyone. She got caught by the researchers at the Marine Life Institute. In there, she met Hank, an octopus with the agoraphobia who helped her escaped. On the journey, Dory reunited with her childhood friend, Destiny, and Bailey. Marlin and Nemo also on the expedition in finding Dory. Dory eventually found her parents in her own ways. She also helped…

Spider-man has a lot of enemies like the Vulture, Carnage, Hobgoblin, Electro, Lizard, Mysterio, Kraven The Hunter, Rhino, Scorpion, Sand man, and many more. As you know most superheroes only have one arch nemesis, but Spider-man has three Doctor Octopus in other words Doc Ock, Green Goblin, and Venom. Superman greatest enemy is Lex Luthor. Superman also has other enemies like Doomsday, Darkseid, Bizarro, Brainiac, and many others. Supergirl doesn't have any enemy like other superheros do. Thor…

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classification information for Poriferans: Poriferans, better known as sponges, consist of 5000 known species, all located primarily in marine and fresh waters (Myers, 2001a). They are multicellular, heterotrophic, invertebrates with an irregular shape and no distinct pattern of symmetry (Myers, 2001a). Overall, they are the simplest of animals; thus, lacking any true tissue and/or germ layers (Myers, 2001a). Furthermore, they are known to be highly sessile,…

Imperialism was a belief that a country must expand and take over other weak nations to be powerful/successful. The British Octopus illustrates that the Germans are trying to convince other people that the British are trying to imperialist Europe; and the Germans should declare a war to stop them, because the British octopus’s tentacles are stretched over Europe towards North America and other continents. This primary source helps explain imperialization was an underlying cause of the war…