One to One

incredible special effects, and obscure concepts. Technology, in the artificial intelligence form, plays a prominent role in this film due to the futuristic elements of space, themes of existentialism, and evolution. HAL 9000 is introduced in the film as one of the most reliable computers around, but like all powerful characters, HAL had a tragic downfall that was integral in this film. As Iris Murdoch once wrote, “art is the imitation of nature”; HAL is perceived as art…

As they were walking through the woods, they heard weird gigglings and singings. They ran out of foods and Bombur keeps having the dream feasts that he talks about. One night, they saw lights off the path of the forest; they went off path and broke Beorn’s and Gandalf’s instructions. It turns out to be a feast with elves and suddenly it was dark, like the lites have been turned off and the dwarves were yelling each other's’ names, but it seem to fade slowly. Bilbo was alone again, lost in the…

upon those who threaten their hoard.” (Rateliff 280) Thorin describes Smaug’s relationship with gold as simply “they’ll never enjoy a brass ring as long as they live” (Tolkien 23), and suggests that “[dragons] don’t know a good bit of work from a bad one” (Tolkien 23), but the power that Smaug felt while maintaining the treasure was enough to drive him into selfishness and madness. The dragon made many enemies due to his greed, including characters like Thorin and Bilbo, for the sickness led to…

The name’s Hades. I’m sure you’ve all heard about the horrible Hades who nearly destroyed your tiny land by letting angry gods run rampage. No? I’m the one with the fiery blue hair, shark-like teeth, and some would say “sickly yellow eye.” I’m the villain in the movie Hercules. Yep, there ya go! That’s me. Look, I know people don’t think I’m the most charming of fellas. My patience has always run as thin as a strand of hair. I’ll hear people blabbing above me on the streets how awful it was…

In a land where everything is real, it’s non-fiction. A hobbit named Radagast lived in his home thinking about all the adventures he went on in his past life, wondering if he would ever go on one again. A tall man that believed in magic and thought he could solve everyone's problems. His name is Thorin and he was driven out of his homeland when a beast made it it’s new home. The beast was large, over 4 tons, and could kill you in a blink an eye. Thorin went on, the beast could walk and fly, but…

The idea of Betrayal is one of key major points in the story, as Miller presents all the characters (even the citizens of red hook themselves) to place it as the biggest taboo that one should not cross. It can be as simple as snitching, or going back on one’s word on whoever he promised. Whatever one’s definition of betrayal is, everyone in our modern society, or even the old one, know that betrayal is one of the more heinous acts on earth. No one tolerates the idea of getting betrayed, but what…

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first out of the three books in The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings is named Sauron, the Dark Lord, who lost this One Ring that contains much of his soul and power. He has an overriding desire and power to reclaim the Ring and use it to enslave all of Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a quest literature, a quest is what happens when a character or more than one character travels to a faraway destination with a purpose and desire of achieving that goal. The element in this…

One great example of this is when Benedick first comes back from war and her first remark to him is “I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior Benedick, nobody marks you” (A1; S1; L114-115). This not only shows her hatred toward Benedick in the beginning of the play but also shows that she can have a very wicked tongue and she is not afraid to speak her mind. Telling him that she does not know why he even wastes his breath by talking, nobody respects him so in her mind he should do them…

inhabited by the fixators and the sophics. Fixators were the people that got zapped into their smart glasses. They do not need to look up or communicate because all they needed in their lives were through those lenses. The sophics were the cursed ones. They were the ones who got bothered by just 1 window, with just no words, with just those glasses. They could not stay fixated on their smart glasses and did not mind when curiosity took them over. The police of Micanopy were all Sophics, and were…