Out of the Silent Planet

From Bail, we learn that the Separatists are not set to arrive on the planet until the following day, but the focus is on Obi-Wan and his shock from Padmé’s new boyfriend. Come nightfall, we see Obi-Wan returning to the place where his master died, causing him to relive the tragic event. From this, we are reminded that Obi-Wan…

Finally, the evening came. It was a chilly, dark night in November. I invited my nine friends over for dinner to dine with a famous Mayan scholar, Ixchel. She is an extraterrestrial human and plans to return to her home planet in a few days, but first, she will share her findings with the group over dinner. I chose to plan an elaborate dinner for such a special occasion. I hired a chef to prepare a five course meal. For the first course there is grilled shrimp cocktail, second course is a light…

important conversation. For example, if you have a birth of your child, you are going to tell your parents about it. You don’t want to act it out like it’s a part of a movie scene because it’s not possible. You want to have a topic that would excite you to the point of a birth of your child. If acting it out, it could lead to bigger problems such as the audience find out or think you don’t care or bother about the topic you are talking about therefore disrespected…

The most shocking thing is the public’s reaction to Trump’s unethical behavior. Most people do not seem to care and his supporters seem to rather enjoy it. We have now entered the end of the postmodern age where truth is replaced with emotion. If something so small as a criticism of one’s hands or fingers can send Trump into a never-ending obsessive tirade, what would happen if genuine Christians throughout the world went on a relentless campaign targeting Donald Trump as Satan incarnate? Again…

Most historians would question where the things we humans cherished so deeply come from. As historians it’s their job to answer or try to answer these questions. They answer would be from civilizations. A civilization and a culture get compared to each other all the time and get mistaken for being the same things but in fact they are not. A culture is the sum total of any groups, political, economic, social and intellectual activities no matter how fundamental or advanced these activities might…

“Or,” said Mac, his eyes sparkling as he elicited a few moments of horror from his younger siblings, “baby’s toes!” “Gross,” blurted out Brian. He leaned over, pretending to retch on the grass. With each step, one of the boys would yell toes and someone would stop to ‘throw up’. Getting to their front porch took longer than usual. Shrieks of laughter, grumbling, and speculation bounced off the hallway walls as the younger boys headed for their showers and the older ones returned to the…

the back all day so he had not seen the geese. “What are those stupid ducks doing there?” Billy said. “Actually, their geese”. Tom said. “Shut up, why are they here?” I told Tom that we don’t know and that they have been outside all day. Billy looked out and said, “I’m going to give those Ducks a good talking to.” as he cracked his knuckles. “I’m not sure if that’s a good idea, Geese are vicious creatures.” Tom…

In her semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, Plath used figurative language to eloquently describe depression.“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was a…

structure of the first phrase three times, or in Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address” where he says, “...will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1000 days, nor the life of this administration, nor in our lifetime on this planet.” Repeating the grammatical structure as well as the word “nor” help to convey a more powerful message. More often than not, sentences which contain anthesis also contain parallelism. For example, in Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address” he…

counters, restrooms, and fitting rooms. The city even began to hire African Americans to work in stores and became salesmen. As soon as the bombing happened the Birmingham branch of the FBI immediately launched an investigation. In 1965 FBI agents put out the names of four men that were prime suspects of the bombing: Thomas Blanton, Bobby Frank Cherry, Herman Cash, and Robert Chambliss. These men were all members of the Cahaba River Group, which is a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1968 the…