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way to be taken seriously. When Marjorie is coaching Bernice through her grand make-over, she states: “’I hate dainty minds,’ answered Marjorie. ‘But a girl has to be dainty in person. If she looks like a million dollars she can talk about Russia, ping pong, or the League of Nations and get away with it’” (Fitzgerald 35). Before her make-over, Marjorie’s friends hardly give Bernice a second thought. After slipping into her new identity and becoming someone that the younger generation would…

Tim Burton, a famous director of many movies, was influenced by Roald Dahl, Edgar Allen Poe, Vincent Price, Dr.Seuss, Grimms’ Fairy Tales, and Disney. Tim Burton’s influences have shaped and molded his unique style; Burton uses various cinematic techniques to create a dark and suspenseful mood while also maintaining a childlike innocence. Burton also doesn't hold back on using his imagination in his films; you can see his films tend to lean toward fantasy and fiction rather than being realistic.…

the movie, Jenny is such a case. In life, not many people are gifted or the brightest but each individual has an inborn attribute (talent) that can be singled out and magnified. An example is when Forrest finds out that he can be a good friend, play ping pong and run. What is notable throughout the movie is that Forrest was not among the brightest yet he made a lot of difference in the lives of those around him. Many are in the category of Forrest as being average or less and hence the audience…

Brent’s school picture The school picture included is from the year when the story takes place. Before Brent’s accident, he always wore black, as can be seen in the photo, because it was his favorite color (it reminded him of death; after the incident, Brent did not like black anymore, due to the way his skin looked when he saw himself in the mirror after he set himself on fire. In the picture, Brent is not completely smiling, just smirking, which he said he did often because of his depression.…

spinning to see all that surrounds me. It’s almost too beautiful to absorb. Bzzzzzzzzzzz. My head whips back and forth, looking for the source of the noise. I spot a bumblebee the size of a tennis ball lazily making its way in my direction. Fear pings in my lower abdomen and I turn to go back through the metal door. Upon inspection, the handle is no longer on the door. I’m stuck. I face the monster bee and stay as frozen as humanly possible. It bounces and bobs in the air closer and closer to…

Are Violent Video Games Necessarily Bad for Children?” In October 1958 Physicist William Higinbotham created the first video game; a simple tennis game. Since the completion of the first video game they have became one of the many escape outlets for people of all ages. It 's now common to catch your husband or children engrossed into the T.v playing a video game. By 2017 video games are predicted to reach $102.9 Billion in worldwide sales most of those sale being violent video games. On…

Nim was only available for a certain amount of time, so the first game system designed for households did not release for nearly three decades when Ralph Baer released the Brown Box. The Brown Box system was programmed to play multiple games like ping pong, checkers and four sports games. Eventually, Sega and Taito were the first companies to create the worlds first public arcade gaming games when they released games like Periscope and Crown Special Soccer in 1966 and 1967. Those were just the…

Comprehensive Care Plan Gilliam Psychiatric Hospital is a hospital, in which provides service to incarcerated inmates who are mentally ill. South Carolina failed the mental health population within the community when they had to close their doors due to limited funds in the state budget system. The prison setting has been used as place to treat the mentally ill, who could not afford the mental health medication or treatment. They were left with limited resources to survive and ended up in the…

The amazing work we know today as, Hamlet by William Shakespeare came about during the Renaissance period. The Renaissance period lasted from 1300 to 1660. During the 13th through the 17th century when Europe was undergoing a “rebirth” of people and thinking as well as spawned a new era of scholarly inquiry (Greenblatt 32). There are various other writers other than Shakespeare who prevailed during this Renaissance period. People such as Thomas More, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Petrarch. Some major…

A sensor is a device that receives a stimulus, meaurand, or any input signal such as from heat, pressure, light, motion and many more, and responds with an electrical signal. This electrical signal then will decide what will be the result of an output. Depending on the input of the stimulus, the sensor will react to it in a particular way. Sensors are attached to an electrical device and they scan the surrounding environment. Then it converts the input signals to a voltage, current or charge.…