Poker After Dark

The world of today thanks to the Renaissance Period Inspired by the old Greek’s writings and the Roman’s culture the Renaissance Period deviates from the Medieval Times. In the Medieval Times, all homes lacked the essentials. There were no toilets to flush, no running water to bathe, no electricity, no refrigerator. Laundry was only done a few times a year and the water wasn’t safe to drink. There were laws to say who can wear what and getting married at the ages of 12 and 14 was the norm. The…

with special instruments can locate black holes. This makes it possible to observe the behavior of the material and the stars that are close by the black holes. It is thought that black holes were formed during the beginning of the universe, soon after the big bang. Black holes form when the center of a massive star collapses in upon itself. The collapse causes a supernova that…

Predecessor to the 80’s cult classic, The Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal was legendary puppeteer Jim Henson’s first attempt at creating a fantasy motion picture filmed entirely with intricate animatronics and puppets. The film is complete with heroes, villains and the other main elements of fantastical narratives as described by Russian scholar and folklorist Vladimir Propp in his breakthrough work, Morphology of the Folktale, which states that there is a sequence of 31 functions — certain actions…

branch and the figures teleport right in his face sort of all backing him a corner. They conversate in there native langue and one of them gets killed suddenly by a golden bow and they all freeze. Its marten wearing jakes dead golden dragon body. After an intense battle only 2 black figures left while there brothers lay dead.Marten tells the figures you’re now my slaves and will do what say. They both spit and Marten chops both heads off with one swift motion. The gunslinger tried to run off…

the carriage. The soldiers were better equipped than their assailants, but what the enemy lacked in weaponry (many rushed from the forest armed with wooden clubs and dressed in cloth), they made up for in numbers—numbers, numbers, numbers—man after man after man swarmed forward to besiege the better armed escort. As the two groups clashed together, Okori rushed between the carriage’s windows. She needed an escape route. The carriage’s rear was still free of obstruction, and one of her soldiers’…

to the storyline directly. From talking polar bears to bizarre personal companions, this novel certainly emphasizes the imaginative aspect of literature. The Golden Compass, written by Philip Pullman, is one of three books in the series titled His Dark Materials which exemplifies the nature of the fantasy genre by detailing completely absurd and surreal events (Pullman 2-198). In The Golden Compass, the protagonist, Lyra, and her daemon go on an exhilarating adventure from their home in Oxford…

Both “The Golden Compass” and “Diamond as Big as the Ritz” deal with the theme of betrayal in contrasting ways. On one hand, Lyra tries the whole book to save Roger and in the end is his downfall, but Percy betrays John from the start and ends up dead instead. The novel “The Golden Compass” by Philip Pullman and the short story “Diamond as Big as the Ritz” by F. Scott Fitzgerald involve important deceptions which result in death. Death is inevitable in the stories as it portrays the foundations…

portrayed by an animal or daemon in physical form. But like every other child, she is very curious, and this leads to her being brought into an amazing journey nobody could have imagined. It all started when she realized what power in society can do. After learning about a project involving Dust, which is later revealed to be the original sin, things start to change in her life. The people she trusts, even her mother, betray her and this completely alters her life. Some adults have the…

Pink Floyd The Dark Side of The Moon By Alais Galvez Pasadena City Professor Kyle Luck College Music 24B History of Rock Music May 4, 2018 “Pink Floyd were an English Rock band formed in London in 1965”. (Wikipedia) On March 1, 1973, a band called Pink Floyd released an album called, The Dark Side of the Moon. The songs on the album, The Dark Side of the Moon is “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,” “Echoes,” “Breathe,” “On the Run,” “Time,” “The Great…

seeing their family. This is the reality for Lyddie Worthern. In the book, Lyddie by Katherine Patterson a thirteen year old farm girl from Vermont named Lyddie and her brother Charlie are forced to work at jobs to pay off their mother's debts. This is after their mother abandons them taking their two younger siblings. Though Charlie gets sent to a job that he enjoys, Lyddie is forced to work at a tavern where she gets very little pay and very poor care. But once Lyddie decided that she has had…