Root-finding algorithm

Have you ever tried to fit in? Both “Good Enough” and “Game Over” are about teenagers trying to fit in at school. “Good Enough” and “Game Over” have a multitude of similarities and differences, such as their themes and the types of characters used. One similarity between “Good Enough” and “Game Over” is their themes. In “Game Over”, Ryan joins a tennis class, when everyone starts speaking Russian he does not tell anyone he can not understand them, afraid he will not fit in. On page 25 it…

The American Dream constantly changes over time. From the time of the Founding Fathers, the American Dream was simply freedom and independence. For the people, the dream was to strive to be the best. For America, the dream was to be considered a model for other countries. Today, America arguably is not the strongest country compared China, or the United Kingdom. But America is still considered a great influence. Many ideas of the American Dream change as a result of this. The ideas of wealth,…

“Someone I once knew wrote that we walk away from our dreams, afraid that we may fail or worse yet, afraid we may succeed” (IMDb, 2000, p. 1). This is a quote from William Forrester in the movie, Finding Forrester. The quote is saying that one does not conquer their dreams without courage. Finding Forrester is set in the busy city of New York. Here lives the teenage boy, Jamal Wallace, and an unlikely mentor named William Forrester. As a dare, Jamal breaks into Forrester’s apartment, and…

The day of the crash I was zipping up my duffel bag, when my dad yelled with his loud and very clear voice “It’s time to go.” I rushed downstairs with pillow, blanket, and all my bags in my hand and heard the car roaring in the driveway. Once I had thrown all of my bags in the back of the car I took my seat and buckled up, and off we went. It was a four hour ride, we were going to our cabin. I was eight and my sister was 5 years younger. My parents, my sister, and I were all stuffed into my…

The life along the Great Barrier Reef is full of danger and Marlin, a single parent clown fish, has to protect his son, Nemo. As the time starts for school his dad nervously accompanies him and agonized over his every move. Nemo defies his father and swims to the reef's awesome “drop off” to investigate a boat. Suddenly he gets scooped up by a diver and Marlin helplessly watches the happening. Marlin frantically swims off in search of his son. As he passes a school of fish, he suddenly bumps…

In the movie The Lion King, Simba ended up being the ruler of the land his father had abandoned when he passed. The build up of the movie made the happy ending refreshing after all the grief the viewers go throughout the whole movie. In the movie Finding Nemo, a dad fish, Marlon loses his son Nemo at the beginning of the movie. Throughout the remainder of the movie Nemo is trying to find Marlon and Marlon is trying to find Nemo. At the end they finally do get back to each other and everything…

The day is nice, warm and sunny. A young man walks along a path in the park, spotting a small bundle of people. The people are chatting to themselves as the young man approaches them. He talks to the group, getting along with them perfectly. However, this man has never before talked to or even seen these people. This describes a character in the movie With Honors. This film features roommates in Harvard who end up taking in a bum during their senior year. Even though some of the…

The Squalus acanthus is nicknamed the dog fish because they are known to feed in packs which is similar to the habits of dogs, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium website. These sharks are classified as chondrichthyes (“Squalus Acanthias”). According to the article Spiny Dogfish, the dogfish’s relatives include the Pygmy shark and the Sleeper shark. The Squalus acanthus has an endoskeleton skeleton type. They live in the interdial zone up to 900 meters deep. The dogfish sharks swim in water…

Change is inevitable. Change is also necessary for people to develop. “Finding Forrester” has many examples change. A black teenager named Jamal, who is a literary enthusiast, hides his intelligence and; appear to be an average kid in high school. Jamal's friends however, are a diffrent story. Not only are they the stereotypical teenagers who cause trouble but they also try to bring Jamal down to their level. They dare Jamal to rob an apartment. Jamal, going against his beliefs, breaks into the…

Also known as endodontic therapy, the root canal is a procedure performed on teeth with inflamed or infected nerves as a result of deep cavities or injury. At Four Corners Dental Group Fairbanks, it’s a procedure we take on all of the time, and the fact of the matter is that many people will end up requiring one at some point. It requires full dental evaluation to assess whether you need it, but it can be incredibly helpful to know the common signs that you need it done and what help will look…