Scavenger

Carton is the weaker of the two––he is easily shouldered and pushed into completing Stryver’s savaging and dirty work on cases. He is referred to as the jackal––the scavenger for the lion. A night of work for the two consists of “the lion [composing] himself on his back on a sofa...while the jackal [sits] at his own paper-bestrewn table” (152). Clearly the relationship of the two is not one of equality with Stryver preying…

Gone Home is a narrative exploration game by the company Fullbright that stars Kaitlin Greenbriar returning to her family home after being overseas. Gone Home is often questioned on the complexity of its game play, and is often thought to be more of an interactive story, however it does fulfill the requirements of a game and I will be discussing various game play mechanics in Gone Home such as the different objects and their attributes, rules for game play and the overall design that help to…

Life is made up of a variety of populations that come from different backgrounds and carry dissimilar views on life. However, all people essentially have a common aim: to live a good life. Since the term ''good'' is vague in nature, people could possess various ideas towards the achievement of a good life. Two different pieces of work that demonstrate different views towards a good life are The Crucible (TC) by Arthur Miller and One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (ID) by Aleksandr…

Maryssa Smith Professor Nancy Cassano English 1302 March 11, 2015 Frankenstein: Man or Monster When reading “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, one is inevitably placed in a position of judgement. The two main characters, Victor Frankenstein and the Monster seem to be in direct opposition at first glance. But the further you read the more blurred the lines of character separation become, until ultimately, the roles are…

The caste system has saturated aspects of Indian society for centuries. Other religions in India’s culture doesn’t follow the caste system; it is an aspect rooted in the Hindu religion. Along with other attributes, India’s caste system indicates the type of employment a person can purse. And who you can and cannot interact within the social ladder (Morrison, Terri pg, 224). The caste system was originally was based on a person’s personality, but over time it became less about personality and…

APX2 as a Scavenging Mechanism for Superoxides in Chloroplast Mohammed Shilleh, Michael Stefano, Jacqueline Watkins, Kelsey Wyman Chin BSC4936 University of Florida APX2 as a Scavenging Mechanism for Superoxides in Chloroplast Introduction and Background Stress can be defined as a disruption of homeostasis. Chloroplasts are especially sensitive to stress and have many levels of defense against it. These defense mechanisms include adjustment of antenna size, thermal dissipation, photochemistry…

Oskar said that people tell him he’s odd and he was tested for Asperger’s. What symptoms did Oskar display that might be consistent with these terms? Oskar exhibits signs that he is a socially awkward child. It appears that he struggles to connect with other people unless they are able “to think like him.” The only meaningful and developed relationship Oskar appears to have is with his father at the beginning of the film. Furthermore, Oskar struggles to understand things that don’t have a…

The team that I am in for BUAD 304, is Team SuperBuad with Nicole Scruggs, Deepthi Sampathkumar, James Karis, Rod Henley, Henry Chuang, Gabbi Green, Sama Manchanda. Though I have participated in many group projects throughout my educational and professional life, learning skills are crucial to making a team work. Sometimes it is easy to adapt to the group and feel like you have a great team, while other times it is a little hard to build a connection. Looking back on group projects, I believe…

Introduction I will be discussing the similarities and differences between uniformitarianism and Catastrophism. The debate on these being going on for years. Why these two theories are very different from each other. Catastrophic believe that there was a great worldwide flood. Uniformitarians believe that the world started from the Big Bang Theory. How old is the Earth thousands of years old or billions of years old. Both theories have their own compelling arguments on how…

agrees with Barry D. Bruce when it states that despite the research results there was still not enough data to know for sure if shark cage diving would negatively impact shark populations(2873). Charlie Huveneers at the end of the article writes that from what has been observed there is a possibility that shark cage diving could reduce the over all health and fitness of the shark population at Neptune Islands and recommends for more research to be done(2873). Based on the information from both…