Sinkhole

setting and characterization. The scene which provided more imagery was when Westley saves the princess from the other men and they travel down the fire swamp in order to get free but through their travel they discover large rats that attack them and sinkholes that Buttercup falls in and Westley dives in to save her. From that scene i was able to get a better view of the struggles they go through in order to become free once again so they can enjoy their love…

“What A Neanderthal!” This essay explores the widespread misconception regarding Homo Neanderthalensis, an extinct ‘cousin’ of the early modern human ancestors. The commonly held idea is that they were a drastically unintelligent species. The lesser known reality is that the Neanderthal was just as intelligent as the early modern humans that existed around the same time. The fallacies involved are bias consideration of evidence, overgeneralization, and common belief. Oftentimes, the name…

Holly told Susie that, “In the end, you will understand. Everyone dies.” this demonstrates how Holly knew that everyone gets what they deserve. And Mr. Harvey did get what he deserved, death. Just like Mr. Harvey through Susie’s remains down to the sinkhole, Mr. Harvey fell down a cliff. He was hit by an icicle, which was manipulated by Susie, and then he fell down the cliff. At the end, even if it takes long, everyone gets what they…

We know the differences between love and obsession. Love is a feeling of affection to something; an emotional and/or sexual attraction to someone. Love is pure and can be happy but obsession is different. Obsession is a thought of someone or something that keeps occurring in one's mind over and over again. It’s a compulsion that can form an unreasonable idea or emotion. Having an obsession with someone can lead you to objectify them. Seeing someone as an object that one wants rather than a…

Rags to Riches: How the Rise of Graffiti Has Mimicked its Artists On Saturday Night Live in 1997, then-mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani declared “we’ve gotten [graffiti] off our subways, but there are still idiots out there trying to turn our streets into an eyesore! (McKay)” Now, almost twenty years later, an original piece of iconic street artist Banksy’s work sells for as much as $1.7 million (Randal). Each of Banksy’s most valued pieces was undervalued by hundreds of thousands of…

The Lovely Bones The book I read was The Lovely Bones, written by Alice Sebold. The book was published in 2002, and is 328 pages. In 2009, Dreamworks production company released a movie based on the book. The Lovely Bones is based on a true story. The book and movie are similar, but the movie dodged many details with it’s fast paced intake. It was set in the suburbs of Pennsylvania, in December of 1973. On December 6, 1973, Susie Salmon was murdered by her neighbor, George Harvey. Mr.…

If you are financing a house, you will be required to buy homeowners insurance and maintain that insurance until the home has been paid off. Therefore, you need to do a little research into what the average home insurance cost is for your area. The cost of homeowners insurance varies greatly depending on where you live in the country. So if you are thinking about moving to another state, you should also learn what the average home insurance cost is for the area you 've chosen. Seeing the average…

silver as well as luxury goods in Japan" (). Silver and gold was precious to everyone and helped trade between Asia and Europe. Most of the silver was traded to China, which made China very wealthy. The article "Who's Driving" also stated "China was a sinkhole into which silver was poured by Europeans, because China did not want or need what Europe produced" (). China had many luxury goods that Europeans sought after, and China only accepted silver as a currency. With China fueling the global…

ed mental health spending in 2015, compared to 36 in 2013 and 29 in 2014 (Sun, 2015). As stated previously, all of the funding that is being slashed from state mental health budgets is being spent on state prisons and the incarceration system. While mental institutions and prisons have similarities on paper, they are also fundamentally different in the goal they are trying to accomplish. Prisons should be for the rehabilitation of those who break the law, and it should serve as a way to help…

The movie Blue Gold: World Water Wars, directed by Sam Bozzo and released in 2009, told of how important water is environmentally, politically and socially. The length of the documentary is 1 hour and 29 minutes. The introduction to the movie told how Pablo Valencia went seven days without water. His nose withered, his eyes glazed over, his throat and tongue swelled. The introduction showed how drastic the effects of not having water for even a week. Throughout the documentary the scientists…