Survivor Series

One of my favorite post-apocalyptic visions of the future is found in the new TV series The 100. The 100 is set 97 years after the world had been reduced to rubble due to nuclear war. The only known survivors are the residents of twelve space stations in Earth 's orbit prior to the war. Once supplies run low on the space craft, the survivor’s hands are forced to send 100 juvenile delinquents to the surface of the Earth to see if it can sustain human life once more. In a crash landing on Earth…

In the recording of the 9/11 attacks, there are multiple perspectives as to what really happened. Two perspectives of the 9/11 attacks are a first responder as well as a survivor of these attacks. A first responder gives the perspective of the wreckage and response to this tragedy. From the second perspective of a survivor, we see the fear and stress that many felt as they tried to make it out of the burning building alive. On a clear Tuesday morning, on the day of 9/11/01 at 8:45 a.m. an…

Victims and Secondary Survivors Sexual assault is a very serious offence. Sexual assault may seem to affect only one person, the victim. However, sexual assault effects the family and social support networks of the victim, these people are called secondary survivors. From the moment the assault takes place thorough medical attention, therapy and in most cases, all the proceedings that come with laying charges and ensuing legal proceedings, the victim goes through a series of anguish and…

raise about one thousand dollars that would be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. A series of tie dyed shirts were sold along with the donations made by the Lakewood High School. The “money jar” was passed around during the lunch periods and dozens of people made donations. From pennies to dollars, each amount counted. We also received a large donation from…

In the Station Eleven, an exceptional science-fiction novel which is written by Emily St. John Mandel, the author never saves her ink on praising the value of human arts even after the apocalypse. In the first section of the book, a series of mysterious incidents begin with the sudden death of a vain actor, Arthur, who is playing as King Lear in Shakespeare’s famous drama on the stage. However, none of the colleagues of the dead can figure out a way to contact his family or friends. The abrupt…

ferocious fighting force in the world, the United States Navy SEALs are “never out of the fight” (Luttrell 18). Marcus Luttrell, former Navy SEAL, describes his fight for his and his buddies’ lives in his eyewitness account of Operation Redwing in Lone Survivor. This heroic narrative, meant for those interested in the cold-hearted truths of war and a testament to survival, expose just that. Luttrell includes the last words he ever heard from his friends and other details of death to get to his…

A year has passed since the ancient gods of myth and legend returned and irrevocably changed humankind as we know it. All across the earth, survivors of the initial onslaught have now abandoned their faith in the modern world and have begun to worship the pagan deities once again. The United States hangs perilously close to ruin as the newly resurgent Aztec Empire begins its final assault against the country. In this maelstrom of chaos and destruction, a small of group of individuals holds…

USA Men’s Basketball team lost to Argentina in the semifinals of the 2004 Olympics in Athens. However, despite all the news of disasters and disappointments, some good things also happened in this year. For example, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series for the first time since the year 1918, Michael Phelps earned six out of his total of twenty three Olympic gold medals in this year, and Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban was out in…

Entertainment should follow a similar guideline to TWD because I feel that this series does a great job reinforcing my ethical theory. In times of ethical problems, my ethical theory should be the solution used by people. TWD does have violence, but it is justified in most cases, as most of the times it’s either kill or be killed. I…

sacrifices for the Jews and a few years later he was left without anything. There were multiple survivors who lived to tell their side of the story of the heroic actions of Schindler, Leon Leyson. One of the youngest survivor from Schindler, says Schindler made sure he received double the proportion of food and let him know that his life was valuable even though he was at a very young age (The Boy Saved). This survivor will always thank Schindler for everything he did for him and letting him…