The Flicker

finally gets a chance to look through the old lens. We see that Devyani’s expression is a bit blank as she pulls the camera away from her face. Sheets out a sigh and is about to say something to her father when the lights above the fish stands start to flicker on. After she witnesses the flickering of the lights, Devyani slowly puts the camera to her eye as we see the fish start to glow radiantly off the newly formed light source. With that she starts to walk around and take pictures from…

The surrealism comes from Lula’s mysterious character and her frequently bizarrely assumptive dialogue. Another element of surrealism to be incorporated would be that of the lights nearest to Clay and Lula would flicker at a consistent pace throughout the beginning of the show to make a repetitive pattern which could also put the audience on edge. During the crisis and climax of the show, the light would stay on until Clay is killed, when it would cut out. The interior…

own mother was the simple fact that this woman was white. Minutes went by until my brother finally exited the school building. As he was walking up to my mother’s vehicle, showing off his bright smile and giving a small wave, my mother saw a brief flicker of movement out of the corner of her eye. The motion she noticed was violent and quick. It was only until my brother passed the car of the white woman did she realize that the woman had reached over to lock her car door. As my fifteen-year-old…

The hazy feeling of staying awake for an entire day settled in my body. As the early flickers of sunlight shone through the grand windows of the studio, I was able to look down at my work and appreciate the beauty of it. Perhaps it was the several shots of espresso, or the feeling of adrenaline but I was able to complete my first Architectural project. Just like most of my summer, I spent hours using my lead holder to perfect each line in my plans and sections and I sharpening my pencil much too…

The narrator of 10:04, whose reality gently flickers between ever-changing fact and fiction, tells a narrative in which the real becomes interweaved into the stories of his past, present, and future. The novel attempts to capture the way the shifting of ‘fact’ in the past affects the present and potential futures. In doing so, the narrator tries to “project [himself] into several futures simultaneously” (4). At one point in the narrative, the narrator conveys the story of Noor, an acquaintance…

lights, they won’t be able to survive. Jeanne DuPrau states, “...they were reminded of something they preferred not to think about: that someday the lights of the city might go out and never come back on” (Pg. 5). The city of Ember’s lights constantly flicker out now, and the people are beginning to realize the danger that lies in the future. Ember is a dystopian world because it is falling apart and the government is corrupt. The mayor doesn’t care about the city and is not contributing to the…

In the short stories of Harrison Bergeron and The Pedestrian, the author reveals how the government can easily control the minds of the public in the stealthiest way possible. The moral of the stories are quite divergent however they both have the same theme. The government uses technology as a secret weapon to control the minds with corrupt values and a questionable morality. The influence of technology can only be determined by the individual. The interpretation of the stories can be…

Damn, my hands shook as I consumed the dose of methamphetamines, having no idea that this would be my last high. Then something unexplainable happened: there was a flicker of blue; my head started to spin, I anticipated I was going to vomit; seeing for the first time, the destruction I had caused in life right there in front of my eyes. Why was this happening? Morbid thoughts of life and death swirled in my mind. Eventually, my head ached from the awareness of what had happened to my life,…

“I have an idea I will let you marry my daughter.” “Your majesty I am just a simple peasant, and I don't wish to hurt you but I do not want to marry your daughter.” “Let me rephrase that you will marry my daughter or I will snap my fingers, and my guards will run into this tent and immediately end your life.” “Well that would be a threat if I wasn't an immortal.” “If anyone except the person that just magically healed me told me that I wouldn't think they're crazy.” “I just have one question for…

people could talk endlessly about a particular subject whether it be basketball, history, chemistry, or even their pet dog. The most passionate I’d ever felt about something was how great Panera’s mac & cheese tasted but even then it was about a flicker of interest. This all changed however, when I stepped into my 1st period freshman year, Theater 1. Standing before me was a 6’2 leprechaun from backwater Alabama wearing crocs. “What kind of mess am I getting into?” I thought to myself as he…