The Man in the High Castle

Horror” is one of the most important films in not only the horror genre itself, but cinematic history in its entirety. The film follows the story of a young married man, Thomas Hutter, and his journey to meet a client by the name of Count Orlok who may be interested in purchasing real-estate in his city. Upon arriving at his decrepit castle high in the Carpathian Mountains he becomes aware that Count Orlok may be a far more sinister character than he was lead to believe. He sleeps during the…

In order to win his bride, a young man had to run the length of a river in under the time it takes for a pot of water to boil (Rzepczynski, 1998). c. “Kikalemazo” translates to “boiling pot” (Rzepczynski, 1998). Kalamazoo’s name is important…

Instead, they more than made up for the lack of welcoming with absurdly high amounts of tax. Following my visits, I was stuck in the predicament of wondering what to do with my leisure time. “What to do, what to do…” I thought to myself. Eventually, I decided to partake in some hunting. So, I called my men to the great hall…

“I’ll find out what we’re up against and figure out where the entrance to the castle is. Then, after our initial assault, I’ll run inside.” “Got it,” Tinlef said. Emma sighed. “Sounds good, but what if your plan doesn’t work?” “It will. Tinlef you keep watch and signal me if you see anything.” “Right. I’ll hoot like a barn owl three times and screech like a hawk twice.” “Nice,” I said, carefully edging up to one of the castle windows and peering through. Inside, under a cobwebbed chandelier,…

samurai without a master. loosely translated it means "masterless samurai". samurai were the cops of their time after they were told to live in castles of the village. They were the cops of their time because they were the only ones who could carry swords in the village. Before they lived in castles they were more of a mercenary type of person, they were hired by citizens and we're paid in rice. As they were being hired they still lived by their code, the bushido…

Elements Cinderella Characters Rumplestiltskin cinderella Setting volcanic hills and burned Paris town castle war grounds Moral/Theme A version aimed at high school students Events/Magic or a Modern Dilemma? modern dilemma WWII weapons and tanks Cold War era still based upon fiction Plot Rumple turns out to be a good guy and is saving the baby from cinderella Intro/Exposition Cinderella is pregnant and a few months later has the baby and really thought she can't handle a baby so…

The Nazis believed their actions resulted in “cleansing” the Aryan race of the mentally ill, although it just resulted in many lives lost (“‘Euthanasia’ Killings”). The euthanasia program prevailed as the Nazi’s first form of mass murder (“Euthanasia Program”). The main forms of euthanasia consisted of starvation, poisoning, injections, or gassing (“‘Euthanasia’ Killings”). The Nazis intended for the killings to remain painless and humane, but they carried on, nonetheless, neither painless…

young women, of the sort known as ladies of easy virtue,” (p 369), Don Quixote calls them “high-born maidens” (369).” At the end of Chapter 2 when a sow-gelder arrives at the inn playing his pan-pipes, the music convinces Don Quixote that he is dining in a fine castle and “that the salt cod was trout, the bread baked from the whitest wheat-flour, the prostitutes fine ladies and the innkeeper the lord of the castle” (371). He sees the best in both the people and things he encounters. However,…

The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls and The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck both features a distinct family in times of hardships facing numerous struggles and challenges. Having to always be on the move, these families constantly face a new dilemma. Behind each family is a story and in the end, the families came together and strive through the extreme difficulties. These two families having to face different obstacles, survived through their hardships in two similar concepts:…

The trebuchet is a marvel of medieval engineering, it works by using the energy of a falling (and sometimes hinged) counterweight to launch a projectile (such as a rock or a pot of flaming oil), using mechanical advantage to achieve a high launch speed. For maximum launch speed the counterweight must be much heavier than the payload, since this means that it will "fall" faster. the word 'Trebuchet' derived from the Old French word 'Trebucher' meaning to throw over and was also known (along with…