The Unexpected

Steinbeck helps the reader to understand that humans have a tendency to think the things that they have are permanent, and are often completely at a loss when they lose things they thought were theirs. He does this by using the unexpected deaths of Candy’s dog, the death of Lennie, and the death of Curley’s wife. The first example of this is when Steinbeck depicts the scene of the shooting of Candy’s dog. The reader can see that candy never really put much thought into the idea of his companion…

Caesar suffered from epilepsy, some say he even had temporal lobe epilepsy (PBS). Side effects of epilepsy can be seizures and unexpected movements and actions such as unexpected diarrhea, it was reported that Caesar did suffered from extreme diarrhea (PBS). Caesar's epilepsy would be extremely embarrassing if he had a seizure while giving a speech to thousands of people, so Caesar wanted to end those…

passion was to be a sailor and follow in the footsteps of his dad. Unfortunately he saw the colober. The stigma attached to the colober was that it was evil and would devour you whole. This story did a great job showing that your actions can have an unexpected end result. This theme portrays the philosopher Hobbes by showing that “humans strive for pleasure no matter what roadblocks stand in your way.” In the book “the colomber” the boy is told never to go into the sea again or he will be…

known for her silhouette pieces. Her pieces focus on a singular point in history. Most of those are pieces on slavery. As she said about her work “A lot of what I was wanting to do in my work and what I have been doing has been about the unexpected…that unexpected situation of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine at the same time.” She used expressive theories or empathic theories, because she showed throughout the video that she had a powerful…

Banksy’s Dismaland is the visual example of how something so happy and vivid like Disneyland can be turned into something very dark and unpleasant. Banksy states that his goal was to “honor the decay”, and by the public’s reaction one can see that he really accomplished it. It is not the first time Banksy does an attraction or something that calls the public’s attention, in order to state that life is not always a fairy tale. In my opinion, Banksy has made a statement on how from being a street…

Lesson Learned In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus teaches the children and the reader that mockingbirds stand for innocence. Atticus is telling Jem and Scout not to shoot the birds to teach them they are harmless. This is a book like no other because it has many examples of symbolism, such as Scout and Boo. The mockingbird has both a literal and hidden meaning throughout the story. Atticus is telling his children not to shoot the mockingbirds for reasons he does not explain. When…

back, it was Abby Black’s number and she could help Oskar realize who might be the owner. Campbell’s “rescue from without” is when the hero gains help from an unexpected source, they help the hero when they are in trouble or don’t know what to do in the moment. Reconnecting with Abby Black was Oskar’s “rescue from without”, it was unexpected that she was a main clue that was missed in the beginning. She took Oskar to the key’s rightful owner, which…

The Unexpected Dimensions of “Lanval” The time period spanning from the fall of Rome in the fifth century all the way to the end of the fifteenth century is what most refer to as the Middle Ages. This period in time lasted nearly a thousand years and with it many great works of literature came about. Some which are still studied in the modern day. These works were passed down orally from one generation to the next as many were illiterate, books at the time were mainly written in Latin, and only…

I interview my aunt for this assignment. She had her first child at the age of 24 she called her pregnancy a unexpected blessing, because she was not expected it. When she first found out that she was pregnant she was shock because it was a couple of weeks before her and her husband got married and she was not ready to have a child until a year later, because of her living circumstances and because of money issues. She wanted to be fully prepared for when she has a child enter her life. So when…

“Taylor vs. Treadmill” was an advertisement developed by Apple to promote its new music feature called Apple Music. The advertisement was released by the company in April 2016. The advertisement features star singer Taylor Swift getting ready to run on the treadmill while listening to Apple Music. As Taylor Swift begins to run, she also begins to sing and dance obnoxiously to “Jumpman” by Drake. As she continues to run she becomes distracted by the song being played and her singing. Swift then…