The Unexpected

Several components in this ad demonstrate novelty, which, according to the text is “stimuli that appears in unexpected ways… (Solomon 116).” In the commercial the M & M candies, are two animated characters talking about Santa. Seeing these inanimate candy pieces take on human roles, is an unexpected stimulus that quickly grabs out attention with a relatable conversation topic of the whether or not Santa Clause is real. The conversation topic of the candies allows me to easily tell that the…

Messiah? How often do we expect one thing but God answers differently? Our consumption of the season can bury us in comfort and planning. Many of us like to prepare and be in control. To know what to expect. Christmas is a story of the unexpected. The unexpected love of a compassionate God who dwells among His people to render salvation and bring Hope to all…

even tougher. The expenses that come with being an adult aren’t planned out for you like in college/university, and there are many “hidden fees” that come with being an adult. On the upside, personal finance has taught me how to prepare for these unexpected expenses so I won't have to experience what many adults go through. In the second/third unit of this course, the most important and interesting topics we’ve covered are: Tiny Houses; investments and how they work; the cost of a car; the cost…

It seems widely acknowledged that scientific knowledge is special because it is derived from the facts of experience with application of rigorous scientific methods such as observation, experiment, measurement, statistics, and theorization, to natural phenomenon. Other academic fields like literature and jurisprudence, for example, appear to be merely based on vague and inaccurate methods such as expressing personal experience or opinion, or applying rules written in words arbitrarily…

The reason seems to be obvious, there are about unexpected wages, undesired working time schedule, extra working period, business trip and office romance. For instance, in the view of the increasing expenditure level, the wages become the basic bottom line to support the family. People who earn low wages will cause squabble in family and then generate a series of problems even divorce. And also the unexpected wages will lead to job-hopping which will definitely influence the life…

I have been a competition cheerleader for 7 years now. Cheerleading has taught many things, including life lessons. Now competition cheerleading is nothing like sideline cheerleading. In competition cheerleading you give absolute all you have for two minutes and thirty seconds of a routine. You’re two main goals at a competition are to have fun and beat all the other teams at the competition. So in preparation for a competition we practice for months, spending hours upon hours of time in the gym…

When something unexpected to me, was when me, my dad, and uncle Steve weren’t allowed on the plane. I have no idea why we weren’t allowed on the plane, when the plane was sitting right in front of us and it wasn’t leaving for 10 minutes. The airport service worker said that we would have to get on the next flight to Denver in three hours. We couldn’t go back to Washington, D.C. because the airport was 30 minutes out of the city, and we didn’t want to be stuck in D.C for another couple hours.…

“The Country Husband,” “American Beauty,” and “The Metamorphosis” are considered classics in today’s time and share a plethora of similarities. The similarities include the overarching themes such as alienation and unexpected change. Each of the creators wove these themes into the work they created. In these stories, the main characters are portrayed as victims of circumstance who simply have run into some sort of bad luck. All three of the works can be looked at as an almost ironic…

In And Then There Were None, the deaths were unexpected, consistent and drove the suspicion and fear arising in the characters. The remaining visitors of the island keep the murders in check in hopes to solve the mystery of who the killer really was. In contrast, Poe approaches the death of Mr. Usher’s…

through the Congo River. Before he introduces his story he takes us back to when he was granted the job. Once Marlow has taken us through the events that led to his departure we were are soon emerged in The Company’s Colonialism. One of the most unexpected sights Marlow could come across was the sight of The Company’s Chief Accountant. Marlow was taken back by the Chief Accountants appearance, “I respected his collars, his vast cuffs, his brushed hair. His appearance was certainly that of a…