In 2009, James Cameron released his film Avatar. It was an intense mix of sci-fi and adventure, with plenty of action intertwined in its storyline. The story is of Jake Sully, who is a paraplegic marine who is sent to a distant moon called Pandora. There Jake fills the position of his deceased brother, becoming an Avatar of the native peoples the Na’vi, and is working for the government as humans mine the planet for precious metals. Jake is at first operating under the orders of the military…
The “Doctor Who Theme Song” was constructed by an Australian composer named Ron Grainer in 1963. The “Doctor Who Theme Song” was realized by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. This song is one of the first electronic theme songs for television. The theme song was originally written in an E Minor. The current “Doctor Who Theme Song” is arranged by Murray Gold. Doctor Who is a British television show about a time lord (currently played by Peter Capaldi as the 12th doctor) who…
In Touching Spirit Bear, I think Cole Matthews has character traits similar to those of a bear. One similar trait I noticed is how dangerous a bear and Cole can be. At first sight you would think that a bear is the most dangerous and violent creature to inhabit it a forest. It’s the same concept with Cole. People see him and are frightened because of his mean, gruff looking appearance. In Touching Spirit Bear, page 7, chapter 1, the narrator states, “Still, no one ratted on Cole Matthews…
Alexander Clarke, better known as Sheriff Clarke, is the 64th Sheriff of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born on August 21, 1956. He is one out of five children from Jeri and David Clarke Sr. Sheriff Clarke. He has been a resident in the City of Milwaukee ever since he was a little boy. Sheriff Clarke is a graduate from Marquette University High School. He was a member of the varsity basketball team. They won the state championship of private schools in 1973. Sheriff Clarke and his wife, Julie…
For generations upon generations people around the world have asked the question, “If god is good, why is there evil in the world?”. On first observation of this simple question one sees what seems to be a fundamental flaw in the Christian belief. John Hick attempts to solve this life- changing question and prove that it has no effect on the essential belief of God. He defines this “Problem of Evil” in the following dilemma: “If God is perfectly loving, he must wish to abolish evil; and if he is…
“The Veldt” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury on September 23, 1950. Bradbury, known for his science fiction genre, wrote many novels including: Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Dandelion Wine and more. The common theme of his novels is that humans can be manipulated by technology. “The Veldt” is about a family that has a very technologically advanced home that performs every task for them. The children eventually get revenge on their parents with their own technology – the nursery…
5 years later...Cole still lives on the island. He’s there because the island is the only place where he can contain his anger. Peter lives in Minnesota with his parents. Peter sometimes come to visit Cole like once a month. They became more like best friends over time. Till this day Cole stills carves totems. Being on the island really helps Cole with his anger. Cole now knows how to handle with his anger. Cole have many different carved totems. Cole now have a carving of the spirit bear. Ever…
2001: a space odyssey is a science-fiction novel published in 1968, written by Arthur C. Clarke and a science-fiction film released in (the same year as the novel) 1968, and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The following are all the differences I noticed while watching the film; No narration: I feel there should have been at least some narration in the beginning, so people can better grasp what is happening (i watched this film with my mother, who hasn't read the book, and i had to explain some…
Cole Matthews is a young boy who lives in Minneapolis. He struggles with anger issues, when he would get upset he would express how he felt in violent ways. One day Cole decided to steal from a department store and told people at his school. A boy named Peter told the police what Cole did,in result Cole got in trouble yet again. Cole was extremely mad at peter because he told and therefore Cole decided to beat up peter,causing injuries that were severe. Cole did not want to go to jail,he had…
Priscilla Juarez 1/08/2015 Ms.Jenson Touching Spirit Bear In the beginning of the book Cole Matthews a fifteen year old from Minneapolis, Minnesota arrives in Southeast Alaska in handcuffs. Cole agrees to stay on a neglected island in Alaska all alone for a year to avoid jail time in Minneapolis. Accompanied by Two Native Americans from the Tlingit tribe; one named Garvey, a parole officer, and the other named Edwin, a quiet elder who helped arranged Cole’s banishment. Edwin was the one who…