In the first section of the second installment of the Uglies series, Tally Youngblood, now a pretty-head, attempts to forget her past and blend in with the coolest crowd in New Pretty Town, the Crims. At a party soon after her change into a pretty, she is met by a member of New smoke, a society of uglies who escaped the regime of the Special Circumstances. Tally then learns that before her operation, she gave her consent to be given experimental pills that may be able to reverse the lesions caused by pretty-headedness. After, Tally meets with the leader of the Crims, Zane, and goes to find and take the pills with him. Once Tally and Zane take the pills, Special Circumstances finds them and begins to question their…
Even while sitting on death’s doorstep, Rick is in a constant kill those who hurt my family mindset. He doesn’t intend to go down here, not after all he’s been put through, and like the Celtic people were with their oaths, curses and promises; Rick becomes a man of his word. In season five episode three, ‘Four Walls and a Roof,’ Rick sets a trap for Gareth and his group of cannibals in Gabriel’s church, which Maggie refers to as nothing but a building with four walls and a roof (this shows the groups mentality towards religion, in that this world has done nothing but take from them and if there was any god, he has left them behind and forgotten about them). He disarms all of them and makes them kneel before him in the same way they made him at Terminus. Gareth begged for Rick to spare them, but Rick replied with “No.…
In Chapter 9, Rick talks about going back home. I can relate a lot to this chapter, as I share many of the same feelings he talks about in his book. Travelling is really an eye-opening experience. We become more aware of other things and people that we might not notice in the midst of our daily lives. Rick talks about how he became more aware of the freedom Americans get to enjoy, and how some of the countries he’s traveled to don’t have so many of the things we take for granted. Rick says that travel has changed him, and given him a broader perspective on life. He is now more aware of poor people, and people in need and even more wants to protect the…
When the reader is introduced to Rick in the beginning chapters of the novel, he and his wife are planning their day emotionally on a machine that they had brought. This machine is referred to in the novel as a Penfield mood organ. The mood organ is able to control all emotions from despair to one’s want to have sex. It is technology like the mood organ that is allowing humans to become desensitized to the world around them. Dick is toying with the idea that humans do not fully know or comprehend the consequences of the technology they are creating. The ones who created the mood organ did not know that it would desensitize the user; they just wanted to assist in controlling emotional responses. The technology such as the Penfield mood organ…
Sam and Rick’s relationship provide mystery to the already cryptic nature of Rick. In fact viewers often see Rick be rude and dismiss many people. Yet Sam is often trying to lift Rick’s spirits up, which leads viewers to assume he wasn’t always this cold. One night…
He later on tries to use the result of this behavior as a lever to get Jared to lie to the police for him. When Ricko knows he could, and probably would be caught and put in prison, he attempts to coerce Jared into confirming his own story, to tell the police that Ricko was with Jared at the time of the…
In Jack Schaefer's Shane, Shane, a man with an unknown past, rides into a small town where he meets the Starett family. Soon after he arrives, Joe Starett asks him to stay to help with the farm, to which he gladly agrees. Although the whole family quickly adjusts to Shane's presence, matters are complicated by Fletcher, the most powerful cattle rancher in town, who will seemingly stop at nothing to acquire all of the farmer's land. He is particularly keen on the Staretts' land, and his requests become even more urgent upon Shane's arrival. As the story progresses, Shane is confronted by Fletcher's men and is, eventually, forced to fight. The climax, which will ultimately determine the fate of not only the Staretts but all of the farmers, comes…
Eric the Red (Eric Thorvaldsson) was the viking known for founding Greenland and creating struggling, but later flourishing settlements - But how Eric even found Greenland in the first place, has a lot more to do with ‘villain,’ than ‘hero.’…
Rick is the CEO of a small company. He shows up every day to the office in an Armani suit and tie and is very professional with his staff. Meetings are also held in a professional atmosphere where the time is planned carefully and only professional matters are discussed. His employees respect him and he is considered a fair boss but little is known of his personal life. He is cordial but does not invite conversation outside of work matters. After finishing a major project, Rick decides to hold a company picnic. At the picnic, he is dressed in a polo shirt and khakis. He is friendly, relaxed, and takes an active role in serving the food to all the employees. At first, his employees are unsure how to respond but slowly start to relax. Later when he…
Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur’s argument states that every race will become united and accomplish great changes. Some may say that immigrants are corrupting America, but contrary to their beliefs, immigrants are improving America through their hard work and labor. In the essay “Blaxicans”, by Richard Rodriguez, the author implies that America is not about segregation or about being more superior over the other, but about how all the races should become one. Also, in the essay “Mother Tongue”, by Amy Tan, she explains how most Asian Americans are being discriminated through their qualities.…
Hugh Leonard Thompson Murphy, who commonly went by the name Lenny, was born on 2nd march, 1952 Shankill Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Shankill Road is the arterial road leading through west Belfast, Northern Ireland. It runs through the predominantly loyalist working-class area known as the Shankill. He was an Ulster loyalist and was also a part Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) from Belfast, Northern Ireland, which was a political group that supports the preservation of Northern Ireland and opposes a united Ireland. The Ulster loyalism was a movement group who were Ulster Protestants who did not want to become part of an autonomous Ireland (Catholics). Lenny Murphy had pathological hatred for Catholics which he would constantly stressed in all his conversations (Martin Dillon quoted), which he would refer them as ‘Scums and Animals’. Lenny was a heavy drinker and would spend most of his nights out drinking at the local bars. Lenny Murphy had so much hatred for the Catholics that he got a tattoo of King William of Orange on a horse and the Red Hand of Ulster.…
Firstly Lennie's personality is like that of a child. He is innocent and mentally handicapped with no ability to understand abstract concepts like death. While he acts with great loyalty to George, he has no comprehension of the idea of "loyalty." For that reason, he often does not mean to do the things that get him into trouble, and once he does get into trouble, he has no conscience to define his actions in terms of guilt.…
Richard Russell Riordan Jr. better known as Rick Riordan is The New York Times bestselling American author of the Percy Jackson and Olympians series. Born on June 5, 1964, Rick Riordan grew up in Texas. He attended the Alamo Heights High School, graduating in 1982. For higher education Rick enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin double majoring in English and history. After graduation from the university in 1986, Rick Riordan chose teaching for a career. For 15 years Rick taught English, history and Greek mythology at various middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in San Antonio. In 2002, he was presented the St. Mary’s Hall’s first Master Teacher Award for his exceptional teaching services.…
He is the God of his own little world, he directly tells all what to do in his world, and he brings millions of people together around the world for one man, and his name is Christof. In the movie The Truman Show Truman is living in a world where everyone knows his life is shown on worldwide television but him. He lives in a giant dome created by a man named Christof. He is also the director of the Show. He could be looked at as the god of this small world he created because he controls everything that goes on inside the set and he basically rules out Truman and the actor’s lives for them. Even though the viewers enjoy watching the show a lot of the viewers don’t really know Christof and they might have some questions about his viewpoints and motives. People might wonder why he decided to broadcast a random person’s entire life in a fake world, why he would think that he is morally correct, or why he would sacrifice so many things in life for this show.…
In “I am Legend” the author picks a mentally and physically strong human being. His name was Robert Neville. Neville is the main character in the novel, and most of the story revolves around him. The author picked Neville only because he is indeed a legend of his own; being the last human to survive in a community that was quickly being transformed into vampire like creatures. Neville was a rather tall, and had 36 years of life under his belt. He is a English-German descent, has blonde hair, and blue eyes (page 14). Neville was previously married, and used to be apart of what he called his community of friends before they all started getting the plague that later leads to vampirism. So, why is Neville a legend?…