topics in digital cultureQUESTION 1 - The concept singularity is a hypothesis on the not so far future of human life on earth. According to Ray Kurzweil‚ the scientist‚ inventor‚ futurist and author of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology; singularity is a stage in our near future where technological development will start to accrue at an inconceivable speed that normal humans cannot keep up with‚ let alone contain. This possible technological change‚ which is not recognizable to
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A milestone in the genre‚ this novel demonstrated for the first time that hard-boiled fiction could serve as a vehicle for social comment and critique. While the apparent plot is slower paced and less metaphoric than Chandler’s previous novels‚ the revealed plot shows him using his own life as a material‚ an autobiographical turn that prepared the way for Ross Macdonald. Marlowe meets and befriends English expatriate Terry Lennox‚ a drunk who has been abandoned by his ex-wife Sylvia‚ at The Dancers
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Thomas C. Foster indicates in “How to Read Literature Like a Professor” that usually when a blind person shows up in a piece of literature‚ he can see into the spirit and divine world‚ and can see things that the hero of the story is unable to see. While I don’t believe love is spiritual‚ I do believe that it takes a special eye to see it. In “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green‚ Augustus’ best friend Isaac is losing his eyesight to cancer‚ and essentially going blind. Even though Isaac is losing
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Philip Marlowe at first glance would seem like the typical hard-boiled detective but in reality is a sensitive‚ honest detective trying his best to survive in a dishonest society. Can you blame Marlowe for his tough guy act while trying to solve crime in the brutal streets of Los Angeles while confronted with murder‚ bribery‚ and vicious crimes? I admire Marlowe for staying true to himself while faced with temptations and sticking to his strict ethnics regardless of the circumstances. Philip Marlowe
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Veronica Mars is a female teenage Private Investigator helping her father run his business‚ and is presented as a loner at the beginning of the series. Giving a personal perspective on the people that surround her on daily basis and how they treat her and others around the setting of the high school. Veronica Mars is a hard-boil detective that does not follow how hard-boil detectives are perceived. We have an understanding that a hard-boil detective is an adult white male loner‚ who is sarcastic
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To be blind can mean many things. The effects of those who are not literally blind‚ but who cannot see through the haze of perspective concepts developed by society‚ such as the issue of discrimination or social status‚ are often negative and cause misguided behavioral actions by individuals. Authors‚ such as Richard Wright‚ Ralph Ellison‚ and Toni Morrison‚ use the motif of blindness that makes their literary characters prejudice‚ and indicates a lack of understanding which binds them to set fates
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Raymond Carver‚ Jr. was an American short story author and poet. He was born in 1938 and died in 1988. He was married twice‚ struggled with drugs and alcoholism‚ and was an unsuccessful writer early on in his career. It was not until his publication of “Cathedral” that he gained success. Carver even believed that “Cathedral was a watershed in his career‚ in its shift towards a more optimistic and confidently poetic style” (Arciniegas). “Cathedral” starts out slow‚ spending most of the short story
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Inquest into the death of Jaidyn Raymond Leskie JAIDYN RAYMOND LESKIE Coroners Case Number: 007/98 ABOUT THE REPORT The Report is divided into a number of sections. There is a general Introduction followed by a discussion section dealing with evidence and submissions. After the “Discussion on the Evidence” section are the “Findings” and “Conclusion to the Findings”. Then follows the “Recommendations and Comments” section of the report in which the writer makes some observations about
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Ray Brown‚ or Raymond Matthews Brown‚ has been widely acclaimed as jazz’s greatest bassist. Ray Brown was born in Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania‚ on October 13‚ 1926. Originally‚ Brown began as a piano player; he began taking piano lessons at the age of eight. Although he grew up playing piano‚ in high school‚ he wanted to play the trombone‚ but could not afford to buy an instrument. He originally signed up to play the piano in high school‚ but didn’t realize there were 26 other pianists ahead of him. Because
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Are you feeling exhausted in your job? Even though some can be highly satisfied in their job and live a happier life‚ a number of working people in the US think they do not fit in their jobs so they feel frequently dissatisfied in their work. In Raymond Carver’s “Vitamins‚” the major theme of this story is about dissatisfaction. Nobody seems to have passion in their life‚ and no one does not actually dream about what else they want to be. The unnamed narrator confesses to his wife Patti about his
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