Critical Essay One brave‚ surviving sailor goes down to the basement of a ship in search for the cause of an unknown epidemic. Suddenly a number of rats come out from a cargo. Baffled by them‚ he hesitates and stands still. Then‚ from beside‚ a coffin opens and a pale looking man rises straight up. Feared by this abnormal creature standing in front of him‚ the sailor runs away outside and jumps into the sea. Nosferatu (1922)‚ directed by F.W. Murnau‚ was the first expressionistic vampire movie
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Have you ever heard of an animal that can drink forty gallons of water in one go‚ and has been used in wars throughout history‚ especially in deserts regions? This animal is a camel. A camel is best describe as a large‚ long-necked ungulate mammal of arid country‚ with long slender legs‚ broad cushioned feet‚ and either one or two hump on the back. According to FAO statistics there are about ninety million camels in the world. Camels are herbivores‚ eating mainly leaves‚ seeds and desert plants
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Fourteen children‚ all fourteen years of age‚ every fourteen years will receive fourteen separate powers to defend the world against what it cannot defend against itself. But when one group is replaced by another‚ one less shall see the next come of age. “Well‚ fourteen years has gone by fast‚” says a dark-haired man. “Mark‚ please. These years have been the slowest of my life‚” another man with light hair scoffs. “James-” a woman puts her hand on the second man’s shoulder. “Don’t you start with
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If there has been one thing that the book Ender’s Game has told me is this. Ender has made me a better reader by showing me my likes in science fiction‚ tactical decisions‚ and overall how to be a leader and the benefits of being one. This has always been a part of me but this book and character has truly spoken to me in a way no other has done before. Ender is a character who thinks out every action he does‚ every word he speaks‚ and every peer he makes friends with. He always enjoys and prefers
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The extract presented to me today is from the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies‚ published in the year 1970. It is a fiction in which the story is told in the first person’s point of view. To be brief‚ the story is written by Dunstan Ramezay as a letter on his retirement from teaching at Colborne College‚ addressed to the school Headmaster. This extract features Padre Blazon discussing miracles in which he uses repetition to emphasize it’s strong meaning and effect‚ his childhood in which
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All through Part five of her book Shadows of War‚ Carolyn Nordstrom shares her perspectives on war regarding social‚ physical and mental objectives and rebuffs of such viciousness. To start‚ one of the main objectives of war as characterized by Nordstrom is an immediate consequence of a risk of loss of control. She clarifies that it is basic for one military to want to decimate another when their control over a specific (arrive range claimed or controlled by somebody) is under risk (56). A fascinating
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Golden Age was the first era of comic books‚ a time where they became so widespread and popular that more than 60 million copies were sold each month by 1946. Many of the most notable superheroes were created during these years‚ and the superhero archetype was constructed and defined. Characters such as Batman‚ Captain America‚ Flash Gordon‚ and Wonder Woman gained prominence in the Golden Age. Despite popular belief‚ Wonder Woman was not the first female superhero. A few came before her‚ many after
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When people are feeling down or there is something wrong with them they tend to disconnect from the world and go into one of their own. In this place they find comfort and safety and it is somewhere that no one can bother them for the time being. I myself find comfort just lying in my bed staring at the ceiling and drifting off in thought. For artists though‚ they are able to find this comforting place in music. Blink 182‚ Linkin Park‚ and NAS are some of the famous artists that are able to disconnect
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Love Across the Salt Desert K N Daruwla The story "Love Across the Salt Desert" is set in the village of Khavda‚ located in the Desert of Kutch‚ Gujarat‚ India. The author has used this backdrop to effectively symbolize the thirst that the two protagonists feel for one another--so the scorching sun of the desert becomes a metaphor for their parched lives which were looking for satiation. He also extends the drought prevailing in the land to be an expression of the same deprivation and with the
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What Will Ender Do? Ender faces a serious dilemma in the book‚ Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. He is staying at the new bugger planet and is searching the planet; during his search he encounters a familiar structure‚ only to realize that it is the structure from his fantasy game. Upon further examination‚ he finds a cocoon and realizes it can bring back the buggers. Ender must decide whether he wants to help bring back the bugger race‚ or whether he wants to end their existence forever‚ thus
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