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    Motel Pool

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    The Motel Pool Thesis: The author explores the simple event of children playing in a pool‚ to implicitly personify images of birth‚ apocalypse and rebirth which connect to the birth and destruction of our world. | “The plump good-natured children play in the blue pool: roll and plop‚ plop and roll;” * This line depicts the innocence of the children which allows you to see the images of the world when it was once pure and blue; the blue pool is the world * The roll and plop‚ plop and

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    and Keeping Order by Killing Time in Heart of Darkness extends J. Hills Miller’s “unveiling” (Miller 220) of Conrad’s narrative. Miller’s essay Heart of Darkness Revisited demonstrates how Heart of Darkness “belongs to the genre of the parabolic apocalypse” (Miller 217). Thomas responds to Miller’s unveiling “a lack of decisive unveiling in Heart of darkness” (Miller 220) by reading “historically the narrative that Conrad weaves” (Thomas 239) so that we might be able “to come closer to a truth” (Thomas

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    The Zombie Apocalypse

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    educated doctors to help with injuries and illnesses‚ most people would struggle to last more that a couple of weeks. One of these circumstances could possibly be the zombie apocalypse‚ which could happen at any time without the general population even realizing it is happening. In order to be prepared for the inevitable zombie apocalypse

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    In the case of a zombie apocalypse‚ I would pack canned food‚ a flashlight‚ a water bottle‚ a knife‚ and a sleeping bag. To evade the zombies‚ I would hide in the gym and barricade the doors. This way‚ there is only one entrance and I can see the zombies when they attempt to enter. I would use the things I packed to survive in the school for about three days. When supplies run out‚ I will scout around school and loot the vending machines‚ cafeteria‚ and classrooms for food‚ drink‚ and batteries.

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    Fight Club

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    English 3910. Specifically the movie mostly deals with the genre of the personal apocalypse. Thus‚ following suit in relation to such works as ‘Lancelot’‚ ‘The Violent Bear it away’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’. ‘Fight Club’‚ essentiality contains the basic premise of these works‚ that is the purging of one’s identity through extreme measures and crisis; to ultimately arrive at a personal revelation in the end. Like ‘Apocalypse Now’‚ the audience is lead by narration to give a reflecting insight into the

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    Agents Of The Apocalypse

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    philippine studies Ateneo de Manila University • Loyola Heights‚ Quezon City • 1108 Philippines Agents of Apocalypse‚ by De Bevoise Review Author: David Keck Philippine Studies vol. 45‚ no. 3 (1997): 431–433 Copyright © Ateneo de Manila University Philippine Studies is published by the Ateneo de Manila University. Contents may not be copied or sent via email or other means to multiple sites and posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s written permission. Users may download and print

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    The Mayan Apocalypse

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    The Apocalypse is the end of an age for humanity. Described in John’s Revelation and other sacred texts as the final climax of history. Apocalypticism dates back to the time of Jesus Christ‚ as he is often portrayed in the gospels as an apocalyptic prophet. The Apocalypse is not only present in Christianity but in other ideologies such as Judaism and Islam. Of course‚ speculation of a possible apocalypses is rampant in today’s society A few examples are Y2K and the end of the Mayan Calendar in 2012

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    ARTICLE SUMMARY

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    films that are released before and after the 9/11 attack and how they are transcoded into films. These four themes are: the representation of the apocalypse; the role of human agency; the role of religion; and the using of rhetorical means to provide commentary for the films. By doing this‚ we are saying that the movie representations of the apocalypse are much more pessimistic after the attack on 9/11‚ which I think shows that science fiction‚ or “sci-fi‚” displays wider socio-political concerns

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    The Book of Revelation

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    PHI 1163 ACTS AND THE EPISTLES REVELATION The description of the Book of Revelation as “the strangest book of the New Testament” could be the reason for the general neglect that is afforded it today. Such neglect did not characterize the earliest history of the book. Currently there is a general tendency to identify the book as Revelations as there are multiple revelations in the book. This is not the case. The book is the Revelation of Christ to John. The definition of the term “revelation”

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    Why I Hate Tao?

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    those purple eyes that latch onto me like a dog has just found a bone. Just the way he walks makes me blanch. Tao yawns and opens his eyes‚ crinkled slightly at the ends as if he was laughing at me. “What happened? Why is no one here?” “The Apocalypse happened‚ stupid. Toto‚ I’ve a feeling we’re no longer in Kansas‚” I mock him.

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