Essays on After Dark

The article “Dream Machines”, by Will Wright deals with how video games are unbridling human imagination and creativity. He says that video games are shaping the way in which the current generation interacts with others by treating the world “as a place for creation, not consumption” (Wright 1). Wright further opines that society mostly sees the negative aspects of technological breakthroughs like video games by ignoring the positive side. In this respect, he is in line with a part of the present article’s main thesis: YouTube’s most important advantage is that anyone can unleash their imagination through videos uploaded ...

The extract titled Nil sapientiae odiosius acumine nimio. – Seneca by Edgar Allan Poe comes from a story titled The Purloined Letter, which Poe published in 1845. The section from which the paragraph comes from is the opening paragraph of the story. Poe’s detective story features some secrets about murders and the characters act as if they are suspicious of each other and they seek to maintain secrecy. The narrator of the story narrates under a mysterious name or identity. The character does not mention their name or role in reference to the incidence occurring in the passage. He further ...

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“More Deadly Crashes After Dark Linked to Teen Cell Use” is an article discussing the theory that the increased occurrence of fatal car accidents over the past ten years is a result of more cell phone use. The article contains reliable statistics demonstrating that the incidence of fatal night time car crashes has risen by around ten per cent over a ten year period. The journalist acknowledges that there are other possible reasons for this rise, such as driving under the influence of alcohol. However, in its conclusion, the article implies that the use of cell phones is likely to be ...