Essays on Weird

Lady Macbeth is an interesting character, no matter how she is staged, or how she is read. The changes in the way she reacts – going from a seemingly confident woman who herself urges her husband to shore up his courage in the face of what he has to do, to someone who wavers more and more, until finally she kills herself – are a challenge to stage in a realistic manner. The weird sisters are said to be the three fates which appear in Greek and Roman mythology, though how much they are so is up for debate. There is ...

I have been given the task and privilege of directing the film Macbeth, (Macbeth) and the essay will examine many aspects of the play including the main characters, personalities, themes as well as the important incidents in the film and the historical background. I have chosen Lady Macbeth as the main character for discussion. The 2010 film, saw Macbeth as Stalin and the weird sisters or witches were portrayed as nurses and then cooks. It was filmed in an abbey which retained some of the original scenes of Shakespeare’s play. The 2010 film starred Patrick Steward as Macbeth ...

This project is centered on applying scientific methods to study human behavior through the gathering of baseline information. The first half of the research will be a naturalistic observation focusing on a behavior, specifically on the use of eye contact between people walking inside the mall, in which the observer remains unobtrusive. The second half of the research will be an experiment, in which a variable is introduced that would either increase or decrease a behavior. The objective is to take note of the behavior change resulting from the variable, which will lead to a particular theory concerning the ...

Introduction

People, as social creatures, tend to unite in groups that have something common: they may have a similar system of values, behavior or lifestyle that is different from the dominant culture to which they belong. In social studies, the word “subculture” refers to a part of a public group that differs from predominant society. This paper is aimed at analyzing subculture of punk, the role of media and style in punk youth subculture. From the perspective of cultural studies, a subculture is associated with a group of people that do not contradict against the values of traditional culture but ...

Recently, the cable television station HBO aired the first season of a series called True Detective which was filled with uncanny, eerie, and weird imagery, symbols, and dialogue. The show became a major hit, and brought a great deal of attention to the various American literary traditions of horror and weird fiction. One of the major writers mentioned as an influence on the show was H.P. Lovecraft, one of the most famous of American horror writers. However, H.P. Lovecraft was himself part of a tradition that went back to nineteenth century American writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne, who wrote dark ...

I can feel the stage being set, as if something in the air awakens me to it. Among the ear-piercing drumming and shredding, the singer’s vocal cords fleeing from his throat screaming “NIGHTMARE,” the raven-black crowd starts backing away from one another as they create a semi-perfect circle. Everyone is stalking their prey across the circle as they wait for the chorus to start. Suddenly, I feel a sweaty grip pulling my left hand into the crowd away from the circle to the front rows. Startled, I tilt my head to see who is pulling me – it is ...

“The Croquet Player” by H.G. Wells is a satirical novel which is written in an allegorical form. It tells a story of a man who fled from the bad dreams. The book was inspired by the influence of a historical event such as the Spanish Civil War. The main hero is a croquet player who is listening to a very weird and horrible story while drinking vermouth. The story is about a haunted countryside under the name Cainsmarsh. It is a story of a horror which evolves until the time it absorbs the whole world. It is a modern ...

“Macbeth” is one of the bloodiest tragedies by Shakespearean and has everything. The essay discusses the character of Lady Macbeth in the movie "Macbeth” which is a good adaptation of the play. In the movie, Lady Macbeth looks stately, elegant and poised. She speaks very softly and in a controlled manner. She is charming and completely devoted to her husband. She is shown to be innocent and victimized when she gets involved in the murder plot. The objectives the chosen character are to make sure Macbeth is king. Her obstacles are that in order to complete her ambition, she ...

Weird Personal Experiences

We can often hear people say that they saw something with their own eyes or heard something with their own ears. Moreover, those people experienced a lot of extraordinary things. However, their eyes can lie. Sometimes people do not know that their experiences can mislead them in the most unexpected ways. This happens for some reasons. Mainly, people's perceptual capacities and states of consciousness are believed to have natural powers and limits (Schick, Jr. and Vaughn 96-153). A lot of people do not know about those powers and limits. However, these weird features of our minds have a great ...

A phobia is a very common condition that not always needs any treatment, but when it interferes with normal daily functioning of a person, it needs to be addressed by a professional, and in this case a person should seek appropriate treatment. A phobia is a fear or anxiety that has great strength, but does not have substantial reasons behind it, as the feared object or situations does not really pose great threat to a person experiencing such fear or anxiety (Mayo Clinic, 2014). Although sometimes a phobia is perceived as simply as strong fear, it is, in fact, ...

Dali's Bio

Salvador Dali, also known as Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali y Domenech is a reputable Spanish and he is perhaps well known for his artistic works such as the Persistence of Memory and the painting of melting clocks. On May 11, 1904, Dali was born in Figueres, Spain. Since his early age, he has been encouraged to practice the art and in the 1920s, he decided to travel to Paris where he interacted with reputable artists such as Miro, Magritte, and Picasso (Ranker, Sec.1). The interaction with these artists influenced him to develop his initial Surrealist phase. However, he was ...

The understanding of the culture between different people dictates the traditional ethnography and modern thinking. Joe Henrich introduced the game that helped in identifying isolated cultures for people in the West based on the instinct of fairness. The game makes the player understand that all human beings have similar cognitive thinking and machinery. The game covers the fields of economic and psychology where it shows that people also have the same psychological and rational hardwiring. Henrich used the idea of cross-culture for the WEIRD People who are Western Educated Industrialized Rich and Democratic against the Non-WEIRD. The game appears ...

“A Beautiful Mind is a great movie that portrays how mental illness can affect a person” . The character John Nash is very intelligent, and a mathematics genius. He was able to go to graduate college due to his Prize mathematics award that he won. His journey in the movie details how mental illness can affect everything you do. The mental problem manifests him into a different mental state than what he was in the beginning. His illness progresses through the movie, and the illness causes complications in his success in life. John Nash’s character is not a social ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Massachusetts

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Massachusetts is home to many sculptures of the ancient times. Many of the sculptures were of the male body and included fine details in the muscular structure and the facial form. It was interesting to learn that the original sculptor did not put his name on the art work. It is assumed that the person credited did the work but we are not sure of that. The history states that the town’s people could distinguish the work of the artist so there was no need to but the name on the piece. ...

The communication or interaction is always a two way process. The listeners and speaker and then again the listener/s and speakers, this is the process of conversation. In our communication process, we use 55% non-verbal communication, 38% of tone of voice and the contribution of actual verbal communication is just 7%. Hence the tone of voice, pitch, stress pattern are the important attribute to make the conversation effective and fruitful. The non-verbal communication is no doubt important but the intonation and stress pattern in conversation is also required to study. The intonation is very important in communication. There are ...

Millions of children are abused across the globe every year, and yet the awareness and initiative that people take at individual level to eliminate this social problem is almost negligible. According to a national survey in U.S, 3.5 million children are suspected as victims of child abuse and neglect (Childabuse.org, 2016). Majority of these abuses occur at home and mostly by biological parents. Neglect is the most common kind of child maltreatment. Studies indicate a negative correlation between incidence of abuse and family income. Families with income less than $15,000 per annum, are 22 times more likely to ...

Lilith’s Brood Character Portfolio

My brain is always awake. No matter that others can’t see my eyes – I no eyes. My brain is unique. I told that humans are developed, but now I see that mental activities of aliens overlap human. Because I and my brood no illnesses, even no slightest. My brain can work so fast. When I lie on the grass, able to touch the soil and hear voices of the human. Sometimes I ask myself stupid questions. Why I am alone? Where is my family? No answer because humans are scared or ignore me all times. They think I ...

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson

“The Lottery” is considered to be the best Jackson`s short story which unites sarcasm, horror, humor and philosophy – all rolled into one. This story was written in June 26, 1948. The author of the story describes the American village of that period of time and the ritual which is observed in almost every city. This ritual is called “The Lottery” and Shirley Jackson makes a reader immersed into details and peculiarities of it. This is a story with an extremely unpredictable ending, which makes the reader somehow confused and shocked. But it is the true reality, which Jackson ...

Introduction--Bio-cultural anthropology

Alzheimer's disease - an incurable degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized by progressive loss of mental abilities (memory, language, logical thinking). The risk increases after 65 years. This book is a good example of bio-cultural anthropology. The subtle journey of hope, ambiguity, and modern bioscience is what is at stake in her book, “The Alzheimer Conundrum” by Margaret Lock. Margaret Lock, a notable medical anthropologist, is recognized for her work on the cultures, intersection of bodies and surroundings, investigation by notice to aging, transplantation of organs, and genomics, alongside other subjects. Even with a lot of funds ...

Creativity – it is something that is absolutely unique to each and every person in the world. We all give it different meanings. For somebody – it is a perfect way to solve some conflict or problem in a different, more effective way. For others – it is the way, how they can show themselves to the world, how they can stand out. According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi creativity is how people can express their interesting thoughts and how they are able to change the world around them, because of it. (What is creativity? (n.d.)) All of the abovementioned is true. It founds its absolute ...

‘Broken April’ is a highly acclaimed novel by Ismail Kadare, an Albanian author. Kadare is a well-known author of Albania who has won some prestigious awards for delivering few bestselling novels. The author wrote ‘Broken April’ in the year 1978 and presented a realistic picture of the Albanian society in front of the world. The story of this novel revolves around bizarre traditions of Albanian society. One of such traditions is known as ‘Kanun’. This custom is all about taking the revenge of near and dears and suggests relatives of victims to kill people who killed their relatives. The author describes how ...

The article The Weird Rules of Creativity written by Robert I. Sutton and published in Harvard Business Review provides an insight into the management issues. Actually, author writes about creativity and special environment that should be achieved within the framework of the companies. Creativity demands special attitude to flourish. According to the author creativity appears in conditions, which cannot be called friendly, low-stressed and funny. His studies confirm this theory. Sutton states that good manager should take everything he or she knows about management and stand it on its head. Furthermore, his article is dedicated to three ideas for ...

Chapter 1

risks. I’m not much of a risk taker. As such, although the business world seems exciting, I feel a bit intimidated by the fact that I have to face all these risks once I join this world. Also part of what makes it intimidating for me is that I think that the skill of knowing when to take risks and when not to take risks is not something that can be effectively learned from school or from reading books. Instead, I think that this skill is best learned through experience. This then means that I would have to make a lot ...

Dear Sir

Before beginning my words, I’d like to say that I didn’t truthfully do anything deliberate, and I didn’t do anything intentionally about being disrespectful toward both you and your course. I can definitely assure you about that. I honestly request you not to think about what I led to in that way. Even if I did something wrong, that would be coming from my pensiveness, not being disrespectful and inconsiderate toward you. Accordingly, I know how much rules are strict, severe and brutal if needed, particularly in the United States, where I consider there ...

Introduction

Knowing that there are different types of culture is essential for every type of healthcare practitioner, especially for those who are required to treat and interact with patients. Examples of these professions are physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical technologist, physicians, and allied health nurses. These medical professionals treat their patients by either introducing an intervention to them, such as administering comprehensive exercise programs for rehabilitation specialists and prescribing medications and therapies for physicians and physiotherapist. Most, if not all, of these treatments require that the patient cooperates. In fact, patient cooperation is considered as an important determinant that medical ...

Today, we are surrounded with a world of etiquettes and social norms which are followed by us. Even in parks and on roads, social norm is followed. The sidewalks are important as they provide a path on which people can walk safely. Often, when we decide to walk on the path which is not laid for us, then strange behaviors of other people are observed. There is an unspoken and universal agreement that one walking on the sidewalk has to remain on his side so that it does not affect other people. However, while walking on sidewalk, people usually prefer walking ...

Company Law

Question One First, the issue in play is fueled by two elemental components. That is, the Beanstalk Ltd Company has a constitution that limits the sale of the agricultural products by the company in Queensland. In addition, the board of directors of the company implemented the policy that the board should approve all the transactions of the company over $100,000. Nevertheless, Jack, who is the managing director of the company, attended a trade fair in Victoria that saw him sign a purchase agreement worth $150,000 with Giant Ltd. This aspect has led to the disagreement of the viability of ...

Company Law

Question One First, the issue in play is fueled by two elemental components. That is, the Beanstalk Ltd Company has a constitution that limits the sale of the agricultural products by the company in Queensland. In addition, the board of directors of the company implemented the policy that the board should approve all the transactions of the company over $100,000. Nevertheless, Jack, who is the managing director of the company, attended a trade fair in Victoria that saw him sign a purchase agreement worth $150,000 with Giant Ltd. This aspect has led to the disagreement of the viability of ...

Americans are primarily the victims of obesity and they constantly worry about losing their weight. For this reason, several weight loss programs have come up to lift the Americans both physically and emotionally. One such program has been put up Dr. Oz (powered by share care). This website’s interest includes helping over-weight people lose some of their unhealthy fat by following simple yet healthy tips. “Willpower is everything”, says Dr. Oz. If you are not emotionally strong, you will not be able to achieve the desired results. This weight loss program is for a span of two weeks. It is said ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the reflections drawn upon the reading of the poem ‘A dialogue between the Soul and the Body’ which was written by Andrew Marvell and published after his death in 1681. Andrew Marvell is considered to be one of the representative poets of Metaphysical poetry. Metaphysical poetry which arose within the 17th century is a field of poetry which is characterized by specific characteristics of a so-called metaphysical nature. Poets focus on using symbols and conceits in order to approach issues and questions related to the metaphysical nature of human life. Humans ...

Introduction

“The Day of the Locust” is written by an American novelist Nathanael Wes in 1939. The main theme revolves around the states of Hollywood and California and highlights different aspects of Great Depression. The book has gained so much popualarity in its domain, and still a number of people wants to read the book, and the author has achieved high success in his career. The main theme also includes the despair and alienation of a major group of strangers who were resided in the film industry of Hollywood. It is considered as one of the famous and best Novel by the ...

This paper is going to cover the analysis of the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and how the American dream is threatened nowadays. This paper expresses the point of view that the novel “The Great Gatsby” presents the American dream in pessimistic way. The novel was written in year 1925, and it describes how magnificent and magnetic is the dream about wealth and power in the society. The status means everything, and each American would be incredibly happy to reach this dream, to get his high position and status in the society, to show everyone that ...

The book, “the ocean at the end of the lane," by Neil Gaiman, starts with a prologue that acts as a window to the idea in it. The prologue begins with the narrator at a funeral, dressed for the occasion. He states that he has done his part through the speech that he was to give. The writer wants to escape the tense situation in meeting all the people that he had known when he lived in his hometown. Page nine discloses the narrator’s discomfort at being asked personal questions when his life was so unorthodox. He was divorced, practiced pure ...

Sexual abuse is the action where pressure and coercion is used on an individual in order to engage in a sexual activity that they do not want to get involved. (Grubman- Blac 91). These activities may include among others oral sex, rape and even sodomy. Many of the people on the receiving end are women, but today statistics indicate that young boys and men are also on the receiving end just like the girl child. But in as much as the rape cases are on the rise, many rape cases for girls are reported each year as compared to boys. ...

Since I was a kid, it has been hard for me to fit in to social groups. Until today, I find it hard to find even a single person who connects with me, or understands me, except my psychiatrist. Although I said that I don’t socialize because people don’t usually understand me, my psychiatrist says that I have a schizotypal personality disorder, and it explains why I don’t usually fit in or socialize (Butcher, Hooley and Mineka, 336). Also, it explains my – like some people call it – weird behaviors. Since, I don’t usually socialize, I’m just here ...

Creative Writing

Part 1

Sometimes she wished she had never seen the advertisement. She sat in her room, with all the windows and doors closed. She was not sure of what would happen next. She wished she could go back in time and redo the things again. Only if she had a time machine to go back two weeks! Alice was a lovely girl in her teens. She was the heartthrob of all in her school. The boys used to try to woo her with their advances and chivalrous attitude. They would buy her a cup of coffee or drink, and seek chances ...

Procedures.

Warm Up (5 minutes). The teacher asks students about differents kind of sports they know: - what kind of sports do you like? - have you tried all those sports? - do you enjoy watching championships? - do you know some kind of weird sports from other countries? - are there some kinds of sports you would like to try? - why haven't you tried it yet?

Development.

The teachers tells about national sports of different countries. A national sport or national pastime is a sport or game that is considered to be ...

Probably one of the strongest and most effective horror films, if not the strongest and most effective, ever produced since the start of the century is the Babadook. It centers on the development of both the issues of the mother-son relationship, and the introduction of a new kind of fear designed with a looming and formidable presence of a mysterious figure. However, this horror film does not rely on jump scares to introduce fear to the audience, but it develops a strong storyline that is presented with both psychological and physical fear. Overall, this film is an incredible masterpiece that brings hysteria and sorrow, ...

Miss Brill is a short tale written between 188-1923 by Katherine Mansfield. The story was first published in 1920 and reprinted in the Garden Party and Other Stories. It is a story about a lonely English teacher living alone in a French town next to the Public Gardens. The novel tells us about how she spends her time waking and sitting in the on every Sunday afternoon. As the story begins, Mansfield narrates how Miss Brill chooses to wear her fur, and while in the park, she notices that it is full compared to the last Sunday. When she is joined by a young ...

“Hamlet” is one of the most admired and influential plays of William Shakespeare. Hamlet is a tragic play that was written in the beginning of seventeenth century. The play starts with a series of revengeful acts that was a common trend in that period. The play, “Hamlet” is known as one of the most influential plays of English literary world and at the same time it has the privilege of being the longest play of William Shakespeare. It is often alleged that Shakespeare’s Hamlet is influenced by Oedipus that was written by Sophocles centuries ago. Hamlet is also alleged to be ...

“Artists are men who wish to become inhuman. They seek painfully the traces of inhumanity, traces which are never found in nature. These are real truths and beyond them we know no reality.” 1 Art such as paintings and sculptures are man’s way of expressing their thoughts. In the eyes of an artist, they can see the suffering behind the beauty, and this reason allows them to create beautiful artworks. Artists desire to fully express themselves using only their canvass and their brush; hence, they will attempt to construct their masterpiece in the most creative way in ...

There are some subtle differences in the two essays, although they both point out the negative aspect of gender norms and expectations. For Jensen, Masculinity is just a bummer. It’s all about primal conquest and competition to determine who the is Alpha male and where everyone else is on the social hierarchy. It’s exhausting and has some very negative consequences, from stress to violence towards women. He seems genuinely tired of men being forced to adhere to the strict guidelines of masculinity. Zeilinger is looking at men from the outside and seems to focus more on generalizations and ...

Introduction

The current problem in the United States of America is the mere fact that healthcare costs are rising slowly but continuously instead of maintaining at a reasonable level or decreasing for the benefit of those who live in poverty. Moreover, unskilled or low skilled adult workers are far away from the reach of a healthy life for themselves as wee as for their children and these circumstances also prove to be demeaning in the way that the kids of these unskilled and low skilled workers may never be able to achieve a well-educated life for themselves either. Because of their income deficit, ...

The Mongolian Empire was very vast and divided into four Khanates, ruled separately by an individual Khan, and also overruled by the Great Khan. The Ilhhanatre had ruled Persia as well as Middle East, the Kipchak Khanate had ruled Rushia, Great Khanate had controlled China and Mongolia, and Chagatai Khanate has ruled Western Asia. In the year 1260, Genghis Khan’s grandson, named Kublai Khan became the Great Khan. After four years, he moved his capital to Beijing from Mongolia in the Northern China for the purpose of ruling China. However, in the year 1271, Kublai Khan adopted the ...

English

Bullying is one of the trending events in many schools. Many children have been victims of bullying and even though people may think bullying is just an act it is usually more than that. Bullying includes physical, sexual, online or cyber and emotionally. The most common type of bullying is physical bullying. Physical bullying happens when other children use their physical strength to abuse or control others. Many schools across the country are aware of bullying and they are trying the their best to control the situation. Bullying can get out of control sometimes and the effects it has ...

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Legal Research and Writing Project Number: 008035 Civil Action No. 35 of 2014 IN THE MATTER OF SALLY BRIGHT..PETITIONER V JOHN BRIGHT..RESPONDENT

Comes Sally bright by counsel and for her Memorandum states as follows:

- FACTS The Petitioner, Sally Bright was married to the Respondent John Bright, but later separated due to marital difficulties. Later, Sally Bright filed for a divorce petition and the court granted her temporary custody of their fourteen year old daughter Chastity. - ISSUES

Both parties desire to have custody of their child.

- The family code in this state provides the grounds for the judge to hear and consider the interests of all the parties ...

Shakespeare

The belief in the power and existence of witches was extensively believed at the time of Shakespeare. This fact is demonstrated clearly by the European witch craze, at that time approximately nine million females were put to death as they were considered as witches. In Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Prospero is a fascinating example of a high magician that has used dark magic. Propero has considered that there is no selling of the soul as well as no contact with evils or devil. Prospero has used his magic in order to accomplish his role as a master of his two servants named ...

Introduction

Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, and Steve Chen introduced YouTube in 2005. The website uses the domain http://www.youtube.com. The site was focused on helping people across the world to create and share short video clips online. Google purchased the site for $1.65 billion because it was increasing popularity, especially to the young people. Today, there are more than two billion views every day. It is estimated that almost 51 percent of YouTube viewers visit the site weekly and that 52 percent of those that share videos most are between ages 18 to 34 years. The new technology has had an ...

Introduction:

Edgar Allen Poe was a great storyteller and one of the most important fiction horror story writers of his age. He was also credited with inventing the detective story when he came out with his Auguste Lupin character that was based in Paris and is rather a forerunner of Sherlock Holmes. In fact three of the classic Dupin cases; ‘The Purloined Letter’, ‘Murders in the Rue Morgue’and ‘The Mystery of Marie Roget depict three classic situations which continue to affirm the point that Poe was the father of the detective novel. However this makes us observe the clarity with which ...

Introduction

Islam, official religion of Saudi Arabia, does not welcome or encourage friendship between men and women. Saudi Arabia is very conservative society where any kind of closeness between men and women is considered against the cultural traditions of Saudi Arabia. Religious rigidity puts more restrictions on women and they are kept under the supervision of male members of family. This paper intends to discuss friendship of men and women in society of Saudi Arabia and examines how lifting bans from Saudi women will promote friendship between men and women.

Background

Sex segregation is one common thing in Islamic societies and ...

1. This statement is from a researcher involved in studying cases of feral children: In the sad and mysterious case of __Genie_ we have an instance of developmental deficiency produced, not by a loss of senses, but by deprivation of the power of exercising them. Place the name of one of the feral cases covered in class in the blank space above then, in your own words tell me what you think this statement means as it relates to the case you chose as well as to all the cases of feral children. Support your point of view with explanation, ...

Introduction

The novel “Dracula” narrates how he attempted to shift to England from Transylvania in the midst of a tussle between him and a group of men and women. In the context of the novel, several scenes define thematic expressions that reflect the current world and it moral values and culture. Dracula’s character is one of the major trends in the current times where people have adopted supernatural beliefs and differentiated themselves from other human beings. Sucking of human blood, magical appearance of Dracula in several places is sign of how the world has evolved to accommodate such categories of people. ...

This is a 2003 South Korean film in form of a psychological horror. It was written and directed by Kim Ji-woon. This movie was as a result of a folktale entitled ‘Janghwa Hongryeon’ which was done by Joseon Dynasty. This folktale by Joseon has been adapted to several films, including that of ‘a tale of two sisters’. It is basically on two sisters who faced a lot of problems and challenges. This is because after returning from the hospital, they experience several disturbing events which involve them and their step mother. The superb acting of this movie has seen it win a price of the best ...

Social awkwardness can be defined as a phenomenological quality that helps in experiencing the patterns of social exchange that are symbolic in the exchange as explicitly destabilized by various expressive behaviors of uncertain acceptability. It also refers to the discomfort or fear in a person when in a social interaction that brings out some concern about being judged or evaluated by others. It basically refers to the inner fear people have that other people are thinking about them. This feeling brings about an insecure feeling that makes people think they are inferior or not good enough. This kind of feeling may be ...

The expert of dark romanticism can be created to Edgar Allan Poe. There are authors that are part of this period. Just as historians have their opinions about the true cause of the Civil War; English lovers have their choice on who is the greatest. Majority would choose Edgar Allan Poe. He presented works of literature during his time that was considered weird, and bad. In today society, Poe is seen by countless as an expert of art for the dark side. A side that is today is considered Gothic. This paper will reflect over the poem ...

Introduction

Someone can say that s/he has his/her personal freedom when they act in their own freewill and other people accept them as they are without judging them (Kateb, 16). I am a Chinese student currently studying in the United States. Going to the US has helped me to identify my uniqueness and live in multicultural society. My interaction with people from different cultures has enabled me to discover that I am not only a Chinese but I have some uniqueness as an individual. There is a belief that since most Chinese resemble each other physically, there is little uniqueness between them but ...

Description and Background Information

Britney Spears is a famous pop star. She was extremely famous during the twenty first century (Smith 3). Born on the second day of December in 1981, she grew up in Kentwood, Louisiana. She is the second born daughter of James and Lynne Spears. She has two more siblings, an older brother and a younger one. Her passion for entertaining began when she was a young child. Her first major debut occurred when she was eleven years old when Britney became a part of the renowned Mickey Mouse Club (Erlewine 24). After she was done with this, she began her career in music ...

The movie Shane seemed to be a typical western movie and it was different than any other movie. At the beginning, I felt the story of the movie is very obvious and boring. In fact, it was a very clear and typical story line but this movie had something different than the other western movies. While I was watching this movie I had to focus on the supporting actors instead of the main actors. Alan Ladd (Shane) was a very typical western hero in the movie. He was brave, fair, handsome, calm, confident and strong man; however the supporting actors were very different ...

Introduction

The time machine is a story of the time traveler who undertakes expeditious actions of establishing a time machine which ultimately projects into the future. The traveler’s time machine goes way in to 802701 AD, where he finds himself in a different world. According to the narrator, the traveler’s bumps into small creatures, which are referred to as Eloi. Unfortunately, the traveler’s time machine disappears and explores all means to find the time machine. During his exploration actions in search for the time machine, he discovers other creatures which to Eloi refer to as the Morlocks. Accordingly Morlocks live ...

Write an analysis of any one major character in Beloved

Introduction The novel Beloved is the work of Toni Morrison an African-American female writer. It is an interesting story that revolves around the period after the American Civil War which took place between 1861 and 1865. This narrative is based on a true story of a black slave called Margaret Garner who, during the slavery period, had escaped from Kentucky to Ohio which was then a free state. Margaret killed her two-year old daughter than have her face the horrors of slavery after state officials invoked the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and attempted to take her back to her master. ...