Henry A. Wallace

circular fantasy novel. Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin meet three divine figures that explain to them that they must save their father by tesseracting to another world. The number three is one that appears in many fantasy novels, and the three divine characters represent this in the novel. “But what’s going to happen?” Meg’s voice trembled. “Oh, please, Mrs. Which, tell us what’s going to happen” (L’Engle 88). Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin look to the three divine…

Have you ever read an awesome book that was made into a movie, but they left out major plot points from the book? A wrinkle in time was made into a 2018 film by disney. The story is about a girl named meg trying to find her long lost father accompanied by her brother charles and friend calvin . The original book was by madeline l’engle. The book and movie were actually not that similar though. The book was better than the movie because of the twins, the beasts, and charles is 5 and doesn’t go…

While Charles Wallace adapts easily to the tesseract and Calvin follows him with a little effort, Meg needs a sharp kick in the rear to catch up. And when the trio ride on the back of centaur Mrs. Whatsit to the low-oxygen mountain heights, Meg almost forgets to breathe…

Having self- confidence in writing is essential and it never crossed my mind that I would found myself struggling with writing throughout the semester. While I started the class feeling confident, but was quickly humbled to the point I lost a bit of my confidence along the way. I like the peer reviews as it provided a chance to look at other students work and gain encouragement or provide insight on what was required. I think the way the class is structured is just right and the essays used for…

are about to read an uplifting and encouraging story that will change the reader’s life. However, the title is ironic, because the character is not a saint, in fact, they face with the taboo subject of teen pregnancy. In “Good People,” David Foster Wallace uses religion, symbolism, and cultural pressure to show Lane as a character who is unable to own his sin and forces his girlfriend to deal with it. First, Lane’s religious upbringing tortures him as he mulls over…

Realness beneath the layers of cosmetic perception”. Here, DeLillo seems to be speaking passive aggressively to deliver a message to his wife that conveys that it could also happen to her, anyone to be exact. This could also be referencing the negative outcomes that accompany the desensitization of society. In the case of this sentence, it seems that the husband is instilling fear into his wife’s heart just to enjoy seeing her reaction. This somehow explains why people always have an undying…

What is Darwinism? Darwinism is a theory of biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin. He attended Christs College in Cambridge and he began to have a clearer view of what his purpose was in life. He was surrounded by his father and grandfather influencing him to become a doctor or any route that they thought Darwin should take. He was sent to Cambridge to focus on religion and the clergy. He started to understand the nature of religion and how people follow the…

views the world and life. In the short stories, “Seeing” by Annie Dillard and “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace, both authors explore how having different observations and ways of thinking can change someone’s mindset and attitude. In comparison, “Seeing by Annie Dillard”, shows how vision can either cloud or open the mindset of the bigger picture. However, “This is Water” by Foster Wallace, shows that focusing on oneself and neglecting others, can lead to a repetitive negative mindset of…

A fungus. That’s how the human race was taken out. Pathetic. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. Also known as the zombie virus, it was discovered by British Naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859. It affected ants of the Camponotini tribe. The infected ant would leave its nest and travel to an area with the perfect temperature and humidity for fungal growth, then the ant would use its mandibles to hang on a leaf upside down until the inevitable death that would follow. Over the next one hundred and…

There are so many that love the person they are with, while other they do not know if they love that person they are with. Not only that, but who needs to love more than the other in a relationship. In the story “ Good People” by author David Foster Wallace he talks about a young highly devoted Christian couple that get news that one of them does not want to hear. This young couple is so in love until something unexpected happens. When Lane Dean Jr finds out his girlfriend is pregnant, he starts…