A scene from the highly popular science fiction film, The Matrix? ... A war that was predicted by the bible, Nostradamus, and a few others (though it must be said that this war was due about 3-4 years ago). ... It was even possible back during the cold war. ... And can be seen in many wars, especially World War Two, and Vietnam. ... This is also similar in the science fiction texts. ...
Looking to parlay the success of Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino's next release was two years later, in 1994, with the wildly popular Pulp Fiction. ... To begin Pulp Fiction, rather than a group of strangers sitting around a diner table, the scene places a man and woman, who do not appear to be strangers, together in a diner (p.108-109). ... In Pulp Fiction, Jules and Vincent are similarly on the heels of committing vicious crimes, yet appear calm by the tone and content of dialogue. ...
But the marriage defiantly got off on the wrong foot because of his wife's obvious German origin and the outbreak of World War I. ... You must always remember while reading this book some portions may be true but for the greater majority they are fictions. ... Morel throws a drawer at her and busting her head open, locks her outside in the cold for the night while she is pregnant with his son, and calls her a "bitch". ... Is this a result of his inebriated state or of his cold heartedness? ... An example of this is when he locks he out of the house on a cold night. ...
He used his own military experience from World War II to write this particular book. ... His task continued until the Russians came and the war ended. ... In chapter one Vonnegut writes in his own voice, introducing his experience of the firebombing of Dresden in World War II while he was a prisoner of war and his attempt for many years to complete a book on the subject. ... Vonnegut's anti-war stance only adds to the difficulty, since (as a filmmaker acquaintance remarks to him) writing a book against war would prevent war as effectively as writing a book against glaciers would prevent ...
The parts dealing with World War II are most closely associated with actual events. ... After the war, the narrator went home, married, and had kids, all of whom are grown now. ... Wars would look good, and we would be sure to have more of them. ... Now, he presents us with his war book. ... In his own mind, Weary narrates the war stories he will one day tell. ...
King Lear is a reality made fiction. ... Lear is not only a father but also a king, and when he gives away his kingdom and his authority to the unworthy Goneril and Regan, he does not only put himself and his family in trouble, but he also causes the instability of the whole kingdom because of the British civil war which has been provoked by the heirs. ... When France invades Britain he talks to Edmund about taking Lear's side in the war. ...
Blizzards and cold made no difference to them, they were always on hand. ... Sawdust and rat droppings were mixed into the sausage meat and deviled ham that killed about three thousand U.S. soldiers during the Spanish-American war in 1898. ...
In Homer's The Odyssey, the protagonist of the story, Odysseus, was a valiant warrior, who along with his men fought in the famed Trojan War and came out as the victors. ... The heated confrontation is explicitly depicted in the following passage: Its crackling roots blazed and hissed- as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens-that's the iron's strength- so the eye of the Cyclops sizzled round that stake! ...
According to the essay read in class about the diamond wars and this charter, the destiny of Africa was controlled by Europe and even the United States in 1963, and is still controlled to some extent today. ... Essays read in class such as Mark Twain's "Soliloquy of King Leopold" and the Diamond Wars essay also demonstrate this. ...
What Shamanism Is By the Silver Circle Shaman (pronounced SHAH-maan) is a word from the language of the Tungus people of Siberia. A Shaman is a man or woman who enters an altered state of consciousness at will. The Shaman does this to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality to acquire knowledge, power and to help others. The Shaman usually has at least one or more spirits in his or her personal service. The trance or "ecstatic" state of consciousness the Shaman enters can be termed as the Shamanistic State of Consciousness (SSC). ...
