On the Devil’s Court By Carl Deuker Copyright 1988 201 pages Fiction By Seth Hughes 6th Period October 2, 2015 The book I read was On the Devil’s Court written by Carl Deuker. This story was copyrighted in 1988, has 201 pages and is a work of basketball fiction. After reading Dr. Faustus, Joe questions whether selling his soul to the devil would be such a bad thing. One evening while secretly practicing in a condemned building, Joe makes a deal with the devil to play 24 awesome…

The Book of Ezekiel contains three different sections in which all three address a subject matter. There’s almost nothing mentioned about Ezekiel in the book, his name is only mentioned twice surprisingly. Ezekiel was one of the more youthful men taken to Babylon in the first captivity, which happened in 597 B.C. In spite of the fact that Ezekiel existed amid a period when the Babylonians consistently crushed Israel his confidence stayed solid with one God, Yahweh. Not at all like Ezekiel, countless…

Alzheimer’s Disease: Genetic Analysis Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a profoundly common form of degenerative dementia that is caused by neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques accumulating in the brain (Sennvik et.al., 2000). The study of the human genome has elucidated gene variants; single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and mutations which affect the age of onset and the likelihood of developing AD. Understanding the causes of familial AD, the genetic risk factors for AD and the…

In his book, Gulliver’s Travels, it is hard to miss the various references that its author, Johnathan Swift, makes concerning bodily functions. Yet, this is more than the bawdy, juvenile toilet humor one would encounter in a cheeky T.V. show for it has a literary purpose. Scatology is used to define the literary trope of the grotesque body. Through the realist perspective, Swift employs scatology to both shock and attract. He uses it to draw attention to Gulliver’s humanity, and normalize the strangeness…

years as it attempts to incorporate film and book. Alice in Wonderland takes place in Victorian England a time where a youthful woman’s career was to be innocent, virtuous and ignorant of intellectual opinion. Alice, at the prime age of 19, is expected to accept the son of Lord Ascot, Hamish to be her husband. Alice’s life is such as being compelled to accept marriage and being repeatedly asked what is proper for a lady in which functions as an analysis of her feminist ideologies. Alice is denounced…

Aiden 's POV We were waiting in the conference room in the basement when Harry walked in and behind him a group of arguing teachers. Dumbledore ran straight for Harry and grab him by the shoulders pushing him against a cabinet, causing the bottles inside to clatter against one another. "How did you get your name in the cup Harry?" He asked this viciously shaking him. "Did you ask one of the older students to do it for you?" Harry shook his head no. "You 're absolutely sure?" He asked and Harry…

The book Darwin’s Plantation begins by showing many of the preconceived ideas that were swarming around the United States in the early 1900’s. Things like racial superiority, genocide, racism, and even murder could be justified by the ideas that Charles Darwin planted. Experimentation on Negroes was very common to see, most tests were used to prove that those of color were less than those who were white. Though some of the information that was found actually proved some positive things about the…

In the book, Atwood tells the reader how women were used as political instruments. The state in the story is rigid politically, and its structure is based on controlling reproduction as the birth rates were too few in the state. The women’s’ duties were to reproduce. The state or government here oppresses women by controlling their rights to own property, be employed; voting rights and all other rights that would liberate them from subjectivity were banned. They were not supposed to be independent…

conversation with her aunt and uncle, Alice storms out the door. Headed to her usual spot beneath the old Willow near the edge of the forest, she runs full speed down the hill, hopefully relieving some of her anger. As she stops at the edge of the forest, book in hand, now sitting, she can’t help but notice her veins flooding with adrenaline. She’s so mad she can’t sit still. Alice jumps up and begins walking through the woods, at a rather fast pace, she suddenly stops at the sound of an odd noise. Frozen…

Research Conducted: Ken Hillis, the author of the book, focuses on the theories behind the absolute, relative, and relational spaces within virtual reality, and he conducts an ethnographic study to experience the use of virtual reality. He dives into virtual reality in media in order to find a meaning behind technology interfaces. Hillis looks closely at how digital and optical technologies interplays in society, and he provides his perspective on the cultural power of digital sensations. He looks…