Cosmos: A Hero's Journey

In the first episode of Cosmos, Neil deGrasse Tyson describes the human race as a baby in a basket left at somebody’s doorstep without a note. He later goes on to say how the human race was gifted our sense of pattern recognition, passed down to us by our ancestors. This sense was essential to our survival, as our ancestors used the stars that would tell them when seasons would be coming and when they should set up camp or leave. They also noticed comets in the night sky and almost every ancient civilization thought that comets foretold disaster. However, a boy named Edmond Halley witnessed a comet in 1664 and was more fascinated than afraid.

Arthur C. Clarke, an award-winning author, in his novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey, suggests that human evolution would not have been possible without the help of extra-terrestrial beings and the use of tools. Clarke is able to support his suggestions by narrating the influence the extraterrestrials have on humans and by describing the importance of the tools humans utilize. His purpose was to share his take on the final frontier in order to help readers make their own opinions and conclusions on evolution and deep space. Clarke utilizes a direct and scientific tone with his audience in a way to help them follow along, so that they don’t lose focus on the important themes throughout the novel.

“2001: A space Odyssey” opens in the African Rift Valley, where a tribe of hominids encounter a stone monument which has obstructed on their domain. This stone monument transmits radio waves that end up expanding their IQ 's, teaching them weaponry and other tool uses to help them live, as they proceed to defeat a rival tribe. Four million years later, we see the luxurious space travel that the vintage science fiction of the 1960’s, with space stations for air terminals and such. Dr. Heywood Floyd is heading to Clavius Base, a United States lunar station. Along the way, he finds out about gossipy tidbits about an unidentifiable disease going around on the Clavius Base and his responsibility to study a four-million-year-old structure. Floyd

Space exploration needs to start happening again because the US is starting to fall behind other countries such as Russia and India. Neil Degrasse Tyson says in his book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, “The Soviets sent the first multi-person crew and the first international crew into orbit. They made the first spacewalk, launched the first space station, and were the first to put a manned space station into long-term orbit” (Tyson 122). The Soviets beat the US to everything other than the moon. The Space Race was a competition between mainly the US and Russia. Neil Degrasse Tyson says in his book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, “the USSR held that high ground until 1969, when, courtesy of von Braun and colleagues,

the stars! That would be incredible! I feel that civilians should travel in space because it could help research and give privileges. If you don't think so you should read this.

Battlestar Galactica an epic space opera about the last remnants of humanity, the few survivors of nuclear attack banded together in fleet of spaceships, on an intergalactic journey to find there mythic homeland of Earth. Though there are other versions of this television show this paper refers to the 2003 reimagining by showrunner Ronald D Moore. On the surface Battlestar Galactica might not look like it has a lot in common with The Torah, the story of the Jewish people who after an exile from their homeland ended up founding Israel, but when looked at closely these two stories share many commonalities. The book of Exodus, found in The Torah as well as the old testament of the Bible, tells the story of the enslaved Jewish people who are lead, by Moses, out of Egypt and after a long and harrowing journey arrive at a divinely promised homeland. In the following books of Numbers and Deuteronomy we learn that Moses is forbidden from entering the Promised Land after disobeying God. Battlestar Galactica also features a people who have lost their home, the Colonist, who end up living under an oppressive regime on New Caprica. Their leader, President Roslin, is prophesized about in a holy text to have been predestined to lead the Colonist to their new home. Both the narrative in The Torah and in Battlestar Galactica share many similar beats; they feature a long suffering people, made up of twelve tribes, searching for a promised homeland,

RUN! GO NOW!” Ava screamed as she was pushing Mia. They both rushed up the stairs and swung open the door at the top as the big, heavy, door that creaked when you opened it. The door leaded to the outside of the big creepy house. It was like a dog chasing a cat. Ava lived right next door so all they had to do was hop the fence and they were safe. Ava pulled herself up and leaped over the fence so fast like she had done that a million times before. and was perfectly safe but Mia was stuck. “Come on Mia! They are right behind you!” Ava shouted as she was peeking through the fence. Ava grabbed Mia’s hand and pulled her over. They both fell to the ground, and looked at each other with so much

I then heard a woman's voice echo through the room. “I see you have made it through my tasks.” She gave an amused chuckle and continued. “You have earned your reward, I will grant you one wish.” I knew instantly what I wanted. “Bring Azes back! Come on what are you waiting for!” She growled then shrieked. “You think you can fool me! Very well you may have the boy back but you will pay the price for attempting to fool me.”

The movie Hercules was released in 1997 and was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements. Long story short, Zeus, and his wife Hera have a son named Hercules. Zeus' brother Hades wants to overthrow Zeus and rule Mount Olympus. Hades asks the Fates for help and learns that in eighteen years, a planetary alignment will allow Hades to conquer Olympus, but only if Hercules is not there to fight.

Ava was a quite girl living a quite life with dull brown hair and grey eyes but it that all changed when she decided to go out to a party with one boy, Evan the star football player with blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She wakes and it is the morning after the party, as she stretch’s she looks around and realizes that she isn’t in her room but in a hotel room; being curious she moved the covers of the bed and discovers she is in a white top covered with tiny red dots, it must have been from the party. Ava decided to look around the room and as she does that she finds a remote for the TV in the corner of the room but when she turned it on she saw something she wasn't expecting.

Atlas isn’t exactly a whole constellation, but a bright star in Taurus. He was thought to be the originator of the constellations. This is a great story about his encounter with Hercules.

"The Cosmos is all that ever is, was or will be." Cosmos has scarcely started before Sagan uncovers some of his identity. What does this announcement mean? On the off chance that "the universe" incorporates each comprehensible substance, for instance, God, then the announcement is insignificantly genuine. That would it say it is', actual, however so what? We don't learn anything we didn't know. The announcement is a tautology: "everything there is everything there is." Sagan most likely signifies "the material universe is all that ever was, is, or will be", an announcement that numerous individuals, obviously, dismiss.

After NASA’s moon landing among other achievements during the Space Race, many Americans yearned to explore the depths of the unknown Universe. From quasars to brown dwarf stars, there are many wonders that the universe holds for the human race if we decide to leap into the exploration of the universe. Some may believe that reaching for the stars is too costly. However, the exploration of space is within our grasp, and by increasing NASA’s funding, we are able to reach them. So yes, we should fund our space administration in order for us to reach the stars.

The show Cosmos on National Geographic channel explores the intricate and fascinating world of science and explains its material through diluted (but still accurate) scientific facts. Cosmos is an interesting show because it attempts to capture the attention of young adult minds through the use of dramatic music and computer generated images (CGI). The effects used in the show immerse the viewer in the show and give them a detailed, comprehensive visual on facts that are presented. These same effects are also used in its commercial to appeal to young adults. This commercial is intended to get a young demographic to start taking an interest in science and technology.The use of CGI and music in the Cosmos commercial effectively draws the attention

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