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The Storyline was very good, but it was not the same as the book. The director made a good choice with having the intro be with the girl in the red dress because if they did that in the middle of the movie as a flashback, then that would have made it confusing for the audience. This choice was good and even better than the book because it made the storyline easier to understand.

Let’s now get into the book. The beginning of the book was very slow to me, so that didn’t start the book out very

The characters, or should I say people, were a big part of the story. For most of them we knew them from the start until the end. I especially liked how they showed both sides of each person, the good

The Hot Zone, written by Richard Preston is the true and dramatic story of the outbreaks of the frightening, unknown and incurable filoviruses; Marburg, Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan and Ebola Reston. This book covers the first documented outbreak of the virus and continues to cover more outbreaks over the course of 23 years. These sisters viruses are highly infective and destroyed entire communities throughout Africa with the deaths of 50- 90% of their victims. The effects are similar and horrifying with the viruses penetrating every tissue and organ in the body of a person, primate or other animal. This book takes place in the late 1980s and is based on an outbreak of Ebola in a monkey house in the quaint town of Reston, Virginia. Richard Preston incorporates tales of several outbreaks that occurred in Africa years before to describe the potential destruction that the filoviruses could

An apocalypse brings destruction and ruin to all humanity, but no catastrophe ends civilization as fast as the disaster in Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. A worldwide pandemic, the Georgia Flu, wipes out 99% of the global population. The deadly virus replaced the world with a dystopian land. In this dystopia, the world suddenly transforms, and although few survivors over the years have attempted to rebuild the lost civilization, the past and a mysterious prophet follows them. At the beginning of the world’s ending, one man, Jeevan, witnessed the change in society’s behavior. Services that were available pre-collapse vanished, and life suddenly became a free-for-all. For the survivors over the years, some people wanted to reminisce

There were many facets of the book that helped provide to the flow of the storyline. These include the use of flashbacks to build the structures of different characters, dialogue within the mind of the protagonist (further explained in next paragraph) that foreshadowed future events, and the suspense that was always building up under the surface. It kept the reader entertained and the conflicts never felt prolonged.

I frantically scanned the pages of the investigation, to find the genetic mutation in the killer virus that was quickly causing the most devastating pandemic in human history. It was imperative to find the genetic mutation, because it was that gene which allowed the virus to impersonate its host’s domestic cells, making any treatment virtually impossible.

The first character introduced, Benjamin Hood, is an odd character to me. I’ve never read a book with a character like Benjamin. While the beginning has turned out to be a bit confusing for me, after reading the first three chapters, I am curious as to how this book will continue. 2. I believe Moody does this to give readers a look into current events and what it was like living in the year 1972.

This is just one way that the author keeps the reader engaged throughout the entire

Ugh, this pesky human bounces around to much. I just wish she would eat or drink something already, I'm starving and my mouth is dry. I guess my host has not noticed me yet, or she wouldn't be at gymnastics. Soon enough I will be making her feel tired, gassy, nauseous, in pain, and even have a rash. Yesterday a virus came in and tried to infect my host, but I told the immune system that someone stuck in now the virus is gone and the host is healthy (which is great for me considering the host expenses in my benefit). I am much like roundworm and tapeworm but not as severe. I was transmitting to my host Emily by her dog, he was eating raw meat. I was not getting enough food from her dog. Uh oh, we at the doctors and they just prescribed her

For the Nipah Virus, fruit bats of the Pteropus genus have been identified as the natural reservoir. The virus has been isolated in many bodily locations, such as the brain and spinal fluid, and from environmental prototypes, like bat urine and partially eaten fruit, such as found in cases of Malaysia. Antibodies of the Nipah virus have been found in the sera of fruit bats, which have been collected in India, Indonesia, and many others such as Madagascar and Ghana. The presence of these antibodies indicate that goats, horses, and some cats and dogs have been reported as infected, with a history of exposure to infected pigs in Malaysia. This wide range of locations where NiV has been discovered represents its wide geographic distribution. While

When I first began reading this book, I assumed that it would be like the 2 previous books in the series: fast-paced with good action and good characters, but more a fun read than anything else. It was going to be enjoyable in an Ocean's Eleven or Casino Royale way like its predecessors. And so going into this, my initial reaction was surprise. In the first chapter I was already delving into the past of Kat and Hale's powerful bond and the history of their relationship, something I thought would never be explained. Already, the book was surprising me with its depth of character development and hidden deeper meanings. Throughout the book the theme of the characters taking on much bigger and influential roles continued. I learned to love the characters not just as characters but real people; I learned to look at Kat's world not just as all bright, cheerful hues, but this book revealed the shadowy, dark shades of Kat's world as well: corruption, hurt, and lots of angst. But, powering through it all and saving the day was the infinite loyalty and love of her family.

Let’s talk about the main character, Howard Roark, played by Gary Cooper is in my opinion not well represented. He’s suppose to represent Objectivism perfectly, a complex philosophy of rational individualism, but based only on the movie, I would not comprehend it well through Gary. I am relieved to have already read the book! He is very simple and direct and we can see that he is alone so we know that he does all right by himself. This description is not enough details in order to understand him well. I know that we cannot add everything in a movie, but the director could of made him speak about the way he thinks (emphasis in his philosophy) in the dialogues, there is just one moment at the trail where he talks clearly about it. So, he is just portrayed as a men who refuses to compromise and his interaction with the people around him is not representative of the book, since we do not see that he see’s and hears everyone, but he makes them feel as they do not really exist for him. As well, there are some characters that are not well represented. One can be Keating, since in the book he is very important. He represents the complete opposite of Howard Roark. In the movie, he’s there but does not talk enough so we can not know a lot about his background, on the contrary, in the book, there is a complete chapter about him. There is also Patricia, she represents Dominique and has a bad acting in this realisation. She does not own her character. Also, we can mention Robert Douglas (represents Toohey), he made me feel like he wants to scare people of, like an angry character in the first impression he gave when he was meeting Roark with his associates. Again, it is not how he is in the book, his altruist who’s live revolves around other people, and in the first impression he seems like a nice guy since he hides his obsession to gain power from everyone around him under a mask (his appearance

An invisible organism enters your body. It penetrates into your tissues and then takes over the machinery in your own cells to make more copies of itself. This tiny infiltrator works silently, producing thousands of these clones that fill up the cell and cause it to explode. The clones mercilessly continue the process of invading, taking over and destroying cells. The result might be a minor inconvenience to you as the host, or it could result in a slow or rapid death. It depends only on which variant of this unwanted infiltrator overcomes your body’s defenses. There are cures to wipe out some types of these invisible intruders, but others are so difficult to eradicate or so readily adaptable, that the world’s greatest scientists

Viruses are generally often to steal information from computers that are infected. Most aren't successful. Either way, Viruses set out to harm your computer and it can also be a way for a computer virus to steal credit card numbers, passwords or account numbers and other sensitive data.