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Crake’s attempt to control the future of the world by destroying it, leaving his friend Jimmy to tend to the Crakes”. Crake invents the BlyssPluss pill which promises protection from “all known sexually transmitted diseases” …” would provide an unlimited supply of libido” … “and prolonged youth” (Atwood 294). When the BlyssPluss pill is dispersed and consumed it causes an airborne disease of epic proportion which wipes out the entire race of human beings, except for Jimmy and the Crakes, who survive

through life and show people that his obstacles will not get in his way to win over the dragon Heth. The girl in the other story has to be brave and save the planet from fuel. This will cost her life but will save others. She willingly walks into the airlock and is ejected into space. Her main motivation for her actions is her brother. Knowing that her death will save him at the colony Woden on the planet Mimir, she willingly does it. His successful father motivates the boy in “The Smallest Dragonboy”

life. “The Conquerers coordinates are on the screen. Take her there gently Ristev, I don't want this ship to fall apart before we complete the mission.” “Yes Captain.” Ristev replied feeling more confident. Ristev managed to navigate out of the airlock without a problem he set a course heading for the conquerer’s position. The Conquerer was huge the greatest ship Lena had ever seen, some of its escape pods were bigger then M.E.1. It was an intimidating ship all the best technologies, authorised

groan of frustration as he stood to check more things, they were all stable. Their engines seemed to be working, and since they weren’t dead that at least meant for the moment oxygen was breathable. The sliding doors to the flight deck shot open and there stood a suited Liam Payne and dishevelled Niall Horan. The beeping sound grew louder. It reminded Louis of the sounding of an alarm clock and being in the middle state between waking and sleeping. He could hear the alarm sounding, louder and

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy As the human race makes life-changing discoveries, it is made apparent that there is always more to learn as the universe, instead of becoming familiar, is becoming absurd. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams, as well as the 2005 film adaption, portrays absurdity to be an all-encompassing system in the universe. Through the introduction and attempt to understand lack of reason, the narration of important elements and the human perception

What are two examples of extremophiles and how do scientists hypothesize they may help us understand life in other planets or moons? When we study extremophiles, the spectrum of conditions where life can survive becomes broader. As more types of extremophiles are being discovered, there are categories extremophiles are placed in. A few examples of categories are radioresistant microbes, and thermophiles. Radioresistant microbes are types of extremophile that can withstand high amounts of radiation

Even out in space like in Tom Godwin’s “Cold Equations,” problems can present themselves, and characters soon figure out something significant. They open their eyes, in a way, and change because of it. The theme that someone has to open their eyes to see the bigger picture is shown in Tom Godwin’s “The Cold Equations,” Morley Callaghan’s “All the Years of Her Life,” “How Far She Went” by Mary Hood, and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men. Opening one's eyes to the bigger picture is shown in “The Cold

mother are playing games Olly and his family get into a fight and MAdeline says, “I don’t see what happens next because I pull away from my mom and I’m running. I don’t think; I just move. I fly out of the room and down the hall. I’m through the airlock and out the door in no time at all”(135). Going outside is a risk to Madeline’s life, but she does not think twice about her actions. Madeline began liking Olly when she wants to break her mother's rules, but now she is in love with Olly and will

Literature can, at times, have a fascinating connection with film. Whether it is a film or a piece of literature, both are written by someone that wants to leave an impact on an audience. However, movies and books have different roles. They each have different strong points wherein books give better characterization, stronger revelations, and inner conflict, but movies create a better mood with music and visuals, showing much more emotion. It's a totally different kind of experience, of course, and

Ever since Apollo 11, when the US landed on the moon other countries thought about getting into ¨The Space Race¨. On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the first Space Station (Redd). As the soviets continued to send space stations into orbit, the US was working on a project. In 1984 President Ronald Reagan called for a space program that would include participation with the US allies. Two years later they made the idea of a space station and Reagan called it Freedom (Angelo 239). The building