Reality Bites

While almost all spiders have venom and possess the ability to bite, most arachnids found in New Jersey pose little to no risk to humans. With that said, a few potentially dangerous species do reside in Jersey, and knowing the habit and appearance of these venomous spiders can help you avoid them. Brown Recluse Spider An adult brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa) measures between 6 and 11 millimeters with a dark brown to dull yellow coloring. The most distinctive characteristic is the violin or fiddle-shape

does it mean that either will not ever cross each other’s path. It is when the two come into the acknowledgement of one another that the awaking takes place. It is in this allegory that I derive at my own theory of reality. Materialism (Hallman, 2012, pp. 177-199) This reality that I as the man and the ant live in a finite existence of time and space. We are surviving in our own environments, presence in our senses harmony with wu wei, being fashioned each of its own civilization. Each

of Agency, and the Phenomenon of Reality Television.” that, “...it is existential banality and the boredom of our own lives that we desire as spectacle….In elevating the banal to spectacle, we are elevating ourselves as media objects.” (Chung 33) Similarly, news media, which one would expect to be a dose of objective reality, follows the same developments as other media. Mark Peace of Aberystwyth University writes, “This is a telltale sign of construction of reality by news broadcasters in two ways:

The novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is an excellent written novel that has deep meaning to it. The novel is about a 32 year old man named Charlie Gordon who is mentally disabled, and he goes through a medical procedure which enhances his knowledge. Throughout the novel, all Charlie wants to be is normal. Charlie just wants to fit in, have friends, and make his parents proud. Charlie is the first person ever to go through this surgery so he is going through a journey that only he has experienced

Escapism describes the desire to circumvent the circumstances of one's current reality and is one of the major appeals of television in the modern age. Wilbur Schramm, an scholar of mass communication, “lists escape as one manifestation of the entertainment function of (mass) communication” (oxford). Escapism can be centered around any number of fantasies, however each one caters to some desire or shortcoming in our everyday lives. Escapism is directly tied to ideas of a paradiscal existence through

simple mathematic equations like 2+3=5 to be true just as there is no evidence to prove we are not living within a dream. The argument puts into question whether the evil demon deceives us into believing things in which are simply made into a virtual reality when in fact there could be “no earth, no sky, no extended thing, no shape, no size, no place”. Just as the dreaming argument can be broken up into premises and a conclusion the same can be done for the evil demon; - If I am certain to be certain

However life is perceived, there will always be an underlying truth to every reality. Whether society refuses to accept the cold hard truth or not is all dependent on how the truth is portrayed. However difficult it might be to differentiate illusions and reality there always seems to be a way to tell the two apart. Exploring issues of reality and the illusions that can dominate a life, The Matrix and The Black Cat use darkening imagery to suggest that the world in which we live should not be accepted

However life is perceived, there will always be an underlying truth to every reality. Whether society refuses to accept the truth or not is all dependent on the individual. However difficult it might be to differentiate illusion from reality, there will always be a way to to tell the two apart. Exploring issues of reality and the illusions that can dominate a life, The Matrix and The Black Cat use darkening imagery to suggest that the world in which we live should not be accepted blindly. The “real”

realizes his dad was a myth due to all of the miraculous stories that had been told about him time and time again. 1-3 relevant symbols and their meanings: Water is a symbol for renewal and freedom. The color blue is a symbol for desire. The dog that bites people’s fingers off is a symbol of fate.

to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting. Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is