Scott Fahlman

The classic tale of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott describes the middle ages in English history, where England was ruled by Richard the First who was a greater warrior than administrator and spent most of his time away from his kingdom, fighting battles and the Crusades alike. The next-in-line Prince John in the mean time had taken over the throne and along with his council of advisors had wrecked havoc in England, especially for the Anglo-Saxons and Jews. The novel, Ivanhoe, tells the reader about

In the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, the author believes that betraying your friends after making a promise only leads to disaster. In the beginning of the book, the main character Tally and her best friend Shay live in a city where everyone is given an operation to turn “pretty” at the age of 16 . Shay and Tally have a strong relationship and hoverboarding is one of the main links between the two. But when Shay tells Tally that she is leaving because she doesn’t want to turn pretty, Tally refuses

On December 24, 2002, Scott Peterson became known as the most hated man in a America, as he was convicted of murdering his eight and a half month pregnant wife. This tragedy has a lot of questions begging to be answered like who was involved, how it happened and where they are now. Laci Rocha Grew up as the youngest child I Modesto California I 1975. Shortly after she was born her parents separated and Laci would visit her father's dairy farm in Escalon California. She was a cheerleader through junior

Tally, the main character in the book “Uglies”, shows many changes in character or thought throughout the book. “Uglies” was written by Scott Westerfeld, a New York Times Bestselling Author. In Uglies, Westerfeld shows the reader how Tally’s character changes when Peris visits her in Uglyville, when Tally finds out David grew up in the Smoke, and when Tally visits David’s parents’ house. The first time a change of character in Tally is noticed is when she finds out who she trusts, and commits to

women and children are all outcast for many different reasons. Society judges people for traits including, skin colour, gender, hair color, and body type. The media and society constantly make people feel bad about the way they look. In Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld, the main theme is about finding one's identity in a world that already has one made up for them. Despite this theme, the characters in the novel do not strive to overcome society’s stereotypes. The pretties, specials and the uglies do not

Los Angeles 2019: Sprawling, Overpopulated and Uncaring The Los Angeles of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is a vivid and meticulously imagined cityscape. The film relies heavily on intricate set pieces and models, and Scott devotes a relatively large amount of screen time to sweeping shots of the city and images of its buildings and advertisements. These images not only give a setting for the characters, but also provide a rich context for the narrative. Specifically, the architecture, planning and

1. Gather the Facts The premise of the movie Office Space is about a group of workers, Peter, Michael, Samir, Tom, and Milton, work at Initech who are fed up with their jobs. The movie starts with Peter, the protagonist, going through his typical day of work at Initech. Various annoyances have been accumulating and Peter views his days at work as a waste of time and has no motivation to do anything productive. In addition to these brewing issues, Peter’s boss, Bill Lumbergh, is known for being a

turns sixteen life becomes perfect. Tally’s trip to the Smoke was suppose to be easy once she arrived at her destination. In the end, it turned into something Tally could have never imagined. Tally’s personality had changed without the operation. In Scott Westerfeld’s book Uglies, Tally learns even the simple things in life can end up being complex. If Tally would have had the operation, her personality would have changed forever. In the book, Maddy and Az are the ones who told Tally the government

popular TV show, One Tree Hill. First airing on September 23, 2003, One Tree Hill is a fictional show that takes place in the quaint town of Tree Hill, North Carolina. The show is about two young men who are half brothers - Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty) - but never really liked each other, until they were put on the same basketball team. Slowly, the brothers grow to be best friends and the show works around the dynamic of their ever growing relationship and the

Running from Reality Blade Runner is a film directed by Ridley Scott which is bursting with symbolism. Throughout the movie it is able to demonstrate one fundamental question – what makes us human? Within the film, the aforementioned range of symbols are presented in a certain order which helps us reach our own conclusion for this question. One group in particular which play a momentous role in the film are those symbols which relate strongly to religion. Within the film there are symbols that are