The Adventure of the Empty House

Elijah thought today would be special, he always had a sixth sense about those things. He knew when a sailor would return from the dock when he worked, with a new tale of adventure and when a new shipment came. And because of that Elijah hurried off from his room to get to the dock early that morning, so he could figure out exactly what was making him feel so excited subconsciously. He grabbed that morning's paper for his boss, an extra task he did in the morning because Jared so hated extra social

Bonnie and Clyde (1967, Penn) Badlands (1973, Malick) were classic films in the outlaw and getaway genre that both reflected and shaped the popular culture of the era when they were made. This was the era of the counterculture and New Left, after all, or student rebellions, riots and protests against the Establishment, police and all authority figures. Both films were based on real life characters, with Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow being actual Depression-era bank robbers, while Holly and Kit resembled

It's 6:00am and that annoying beep of your alarm is ringing in your ears. You get up, start the coffee maker, shower, and get dressed in your work attire. You start your car and back out of your drive-way before noticing that you're running on the last fumes of your tank. You drive to nearest gas station where you see gas prices have, once again, risen. The aforementioned scenario is only one of many examples of the depreciating value of the dollar. In fact, in the past five years, the CPI-U

Title: Two Versions of a Single Story: National Perspective and Auteur Approaches to the Outsider “Western”. Kurosawa’s Yojimbo and Leone’s Fistful of Dollars Compared. Student: I-Fu Chen Class: CTCS 502 Professor: Priya Jaikumar Due: Oct 8th, 2014 Films: Yojimba, Akira Kurasawa (dir.) 1961, Japan (Viewed Sept 17, 2014) Fistful of Dollars, Serge Leone (dir.) 1964, Italy. (Viewed Oct 1, 2014) This essay is based on films of the same story, told in different ways, with

Evil never conquers because good always overcomes it. A good example of this is the book Dracula by Bram Stoker because the author expresses the nature of good vs. evil. Dracula wants to come to London because he wants to turn everyone into vampires. The basic background of the book Dracula is when Jonathan Harker, a realtor who is sent to Transylvania to complete a transaction with Dracula so he can come to England. What Harker does not know is that Dracula has a plan for world domination. Well

Kyle McKeehan Ms. Davis English IV 20 February 2015 Piecing It All Together Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a failing physician, created an iconic fictional detective named Sherlock Holmes in 1887 with the novel A Study in Scarlet. Sherlock Holmes is one of the most well known literary characters of all time and that is why even until this day the character has kept our attention in pop culture and entertainment. Holmes was praised for his attention to detail when in fact he may have had Aspergers and in

Corey Haldiman Goulette Research Paper Walt Whitman Walt used creativity, personal experiences and different ideas in his writing. He moved various times through his childhood, and that may have moved his personality to become slightly neurotic. He has done a lot of things in his life that has changed the way that future poets will write. Walt Whitman entered this world on May thirty-first, eighteen-nineteen in West Hills, New York. He was the second son among nine other children in his

Many people have heard the name Anne Frank. But who was the girl behind the name? Her life had an ordinary beginning in Frankfurt, Germany, but her experiences soon proved to be anything but ordinary. Anne Frank’s comfortable childhood was short lived; she was forced into a world created by the changing politics of her time, immersed into a dangerous life of secrecy, and imprisoned among horrific conditions as she unknowingly created a legacy that would be treasured for many lifetimes. The Frank

Health in Games Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental illness that effects millions of people worldwide, including war veterans, police officers, marines and crash survivors. Recent research of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has produced new treatments with great potential and better results. This paper investigates the use of virtual reality as way of treating people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. There are existing treatments for PTSD, which range from pharmacological

Through a series of intimate personal transcripts covering four centuries, six protagonists consider what it means to be human in coincidence with the development of artificial intelligence. In a narrative that spans geography and time, five protagonists contemplate the human experience. A young Puritan woman travels to the New World with her unwanted new husband. Alan Turing, the renowned mathematician and code breaker, writes letters to his best friend’s mother. A Jewish refugee and professor