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    sceptic, are FBI agents faced with case assignments which may involve the supernatural. Together they run the X-files, a sector of the FBI dedicated to investigating unexplained cases. From the first episode, it is apparent that Fox Mulder’s belief in the supernatural is heavily influenced by the trauma of watching his sister get abducted by “aliens” when they were small children. (X-Files Wiki ) This event was so tragic that it remained influential in how he looked at the world and his views about

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    I dozed off last night, again woke to the sound of thunder, I think it’s starting to drive me crazy. Determined to get to the bottom of this, I called a psychologist, I was so eager to understand what was happening, I went to him right away, I was there so fast, it was like I was a speeding bullet. My psychologist was a short, white-haired, old man, I could see in his eyes that he was experienced, he radiated sagacity. He talked to me about my wife, and I told him of the circumstances of her death

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    I’m eighteen years old. I’m the child of two highly educated, bright academics. I have several siblings in grad school at ivy league colleges. I love them, but I hate them, too, because I want to be like them and I don’t know if I can. There 's nothing really wrong with me, but I wish there was, so I had something to blame. Here’s my biggest and most closely guarded secret: I’m stupid. I’m too stupid to go to college, too stupid to study what I’m interested in. Sometimes, I feel too stupid to even

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    Fox has unveiled three new haunting posters to promote the upcoming “The X-Files” series while writer Frank Spotnitz has expressed disappointment at the fact that he could not help in creating fresh material for the iconic series. The posters had familiar captions such as “I still want to believe” and “trust no one,” which captured the essential “I want to believe” phrase of the original series. The first poster reveals a blurry image of a hand raised for the viewer to see while another poster

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    “The X-Files”, a spine-chilling sci-fi that gets you on edge about the unsolvable mysteries of the paranormal. With a mix of factual truth, in some cases or episodes from “The X-Files,” are actually based off of true stories that will give you the heebie-jeebies. From aliens, monsters, to serial killers, and religious cults, any person observing this show, it will be enthusiastic to occupy oneself with more seasons of “The X-Files.” If you're not the one that likes ”spooky” films, then this show

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    In her first chapter ‘Feminine Pleasures, Masculine Texts: Reading The X-Files on the DDEBRP’, Rhiannon Bury examines the interpretations of television show The X-Files and also its actors among a female-centric private forum group. As an observation of a virtual space, there is a hybridity of speech and text (Turkle 1995, Mckee and Porter 2008, Hine 2000) that gives the methodology an ethnographic approach but with a textual focus. Using discussion threads and texts posts, which are backed up with

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    "Well The X-files is not the easiest job to have. We not only have to deal with ...unusual criminals we also have to justify our expenses and our very existence to the FBI constantly...Maybe that is the reason for this numbers." She said Mulder just nods. “I don't

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    Conspiracy Analysis In today, society innumerable conspiracy theories discuss what could have occurred. Furthermore, these conspiracy theories are not a fact, but it is an opinion formed by the people who believes that there is something that is kept hidden from the general public. Unfortunately, this information about numerous conspiracies always been a mystery, which the expert who worked in this field for decades are struggling to unravel the mystery. Not to mention Area 51 and the Alien

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    A Kind of Flying is comprised of compilation of selected short stories by Ron Carlson. The stories are mostly written in first person. Carlson writes the story in an extraordinary and sensitive way with bizarre surface happenings. The stories are filled with imaginative humorous tales with epigrammatic dialogue. In the selected four stories titled, “Bigfoot Stole My Wife,” “I Am Bigfoot,” “The Tablecloth of Turin,” and “The Chromium Hook,” describes the concept and the difference between truth and

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    Science fiction has had many notable cult television shows. Two of the most influential and popular shows were the timely Twilight Zone (1959-1964) and the cult favorite The X-Files (1994-2002). Both have been staples in popular culture by reflecting on social structure and politics through the use of science fiction. (Booker). By comparing the two shows, I will showcase how science fiction became the most influential genre in television history. Science fiction was a genre not very popularized

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