1. Assassin's creed is a trip thru history . According to “Wikipedia”, it states, “Desmond explores the memories of a number of Assassins, including Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, an initially disgraced Assassin working to redeem himself during the Third Crusade; Ezio Auditore da Firenze, an Assassin in Italy during the late 15th and early 16th centuries of the Italian Renaissance, and Ratonhnhaké:ton, otherwise known as Connor, a half-Mohawk, half-British Assassin during the American Revolution.” As Altair you are in the third crusade . Ezio is in the Renaissance .As Connor, you're in the American Revolution . Edward (pirate) is in the West Indies. Also, Jakeob and Eve Fry you are in Revolutionary London.
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The extend of most American’s knowledge of early America is of Columbus’ discovery of America for Europe in 1492 and the landing of the Mayflower in Plymouth in 1620. This was true of A Voyage Long and Strange author, Tony Horwitz. Horwitz felt as if there were pieces missing in his picture of early America and set out on a journey that spanned from Canada to the Dominican Republic. The novel starts out with a prologue of Horwitz talking about his own reasons for wanting to learn more of early America and then is broken into three sections Discovery, Conquest, and Settlement. Each section discusses another period in early American history starting with first contact in Vinland and ending with the landing in Plymouth.
In Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV), you play the role of an Eastern European immigrant who has come to Liberty City to visit his self-proclaimed ‘successful’ cousin, Roman. After making the journey, Niko finds that his cousin is actually stuck in a cycle of debt and struggle and has been lying about his large mansion and beautiful women. After spending some time with Roman, Niko finds that his cousin is being harassed by local loan sharks. Niko must commit illegal activities for the loan sharks in order to eradicate Roman’s debt. As a result, he must enter the underground world of drugs and violence. Soon after, Roman discovers that his girlfriend is cheating on him with Niko’s boss, Vlad, and is heartbroken. When Niko confronts Vlad, he shows no remorse and Niko decides to take revenge on behalf of his cousin. Niko ends up killing Vlad which leads to both Niko and Roman being kidnapped and forced to work for Vlad’s boss. After this episode, Niko reveals to Roman that he did not actually come to Liberty City to visit his cousin; he came to seek vengeance against an army companion who betrayed Niko and left him for dead along with the rest of his company.
Realism is a literary movement stressing the depiction of contemporary life and society as it exists or existed. In this time period, many authors based their stories off of the materialism, Darwinism, and Marxism. Materialism is the belief of separating people based on their social classes. Darwinism is the belief of survival of the fittest meaning one species will always outlast another. Marxism is the belief of how money and class structure controls a nation. In this time period, authors began changing their style of writing into a more naturalistic way. In this style of writing, they make the universe unpredictable and make fate determined by chance. In addition, characters’ lives are transformed by their surrounding instead of their internal conflicts. In The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell uses modernistic and realistic ways of writing such as dominant mood, setting, and naturalism to criticize the realistic ideas of Darwinism, big game hunting, and Russian Civil War and its effect on people.
One of the greatest qualities of humanity is the ability to respond to the circumstances and surroundings one might find themselves in at any given time. Authors convey this quality into literature constantly with their novels and articles. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a realistic fiction short story written by Richard Connell. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a stunning short story on the human condition, the dangers of blood-thirsty hunters, and defining the true meaning of a civilized person. Connell’s wrote his novel during the time period wealthy individuals enjoyed hunting animals. TV shows, magazine articles, and even movies are based off Connell’s story. Another example of a novel that responds to the environment is James Hurst’s realistic fiction short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”. “The Scarlet Ibis” is a tragic, realistic fiction that describes the hazards of pride, the terrors of being disparate from others, and the qualities of true brotherly love. “The Scarlet Ibis” was written in the 1960’s when handicapped people were treated differently than normal people. An additional volume worth analyzing is Guy de Maupassant’s realistic fiction, “The Necklace”. “The Necklace” is a narrative about a covetous woman who dreams for impervious goals, and realizes that being prosperous is not always as elitist is as it is made out to be. In reality during periods of great danger or fear, humans occasionally experience a rush of adrenaline that allows them to accomplish otherwise impossible tasks such as mothers lifting cars off of their children. Therefore, the human condition has the ability to overpower common sense and control emotions when the situation at hand requires action.
The movie analyzed in this paper is The Mission. This movie contains several sociological aspects and concepts. The concepts most easily identified are the ones that will be discussed in the following pages of this paper. Those concepts are Social Inequality, Deviance, and Subcultures. Social inequality is the social differences that exist whenever one group of people has different access to the rewards a society offers. Deviance is a variation from a set of norms or shared social expectations. Finally subcultures are groups of persons who share in the main culture of a society but also have their own distinctive values, norms, and life styles. These three concepts are clearly recognizable and are the concepts most prevalent in storyline of the movie.
When it comes to survival, one can prove that with determination, the middle and lower class can succeed and triumph over the high class. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, is about a hunter Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff on Ship Trap Island. Sanger Rainsford finds shelter on the island and is greeted by General Zaroff. He created a dangerous game which was to hunt humans and Sanger Rainsford was forced to play the game in exchange for his freedom. Frightened and sleep deprived, Sanger Rainsford tried to survive and was able to escape. In conclusion, middle class Sanger Rainsford was able to succeed and triumph over the powerful General Zaroff. Sanger Rainsford proved that with hard work and motivation, one can succeed. The
Truman’s journey began at a low point which gradually declined, then spiked at the conclusion of the film. In the beginning, Truman is depicted as a happy man living in a utopian world (as identified by the picket fences, friendly neighbourhood and “American dream” lifestyle). However, this world is superficially nice for Truman and he becomes restless, as seen when he pretends to be an explorer and says “maybe I feel like a teenager”, triggering his call to adventure and questioning of himself, justifying it as a positive event.
With animals when we track them down and kill them is called hunting, but when we do the same activities to humans it is unlawful and considered murder. Meanwhile we see a similar conflict in the short story The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell. In the story the main character an extremely talented hunter, Rainsford, is on a yacht on his way to the Amazon for a dangerous hunt. Soon after the sailors spotted an island called Ship Trap Island Rainsford falls into the ocean and must swim to the island. While he was on the island he meets a man named General Zaroff, an experienced hunter. The theme of The Most Dangerous Game is morals and wrongful actions are in the eye of the beholder animals feel fear while being hunted, what is normal to you can be completely different from someone else’s idea of it, and joy doesn’t have identical meaning for everyone.
As it is commonly known, Hollywood tends to dramatize historical occurrences when it depicts events of the past. However, this does not mean that the movies they create are always historically inaccurate. Most of the time, the important details are kept and easy to relate to the events that actually took place.
Three million people will never be able to take a precious breath, nor see their families again. The Vietnam War took about fifth teen years before it came to an end. Numerous of people, including our veterans believe the Vietnam War should have never happened. The Vietnam War is one of the most crucial wars to ever take place in history. There are plenty of movies based off of the Vietnam War; some fiction, and others are not. The movie “Forrest Gump” involves the Vietnam War, and A man that does all these horrendous achievements in life and in war. There are A few things in the movie that are accurate but, most of the scenes about the war are made just for entertainment, and not to show historical facts. This paper will prove to you that even though a movie is based off of a historical event doesn’t always mean it is a true story.
Richard Connell, who wrote the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, uses his ability to convey many of the stupendous intentions to control the elements of plot, which is what makes this short story such a compelling and engaging piece of literature! The exposition, where Rainsford tells his opinion about hunting, is one of the elements of plot that conveys and demonstrates how Richard Connell manipulated the plot to make this short story even more stimulating. Then, the rising action includes suspenseful events that preserves the reader in an immense amount of suspense, which again goes to show Connell’s ability to control the plot element to intrigue the reader deeper into the story. Later in the story, Richard Connell ends “The Most
The medieval knights templar were a devout military religious order that combined the roles of knight and monk in a way the medieval world has never seen before. Originally, they were known as the poor knights of Christ and the temple of Solomon or the knights Templar. St. Bernard regarded them as “new species of knighthood”. To him they were a unique combination of knight and monk. They were a fierce military unit devoted to christ and everything that christ stands for (wikipedia).
For instance, Amir is a Muslim who is ashamed of his true identity whereas his nephew, Abe, embraces his religion and his heritance. Even though they are both Muslims, Amir`s narration of Islam is completely different than Abe`s, so they both stand for different groups. Amir`s ideology of being an American is to embrace American culture, name, religion, and values while his nephew believes that Amir should support his people and their “cause”. Another smart choice is to insert an African-American and a Jew character because they are also minority like Amir. One would expect that Jody and Isaac, members of different minorities who have suffered from different issues, such as slavery and genocide, would relate to Amir`s problem; however, they seem to judge him based on stereotypes just like anyone else. In contrast, Emily is extremely supportive, and amazed by Islam and its values. Therefore, Akhtar`s smart choice helps to understand so many different
“The Patriot” follows the journey of Benjamin Martin, a veteran soldier and a widower with seven children, who is called to fight against the British Army so the colonies could gain independence. Set in the 1770’s when the United States was still under the control of the British Empire ruled by King George III, America went into a civil war against the British as colonists began rejecting the ideals set by Britain. During this time the United States was still known as the Thirteen American Colonies, today these colonies are the east coast states of America. Although the film is fictional and depicts characters and events that aren’t historically accurate, we still get an insight of the struggles colonist lived through in order to obtain independence.
When I was around the age of 8 or 9, I read lots of books and realized it was so easy to be an author of a book. At that point of my life, I was convinced that I was going to be an author when I grow up. Throughout my life in elementary and middle school, I was given simple writing assignments that didn’t take much thought or research, making me feel as if the writing was effortless. I realized that when I entered high school, I would be writing papers that consisted of 5 to 6 pages long or longer and this would be challenging for me because of my weakness in writing.