House of the Scorpion and I,Robot Compare and Contrast Ever wondered how a bodyguard and a detective could be so different? In the book House of the Scorpion, a bodyguard named Tam Lin has a character very compatible to him in the movie I, Robot. His name is Detective Spooner and they have many characteristics that set them apart and personalities that are similar. Tam Lin is very tough and loves nature. Detective Spooner is very reckless and doesn’t care too much for the law. Both of these characters are very alike but have individual traits that make them different. Both characters,Tam Lin and Spooner are always aware of their surroundings and the situation at hand. Tam Lin always makes sure that he is careful with what he said because he knew there were the cameras were. They also go their lengths to save the ones they love. When Spooner and Dr. Calvin were surrounded by the evil NS-5 robots he tried to protect Cavin at all cost. Spooner, just like Tam Lin also like getting into trouble, and cursing. (they both really like to cuss). “ACHOO! Sorry, I’m allergic to bulls**t.” Detective Spooner. (Alex Proyas, I, Robot) …show more content…
The time in which they live in are different from each other. Tam Lin lives 100 years more into the future than the movie I, Robot. Spooner has a electronic arm and lives in a city, while Tam Lin lives in a desert and is a bodyguard for a omnipotent drug lord. Tam Lin, unlike Detective Spooner, is very wise and tells morals so he was able to lead Matt to a better life."I'll tell you this: El Patrón has his good side and his bad side. Very dark indeed is his majesty when he wants to be. When he was young, he made a choice, like a tree does when it decides to grow one way or the other. He grew large and green until he shadowed over the whole forest, but most of his branches are twisted." (Farmer pg.
Rot & Ruin is a fiction novel written by Jonathan Maberry, set in the post-zombie apocalypse. The novel was released in the United States September 2010. 14 years after the zombie outbreak, this book follows Benny Imura five months after he turns fifteen as he looks for a job so that his rations won’t be cut in half. This is a third-person narrative that follows the protagonist, Benny Imura. Benny is 15 years old pale, somewhat skinny, has brown hair, and dark green eyes. Benny needs a job to live in Mountainside, a town in the Sierra Nevadas in Central California, and reluctantly joins his half-brother, Tom Imura, in the zombie-hunting business and discovers the reality of the business.
In the novel While the Locust Slept, Peter Razor tells his life story about the discrimination and hardships he faced as a Native American boy. In the novel, Peter uses many flashbacks to his early life that help the reader to understand how he got to the places he is. The flashbacks show how discrimination has effected Peters life because he is Native American. Flashbacks in the book include bad experiences Peter had with teachers at the different schools he went to. These flashbacks help to reader to understand how many different situations Peter had to deal with at a young age because the reader understand that the bad experiences are not just happening at the time, but also happened in the past. Many teachers in Peters life exerted their
If someone had previous knowledge of a crime, are they just as guilty for not reporting that a crime was going to happen as the person(s) that actually perpetrated the crime? This question was a major point of discussion and the major driver of the plot in the book Monster by Walter Dean Myers. In this book, 16 year old Steve Harmon is being tried for felony murder for participating in a robbery perpetrated by James King, Bobo Evans, and Osvaldo Cruz that ended in the death a Alguinaldo Nesbitt. Although the jury found Harmon innocent in the end, the readers still learn that Steve knew that a robbery was going to happen. Also, scattered throughout the book were bits of evidence that alluded to Steve’s involvement in the robbery. Therefore,
The Winchester brothers dealt with angels and demons in “Supernatural” Season 9, Episode 21 titled “King of the Damned.” However, the main focus of the episode is the issue of control over Hell between demons Crowley (Mark Sheppard) and Abaddon (Alaina Huffman).
The author¡¯s techniques in Rattler convey not only a feeling of sadness and remorse but also a sense of the man¡¯s acceptance of the snake¡¯s impending death. The reader can sense the purpose of the author¡¯s effective message through the usage of diction, imagery, and organization.
“Vengekeep Prophecies” written by Brian Farrey is a good book for kids. The main message of this week's reading is always be careful who you come upon. If you don’t be careful of who you come upon, you’ll meet someone who you really like. If you meet someone, then you’ll have to betray that person which will make them really sad. You’ll have to betray that person because you might get orders from your leader to betray that person. In this case Jaxter got orders from Edilman to betray the Dowager. First this happened, Jaxter meets Da’s long lost friend and they unite together to help save Vengekeep. (Da is Jaxter’s Dad)After that this happened, Jaxter and Callie finds out that Edilman has the “Death Sentence”.
In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 he uses two subtitles; “The Hearth and the Salamander” and “The Sieve and the Sand”. As you can see, the titles have more meaning then what they bluntly say. But, ‘The Hearth and the Salamander” is a title that I would like to analyze myself.
Can you imagine yourself locked up in a room with no doors? Similar to a room with no doors, there is no way out of hell if it was one's destiny. In the short story "The Devil & Tom Walker" by Washington Irving, the main character's fate is hell because of his wrong decisions in life, accepting a deal with the devil for earthly benefits. Irving reinforces his message about not making decisions that may damn your soul with the use of literary elements and figurative language. Wisely, Irving combines characterization, mood and point of view to perpetuate the theme of the story in the reader's mind.
Located near current day Fairchance, Pennsylvania, Devil’s Hill is a near-forgotten geographical feature. However, during America’s early colonial period, the hill was said to be the spot of great conflict between the Devil and the Native American Indians who lived throughout the region.
In The Princess and the Goblin, the author uses many literary devices to bring his writing to life and to illustrate specific moments in the story.
First, Matt and El Patron's experiences and backgrounds differ dramatically. El Patron is an unloved orphan, who, through careful manipulations and deceit, became one of the most powerful men alive. Everybody at the Alacrán estate treats Matt like he is less than human, a disgusting animal. María treats him kindly most of the time, but as if he were
“The Book of the Dead” by Muriel Rukeyser is a great example of Mike Gold’s definition of proletarian literature for many reasons. It also has a few characteristics that differ from Gold’s definition. “The Book of the Dead” is a very long poem describing the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster that killed thousands of workers in the early twentieth century and their endeavor to seek justice. There are three reasons why this work is an accurate representation of Gold’s proletarian literature. Those reasons are: it is about the worker, relatable to real life, and technical and factual.
In Montaigne’s essay On the Cannibals, the critical analysis of European and Brazilian societies through the scope of the “other” establishes the distinction between the two worlds. However, the definitions of “self” and “other” quickly become blurred as Montaigne connected more synonymous aspects in governance and functioning of the two groups of people. By labeling the outsiders as the “self” and accepting their formalities as the norm, he undermines the Europeans as the “other” and uses the Barbarians to examine the civilized with an untainted perspective, enabling close scrutiny and analysis of both societies. It is through this definition that Montaigne is initially able to offer criticism of the ignorance of European arrogance and assumed superiority over the Barbarians. Montaigne concludes that the civilized and uncivilized both possess aspects that deviate from the idealized state of purity of Nature. The Europeans are far more corrupted but upon further introspection, the Cannibals are evolving towards the same nature of developing a more inorganic society. Therefore, the definition of the “self” offers a more profound understanding of the Barbarians and dismisses the importance of Montaigne’s society while stating the inevitability of transitioning to a more developed culture like the Europeans by the Barbarians.
"The Destructors" written by Graham Greene as a third person view. The story set in London nine years after the end of World War II. People survived from "The Blitz". The Blitz "was Nazi Germany's sustained aerial bombing campaign against Britain in World War Two."(The Blitz) Everything was in chaos, people lost their home, slept in the underground station and lost their hope for the future. The story is about a group of teenage boys who formed a gang and call themselves as the "Wormsley Common Gang". They have a meeting every morning in an impromptu car-park. "It is the site of last bomb of the first blitz"( Greene,55). Although almost everything in this area is destroyed, there is only one house remain with limited damage. It is owned by Mr. Thomas, the youth gang called him Old Misery. One day, the leader of the gang, Blackie, suggest that they should try to sneaking free bus as much as possible while T, Trevor, suggest the boys should demolish Mr. Thomas' house during his two-day visit to the bank holiday. All the members are following T's directions and T becomes the new leader of the youth gang. The Wormsley Common Gang destroyed the house and it is in shambles, at the end, the house was pulled down by the driver and there is nothing left in this area now.
The King Cobra has a reputation as a very deadly snake; there are only a few places that have ant venom for King Cobras. You will need to understand, the King Cobra has a very long striking distance. In a matter of seconds they can strike several feet from where they're located. This leaves one of the reasons why people get bite. The other factor why one snake that has a rapid fire response. The King Cobra can bite and it can also spite into the predators eyes to blind them and get away. People should be more afraid of the King Cobra because they can spite venom up to six-feet in distance.