Bioshock Infinite (2013 Video Game): The game takes place in 1912 and protagonist, Booker DeWitt taken to a lighthouse on boat by a mysterious pair of twins named Lutece. The Lutece twins tell Booker to "bring us the girl and wipe away the debt," DeWitt traverses the lighthouse which contains a rocket silo that carries Booker to Columbia, a floating city. Booker wanders around Columbia until he is stopped by a policeman who recognizes the branded letters, “AD” on Booker’s hand. The letters are seen earlier in a poster that displays them as the markings of the “False Shepard” who Zachary Comstock, the leader and prophet of the city, said would attempt to corrupt his daughter and future leader, Elizabeth and bring forward the destruction of …show more content…
After getting Elizabeth out of her tower, her guard, the Songbird attacks them and destroys the tower. Booker and Elizabeth barely make it out alive. They move towards the Aerodrome and agree on taking an airship to Paris, a city Elizabeth has always wanted to see. Booker sets the coordinates for New York City planning to take Elizabeth to the Luteces. To his surprise, Elizabeth has knowledge of coordinates and knocks him unconscious when she sees where they are headed. He wakes up to find the airship has been taken over by the Vox Populi, an organization against Columbia, and their leader, Daisy Fitzroy. The Vox Populi consists primarily of the working class and minorities in Columbia, who have all been oppressed in one way or another by Columbia’s racist and sexist government and society. Fitzroy proposes a deal to Booker and Elizabeth. She tells the pair to recover a weapons cache from a gunsmith in return for the airship. Booker and Elizabeth travel deeper into the city to find the gunsmith. On their way, Elizabeth opens many tears to help Booker fight and get to their destination …show more content…
Robert witnessing Elizabeth’s poor treatment and Comstock’s ruthlessness convinces Rosalind to help him bring his universe’s Booker to her universe to save Elizabeth. This circles back to the beginning of the game. Elizabeth explains that no matter what Booker does against Comstock, Comstock will remain alive in at least one universe; the Luteces have attempted to recruit Bookers from multiple universes numerous times to destroy the cycle, but nothing ever changes. The only way to break the circle is to prevent Comstock from being “born” in the first place. Elizabeth takes Booker to the place he went to be baptized after his actions at the Battle of Wounded Knee. (Booker was a former soldier before the events of the game) In Robert's universe, Booker avoided baptism at the last moment and later fathered his daughter Anna In Robert's universe, while in Rosalind's universe he accepted the baptism, was reborn as Zachary Comstock, and didn’t have children. Comstock, sterile from exposure to the Luteces' technology, was aware of his alternate self as Booker and planned Anna's abduction to provide him with a blood-related heir for Columbia. Booker and Elizabeth, at the baptism, are surrounded by versions of Elizabeth from different
You, 4 teammates, and a hostage, are trapped in one room, surrounded by 5 enemies that have endless ways to get in and steal the hostage. You know they are coming in, but you never know when, where, or how they will get in. Once they’re in all you can see is dust and debris from explosions and other gunshots. You have to shoot at the enemies that are jumping in from the ceiling, blowing up walls, or even coming in through the main doorway. You get a sudden rush when you see a grenade land right next to you only have seconds to run away from it all while hoping you don’t get shot in the process. You can feel that sudden burst of adrenaline all from playing Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege.
Mark Bowden is a teacher, columnist for Atlantic Monthly, playwright, and a writer. His book Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War a world wide bestseller that spent more than a year in the New York Times bestseller list and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Bowden also worked on the script for Black Hawk Down, a film version of the book, directed by Ridley Scott. Bowden is also the writer of the bestseller Killing Pablo The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw in 2001, which tells the story of the hunt for Colombian drug lord billionaire Pablo Escobar. He is the author of Doctor Dealer published in 1987, Bringing the Heat made in1994, Our Finest Day made in 2002, and also Finders Keepers 2002. Bowden writes for to major American magazines often. He is also an add-on professor at Loyola College, where he teaches creative writing and journalism. He was born In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1951 and Bowden grew up in Maryland where he attended Loyola College and graduated with a B.A in English.
Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness uses character development and character analysis to really tell the story of European colonization. Within Conrad's characters one can find both racist and colonialist views, and it is the opinion, and the interpretation of the reader which decides what Conrad is really trying to say in his work.
One example of rebelling against the party is that of Julia’s sexual escapades. She plots and plans to have sex with many of the different party members in order to find release in her otherwise boring lifestyle and by doing so she increases the amount of mass personal rebellion within the party’s regiment. After Winston and Julia are done having sex in the woods for the first time, he asks her how many other men has she done this with. She told him that she had done it with “scores” of other men and Winston is delighted to hear the good news. He feels that the more men she has had sexual encounters with makes the party weaker because those men don’t really feel committed to their party. Julia does not dream of rebellion against their oppressors as Winston does. However, she accepts her role in society and goes about life enjoying herself when she can.
Consequently, there is a greater risk of an uprising compared to Ratched in her psychiatric hospital due to her having a more secure rule over her dominion. The lesson for the audience, then, is to use the power of free choice to participate in politics, whether it is at work, school, or in a country. In fact, it is quite common for one to be denied the freedom of choice as shown by Alex and McMurphy’s powerlessness in selecting their governing parties. From a more tangible standpoint, the residents of Toronto were responsible for providing Mayor Rob Ford his source of power through their votes. However, after the mayor embarrassed the city of Toronto through his use of illegal crack cocaine, about three-quarters of Torontonians now agree that Ford must step down (Doolittle).
A misplaced shot to the head by a mysterious man in a checkered suit and a quick burial in a shallow grave kicks off the next chapter in Bethesda’s juggernaut series: Fallout: New Vegas. While New Vegas is more expansive and jam packed than any other Fallout game to date, “this game still feels like a huge, awesome expansion” (Steimer) to the game’s predecessor. The setting takes place in a massive west coast wasteland littered with gangs, death, and ravenous creatures contesting the rebuilt ruins of Las Vegas, renamed to New Vegas after the nuclear war with China, as the wastelands marvelous centerpiece. To complete all quests, missions, and adventures in the game, “expect to rack up a total of around 100 hours.” (Steimer).
Tom tries to interest the others in a racist book called The Rise of the Colored Empires, by a man named Goddard. Daisy teases Tom about the book, but is interrupted when Tom leaves the room to take a phone call. Daisy follows him, and Jordan tells Nick that the call is from Tom's lover in New York.
When questioning whether or not Joseph Conrad was an imperialist, a racist or both for that matter, the answer should be quite obvious after reading some of his works, such as, Heart of Darkness. Everywhere you look in this book, there is both imperialism and racism illustrated. Through Kurtz, Conrad's imperialist side breaks through and likewise, through Marlow Conrad's racist views come to life.
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, achieved classical recognition for its depiction of humanity’s struggle to reconcile good and evil. From the very opening pages of the Bible man has wrestled with choice, opportunity, propensity and instinct. The knowledge of good and evil has surely caused us to die to simplicity and burdened us with the curse of self-awareness. At first it was a struggle for me to get from page to page because of Conrad’s intricate details.
The Novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is about an Ivory agent, Marlow, who is also the narrator of his journey up the Congo River into the heart of Africa. Marlow witnesses many new things during his journey to find Mr. Kurtz. In Apocalypse Now, the narrator is Captain Willard, who is also on a journey to find Kurtz. The Kurtz in the movie however is an American colonel who broke away from the American army and decided to hide away in Cambodia, upon seeing the reality of the Vietnam War. The poem “The Hollow Men” talks about how humans’ “hollowness” affects their lives and often leads to the destruction of one’s life. These three works all deal with similar issues, and are related to one another in many ways, and also share somewhat similar themes.
As a student in Introduction to Literature I have had the opportunity to engage in reading and writing from the books listed: The Call of the Wild, Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s, and I know why the cage bird sings. These books have taught me that a message could be delivered in many perspectives. I have learned that a book is more than a story being told. It is up to the reader imagination to take then to that magical place. From these books I have choose to challenge myself to critic The Call of the wild by Jack London. It is an outstanding book that could be a positive feature for fifth grader to college students. The best thing about this book is that your view will change as you get older and wiser. For example I read this book in sixth grade and then again as a third year student and my views have change. Presently this book informs me that one’s life may end up different then the life they started. Also you change depends on the world that surrounds them such as people, environment, and life experiences just to name a few. I believe that The Call of the Wild is one of the best books written, because it educate the readers that throughout life you will continue to learn and be thought. In this paper I will explain Social Darwinist and the terms, technique I us to base the true agenda, and agree my thesis represented by quotes from the book. I will tackle number 3 for this take home midterm.
To begin with, this paper was written with the intent to provide a full analysis on the movie Black Hawk Down. Over the course of the following paragraphs, I will establish a base as to why I think this movie is important to history, as wells as provide an in-depth overview of the narrative, and the translation of the story into a film. Since there are many different characteristics that make up a great film, the following text will provide what I think to be the strongest elements of the narrative, mise-en-scene, character development, and overall reception of the audience.
"Alright," is what he responded before shuffling over onto the chair next to me and wrapping his arms tightly around my body. He held me close to his chest, gently pulling me over onto his lap. "I...I'm sorry if I bring any trouble to you, if you tell me to go, then I'll go. I won't question it, honest, I won't. I'll just leave if you want me to, or if I ever annoy you," I whispered into his chest.
I’m the type of guy that would go out and buy a Call of Duty game, pop it open and gather all my friends and jump right into it. Call of Duty is one of the most popular games out and many people love to play. It is competitive, it has online play, and you can also create a clan or group to play against other people around the world online. Call of Duty dates back to 2003 and really wasn’t popular then because it’s all about killing your enemy. Many parents didn’t want their child to play the game. Growing up, I didn’t know much about video games, so I wasn’t really into them until I started playing Call of Duty. Not only does it have military based features, it also has zombies and/or aliens features as well.