From the film, Stranger than Fiction by Zack Helm, there are a few lessons that we, the viewers, can take from it. For one, the viewer can learn that no matter how powerfully it may seem, we, as humans are actually in charge of our fate. The main character, Harold Crick, is under the impression that he is going to die because the narrator Karen ( Read more... )

In order to categorize any of the characters from Stranger Than Fiction as a stereotype of anything, one must first define what make someone stereotypical. Stereotypical is a general and agreed upon opinion that others have of specific individuals that appear to match up with the rest of the people of that specific group. For example, when people ( Read more... )

A contemporary “text” that I would consider literature would easily be Dante’s Divine Comedy. The three part poem contains an elaborate plot, literary devices such as irony and allusion, and also has extensive use of the prominent theme of eternal damnation or paradise.  Throughout the piece there is use of extreme irony over and over again. In ( Read more... )

My name is Hunter Prater. I am a microbiology and pre-med student. I plan to transfer to Texas Tech University after I get my Core Complete status from Collin College. I compete in a sport known as Orienteering which is an extreme mix between cross country running and army land navigation. I usually run courses of about 10 kilometers at a time all ( Read more... )

While I sit here trying to think of what to write for this final journal entry I thought it only appropriate to discuss this class as a whole! Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this class! My favorite aspect of it all was the teachers of course; I have yet to find any instructors that can match the team of Angel-Cann and Gunderson! And a combination of ( Read more... )

Slavery. When people hear that word nearly everyone’s first reaction to it is in reference to the African Americans that were enslaved in pre civil war America. However, what most people do not realize is that slavery has been around for centuries! Even going as far back as biblical times, there are mentions of slavery and servitude to a “master ( Read more... )

Who all is prepared for this upcoming exam? Fortunately this unit I actually studied and know the majority of the material so I think I am better off than the other tests I had in this class. Not to say that I did horrible in the tests past but I think that it would behoove me more so especially for the final exam, to have studied. Also considering ( Read more... )

Isn’t it ironic that the primary reason that the people of colonial America wanted to secede was because of taxes? This strikes me as funny because of all the strange and diverse taxes of today. Now grant it, the colonists had good and hard reason to be so opposed to the taxes levied upon them by Britain, but it is the underlying reason regardless ( Read more... )

The battle of Fredericksburg was undoubtedly a confederate victory. However like many things in life, it can easily be attributed to a bit of luck. Gen. Burnside planned to surprise the forces at Fredericksburg and take them by sheer force of numbers, however there was a glitch in the plan. Burnside needed  pontoon bridges to cross the Rappanhock  ( Read more... )

Robert E. Lee was in fact one of the greatest strategic generals that ever lived. Seeing as how he was raised in a military family, attended west point military academy, and had vast knowledge on defensive strategies from his experience in the civil war, he was an excellent candidate for the general-in-chief of the confederate forces. What most ( Read more... )