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“I sat one evening in my laboratory; the sun had set, and the moon was just rising from the sea; I had not sufficient light for my employment, and I remained idle, in a pause of consideration of whether I should leave my labour for the night, or hasten its conclusion by an unremitting attention to it.” (Shelley 120). I remained solemn at the prospect of creating another monster, “a race of devils would be propagated upon the earth, who might the very existence of the species of man a condition precarious and full of terror.” (121). Who am I, a simple and small human being in relation to the rest of humanity to make their lives of living hell? How can I condemn them to a creature so foul, so hideous, so persuasive; one isn’t even entirely sure he was a monster. You see, this is when I began to question my perspective. This moment. It was this entire time that I perceived this creature, my creature, to in fact be a monster; an essence incapable of human experience. Yet, when he tol...

The organization, Don’t Eat Pals , is dedicated in promoting the vegetarian lifestyle and educating the dangers within animal agriculture towards humans and the planet. Under federal law, the animals are to be stunned through either electric shock or knocked out, however, at several plants, the law goes broken and unpunished with atrocious consequences for both the animals and the workers; records, videos, and interviews reiterate violation of the laws ranging from the smallest to biggest corporations. If people worldwide continue the consumption of meat and do not attempt to reduce or eliminate the rates soon, animal agriculture will be a permanent consequence on our planet. Thanks to the recent debut of the Vegan and Vegetarian cafe, Don’t Have a Cow , in Clarksville, Tennessee, the Vegan/Vegetarian message has been buzzing throughout the community. The mission statement of   Don’t Eat Pals would focus promoting and educating in the realms of the Vegan and Vegetarian lifestyl...

Electricity plays a significant role in society’s day to day life. Energy being required to make electric charges leave atoms and move, is usually the bare minimal understanding we grasp about the electronics we use every single day. The three methods of electricity within objects include friction, conduction, and induction and the two types of objects that deal with electricity are insulators and conductors. The following articles we read deal with semiconductors, commonly metalloids, often used in technology. Hexagonal Boron Nitride, a more transparent version of graphene, is chemically inert and atomically smooth semiconductor; thus, making it useful in the foundation for the electronics in cell phones, laptops, tablets, and many other devices. The process of “standard atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition with a similar furnace, temperature and time,” is only differentiated by a “more gentle, controllable way to release the reactant into the furnace and figuring out how...

After Frankenstein abandons the creature, other than our short encounter in the woods when Victor is returning from Geneva, we are not exposed to him again until Victor’s retreat to the mountains. In chapter eleven, the creature opens his tale saying he is not quite sure of the beginning of his being; his initial memories and sensations began with his retreat to the woods after Frankenstein’s apartment. Living off berries and nuts, the creature was confused but learning survival skills along the way, including how to set and maintain a fire. I found this lonely encounter may have been initially good for the creature because it allowed him to figure out his surroundings of this new life he was brought into; however, keeping in mind while he is the great, big creature, he is very much in the dark about life and society itself, and without Victor to help him, he was completely and utterly alone. Agreed - the reflection gives the reader time to know the character rather than meet who Vict...

A book trailer, common on Youtube, is as simple as it sounds: it is a trailer made, usually by fans, to promote a book they enjoyed. The particular trailer I found on “The Raven Cycle”, currently a series of three books by Maggie Stiefvater, was made by a YouTuber called Cookie Polly. The book series, follows the main quirky characters, Blue, Gansey, Ronan, Adam and Noah, on their magical and mysterious adventures. The book trailer Cookie Polly created, portrays several plot lines throughout the story as well as suspense given in the novels. While the quality differs, in that it is amateurly made, the goal to publicize the books is the same. Typically, book trailers are made by fans that cut clips from various other film-media sources to create one video. Sometimes, this may be done through footage the fan takes, but it is mostly commonly a collage of clips from movies or other video forms. Similarly, the fan chooses what audio is put over the footage; sometimes that is a single s...

While Mary Shelley’s novel exemplifies romantic writing, she also wields gothic elements into the story as well; creating an eerie, spooky feel immersed in dark emotions and nature. The protagonist in “Frankenstein” shift several times from Robert Walton to Victor Frankenstein to the Creature and back to Frankenstein. While Walton holds a less significant impact on the story Victor tells himself, all three point of views offer the gothic protagonist element in being and feeling isolated throughout their narrative; although Walton is not particularly a protagonist, he is a primary character of the exterior frame story. For example, in Walton’s case, he is on a ship seeking companionship yet feels isolated from his ship mates. In contrast, Victor isolated himself during his obsession of creating his monster, self-imposing his isolation. During Victor’s point of view, he is clearly the protagonist and comes to believe his creation is an evil monster; when confronted by the creature on ...

So this morning did not really go as planned... For starters, I woke up at 8 rather than 7:15; I had my french lesson 8-9 and then got ready all in time; pulled out of the neighborhood to have my voice professor cancel; called Heather and asked to pick me up around 11:30 to be able to attend our upper body burn class but she was running late so we didn't get to go.... It sort of worked out for the best though because I really had no motivation to do much of anything today. At 1:45, I had english where we discussed the Gothic elements of Frankenstein so that was pretty awesome. Then at 3:10, in Econ we took notes on Nonprofit Organizations and were given our project for next week. After class, Heather and I went to Yoga from 5-6 and had a nice workout afterwards.(: TONIGHT I FINALLY COOKED MY TOFU... I ended up making way too much but it was all good.

In Chapters 1-10, the author introduces the two major characters, Victor Frankenstein and the Creature, as well as several minor characters including Elizabeth Lavenza, Henry Clerval, and Justine Moritz. While these chapters follow Victor’s point of view, whom we find out is the stranger on board Robert Walton’s ship, the minor characters play just as a pivotal role in the story as Victor does. The three minor character’s I’ve chosen were all part of Victor’s childhood and hometownlife in Geneva, prior to his studies in Ingolstadt. To begin, Victor Frankenstein falls within several archetype roles to include the mad scientist and the creator god. Before his departure to Ingolstadt, however, he was primarily an intellectual interested in sciences and philosophy. To exemplify Victor’s studious character before his obsession with the creature, “From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation...

Hey guys! This morning I got to sleep in until a whopping 7:30 am which was nice. But then shortly afterwards, I had to get ready, prepare my breakfast and lunch, as well as type up some last minute Media homework since the girl appointed in our group was unable to do so. At 10:15, Heather pulled up to my house, coming at the perfect time to arrive at APSU at 10:30 and print out my Media page. In class, we turned those in and took discussion notes over Chapter two. Directly after Media, I had Yoga with Heather which was more fast paced than usually but it was still enjoyable.(: We rushed to eat our lunch afterwards with Brittany since I had a 1:45 English class, where we discussed Chapters 1-10 in Frankenstein a bit before our quiz. In Econ, we took notes over Price and Non Price Competition and got out very early. It was nice because then Heather and I went to the Foy and worked out a little (back day) before our Absolute Cycling class. She drove me to my Mom's Lutheran church...

Well guys, I woke up this morning at 8 am and began my day with a nice breakfast, watching YouTube Videos, and then completing my English homework. Also managing to read The Lord of Opium  by Nancy Farmer, I rated it a 2/5 stars because honestly, I found it extremely boring. When my mom came home, we ate a small lunch/snack and ran some errands and hung out. First, we went to Publix and bought some Valentines Day gifts for the family and then we went for a Starbucks date.(: It was nice. Since Wednesday was too hectic of a day for my mom's birthday dinner, we decided to have it this weekend at Olive Garden. All went well and it was a nice evening.<33

This morning I had french if that wasn't evident from the title. I've decided to create a weekly French curriculum in order to ensure that I study. Anyway, I was supposed to have Voice this morning but it got canceled since Dr. Bailey was sick. Therefore, my mom dropped me off at APSU at 10:40 so I had enough time to sign into my class and go to Media. I thought I would have a journal due but instead, it's due next week and in class we created a top 10 superbowl list. Next, I went to the gym with Heather for our Upper Body Burn class and then we studied for our Econ test at 3:10. Thankfully, today was Yoga night (our favorite class of the week) so that was just wonderful and we followed with our gym workout which went well(: 

Boldly taking center stage, Kate Simonds, a seventeen year old girl, opens her Ted Talk stating her age and asking the audience rhetorical questions as to why she would be qualified to give such Ted Talk. Such questions were asked like, “did she accidently make a breakthrough for cancer?” or “did she accidently make millions investing in a start up company when she was fifteen?”, while both options are intriguing they are both false. Kate Simonds, while being an impressive seventeen year old, is conducting this Ted Talk purely based on spreading the message to appreciate teenager’s minds and ideas as worthy as adults’ ideas.  Stating that the only reason she was worthy of getting the audience’s attention is because they were most likely all under the assumption that she was a child genius of some sort and follows with mentioning that the only qualification for being a Ted speaker is having an idea, an idea the speaker finds worth spreading. Delving into her speech, Kate Simonds...