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RoswellDescriptionIn the summer of 1947, there were a number of UFO sightings in the United States. Sometime during the first week of July 1947, something crashed near Roswell. W. W. Mac Brazel went with his son and neighbours Floyd and Loretta Practor, to check on their sheep after a fierce thunderstorm that had taken place…

The Indian Rebellion on 1857The Indian rebellion of 1857 was one of much needed self respect, and of pride. The Indian people at this time were being Political and social reform in India was achieved as a result of the European political principles brought to India by the British. Indians were Anglicized, and the British…

IntroductionThe book I read and analyzed was “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkein. I shall discuss the plot and character development, setting, author’s style and my opinions about it.Plot DevelopmentThere are too many characters in the story and so it is hard to follow and know each one of them. (There are many dwarves and it’s…

Wilson was an English novelist and critic. He was born in a small house inHarpurhey and was the son of a bookkeeper and part-time pianist. He was foundlying in his cot when he was a baby with his mother and sister dead beside him. They were said to have been victims of the Spanish Flu….

ctionClockwork Orange and the Age of Mechanical ReproductionFor Walter Benjamin, the defining characteristic of modernity was mass assembly and production of commodities, concomitant with this transformation of production is the destruction of tradition and the mode of experience which depends upon that tradition. While the destruction of tradition means the destruction of authenticity, of the…

The short story, “Rocking-Horse Winner”, and the movie based on it contrast considerably. When the written story has ended the movie continues with ideas, which may not come from the author. Three major differences of the two are: the mother, the father, and the ending. In the movie the mother, Hester, is portrayed as a…

The HobbitBy J. R. R. TolkienThe story begins with a small fellow by the name of Bilbo Baggins The Hobbit he lives is in his house and doing what hobbits do during the day. The first few chapters tell you what a hobbit is and what a hobbit looks like and also what his home…

The Truman Show”The Truman Show” is a profoundly disturbing movie. On the surface, it deals with the worn out issue of the intermingling of life and the media. Examples for such incestuous relationships abound: Ronald Reagan, the cinematic president was also a presidential movie star. In another movie (“The Philadelphia Experiment”) a defrosted Rip Van…

Jack Kerouac’s ‘Great American’ Novel, On the Road”because the only people for me as the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow…

On April 14,1912 a great ship called the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. That night there were many warnings of icebergs from other ships. There seems to be a conflict on whether or not the warnings reached the bridge. We may never know the answer to this question. The greatest tragedy of all may…