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Explore the ways in which fate and destiny are factors in Santiago’s journey and how they contribute to the development of the plot. Hint at possible messages the author is conveying in each instance you discuss. Fate and destiny are the powers beyond one’s will that settle ahead of time how things will unfold in…

Even before the first computer was conceptualized, data had already been stored on hard copy medium and used with a machine. As early as 1801, the punched card was used as a control device for mechanical looms. One and one-half centuries later, IBM joined punched cards to computers, encoding binary information as patterns of small…

Needless to say, it is a cliché that people say they know what they want to do with their life. However, in my case that happens to be a far-fetched idea because my family decided everything for me; from the clothes to wear to the academic career to choose. “My child will be a doctor”…

Anyone who knows my grandpa will be envious of the cool one I have. My grandpa is an unsung hero who I idolize. He dances around with me and sings retro songs that I go on singing. He is a very mature person who turns into a kid with his granddaughter. But there is one…

It was a cold November night. 3:20 AM. Every sane person in the neighborhood was in deep sleep except me, of course. I was on a mission. Not your mundane 007 reconnaissance mission. This was exponentially more riveting and challenging. Earlier in the day, whilst helping my first grader cousins with their homework, I was…

Walking down the aisle at Toys R Us, I noticed a Rubik’s cube sitting on the edge of a shelf. The minute puzzle’s simple yet complex nature captivated me. After spending hours watching a YouTube tutorial, I managed to orient the cube back to its original position. However, my thirst for knowledge wasn’t quenched there….

In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”, a mother narrates her oldest daughter’s visit back home. After being away for what we can assume was a very long time, the daughter, Wangero (once known as “Dee”, but changed her name) is now rich and successful, wearing fancy clothes and a fancy hairstyle; she is almost an entirely…

The story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut is a tale that, I believe. Admonishes or cautions us about a reality that has, in fact, been based on what Vonnegut may have considered a likely future for his own world. In this future, every particular individual is as equal as everybody else. Whether they were born…

To make a perfect society, anger and jealousy would have to be eliminated, and have only shallow emotions left. Then the people would have to be altered emotionally and have different attitudes. There would need to be no extreme emotions and there must be no pain and understanding of the world outside of them. If…

Transcendentalists view society as evil. In order to transcend the corruption of society, a person must reject material pursuit and social conformity. First of all, a person must overcome their material desires to truly experience the joys of life. Society has developed to where money dominates everything. Transcendentalists view material possessions as insignificant if they…