Monday, December 17, 2012

Guide through hell


I would chose god to guide me through hell because he would be able to protect me no matter what problem I might get into. He would be completely trustworthy

13th picture on phone

It was a great day so far. Everyone was smiling and having a good time at downtown Disney. We were celebrating my cousin's fourth birthday. My aunt, uncle, and grandma joined me and my mom for the festivities. The sun was shining and the heat was insane. We had to duck into random stores from time to time to cool down.
 
            Eventually we came to a store with nothing but dinosaurs and we had to stay and check it out. My cousin was awestruck at all the huge creatures surrounding him. We stayed in that store for at least an hour trying all the different activities they had to offer. We were able to pan for treasures, dust off dinosaur bones, and even crack open our own geode.

Canterbury tales actors


                Daniel Craig would be an appropriate actor to play as the knight because of his role as James Bond. The James Bond character has always been known as a great action hero and the knight is like the action hero of the pilgrimage. “He had done nobly in his sovereign’s war and ridden into battle, no man more, as well in Christian as in heathen places, and ever honored for his noble graces.” Bond maintains a calm and collected personality no matter what and is well respected because of this. The knight is also admired for his honorable attitude toward the people. James Bond always dresses in a sharp suit in order to fit in with the people he has to interact with. Rather than embracing his royal appearance, the knight dresses appropriately for his surroundings and looks like a common man. When he is first introduced into the story, he has returned directly from a battle “with smudges where his armor had left mark” just to take part in the pilgrimage.

 

                Jayden Smith was the boy in the karate kid remake and would be a good actor to play as the Squire. Both of them have many different talents that have helped make them famous. The squire has gained his popularity mainly from traveling with the knight but he can also write songs, dance, and recite poetry. Jayden Smith is primarily an actor but also is known for his rapping and dancing. They have both followed in their father’s footsteps and embraced the things they have been taught. The squire was trained in combat by the knight and has fought in the cavalry while Jayden was put into the entertainment business.

 

                Leonardo DiCaprio and his character, Frank Abagnale Jr., in the film Catch Me if you Can, perfectly duplicates the actions of the pardoner. For money, the pardoner traveled around selling his false abilities to pardon people of their sins under the guise that he has authority from the pope to do so. “He’d sewed a holy relic on his cap” to enhance his character as a pardoner and exploit sinners who were looking for forgiveness. The character of Frank Abagnale Jr. was also a very successful scam artist in the film. He was able to con millions of dollars out of various sources before he was even nineteen.  He became famous across the world by passing $2.5 million dollars worth of forged checks across twenty six different countries. He deceived people by assuming several different identities and changing his personality and clothing completely to fit the part just like the pardoner did.

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Earth without people


            Earth Without People was written by Alan Weisman and is a “what if” story telling about what would happen if all the humans in the world were gone one day. It discusses all the effects that the world would have on everything that humans have ever done. It starts out telling us about a specific section of Korea that hasn’t been touched by humans since a war took place there over 50 years ago. It gives us an example of just how fast the world can work to turn a completely ravaged landscape back into a thriving ecosystem. The rest of the article focuses on all the different aspects of human life and how the absence of humans would help the world rebuild over them.

            The entire article gives you a very good perspective about the good and bad effects humans have had on the world. It mostly talks about what has happened that has hindered and destroyed nature such as cutting down forests and wrecking the coral reefs. However it does bring up some points about how if we didn’t have humans how it would negatively affect the world. For example, different electric and nuclear power plants will leak toxic chemicals into the environment without the proper care over several years. The buildings may have been built by humans in the first place but now that they’re here we need to take care of them otherwise there will be consequences.