Biological concepts in Jurassic Park

The movie Jurassic Park is a science fiction film based on the events that take place in a dinosaur themed park. In the movie Jurassic Park many of the key biological concepts are exhibited within the fictional events throughout the film. The movie shows the viewers examples of ecology, cells, genetics, and evolution, through the … Read more

Morphology and Behavioral Differences during Variations of N-back Task

Abstract Although working memory (WM) is part of many cognitive functions, its mechanism is still elusive. A popular way to assess WM function is using the N-Back task: subjects are asked to report whether the current stimulus matches one presented N stimuli earlier. While the basic structure of the N-back task is consistent across literature, … Read more

Life in Sparta

Originating from a warrior code, that of which initiate young soldiers into a life of physical excellence, also said to be in dedication of Apollo, thanking him for military success. The very word, Gymnopaedia relates to a festival that originates from two Greek words meaning ‘unarmed’ and ‘to dance’. The five-day annual event, held in … Read more

Analysis of Bryan Walsh’s article entitled “The Plight of the Honeybee”

Bryan Walsh wrote the article entitled “The Plight of the Honeybee”, which was published in the year 2013. In this article, the author informs that audience that rate at which honeybees are dying is alarming.  Through the article, the author tries to convince the audience that honeybees play a great part in the agricultural systems. … Read more

Get Out Film Analysis: Examining Racial Inequality & Symbolic Imagery in Jordan Peele's Movie

 Get Out Film Analysis Racial inequalities are a prevalent issue in our current society with fundamental discrimination regardless of the intention. Jordan Peele, with his film Get Out, aimed to expose these issues with an exaggerated storyline to demonstrate this overall theme. This is exhibited through an array of symbolism and very specific formal … Read more

The Metropolitan Museum

During my trip to New York City I spent my day observing the treasures of history at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. At first walking into a big museum seemed daunting, I almost became nervous witnessing the huge amount of people that were among me. Different parts of the museum were dedicated to different cultures … Read more

Wes Anderson’s 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Andersons 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel is a comedic/dramatic adventure film, told through a sequence of stories within one narrative. Wes Anderson used a range of colours, symmetry and multiple framing devices in creating this unique and engaging movie which follows the adventures of M. Gustave, a hotel concierge at the famous Budapest … Read more

The legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was one of the most influential speakers of his time. Through the Great Depression and World War II, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, guided America passed its greatest crisis. FDR’s domestic policies were significant in saving lives, securing American futures, and played a major role in establishing the United Nations. … Read more

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude

The Analysis of Solitude Excluding the title of the novel (sorry, didn’t mean to spoil the book), it is evident that throughout Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s hit, One Hundred Years of Solitude, there exists this element of solitude that has a direct correlation with the various exhibited themes. One of the distinguishing qualities that establishes the … Read more

What makes ‘great people’?

A great individual is any person who has achieved incredible or magnificent goals in life and has created a name that future generations will remember in reference to a field of achievement. It involves doing work that is useful to humanity and supposes happiness in other people’s lives. People in this category are open-minded and … Read more

Franz Kafka and Percy Shelley's Ekphrastic Works to Transcendence

 Franz Kafka’s “The Cares of a Family Man” and Percy Shelley’s “Ozymandias” are two texts that contain an object as the center of each work. In Kafka’s short story, a family man attempts to interpret the lifelike object/creature Odradek. His story is notional ekphrastic because it is, as James A.W. Heffernan explains in his … Read more

Genotype to Phenotype – PTC Analysis

Introduction: To determine how genotype determines phenotype, genetic sequence analysis is commonly used — which, in turn, helps us to better understand human biology as a whole. A pivotal role of genetic variation: what distinguishes our species from other species is simply our ability to distinguish — how we think, how we act and react, … Read more