New Era Of Science And Technology

New Era Of Science And Technology In this new era of science and technology, it is very difficult to imagine people working without assistance of computers. Our dependency on computers has led to the rapid development of faster, smaller microprocessor, multi-tasking software and better graphics cards for them. Computes already become a daily activities needs for personal, social, educational, professional, and entertainment purposes. Today video game are very famous, almost 75% of heads of household play computer or video game and game habit can found in everywhere such as working desktop, palm-held device with or without network connection. In this case, video games allow learners to visual system in three dimensions compare simulation with their understanding and manipulate variables. This paper intend to present ongoing research on feasibility of game technology to create interactive 3D environment that easier for user to view the photorealistic of the campus and immersive navigation as a tool for campus analysis and visualization. 3D campus now is the famous virtual reality environment in this new era. By using such game engine, it is possible to create engaging interaction such as user clicking on particular object, AI on Non Playing Character to interact with player and/or environment. At the end, I will present the feature of the game engine. The advantages and the limitation of using game engine to develop a virtual reality environment. Why Virtual Reality Environment for Campus In this new era, Virtual Reality (VR) is a term that applies to computer-simulated environments that can simulate places in the real world, as well as in imaginary worlds. VR include a wide range of new technologies that offer the viewer an experience they participate in. Besides, people can see a first person perspective on screen because they have the ability to control their point of view. VR engages us with interactivity, and invites us to be active in the experience, as if we are really there. VR has already been used in special applications to treat motor problems, or disabilities induced by mental problems with promising results and so on. Nowadays, VR is a new way of optimization between computer and human. Because VR can construct more realistic virtual world in 3D vision, audible, tactile. It can also help users to through the virtual environment to interact to the virtual entities designed through a nature feeling. 3Ds Max is a software to create virtual world, which can describe 3D object. Users normally construct virtual world by integrating various media style such as text, picture, and sound and so on. We are using 3Ds Max to build modeling of TAR college. Because 3Ds Max is more expressive that a simple 3D scene. It can show campus scenery through the net. Users can virtually walk into campus, feeling the nature entities of campus scene. Besides, users can acquaint him with each buildings relative position and its function. In every building user can learn by in teractive materials. Features like these are very important for those are fresh and foreign users can also login the net to explore out virtual campus. What is Game Engine? Game engines provide a suite of visual development tools in addition to reusable software components. These tools are generally provided in an integrated development environment to enable simplified, rapid development of games in a data-driven manner. Game Engine provide flexible and reusable software platform which provides all the core functionality needed, complexities, to develop a game application while reducing costs, and time-to-market. Game engines usually provide platform abstraction, allowing the same game to be run on various platforms including game consoles and personal computers with few, if any, changes made to the game source code. Some game engines are able to provide real-time 3D rendering capabilities instead of the wide range of functionality required by games. These types of engines are considered as graphics engine, rendering engine, or 3D engine instead of the more encompassing term game engine. Unity 3D also considers as a multi-platform game development tool. It is fully object-oriental design and FPS (First Person Shooter) controller ready to program. Unity 3D consist of API for develop RTS (Real Time Strategy) and FPS type of game genre. Benefit of Game Engine Game engines offer several of features and opportunities:- Tracking and logging of individuals and their behavior if the world is represented digitally, it can be recorded precisely. Security features individuals may be prevented from entering certain parts of the world, in fact, the engine could restrict anything they do; Vandalism in the real world, reconstructing a demolished building is essentially impossible whereas in a digital world it is not; Detachment users cannot harm each other physically because they are probably in different parts of the real world, and engulfed in a virtual one; Censorship the engine would be able to define what a certain individual can and cannot see, or what they can and cannot do; Empowering everyone share the same abilities independent of actual physical state; Reproduction if we record the world like a video, we could replay it at will, from any place at any time through any view. Comparison of Game Engines With the number of game engines increasing, today game engine provide the most advance features such as complex model, artificial intelligent, graphic engine, as well as networking, sound engine and modification tool. Most leading game engine based on game title namely: Unreal Tournament 3 and Half Life 2 has relatively equal ability in graphic engine, physic engine and development tool. These categories are essential in this research for its visualization and flexibility to modification although limited to game level only. Unity 3D is not based on game title and can be used to develop new game with game play, game logic and environment. Game Engine for Visualization Tool Game Engine can use to develop various natures of projects. Normally, the game world is built by importing its entire object from particular CAD/3D applications such as 3Ds Max. In this case, game engine usually comes with the game itself becomes a platform on which modification is taking place. Modifying game level for architecture visualization purpose is stimulating because it opens up the game engine for real time data rendering and manipulation. Game engines could quickly develop models and deploy it with texture and lighting effect in game engine-based application with no further demand on high-end computer specification Actually a lot of technical specification on each engine, I had focus on the findings some primary functions of game engine such as 3D geometry data input/output, lighting and texture mapping. This consideration was taken mainly because those basic functions are the most significant functions that take advantage from the 3D rendering and animation software. The summary of this study is depicted by Table 1. Table 1 Summary of game engines for visualization. Engine Name Geometries I/O Lighting Texture Mapping Unreal Engine 2 Built-in editor, any CAD data must be converted Dynamic lighting and shadow, HDR (High Dynamic Range) Rendering 3D vegetation generator, shader management Source-Half-Life 2 No built-in editor, any CAD data must be converted Dynamic lighting and shadow, HDR (High Dynamic Range) Rendering Optimization for large open area CryEngine Natively read most of CAD file format Dynamic lighting and shadow, Time of day lighting Heightmap and polygon reduction Game Engine for Interactivity Tool In addition to visualization, virtual environment also has provide users with interactive and communication systems. The virtual environment will only be useful if it supports physically realistic behavior. The types of realistic behaviors depend on the specific application. In architecture and campus design, usually we demand realistic representation of spatial environment with naturalistic effect as well as dynamic elements that inhabit it. Moreover, for interactive tool that could enhance spatial awareness and comprehension to further make better design decision, it is important to consider how user can interact with game objects. In this case, I found that two previous projects are using built-in interactivity tool in game engines. Since interactivity is the element that is not provided by any 3D rendering and animation software, it is easy to us to use this function to enhance the quality of architecture visualization. Table 2 Summary of game engines for interaction. Engine Name Interactivity function HalfLife 2 Built-in interaction editor, limited only for non-playable objects. Basic navigation provided. Renderware C++ script to build interaction with objects and users Both of these game engines are ease for use. Scripting mechanism is the main issue to create the interactivity by using game engine. For use in campus design, interaction system is based on the assumption that we can observe, examine as well as explore in 3D in real world whatever objects or entities we want to interact with. This kind of demand may require script programming in order to get high flexibility and freedom to achieve goals. APPLICATIONS Following are some applications that can create by Game Engine:- Entertainment Game engines exist purely for the purpose of gaming and entertainment but a huge industry exists around not just the content of the game, but the technology behind them. Innovations because of internet have led to a huge surge for online gaming, where a number of players owning the same game compete head-to-head or with each other in the same game environment. Warfare American army cadets already use games to practice tank and infantry battles either individually or as teams. Real practice sessions in real tanks are expensive, whereas a game world is easily reset within a few moments. The American government developed a game that would accurately recreate the operations of the U.S. Army, with the intention of signing on new recruits. Battles are fought in a full 3D world between groups of people with an internet connection. Medicine 3D games (specifically for gaming) are used as relaxants if a patient is undergoing a painful procedure, pre-occupying that patient with a game served by a VR headset can cut their perception of pain in half. The effect is not as significant if the patient is playing in 2D or in a non-immersive world. Exhibitions Digitalo Studios developed two exhibitions using the Unreal game engine: high resolution walkthroughs of the Notre Dame and the Florida Everglades National Park. The intent was to replicate the environments and populate them with simple characters. There are many reasons to use a licensed game engine in this context by default, they include a powerful renderer, interactivity and multi-user features. The target platform is identical a standard PC. Impact on 21st Century Classroom There are multiple barriers to properly implementing game design into the 21st century classroom. Highlighted below are six primary obstacles which will need to be addressed prior to utilizing game design broadly in our college: Negative perceptions toward video games as educational components. Much of this comes from a lack of understanding of educators of the difference between arcade style video games to more complex role-playing, graphically dense, and cognitively viable modem games. The difficulty of providing state of the art graphics in educational video games. The students enthusiasm for gaming may be diminished if the quality of the graphics utilized in the classroom are not equivalent to the graphics they are used to seeing on home consoles. Lack of adequate computing hardware in the classrooms to run advanced video games a one-to-one student computer ratio is not in the near future. A school day divided by short class periods which hindered long term engagement in complex games. Researchers must determine if a student is interrupted while in the process of engaging in a learning objective within the gaming environment, do the interruptions interfere in the students learning process? The findings of this research will dictate the type of short activities that could be developed to align with the school day. A lack of real world affordances. A lack of alignment to state standards. Video games pre-aligned to state standards (where they exist) would have an easier time getting into our classrooms. Why Unity 3D? Unity3D is a software application and 3D game development environment. It can call as Game Engine. Unity 3D Game Engine allows users to create immersive, interactive, 3D games and simulations. However, the games and simulations that are created with Unity can be easily played on Linux and Windows computers, using either a web-browser plug-in, or running a self-contained executable program. Unity consider as GUI based and it can easily to imports 3D models and animation from a variety of 3D design software applications. Compared to many other game engines, Unity is relatively easy to learn, using it can still be used to develop rich and robust games and applications. Finally, Unity allows users to choose from a different of coding and scripting languages to program the interactivity and artificial intelligence components of the game. E.g. C# and JavaScript 4.2 Visualization Techniques In order to achieve graphic performance as appropriate as the most 3D rendering applications, we explored Unity3D capability to handle basic function such as large scale texture mapping and dynamic lighting (see Figure 5). The main factor taken into consideration is the balance between graphic performance and real-time simulation. Adjusting texture map with orthographic photograph Applying final texture in 3D mesh in Unity3D 3D Model in Blender, baked- lighting using ambience occlusion technique to render texture map Figure Procedure of texture mapping and baked-lighting. For such condition, there are two constraints of texture mapping to obtain greater performance both in graphics and game play (see Figures 6 7): 1. Texture size must be as small as possible and visually appropriate. 2. Texture must be layered with baked-lighting information to get lighting effect (ambient occlusion) during game play. -image size : original 1024 x 1024 pixel -memory consume : 652 KB -visual quality : high quality, antialiasing, detailed relief -image size : 512 x 512 pixel -memory consume : 170.7 KB -visual quality : appropriate quality, nearly no-difference from 1000 x 1000 pixel -image size : 256 x 256 pixel -memory consume : 42.7 KB -visual quality : poor and loose detail Figure Comparison of texture size. The Investigation on Using Unity3D Game Engine Texture Size and Memory Consumption Figure 7 Memory size comparisons Interaction Technique Virtual reality in game-based environment can categorize into two parts which are game world and game design. Game world consist of game environment and all game objects. Game design consists of game scenario that determines how the game will be played and how the game world would interact with the user or with other game objects. Intention on investigating Unity3D is to explore its ability as a tool for design study, how it different from any other available 3D applications or any 3D viewer and presentation authoring applications and what is the advancement (see Table 4). Therefore before we expand our investigation, we start with architecture design point of view. We regard game engine as an engine to develop our tool therefore it is important to consider aspects of design study to be incorporated in this application and at the same time investigating the method and technique to accommodate such requirements. Table 4 Game Design and requirement Game Design Unity3D- based application Other applications create 3D environment which visual quality balance with the game performance maximum visual quality for real world representation, i.e. : light and shadow, alpha channel, texture map, time-frame independent animation less visual quality features (VRML, Flash-based) create system of navigation which allow user to explore with maximum degree of freedom allow maximum degree of freedom to explore and navigate in virtual environment pre-programmed animation sequence (3D animation), less flexible freedom of movement (QuickTime VR) view direction, high degree of navigation system (Bentley-3D PDF) create system of navigation which allow user to examine particular object of interest in various way of perspectives method to enhance spatial comprehension view direction, high degree of navigation system (Bentley-3D PDF) create method to incorporate various type of information rich content and other data bounding technique require script language and server-based interaction (Flash-based) create method to accommodate flexible 3D data exchange method for 3D data interchangeable to external tool less flexible to perform data synchronization (Flash-based and other animation packages) create a method to translate conventional analysis study method to perform some basic visual-based analysis less flexible flexibility to expand game design Object-oriented programming 4.3.1 Navigation The navigation system is the main important to be considered in this application. As for a tool to examine 3D world, the main considerations of developing navigation system are: 1. It must be easy to learn, easy to remember and easy to use with maximum intuitive level as possible. 2. It must have rich features on minimum key input As navigation system is crucial both for exploration and comprehension of 3D environment, we then elaborate the design of navigation system into the following criteria: There are two main navigation systems: Human Eye View (HEV) (First Person Camera) and Bird Eye View (BEV). Both are triggered by mouse stroke on an icon. On each navigation method, instead of using icon-based navigation panel for pan, zoom, orbit and others (see Figure 8), each method has contextual button using mouse-keyboard stroke combination. In BEV: zoom: using mouse scroll wheel orbit: using mouse movement pan: using mouse left click and drag Figure Pan, zoom and orbital navigation using mouse In FPS, we use standard view navigation for FPS game (see Figure 9) : look and turn : using mouse movement walk forward : using key w walk backward : using key s slide left : using key a slide right : using key d Figure Turn/look and move toward direction using mouse and keyboard combination. All these navigation system are programmed using Unity3D JavaScript since it does not provide any built-in navigation system as available on previous web-based applications.

Balkan Wars

The Balkan Wars represent a historical period in Greece.   Why are these wars so important? Why did it occur in the first place? Which countries are involved, and why? Moreover, what were the political, social, cultural and economic conditions of Greece back then? The Balkan Wars consists of two battles that occurred from 1912 to 1913 (Papacosma 38).   These wars were fought on the onset of the apparent decline of the Ottoman Empire, and were founded on the neighboring countries’ desire to divide the territories (Perry 487).   In 1908, a group called the â€Å"Young Turks,† revolted in an effort to restore the empire, but to no avail (Perry 487).   After the revolt, Bulgaria and Serbia both wanted to acquire a part in the Turkish territories in Europe, like Macedonia (Papacosma 38). Thus, both countries agreed to a â€Å"treaty of mutual assistance† on March 13, 1912 (Papacosma 38).   On May 29, 1912, Greece made an agreement with Bulgaria (Papacosma 38).   In the latter part September of the same year, Montenegro also had an agreement with Bulgaria and Serbia (Papacosma 38).   Thus, the Balkan League was formed; it consisted of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro. The first Balkan War occurred when the Balkan League waged war on Turkey on October 8, 1912 (Papacosma 38).   The Balkan League was successful in their endeavor, and the Ottoman Empire was forced to surrender its European territories to the Balkan League on the grounds of the Treaty of London (Papacosma 38).   This treaty was signed on May 30, 1913 (Papacosma 38). Unfortunately, the division of the territories caused disagreement among the Balkan League (Perry 487).   This disagreement was the reason for the second Balkan War.   Bulgaria objected Greece and Serbia’s claims to Macedonia (Papacosma 38).   On June 30, 1913, Bulgaria attacked its former allies (Papacosma 38).   Soon after, Romania and Turkey joined forces with Greece and Serbia to fight Bulgaria (Papacosma 38).   Bulgaria was badly defeated, and was forced to sign the Treaty of Bucharest, which removed all of Bulgaria’s newly acquired territories (Papacosma 38). The overall condition of Greece during the period of the Balkan Wars was problematic.   It was King George who governed Greece at that time, and as a result of the war, Thessaloniki became a Greek territory (Barrett).   In March 1913, it was in Thessaloniki where King George was assassinated (Barrett).   Constantine I assumed the throne soon after (Barrett).   Then there was the presence of Eleftherios Venizelos, who became prime minister three years prior (Barrett). Venizelos had many supporters, but it did not include the king (Barrett).   Venizelos resigned on June 1913, and was elected again only to be forced to resign on October (Barrett).   In Thessaloniki, Venizelos formed a â€Å"provisional government of the New Hellas† (Barrett).   Meanwhile, King Constantine's government was attacked by the French and British because they want Greece to join the war (Barrett).   This forced the king to leave Greece, and was soon replaced by Alexander, the second son of George (Barrett). The beginning of the 20th century found the navy of Greece in a poor state.   At that time, Greece only had three battleships and several torpedo boats (Barrett).   Fortunately, there was a battleship that the Italian navy purchased, but did not use (Barrett).   Greece bought the said ship, and named it after George Averof, a rich patron (Barrett).   This ship was extremely helpful during the Balkan Wars (Barrett). Greek society was unstable as well.   In 1912, villages were attacked and ransacked by the Turkish army (Barrett).   Many Greeks were killed and properties were destroyed.   The villages that were affected include those located in Didymotichon, Adrianopoli and Malgara (Barrett). Hence, amidst social distress and political instability, Greece came to war to fight the Ottoman Empire.   It was indeed victorious, not only in the war, but also in improving the current state that Greece was in. Works Cited Barrett, Matt. â€Å"Venizelos and the Asia Minor Catastrophe.† History of Greece. ;http://www.ahistoryofgreece.com/venizelos.htm;. Papacosma, S. Victor. â€Å"Balkan Wars.† Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia. New York: Lexicon Publications, Inc., 1992. 38. Perry, Marvin. A History of the World. Revised ed. Boston Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. Pounds, Norman. â€Å"Balkans.† Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia. New York: Lexicon Publications, Inc., 1992. 38. Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars represent a historical period in Greece.   Why are these wars so important? Why did it occur in the first place? Which countries are involved, and why? Moreover, what were the political, social, cultural and economic conditions of Greece back then? The Balkan Wars consists of two battles that occurred from 1912 to 1913 (Papacosma 38).   These wars were fought on the onset of the apparent decline of the Ottoman Empire, and were founded on the neighboring countries’ desire to divide the territories (Perry 487).   In 1908, a group called the â€Å"Young Turks,† revolted in an effort to restore the empire, but to no avail (Perry 487).   After the revolt, Bulgaria and Serbia both wanted to acquire a part in the Turkish territories in Europe, like Macedonia (Papacosma 38). Thus, both countries agreed to a â€Å"treaty of mutual assistance† on March 13, 1912 (Papacosma 38).   On May 29, 1912, Greece made an agreement with Bulgaria (Papacosma 38).   In the latter part September of the same year, Montenegro also had an agreement with Bulgaria and Serbia (Papacosma 38).   Thus, the Balkan League was formed; it consisted of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro. The first Balkan War occurred when the Balkan League waged war on Turkey on October 8, 1912 (Papacosma 38).   The Balkan League was successful in their endeavor, and the Ottoman Empire was forced to surrender its European territories to the Balkan League on the grounds of the Treaty of London (Papacosma 38).   This treaty was signed on May 30, 1913 (Papacosma 38). Unfortunately, the division of the territories caused disagreement among the Balkan League (Perry 487).   This disagreement was the reason for the second Balkan War.   Bulgaria objected Greece and Serbia’s claims to Macedonia (Papacosma 38).   On June 30, 1913, Bulgaria attacked its former allies (Papacosma 38).   Soon after, Romania and Turkey joined forces with Greece and Serbia to fight Bulgaria (Papacosma 38).   Bulgaria was badly defeated, and was forced to sign the Treaty of Bucharest, which removed all of Bulgaria’s newly acquired territories (Papacosma 38). The overall condition of Greece during the period of the Balkan Wars was problematic.   It was King George who governed Greece at that time, and as a result of the war, Thessaloniki became a Greek territory (Barrett).   In March 1913, it was in Thessaloniki where King George was assassinated (Barrett).   Constantine I assumed the throne soon after (Barrett).   Then there was the presence of Eleftherios Venizelos, who became prime minister three years prior (Barrett). Venizelos had many supporters, but it did not include the king (Barrett).   Venizelos resigned on June 1913, and was elected again only to be forced to resign on October (Barrett).   In Thessaloniki, Venizelos formed a â€Å"provisional government of the New Hellas† (Barrett).   Meanwhile, King Constantine's government was attacked by the French and British because they want Greece to join the war (Barrett).   This forced the king to leave Greece, and was soon replaced by Alexander, the second son of George (Barrett). The beginning of the 20th century found the navy of Greece in a poor state.   At that time, Greece only had three battleships and several torpedo boats (Barrett).   Fortunately, there was a battleship that the Italian navy purchased, but did not use (Barrett).   Greece bought the said ship, and named it after George Averof, a rich patron (Barrett).   This ship was extremely helpful during the Balkan Wars (Barrett). Greek society was unstable as well.   In 1912, villages were attacked and ransacked by the Turkish army (Barrett).   Many Greeks were killed and properties were destroyed.   The villages that were affected include those located in Didymotichon, Adrianopoli and Malgara (Barrett). Hence, amidst social distress and political instability, Greece came to war to fight the Ottoman Empire.   It was indeed victorious, not only in the war, but also in improving the current state that Greece was in. Works Cited Barrett, Matt. â€Å"Venizelos and the Asia Minor Catastrophe.† History of Greece. ;http://www.ahistoryofgreece.com/venizelos.htm;. Papacosma, S. Victor. â€Å"Balkan Wars.† Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia. New York: Lexicon Publications, Inc., 1992. 38. Perry, Marvin. A History of the World. Revised ed. Boston Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. Pounds, Norman. â€Å"Balkans.† Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia. New York: Lexicon Publications, Inc., 1992. 38.

Small business

A small business with little or no clientele will not need a customer database built because they lack customers. Also, it will not be worthwhile if they do not have a website to practice their database marketing strateAn independent contractor does not need a customer database because their work is done through referrals or through direct contact with different companies. Some companies or individuals never ask for assistance after projects are done correctly. Affiliation marketing techniques involve referrals as well as small businesses with little or no clientele.The formation of a database will wastes their time if the company does not have a system in place to arrange leads. This leads into the mobile vendors such as lunch trucks that visit from area to area without a known list of consumers.These businesses run off good faith and building a customer database is not worthwhile to increase their profits. Also, small companies with a small or no inventory offering will have no use of a database because their products are not sold extensively.Companies must address other issues such as a lack of marketing capabilities to associate referrals made by consumers or providing information indirectly to prospects. With this in mind, real estate companies do not use client databases because they offer their services once for a purchase of a home.In reality, many companies do not use databases because their services are not needed after extravagant or emergency occurrences are done.

Trader Joes in Denmark - 6642 Words

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The target market in Denmark, is defined as young people from years 20-40, amongst which the majority are currently employed. This means that during the day they are in sear ch of a fast and highly nutritional meal, which can be eaten in the office quickly. Trader Joe’s can provide for that need in Denmark with a quick and healthy meal plan. Private enterprises are considered to be key actors in achieving sustainable development in Denmark.[iv] Therefore it is essential that companies take an active part in the efforts to improve the environment and contribute to green industrial development. A large number of companies in Denmark, thus, are sustainable and ethical and have high ranks among sustainable companies all over the world, like Danisco, Chr. Hansen Holding and tec. Many of the sustainable companies have products in traditional grocery stores, which are the biggest competitors of Trader Joe’s. 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America Needs Capital Punishment Essay - 2044 Words

In this essay, I will argue for the implementation of the death penalty. I will establish a clear-cut profile for a criminal to be eligible for death row. I will put forth arguments for and against the death penalty as supported by various groups and try to defend my position. I shall also try to criticize the case against the death penalty with individual arguments. Finally, I will demonstrate that no alternative to capital punishment can be reached and try to convince you for its fairness. Despite ethical and moral concerns, the issue of capital punishment must not be dismissed without serious consideration and scrutiny. Is our judiciary system working the way it is suppose to? Many people and countries are convinced that the†¦show more content†¦Many ethical concerns arise when the issues of the death penalty is brought into the public eye. Some people argue it is morally wrong to kill a person while others believe that the authorities should maintain an iron fist and not be lenient. So what are the most common arguments that are used to defend the death penalty as well as attack its validity? (I shall try to avoid religious beliefs because while every religion might have similar practices, not every religion is exactly the same in terms of its views on the discussed issue. Moreover, while the Christian bible stated â€Å"thou shall not kill† it also requires a death penalty for wide variety of crimes of crime ranging from doing work on Saturday to murder. Nonetheless, while there are many religion- based objections, one that even non-believers argue is playing the role of God.) Let us focus on a more human-oriented point of view. Common reason against the death penalty include negative effective effects on society, lack of deterrence, value of human life, unfairness and chance of error. 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Mersault-Sisyphus Essay Sisyphus was given a punishment by the gods, to push a rock up a hill, only to have it fall down on him again. Mersault is a person accused of murder who has spent over a year in jail. What both these characters have come to realize is that they are forced to live in these situations created by the gods, therefore they might as well enjoy or get used to them. Mersault is forced to live in a cell, without his cigarettes, and with limited visitation rights. When this happens, Mersault recalls what his mother told him. She said, One gets used to everything. When Mersault realizes he is not going to get out of jail, he becomes indifferent, just like he always does, and accepts his situation, searching for any positive aspects to his incarceration. He defies punishment by accepting his situation and enjoying himself in jail. Therefore, the whole point of Mersault going to jail is obliterated. When Mersault is condemned to death, he does not act surprised, although he wishes he did not hav e to die. After a while he also accepts that. It does not matter to him that he is dying, so long as he is dying for a purpose. Sisyphus is damned for eternity to roll a rock up a hill. If he were to view his fate decreed upon him as punishment, for the rest of forever, then he would only sicken an already terminally ill situation (speaking metaphorically of course). Sisyphus starts to find meaning in his work, starts to enjoy his work, almost to take pride in his work, like a true laborer. Mersault is like Sysiphus, in many ways. The only real notable difference is that Sisyphus has been punished by the gods, whereas Mersault does not believe in god. Mersault is indifferent to his situation, as is Sisyphus, as apparent from Camus description. Mersault and Sisyphus both expressed a love for life (Mersaults heart jumped at the idea of being pardoned, Sisyphus is being punished due to his desire to stay in the real world). And most importantly, Mersault and Sisyphus both defy their detractors. They overcome their rulers. Mersault does not do it to prove anything to anybody. He just does it because it would be pointless to act any other way. With Sisyphus he can hold his head higher than the gods now, his work has ceased to be punishment, the gods have lost, he has won. For Mersault and Sisyphus to overcome their struggles, they had to be placed in one. Their background for reaching their struggle is what makes them unique. Recalling such people with different philosophies , like the Denver Nuggets most explosive player Mahmoud-Abdul Rauf, who believes in not standing up for something he does not believe in, he has shown that by standing up for a different philosophy than most people believe in can lead to rejection and tragedy. What was special about Mersault was where his priorities lay, which made him think different from everybody else, therefore enabling the world to brand him. Mersault is the anti-Christ because he smoked and drank coffee at his mothers funeral. Sisyphus was not regarded by a society as a vile person, but he was not accepted, he did not have interaction with them. These odd situations placed them both in struggles for their un-redeemable acts. Mersault converses with the warden to discover that prison deprives one of freedom. He understands that incarceration is punishment, just as Sisyphus did. They both move on to view their positions from a different perspective. Sisyphus moves from his position of sadness, to a position of happiness, mainly, in my view, to defy the gods, therefore it is not true happiness just defiance. He obeys fate without knowing it, as Oedipus did. Similarly Mersault accepts his imprisonment with the same kind of indifference that he takes everything else. 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Mersault has never really expressed a desire for anything, whereas Sisyphus biggest desire was that to escape his bounds of human mortality and became an immortal human. Both the punishments are what would be considered just in our societys thinking, although viewing the individuals both the verdicts seem harsh and horrid. Overall, both these individuals accomplish a necessary goal that defies pressures put upon them, and that is their greatness.