confirm that I remain immune to both the airborne and contact strains. Canines remain immune to airborne strain only. The vaccine trials continue. I’m still unable to transfer my immunity to infected hosts. The Krippen Virus is... elegant.” -Robert Neville A virus breaks out in “I Am Legend”‚ virtually wiping out the human race‚ leaving only a select few to return order to the world. Instead of being contractible through contact‚ in “The Stand”‚ the strain of influenza is an airborne virus. This
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Somehow immune to an unstoppable‚ incurable virus‚ military virologist Robert Neville is now the last human survivor in New York City and maybe the world. But he is not alone. Mutant plague victims lurk in the shadows? watching Neville’s every move? waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind’s last‚ best hope‚ Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find an antidote using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered? and quickly running out of time. SYNOPSIS The
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protagonist‚ Robert Neville‚ survives an apocalyptic world war and a dust-storm-carried disease‚ but he survives alone. He is the end and the new beginning. Thus‚ Matheson suggests that within an apocalypse‚ there can still be elements of a creation myth. To truly begin again‚ Neville must resort to warrior-like behavior: killing. Neville only has the intention of staying safe and finding a companion to make the apocalypse more bearable. However‚ during an apocalypse‚ things never go
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LEGEND(book) The novel’s main character is Robert Neville‚ apparently the sole survivor of a pandemic the symptoms of which resemble vampirism. The author details Neville’s daily life in Los Angeles‚ as he attempts to comprehend‚ research‚ and possibly cure the disease that killed mankind‚ and to which he is immune (Neville assumes this is because he was bitten by a vampire bat who was "infected". Because it was not a human‚ it did not kill Neville‚ instead‚ he became ill for a period of time). Neville’s
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Adam’s Rib‚ a 1949 film features Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn in a comedy with a twist where there almost seems to be an anticlimax. The main theme throughout the movie remains shedding light on gender inequality (which in the context of 1949 is very much relevant) as well as the importance of following the letter of law as these two appear seemingly conflicted in the beginning‚ but in the end it is established that the law should be unbiased and no one should have the right to injure/harm
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Factors influencing recruitment and retention of registered nurses across rural Australia Rural Australia is characterised by having a largely industry driven economy‚ being geographically diverse‚ climatically extreme and having a low population density (Rural Health Review 2001; Kidd et al. 2012). Rural Australians are an ageing population‚ with a higher incidence of chronic disease‚ drug and alcohol dependency and a greater proportion of Aboriginal Australians than metropolitan Australia (Blue
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democracy as good easily grew into a tension represented by monsters and the heroes that opposed them. In I am Legend‚ a worldwide disease turns everyone into a vampire-like monster except for the immune Robert Neville‚ who becomes a killer. Justified by a kill-or-be-killed drive‚ Neville bunkers in a fortified house at night and hunts the vampires in the morning. He responds to the question of why he kills: “Only to-to survive.” (Matheson) There is the image of a cowboy-like
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category” of grounded theory: making constant comparisons‚’ International Journal of Qualitative Studies and Well-Being‚ vol.1‚ pp.141-148. Liamputtong‚ P 2009‚ Qualitative research methods‚ 3rd edn‚ Oxford University Press‚ Oxford‚ UK. Mills‚ J. Bonner‚ A & Francis‚ K 2006‚ ‘The development of constructivist grounded theory‚’ International Journal of Qualitative Methods‚ vol.5‚ no.1‚ pp.1-10. Patton‚ Q 2002‚ Qualitative research & evaluation methods‚ 3rd edn‚ Sage Publications‚ London‚ UK
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Robert Neville is the apparent sole survivor of a pandemic whose symptoms resemble vampirism. It is implied that the pandemic was caused by a war‚ and that it was spread by dust storms in the cities and an explosion in the mosquito population. The narrative details Neville’s daily life in Los Angeles as he attempts to comprehend‚ research‚ and possibly cure the disease‚ to which he is immune. Neville’s past is revealed through flashbacks: The disease claimed his wife and daughter‚ and he was forced
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Robert Neville is not an Army scientist; he’s a blonde‚ regular guy living in Los Angeles who listens to classical music. In the book version of "I Am Legend" Neville does not have a pet companion and Robert Neville’s adversaries are vampires‚ rather than zombies. Neville takes a scientific approach to many of the common superstitions regarding vampires (e.g. garlic‚ mirrors). Also‚ in the book‚ Neville’s wife and daughter don’t die in a helicopter crash. Finally‚ the character of Robert Neville in the
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