North Sydney Bears have completely dominated the Wests Tigers 26-8, while being in control for the entire contest. Cody Walker was simply outstanding for the Bears, while John Olive returned from a first grade stint to score two tries in the opening 15 minutes. This match saw the Bears welcome new recruit Paul Carter to the side, and they were further boosted by the inclusion of regular first graders Jason Clark and Cameron McInnes. Cheyne Whitelaw also returned from a long-term injury – so the Bears went into the contest with an incredibly strong lineup.…
Based on the what was learned about trust in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, trust is the most basic trait needed in everyday life. Without it, things cannot set into motion. Aslan is portrayed as a great ruler of Narnia, kind and merciful, just as lions were known to be in medieval folklore. He is trusted by the inhabitants of Narnia to lead them out of the Witch’s evil rule. The fact that C.S. Lewis was expressing his opinions and showing the value of trust in the story through the characters is shown in my interpretation of the several events in the…
Five thousand men completely disappeared and were never seen again. In 210 AD a Roman army encountered Northern Britain and completely vanished along with their cherished standard, the Eagle. The Eagle symbolized what Rome stood for, the pride and strength of winning battles, for to lose a battle was shameful and embarrassing.…
The Great Cat Massacre: Deciphering Cultural Symbols In Darnton’s second chapter, Workers Revolt: The Great Cat Massacre of The Rue Saint-Séverin, Darnton explores the bizarre ritualized cat massacre of the rue Saint-Séverin during the late 1730s. Examining the symbology behind the cat in French culture, as well as the historical context behind the massacre, Darnton weaves together a complex story that transcends far beyond the gruesome deaths of la grise, and the cats of the rue Saint-Séverin. Drawing upon the autobiographical account of Nicholas Contant (a journeyman), Darnton describes the gruesome outbreak of the cat killing.…
Barred Owls eat a large variety of prey, including: mice ,voles ,shrews, moles, rats,squirrels, chipmunks, rabbit, opossums, bats, birds (including smaller owls), frogs, salamanders, lizards, snakes, crayfish,insects, slugs, and fish. Also horned owls are generalists and opportunistic feeders and have one of the broadest diets among North American owls. They take an exceptionally wide variety of prey, ranging in size from scorpions and small rodents to larger hares and rabbits as well as large birds, including ducks, geese, and herons. Barn Owls eat most small mammals, particularly rats, mice, voles, lemmings, and other rodents; also shrews, bats, and rabbits. Most of the prey they eat are active at night, so squirrels and chipmunks are relatively…
Final essay (connect intro to question)Michael Ondaatje’s 1987 In the Skin of a Lion is a historic fiction where Patrick Lewis recounts his migrant struggle during 1938 Canada, a period of significant class conflict between migrants and locals, finding solace as a “prism refracting” the stories of the marginalised migrants. His fragmented stories reflect mid-20th century postmodernist influence adopting a critical pose against the capitalist historical representation of Toronto, Canada that neglects credit towards its migrant workers. Then, Ondaatje highlights the broader narrative’s failure to preserve the integrity of human elements and perspectives. Link to point one Ultimately, In the Skin of a Lion narratives reveals the significance of…
Conformity is an issue many teens face today. It takes over the average teenager's mind, so they choose to conform to the popular trends and fashion; therefore, they lose sight of what should mean the most, being themselves. How can we be our self without being called weird, stupid, freak and etc. When it comes to the topic of conformity most of us will readily agree that we want to be different instead of being who isn’t you. Many of us would give up our uniqueness, extraordinary distinctiveness, just to fit in a group.…
Family relationships play a major role in our lives. Relationships mold us in how and who we will become in the future. The “everything a boy needs to know about becoming a man” speech is one of many main quotes in the movie, Secondhand Lions (2003), written and directed by Tim McCanlies. Starring in this movie are Michael Caine (Garth), Robert Duvall (Hub), Haley Joel Osment (Walter), Kyra Sedgwick (Mae), and Taureg (Jasmine the lion). Caine nurtures a creative potential role in Osments life.…
The prevalence of lions in Medieval European literature raises fascinating notions of its importance and purpose in developing characters. While both the lion in Yvain; or, The Knight with the Lion and The Song of the Cid appear to invoke the fear that comes with seeing a ferocious lion, both books differ in their characterization of the relationship between the lion and the main hero. Yvain’s lion became the knight’s loyal and mighty companion while the Cid’s lion is more of a pet and a plot device setting up the actions of the Carrión nobles. Thus, the former’s lion plays an important role in representing knightly virtue while the latter’s lion simply emphasizes the Cid’s powerfulness.…
Set in 1870, the novel is about the lives of the southern Blackfeet people. The main character, White Man's Dog, joins his friend Fast Horse in a night-time raid against the Crow. White Man's Dog is portrayed as weak and powerless. Because of that, he visits the medicine man. Yellow Kidney appoints White Man's Dog to lead the young warriors in stealing a herd of horses.…
Inquiry Paper “Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.” ~ Virginia Woolf. For a spider the web is the key part of her existence, spun through individual silk, piece by piece it eventually connects together to form a web that provides life for the spider, a new start. Though weaved with care it does have its limitations in strength, weak and miniature bugs will get caught, but the powerful and big will destroy the web. Incidentally, while reading Michael Ondaatje’s “In the Skin of a Lion”, Paulo Coelho’s “The winner stands alone”, I begin to question what the purpose in reading is?…
In the year 1994 a movie that many people just viewed it as a great Disney Pixar Movie came out to have a lot more meaning. The Lion king is viewed by many people just as a movie about how a mighty king that was killed by his brother, who is now left to be the ruler. Looking at this movie through the Catholic point of view many people see that the seven sacraments baptism, reconciliation, Eucharist, confirmation, anointing of the sick, holy orders, and marriage. There are many symbols of each to represent the sacraments throughout the film. The first sacrament baptism is a way of welcoming new people into the church's family.…
Many people still question Haig’s idea of wanting to still move forward. People claim that Haig should have learned from the statistics and adjusted his tactics, and argue that the cost in terms of human casualties was too high for a for a 5 mile gain at the end of the battle. The 5 mile gain was nothing compared to the cost of human casualties, and Haig seemed like he didn’t care about the deaths and in the end the soldiers who died, died for nothing, because of Haig. The British were unprepared for war; Haig could not change his tactics because he only knew one, which was conventional tactics. The soldiers were unable to keep up with the rivalry, as they were unprepared to take on their opposition with such a large number.…
There are many examples of symbiotic relationships in Disney’s The Lion King. A symbiotic relationship is the interaction between two species living closely together. Mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism are the three main categories of symbiotic relationships. These relationships are important in maintaining a stable ecosystem because they are similar to cause and effect.…
Many stories are told through the perspective of one omnipresent narrator, the perspective one character, or even an unreliable narrator. These styles emphasize the views and opinion of one character, one side of the story being told. In Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion, Ondaatje uses an unconventional style of narration to tell the untold stories of the working class and immigrants who built the country, to give immigrants a voice they do not have in the past, and to recreate how certain memories have a major impact while some do not. Through this style, Ondaatje emphasizes the main topic of the novel, the perspective of immigrants and working class in the nineteen- thirties.…