Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The fantastic story of The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the world’s oldest known documents to ever have been written down. Its main character is that of a human-like god, named Gilgamesh, who goes on the greatest journey of his life. With help from the gods along the way, he battles and faces many challenges that are new and exhilarating to his normally posh lifestyle. The Historical context of The Epic of Gilgamesh dates all the way back to around 2000 BCE. This story was written down by a…

Marta devoted herself totally to the task of raising her children. Ezra, together with his mother and two older sisters, would frequently go on extended walks. During these walks, Marta would teach her children about the quirks of the world around them and how to use their imaginations. His multiethnic history, which includes Dutch, German, and Jewish ancestry, contributes an interesting facet to his identity, and it has a significant impact on his artistic expression and his spiritual…

depends on the other characters. Especially people who are related to that character or are anywhere connected with them. He or she can either be a positive or negative influence on that character. For example, in “The Hunger Games”, President Snow has a negative perspective on the value of human life; “Destroying things is much easier than making them.”…

however this horn was not ever used as a weapon. South (1987) supplements this statement by describing the horn as fleshy and soft, and therefore, incapable of causing harm. According to both South (1987) and Nigg (1995), the two scholars who describe the Chinese unicorn in great detail, the gentle, benevolent, and attractive qualities of the Ki’lin have given it a role in Chinese culture as a source of goodness and wisdom. The Ki’lin is also said to have resembled many different animals (South…

Of course all the craze about the series is less than 5-10 years ago, but that 's because the main book series and its film adaptations are done. Although this year HP is more in the news again as there is the new Cursed Child story and the Fantastic Beasts film and Pottermore has also released new information over the years.” The Harry Potter phenomenon is a craze that has been integrated in the lives of various types of people, making it a discourse community and the use can be seen through…

adventure of his father as a young boy. The father meets an alley cat who describes how he can rescue a sad baby dragon trapped on Wild Island. With the help of the cat and quick thinking, his father is prepared to meet the wild beasts of the island. This book would be fantastic in a 3rd-grade lesson about sequencing and inferencing. The students can describe context clues and follow the timeline of the story to identify what happens first, next, and last. They can also create a graphic…

The staging of this play was also fantastic, I felt as though everyone on stage was open to the audience at all times and nobody was awkwardly placed on stage. Throughout the entire play, anytime several people were on stage it didn’t feel as though they were too close or too far from each…

In Cole’s essay Believing in Tigers: Anthropomorphism and Incredulity in Life of Pi and Yann Martel’s the theme of poetic faith is used to show how an individual uses this idea to transcend and revise what they know in order to survive uncertainty. Poetic faith is a constant and continual theme and throughout the book and essay and it is shown through the use of religion, literature and lastly the blurred lines between animal and human tendencies. Poetic faith easily shows the reasoning of…

What is a computer? If you were to stop any random person on the street, and ask them the simple question, what is a computer? They would just smile, briefly chuckle, and continue on their way. Trust me, I have done that several times before, and spoiler alert, they all ended that way. I believe there are two reasons for this. The first, is that they know what a computer really is and think you are joking and therefore move on with their lives. The second, is that they don’t have a clue what a…

“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already” (J. K. Rowling). This quote comes from one of the most popular writers of this generation, J. K. Rowling. Rowling’s stories, despite being from Great Britain and coming from a poor family, impacted America like never before. Rowling thought of an idea for a novel upon a subway, not knowing that the idea would one day come to life and revolutionize the way readers look at fantasy novels.…