A. R. Gurney

But this book does not offer a single page of original and unpublished work. What then is the need, now, for such a book? (Beren and Lúthien 11) That, as a Danish prince once said, is the question. There are, indeed, no words of J. R. R. Tolkien here that have not already appeared in The Silmarillion or The History of Middle-earth, and there are many which have been left out. As Christopher points out in the preface, this particular tale changed dramatically over the years, becoming more and…

The Hobbit’s Journey The Hobbit: it happens to occur as simply another story said in the same exact way as every other story. The Hero’s Journey. With it being used as the template of nearly every story, there come several similarities, and in the Hobbit, there is no difference. In it, there are three archetypes that are easily found: The Hero, the Herald, and the Threshold Guardian, each representing Bilbo, Gandalf, and the Misty Mountains. These three characters and settings within the story…

When a Indian warfare broke out with the white in the 1830s, after that is when most Indian tribes started taking captives. Like the Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, and Wichita tribes. Captives was mostly fraught and lots of hardships, The captives survival mostly depended on the captor and that could vary from tribe to tribe. Different tribes varied on different ways to treat their captives most tribes treated captives with unexpected respect. Tribes would adopt captives into their family and raise…

The Maze Runner is a book written by James Dashner. The book is about a boy name Thomas, who was put into a glade with boys. Later came a girl named Teresa. They later found out that Teresa and Thomas were apart the Keepers, which was what they call the people that put them in the glade. Thomas found a way to get out and asked everyone to come with him, some stayed and some when along with the plan. They got out of the glade and found that it was all-apart of the Keeper’s plan for the Gladers.…

Leakin park, episode three is a key part of the podcast serials on Hae’s murder case. In this episode, Sarah Koeing has mainly focus on the place where Hae’s body found and the person who found the body. Any thread that connected to the case is suspected as it is Mr. S, the maintenance department worker and a man who discover of Hae’s body. Hae’s body was discovered by Mr. S in Leakin Park 4 weeks later after she got missing. According to investigation, Hae’s body was buried behind the log on…

Life in the 19th century was hard for the Indians to adjust to. The Westerners decided to claim as much as they could. So how could the Indians adjust to such living conditions that had just been pushed onto their land? In recent years the Americans only remembered the Indians when we celebrate “Thanksgiving” and of course the myths and legends of Pocahontas. Sure that was part of the Indian culture only affecting the influence it had on America. There are many things can contribute to this.…

In Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie, the main character, Tom Wingfield constantly struggles with his desire to escape. He dreams of adventure and a life beyond his tiny tenement apartment. He is imprisoned in an unsatisfying world where he is constantly nagged and made to be responsible for his unusual sister. Tom’s desire to escape is emphasized by a number of symbols throughout the play. Tom battles with being tied down, his desire to escape, and his actual attempts to escape. They…

Why does everyone think “indian boys are stupid.”? Are they really stupid? Do they use a fixed mindset? In Superman and Me Sherman Alexie portrays his ways of becoming a smarter indian boy and the struggles he went through by using Exemplification, pathos, Diction, tone and compare and contrast. As Alexie talks about how he became the reader he is today and the struggles he went through he uses the example of the “Paragraph”. Alexie starts this analogy off by saying “ Everything in terms of…

“The Maze Runner” is a teen dystopia set in the aftermath of civilization’s demise. Thomas, our main character, wakes up in an elevator with no recollection of his name or his past; trapped in an expansive maze guarded by bio-mechanical beasts called Grievers. He is tossed in with sixty other boys his age, with whom he must find a way out. Their civilization resides in a small glade in the centre of this maze, where they survive solely off of their own agriculture and supplies. They select their…

Stereotypes: Shaping Us in Bad Ways Statistics show that most people see white men associated with crimes. Studies also show that most people see black people as really lazy. One time, a Mexican was being attacked with stereotypes. When he tried to defend himself, he said, “You do know the richest man in the world is Mexican, right?” the bullies said, “Yeah. He probably either stole it from people, or made it on selling illegal drugs.” These are stereotypes. Most everything that Americans know…