A Son of the Circus

American ship captain Samuel Barret Eades first heard of the specimen from a Dutch West Indies trader, who claimed it was a genuine mummified mermaid that had been caught by Japanese fisherman. So intrigued by this bizarre discovery, Captain Eades sold his ship in order to purchase the specimen for the exorbitant price of six thousand dollars. Then he bought passage on a ship to London, and brought his new acquisition with him. He had high hopes of making a fortune exhibiting the mermaid. Eades…

served the purpose of being the family mediator. Lutfi eventually went into a joint synthetic- diamond business with Lynne, Britney’s mom. Britney became upset with this and accused her mother of conspiring with her ex-husband, Kevin to take her sons away. Sam Lutfi eventually put a restraining order against her. Lutfi’s attorney, Schleimer, told the jury that it was “because of the singer’s rampant amphetamine use that caused her downfall”. The attorney also said she “suffered from…

Augustine’s Confessions demonstrates the conversion of a man from sin to piety. While Augustine credits God’s hand for his transformation, another man guides Augustine’s conversion as well. Though unknowingly, Alypius’ influence on the life of Augustine prompts him to better himself, inciting purpose in his search for truth which in turn leads to his conversion. Despite Augustine’s many claims of interactions and signals from God, Alypius’ youth and innocence, his more modest sin, and his…

Gussoff clarifies that setting is what makes a story credible and affects the tone of the story. One would not write about a death and have the somber funeral take place in the middle of a euphoric circus it does not make the story believable. A clear setting that corresponds with the plot is key in any story. In Lahiri’s short story the setting where the majority of the interactions between Shukumar and Shoba take place are in the home, mainly the…

(Licona 6-7). Many suffered a horrible death to Rome's appetite for blood and death (Licona 14). Then Nero passed the blame to the Christians for burning Rome and that didn't make it any better. The early Christians were treated brutally by Rome in the circus also known as the Coliseum (Licona 10). History says that they were very familiar with gladiators (Licona 14). Gladiators were specifically mentioned 80 times in the writing of the early Christian fathers (Licona 5). Gladiators were…

She had a very distinct style of teaching her students. According to Crockette W. Hewlett, author of Two Centuries of Art in New Hanover County, she had a “Quiet, calm, but authoritative manner with her pupils” She above all taught her students the worth in originality, she did not believe in copying famous works of art, but honing skills in originality and imaginative thought. She taught pupils from Cottage Lane of all ages and skill levels, from teenagers to people in their 70’s. Her…

father and son. We were best friends, and for some strange reason, I was his only friend. My dad couldn’t make friends; my guess was that he put up barriers, preventing anybody from getting close to him. He didn’t have the best upbringing. He spent his youth caring for his deaf and dumb parents in a miniature rundown house. Heavily bullied, he educated himself an abhorrence to people. That everyone except family was the enemy. But he deserved to have friends, people other than his son to talk to…

There is a saying that if you do one good thing and one bad, people will always remember you for the bad. A possible cause for this being that humans would rather see the bad in others versus the bad in themselves. This is especially true for many world leaders who often have the possibility of “messing things up” on a much bigger scale. A good example of this is Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors of Rome. Nero’s legend was truly a product of his mother. Telling Nero’s story would be…

father and son. We were best friends, and for some strange reason, I was his only friend. My dad couldn’t make friends; my guess was that he put up barriers, preventing anybody from getting close to him. He didn’t have the best upbringing. He spent his youth caring for his deaf and dumb parents in a miniature rundown house. Heavily bullied, he developed in himself an abhorrence to people. That everyone except family was the enemy. But he deserved to have friends, people other than his son to…

example, shortly after the death of Addie, her youngest son Vardaman compares her dead mother with the fish he had caught. In the same way, for Darl, Jewel's horse is his mother. Finally the cow, which is swollen with milk, is a symbol of Dewey Dell. Faulkner connects his theme of religion and how it can be hypocritical to the characters. Animals are most used symbols in As I Lay Dying. Immediately after the death of Addie, her youngest son Vardaman compares her dead mother with the fish he…