A World Lit Only by Fire

the Cave by Plato this piece analyzes how far, or rather not far mankind has come in facing the true nature of the world and it’s reality. Plato does so by comparing mankind to prisoner held captive in a cave. The men are confined and cannot move about and can only see what is in front of them, day after day the men watch images of shadows on the wall in front of them illuminated by fire. Also within the cave the men are exposed to echoes and believe the noises come from the shadows. All the…

see where Yeats is coming from when he says, “Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire.” Growing up, I was never given certain educational opportunities that many American students are blessed with. Being a Spokane Indian boy living with his family on the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington state attending the schools in the reservation school system, a high education wasn’t only uncommon but it was looked down upon. As Indian children, we were expected to fail. We were…

Citizen Kane – Charles Forster Kane and Susan Alexander SHOT 1: Dissolve into an over-the-shoulder close up of Susan working on a jigsaw puzzle. She is completely dressed up as if she was getting ready to go out for a night on the town with an expensive gown and jewelry. The lighting design is very high contrast with Susan in white, while the background falls to solid black. Susan is in the left foreground of the shot as Kane’s booming voice can be heard saying “What are you doing?” While the…

selfish, cynical and nihilistic than the dragon. Both Grendel and dragon come from darkness. Grendel is an anathema of God, as he lives in a cave in the pits of darkness where light does not shine except the one fire. Similarly, the dragon dwells in a cave that is lit only by is fire and the reflection of his jewels. Despite their similar background, Grendel’s purpose and the dragon’s purpose contrast greatly. The dragon settles in a nihilistic, selfish worldview. He sees his purpose as “to…

somewhat similar to votive candles, altar candles, etc. Altar candles in particular, are supposed to be lit before the mass, and are not allowed to be blown out until the ending of the service (Windermere, “Why do Catholics Light Candles in Church?”). According to Keene in his book “Christian Churches,” candles in general are placed in a Catholic Church to symbolize Jesus as the ‘light of this world’. Votive Candles in particular are typically placed infant of either a shrine or a statue, as I…

Imagine living in a world where you are not in control of your own thoughts. Imagine living in a world in which all the great thinkers of the past have been blurred from existence. A world without books and not being part of the literary adventures is a world without meaning and truth. Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a futuristic world where books are illegal to read and keep, and if a citizen is caught with one, it’s burned. In this society, all works of literature…

The first failure was the death of the mulberry birthmark child. The child was assumed to be burned to death by Ralph’s unorganized attempt at making a signal fire, which in turn lit the surrounding trees on fire. “‘Where is he now?,’ Ralph muttered the reply as if in shame.”(47) Ralph shows his regret in haphazardly setting the island on fire and losing the life of a young boy. Second, Ralph failed to stop the uprising of Jack’s vicious tribe and losing most of his followers based on an…

light the torch so that the flame would be “pure.” Also, the modern torch relay did not actually start until the Olympics in Berlin 1936, when German athlete Fritz Schilgen ran the 200 meters (about 656 feet) to the cauldron, with the torch having been lit in Greece and transported to Germany through many Southern and Central European nations, including Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. The Olympics have started with the torch relay ever since those Berlin Games, traveling from the Temple of Hera…

somewhat orderly civilisations can succumb and completely dissolve into violent, chaotic and savage societies. Germany, a prime example of this, previous to World War 2 was an impoverished and crumbling civilisation that sought strength but its people could not expect the savagery and brutality of the worst kind of what was to come during the Second World War. Coincidently during the same period William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ takes place, but who could expect from reading a book about…

challenge now is that athlete must make sure that these actions aren’t in vain for what the message is. If they go through all of this and nothing changes it would all be for nothing. We’ve seen black athletes voice their opinions on the injustices in the world before. They’ve indulged in hashtags on social media and given statement every time a video is released of a…