American Quarter Horse

In today’s media, people love vigilante justice, actually we root for vigilante justice. We have movies like Taken, where a man takes the law into his own hands and goes after the men who took his daughter, and in the wake of this he kills over thirty men. In the show Dexter, the main character is a smart and likeable guy who decides who is a bad person and then kills them. We watch these things and don’t think twice about the aspect of the law. In real life, vigilante justice is and incredibly…

Throughout the play Philoctetes is unyielding in his principles who does not progress throughout the play. For years Philoctetes has been segregated and isolated from the rest of society. Since he was left on the island of Lemnos his anger built up for the person responsible of leaving him there to suffer: Odysseus. The story begins with Odysseus speaking to Neoptolemus about what he must say and act when they arrive to the Island which Philoctetes was stranded on. Believing that it is best to…

and was portrayed in a positive light. Even by today’s standards two-thousand years later, Odysseus is undeniably a hero. Odysseus’ greatest accomplishment is undoubtedly his victory at Troy. He was the person that devised the plan for the Trojan Horse that allowed the Greeks to infiltrate the city of Troy. He was also the man that lead the invasion of the city. Because of this, tales and songs of his successes during the war became very well-known throughout Greece. His fame from the war even…

Computer technicians can now gain access to your computer remotely and sabotage your computer. They use a software known as Team Viewer to take control of your computer to plant malicious viruses on your computer’s storage. Once they gain control of your computer they then scare tactics on by showing you harmless computer errors and calling them “serious.” Then they plant viruses in the background of your computer and tell you it will take 299$(or whatever they ask for) to fix it. These are…

that Odysseus is a good leader, he shows intelligence which is part of what the Greeks valued. Odysseus is strong willed and he puts his life at risk when trying to save his men from all the dangers throughout the journey. Odysseus uses the Trojan Horse Trick to win the Trojan War and he tricks Polyphemus into thinking that his name was “nohbdy” which is evidence from the Odyssey that shows that Odysseus is intelligent. Also, he takes Circe’s advice on how to avoid the Sirens which makes him…

The Trojan Sofa: Ideology is a luminous halo ‘Examine for a moment an ordinary mind on an ordinary day. The mind receives a myriad [of] impressions – trivial, evanescent, or engraved with the sharpness of steel. From all sides they come, an incessant show of innumerable atoms; and as they fall, as they shape themselves into the life of Monday or Tuesday...[but] life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the…

Have you ever seen those cute, furry little calves that have appeared all over social media? Well if you have, then it was probably a Highland calf. The Highland Cattle Breed is unique due to its unusually long fur. There is also a miniature version of this special breed, which are about 43 inches tall. Highland cattle originated from Scotland and the West Isles, but some believe that vikings brought them to Scotland from Scandinavia. These cattle can handle harsh weather conditions, and are…

Logic bombs fall under the same category as Trojan horses and viruses. They set themselves off when a user unknowingly types in a certain code. They are often used to permanently delete large amounts of important data. Criminals put malicious software onto computers through “spam” (Seigel, 2014, 540). Spam is often in the form of an advertisement that randomly appear in people’s Internet browsers or emails. Once a user clicks on them, their computer becomes encrypted with the infected code, thus…

The world largest furniture retailer Ikea is also well known for selling food, with Swedish meatballs being their signature dish. But recent studies have shown that some of these meatballs are not only made with the beef they advertise, but with hidden amounts of horsemeat. CBC’s news article explains the recent horsemeat scandal that Ikea is involved in. Ikea says that no Canadian stores were affected but as of now large traces of horsemeat was found in 13 stores across the continent. “The…

War is an emotional roller coaster; soldiers feel pain as comrade’s fall right before their eyes. They rejoice with patriotism as the army advances to defeat a common enemy. In the memoir, Helmet for My Pillow: from Parris Island to the Pacific, Robert Leckie recounts his war experience from beginning to end. He uses long- winded syntax to evoke powerful emotions from readers, provide intense imagery, and provide description of people and events. Without a doubt, long-winded syntax evokes…