Arena

The short stories “Arena” by Fredric Brown and “Second Variety” by Philip K. Dick consist of two, very similar, protagonists. Bob Carson, in “Arena,” turns out to be a hero, for killing the red menace by means of his courage and ingenuity. However, Major Joseph Hendricks, in “Second Variety”, ends up not succeeding in saving humanity despite similar bravery and experience. The circumstances of which they are both faced are, on the surface, very clear; they both must fight for their, and all of…

measured 189 x 156 m across. The elliptical arena itself measured 87.5 m by 54.8 m.(3) The theatre was stunning even from the outside with huge open arcades on each of the first three floors presenting statue-filled arches. There were no less than 80 entrances, 72 of these were numbered and tickets were sold for each. (3) Two entrances were used for the gladiators. One for the dead bodies and one which victors and those allowed to survive the contests left the arena. The final two doors were…

people can see it. Mostly, the owner and elves. This barn has dark oak trunks in the corners so you can only see them from the outside. It has blue stained wood for the walls to make it more whimsical. It has 40 stalls, twenty on each side of the arena in the middle. The stalls are 15x15 so the Pegasi can stretch out their wings comfortably. The stall has bars in the front and sides of the stall. There is a hook on the outside to hang your halter on. There is a wooden stall door that has…

There aren’t many things more American than football and rock & roll. When members of the rock band KISS decided to purchase an arena football team to be based in Los Angeles, many were excited for the sport to come back to the city. In 2013, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, members of KISS, along with longtime manager Doc McGhee became co-owners of an Arena Football League (AFL) expansion team. The team was named the LA KISS, and was branded with the band KISS’ signature style. The KISS logo is…

sky was blue, but the air had a chill to it and you could almost smell the snow arriving. My friends and I stood in a circle lightly bouncing trying to use each others body heat to keep ourselves warm. It has always been our tradition to get to an arena at least an hour before a concert starts and wait for the doors to open. This day was no different. We refused to let the weather break our tradition even if our nose and cheeks began to turn rosy red and our fingers and toes were going numb. As…

Both of these stories use different writing techniques that interest the readers, Lamb to the slaughter snags the reader and keeps capturing them until they reach the conclusion. Lamb to the Slaughter is written by Roald Dahl, the story intrigues the reader with its eerie suspense. In the story Mary seems like the perfect wife, but when her husband tells her some unfortunate news that she is dumbfounded by the story turns. Mary hits her husband with a chunk of lamb and he crashes to the floor…

The Romans built twelve story high colosseums that could hold up to 50,000 people (www.historytoday.com). Like most sports arenas today, the Colosseum had box seats for the wealthy upper level, and regular seats for the common people. In the bottom is where the gladiators and animals were held. One popular aspect of gladiator fights were chariots. Gladiators would fight in chariots…

As the audience began to fill the large arena theatre at the St. Louis America’s Center dome I got felt that everyone in that room was there to hear great music. Before Beyoncé took the stage the prelude was very musical as well. The arena had background music playing to keep the audience entertained. The concert took place on Saturday September 10,2016 at The Dome at America 's Center in St. Louis. The concert headlined Beyoncé only and there were no other performers during this concert.…

blind folded in an arena (153-160). When the protagonist arrives he explains, “when I got there I discovered that it was on the occasion of a smoker, and I was told since I was to be there anyway I might as well take part in the battle royal to be fought by some of my schoolmates as part of the entertainment. The battle royal came first” (153). The situation is ironic, because when asked to give a speech one is not usually expected to have to fight in an arena. When in the arena fighting the…

Charlotte Stetson’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the protagonist is forced to conform to the society in which she lives. In “The Lady or the Tiger,” the king’s daughter must endure her father’s harsh laws, and watch as her lover is thrown into an arena, forced to randomly choose a fate: a life married to a beautiful woman, or a terrifying death by tiger. In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the main character struggles with post- partum depression. Her husband, John, who also acts as her physician,…