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Odysseus is a greeks who made it back to his home. Odysseus was fated to wander the longest twenty years. Among the Trojan women Hecuba fell to him, an old harridan now who could not forgive the way Odysseus had thrown her grandson Astyanax from the walls of Troy. Odysseus' ships were hit by the storm raised by Athena and were blown to Thrace. Sick of Hecuba's insults, he and his men stoned her to death. In Thrace Odysseus sacked the city of the Cicones, sparing only a priest of Apollo, who…

events of a global influenza pandemic that kills 99.4% of people worldwide, the characters of The Stand divide into two groups; one is led by the embodiment of all good and the other by the embodiment of all evil. The “good” group, which is found in Boulder, Colorado, starts to fill with decent, respectful, and generally happy people, but is struggling to form a government that can both function efficiently and respect human rights. The “evil” group, found in Las Vegas, Nevada, is filled with…

Giles Corey was sent to be pressed, which is to have massive boulders pressed on your chest, until your ribcage ultimately collapses and caves in, with the boulders on top of that, all crushing your vital organs. When the first round of boulders was set upon him, he was shaking hands with the devil already. The next words that he yells out of his mouth were: “MORE WEIGHT!” More weight was added, at this…

deafening silence fell upon us. Did my performance scare his crew? That’s foolish of them. I hold back my laughter to think that some of them actually think that something would act upon them, as if the gods were listening! I grab another, larger boulder and heaved it at them. Now I hear everyone bellow and scrabble to get their ships in order to get the hell off of my island! At this time, when all of Odysseus’ crew had left, I ponder whether or not my orison had actually worked. Are there any…

No Turning Back The opportunity to truly start over is a rare occurrence. A new city, a new school, a new life and a chance to really remake oneself, that is what the admission letter to The University of Colorado boulder meant. The car was packed full of bedding and clothes leaving little room for the occupants inside. But there was plenty of room for optimism. Fast forward nine months and the car ride back is deafeningly silent. Filled with the same things as before but this time there was…

cave, he figures out a way for them to get out. His men suggest killing him but then he remembers that he needs someone to move the boulder. Then the men try to move it themselves but the boulder does not move. Then Odysseus comes up with a plan. He says that they will get the cyclops drunk, stab him in the eye with a large stick, then the cyclops will open the boulder to get help. Then the men will escape under the bellies of the sheep that belong to the cyclops. This quote explains how the men…

Personal Statement – Bijay Shrestha My father is a mathematics teacher and everyone presumed that I also have a bright mind like my father. But the truth was quite bitter. Although I was brought up with all the facilities a child could get I was still an average student. I displayed a sharp and inquisitive mind, but my indolence always dragged me to average standard. Things started to turn around, when I graduated to tenth grade. Based on a student’s level of understanding, we were categorized…

Rudra Patel Brown Honors English 9; Block 2 19 April 2024 Phenomenons of Death Death is the most questioned phenomenon. It happens one way or another and in different ways. In the same way, all deaths have interesting similarities. In Lord of the Flies, written by, William Golding, Simon and Piggy, two of the boys stranded on the island, were murdered by the others in similar and different ways. Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys getting stranded on an inhabited island. The boys don’t…

“Something was there with him, in him, around him. He could feel it. Some other thing was there.” The author uses descriptive language so the readers can feel Brennan’s connection with Coyote Runs spirit. In the novel, Canyons, by Gary Paulsen, the author uses figurative language and descriptive writing to describe the relationship between Coyote Runs and Brennan. One technique the author uses to connect the relationship between Coyote Runs and Brennan is descriptive language. In the story, the…

John Canyon to hike and climb thousand foot rocks. While on this very risky journey, he had fallen into a narrow ravine and a boulder had rolled and dropped onto his right hand crushing bones and all. Aron spent 127 hours trapped by this boulder trying to find a way to remove the boulder from his useless crushed hand. Unfortunately no strategy of his could loosen the boulder from its devastating spot to get free so Aron prepared his arm for an amputation at a point on the mid-forearm in order to…