Cedar

eyes hoping everything was going to be okay. My grandparents pulled into the parking lot of a hiking spot so we could walk to see what was happening. My eyes filled with tears as I watched it grow stronger. All four of us stood there watching the cedar creek fire grow bigger. We drove home as fast as we could and packed up what we needed to take. My grandpa took me up to a mountain to look at the fire from a different angle. I sent photos and text everyday to my mom and dad updating them. …

novel Snow Falling on Cedars through conflicting perspectives…

voice. “We should find a more a private place to talk.” More silence. I peek around the branch, and they’re gone. Damn it, what could the council be thinking? They wouldn’t send me to the ground against my will. That’s like banishment ever since the Cedar Bees have arrived. No new trees ever grow and we never hear from fairies who leave. “You’re such a gnat, you know?” Kuwe’s voice startles me as she flies down from a branch above me. She has her arms crossed. “And you think the whole world…

In excerpt from Snow falling on cedars shares a story of a young girl named Hatsue Imada and a struggle that occurs with her mother Fujiko. The story starts with the mother uncovering and being very displeased with a letter that is addressed to Hatsue from a man of the Chambers family…

the best roller coasters, not only in Cedar Point, but in the world: Millennium Force. Cobb describes how a single roller coaster attracted hundreds from all over the country that waited in line for multiple hours to ride Millenium Force. Even the park goers that were too nervous to ride, still visited Cedar Point to even just look at it. It sparks interest that many people would literally wait hours to ride a multi second long roller coaster, it proves how Cedar Point pulled off a great…

5:30 a.m. read my clock. “Matthew, we should probably get up now.” I said, while stretching my arms. “Yeah, OK,” Matthew said groggily. I quickly got dressed and headed downstairs. When I reached the bottom step, I saw my mom packing food for the ride. I started peering into the early morning, waiting for a black car to pull into our driveway, because we were going there with our friend Casey and his mom. Then, after what felt like waiting forever, a black car pulled up into our driveway. “Mom,…

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, by Herbert Mason, the ruler Gilgamesh is egotistical, selfish, and is a tyrant to his people. But after a meaningful relationship with his friend Enkidu, he becomes a compassionate and noble leader. It is a story of redemption, a history of atonement. It is the story of Gilgamesh, a terrible king, becoming a compassionate and worthy monarch after a meaningful friendship and death of his friend Enkidu. Gilgamesh was a callous king. He was abusive to his workers and…

Without the creation of Enkidu and the journey to the cedar forest Gilgamesh would have never realized his own mortality. Gilgamesh travels to find the old man Utanapishtim the only human being to be granted immortality by the gods. Gilgamesh finds the old man and asked how he became immortal. Utanapishtim tells him about the great flood and the ark he built. Similar to how Gilgamesh and Enkidu journeyed to the cedar forest to construct a cedar door, Utanapishtim also constructed a great arc…

both men needed to cross the first threshold. The next stage in Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, is called Crossing the First Threshold. This is where the hero transitions from the known world and ventures into the unknown. Gilgamesh and Enkidu enter the Cedar forest, which is the unknown territory for Gilgamesh. The forest is guarded by a guardian, mentioned before, Humbaba. The first night in the forest, Enkidu and Gilgamesh both had a dream that caused them great trouble. The dreams consisted of…

that motivates, inspires and creates a change in Gilgamesh. Love is the motivating force that encourage Gilgamesh to fight Humbaba. In an effort to regain the love and respect of his people Gilgamesh embarks in the journey to kill the guarding of the Cedar Forest. Humbaba is the personification of fear and malice in the world. By killing him even against the wishes of the gods Gilgamesh will “establish eternal fame” (TNAWL Pg.111) and protect his people. His desire to be love motivates him in…