Culper Ring

Mockingjay is the third film installment of The Hunger Games film series. The Hunger Games film series is based on The Hunger Games book trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. The film producers decided to split Mockingjay into two parts. The first part of the movie was released last November and the second part is scheduled to be released on November 2015 (1). In this paper, the author will discuss how music contributed to the overall quality and effect of the movie. The film starts by showing…

Crusades, The Latin church waged "holy" war on Muslims claiming rights to a "holy" land. In the book, "Lord of the Rings" J.R.R. Tolkien creates a character…

situations in his journey to the fearless dragon, Smaug at the end who holds all of the dwarves’ treasure in his lair. Specifically in chapter 5, Riddles in the Dark, Bilbo wakes up and is alone under the mountain with only his sword and a mysterious ring and is searching through the tunnels under the mountain. A couple clear changes that Peter Jackson made to the film were the introduction of how we met Gollum and enhancing Gollum’s desire to eat Bilbo during the movie, both of which are…

In the story The Hobbit, written by J.R.R. Tolkien, the Main Characters are Bilbo the hobbit and the dwarves. The Main setting is, well there's not really just one setting for you see in the Book Bilbo is on an adventure and has to travel many lands but his main goal is to get to the mountains. In the begging of the story Bilbo and his normal ordinary routine is disrupted by a wizard and 12 dwarves. They seek a burglar and a top notch burglar because they want to claim their treasure back from…

In the story "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight," the character of Sir Gawain is brought to life by the author whom is unknown. multiple charactors think of him as a nobile knight; he is loyal, honest and most importantly, courteous. during the story, Sir Gwain's persornality is put to the test multiple times during the story. they tell us alot about Gawain's character and the internal issues that he has. I will talk about the multiple places in the poem where we learn about Gawain, either through…

Huck’s Journey to Maturity in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author Mark Twain uses his main character Huckleberry Finn to display his coming of age. Huck goes through several identities and lively adventures through the whole novel. This idea of Huck’s journey to maturity has a huge impact on the novel as it portrays him as the main protagonist and problem solver. Twain returns to this theme several times by helping the reader…

Hobbits are creatures that are half the size of humans with similar characteristics of dwarves and do not like to leave the comfort of their home. They live in a pleasing underground holes with all the amenities of life. The Baggins family are part hobbits and part took. Tooks love to go on adventures and leave there houses. One day, a wizard named Gandalf visits him and ask Bilbo Baggins to go on an adventure. He politely declines as any hobbit would and invites him to tea. He leaves a sign on…

The main character of the book Wings Of Fire the Dragonet Prophecy, written by Tui. T. Sutherland, is Clay the Mudwing, he is part of the Dragonet Prophecy. In the beginning of the book Clay has doubts about himself and the prophecy. Clay thinks he is useless and weak because he can’t fight like Kestrel the Guardian Dragon that is training him to fight. Another Dragonet that has been brought into the prophecy is Glory. Glory is a Rainwing instead of a Skywing. Webs, one of the guardians…

“I just need you to believe me.” Daniel Fights a Hurricane and Take Shelter illustrate the story of two hypersensitive men, Daniel and Curtis, who constantly have visions and difficulty distinguishing between reality and imagination. While Daniel’s experience is elaborated by Shane Jones from three perspectives - the first person perspective (“I”), the third person perspective(“he”) and Daniel’s wife Karen’s perspective, Curtis’s is illustrated by Jeff Nichols from just the first person…

I remember the very first book I ever read, it was a paper book made by my teacher. The illustrations looked as though a child had drawn them with a pack of crayons, the sentences were very short and very boring. I remember reading “Pat sat down” over and over, “Pat drinks juice.” The simplest sentences ever, and I had to read that same ridiculous book everyday. It was that small, elementary book that made me hate reading. I read as little as I possibly could, just barely enough to get through…