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Tales of the Deep, Dark Pocomoke “The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don’t really know what they are or where they are. They’re not very well understood. You don’t know what they want from you. So it’s the kind of thing you don’t even know how to defend yourself against. Anything that’s unknown and mysterious is very scary” (qtd. in Pack). The world and its old history is filled with folklore and tales of unexplainable phenomena. One area that is a hotspot for…

Homer’s The Iliad and Flaubert’s Salammbo, uses the main protagonists Achilles and Salammbo to depict overall themes relating to war, love, and women. The characteristics and techniques of war, the role of women and the main characters in both texts differs, but their relationships with their companions, friends and family were comparable. The epic poem The Iliad, occurs in the city of Troy during the Trojan War, while Salammbo transpires during the Punic War. The epic poems examine the impact…

During Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, the theme of escapism reappears countless times to create the idea that both Sam and Joe use The Escapist, and their careers as superhero artist, to be able to escape from the obstacles and insecurities in their lives. The novel fleshes out this theme by using various important bug metaphors throughout the story. One way to make their significance more apparent is through the exposure of a distinction between the definition of…

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world,” stated famous Greek inventor, Archimedes . One of the city-states of Greece, Athens, used their adept shipbuilding skills to create the most powerful navy the world had ever seen. Using this great navy as a ‘fulcrum’ the Athenians protected their territory and fended off dangerous enemies like the Persian Empire. The main component of this great navy was a type of ship known as a trireme. The ancient…

Thirty-Five As usual, when darkness descends, the city comes to life. Clusters of carriages travel Rue Saint Louis. Many are headed to Antoine’s or other fine restaurants, some, like ours, maybe leaving the city. Seeing Boudreaux waiting for me in front of Antoine’s caused other feeling to stir… what am I doing- why am I running away. Do I truly want to do this? Do I? Indecision could be the death of me. As if he could read my mind, and maybe he could, Myles took my hand and gazed into my…

The Path to a Higher Education “Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world” (Malcolm X). In both Frederick Douglass’ article “Learning to Read” and in Malcolm X’s article “A Homemade Education” they discuss the challenges and obstacles that they had to overcome. Frederick Douglass was a man that was born in the horrors of slavery and later became a famous abolitionist speaker in the north. Malcolm X may not have been a man born into slavery, but he was still treated poorly…

into the lessons. The focus was that students what to feel like they belong, they are useful, they have a say in the classroom routines and they can be successful. The training was facilitated by Kristina Perez, director of Community Programs for Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. During the discussion, Mrs. Perez strategies for make the classroom environment and teacher practice inviting for students. One suggestion was a motivation wall with social messages, quotes of the day and…

It’s the holiday season. A time full of joy, music, post-cookie guilt, and uncomfortable family gatherings. In 2016, the strategy to simply avoid all political talk at the dinner table was effective. But increasingly over the last 10 years, it’s been impossible to ignore the impact of United States President Donald Trump. This week, we’re opening a time capsule here at The Source Magazine—an examination of Donald Trump’s rise to one of the most coveted positions in global politics. In 2015, when…

Journal Two: Leopold Aldo Leopold’s The Land Ethic mainly focuses on the importance of developing a sort of ethic for interacting with the land or a symbiotic relationship with the land and the world around us. This piece touches on numerous aspects of our current relationship with the environment and what needs to be reformed and understood in order to improve this relationship. Although The Land Ethic was published in 1949, Leopold’s statements and evaluations made in this piece are…

The Importance of Costume in the Elizabethan Theatre As the Elizabethan theatre progressed through the sixteenth century with increasingly popular demand, costuming promoted the overall understanding of a play. The theatre grew so fast, in fact, that one out of every five citizens would attend the theatre with a population of about 160,000 people in the city of London (Brown 32). With this amount of people, the theatre contained an audience of natural critics, eager to voice their opinions of…