Darts

Escaping Salem, as the title states, recounts the events surrounding witch trials outside of the infamous Salem, Massachusetts. Godbeer takes us to the same time period, but a different location Stamford, Connecticut, where a witch hunt is taking place. This book tells us how this witch hunt “took a very different course from the panic in Massachusetts” (Godbeer 7). In his book, Godbeer presents the readers with a sense of how witchcraft was understood and dealt with in the seventeenth century…

The Different Representations in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a storytelling that belongs to the Middle Ages and the Arthurian tradition. “the romance, like its literary descendant, was often used by writers from the twelfth century on to state in various ways some of the issues that then seemed currently important” (Silverstein 260). This type of literature introduces the romance through the courtly love and the chivalry. The story is based on motifs from…

Violence is everywhere nowadays. It is on our television screens, with all the games we play and the shows we watch. It is on the music we listen to, from death metal to the gangsta rap. It is in our movie theaters, such as the gory horror flicks and the epic fantasies. We as human beings love violence. As Famous movie director Quentin Tarantino famously said “Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.” I myself am guilty of this. I loved violence when I was a kid, I adore violence right…

community. Large groups of small black crabs, the largest often being the size of your thumb, can often be seen running in mass numbers to their safe home in the ground. If not seen the sound of their small exo-skeleton covered legs can be heard as they dart quickly away, trying to avoid any contact with a “giant” human. There is no doubt that other beaches are prettier, but the abundant wildlife in Horseshoe make it more intriguing than…

I woulds have to say my greatest talent would be that i can run really fast. On many occasions i have ran faster than even star athletes in track i may not be able to run for long at full speed but at the speed i go it's amazing i don't wobble and fall down. I really like running it makes me feel unstoppable. One time when i was in 8th grade we were doing relay races and my team always one not just because of me of course but i had a huge hand in our wins. I haven't raced anyone in quite some…

Voices and laughter floated on the wind. The sound of Nerf darts whacking against both flesh and ground echoed in the player's ears. This was what the club was all about, this was what the members loved to do. One of Northwest Missouri State Universities key recruiting points is there are over 200 student organization on campus. An organization for everyone. But, while larger organizations like Student Activities Council (SAC) and Student Senate tend to rise to the top there are also a number…

It was a crisp summer evening in the little town of Daleville Indiana on Sunday November 8th 1999. Milton Slander was sitting on his porch in his rocking chair waiting for his wife to get done cooking dinner. The birds were chirping, dogs were barking and the crazy kids were drag racing up and down the highway. The time was about 7:30 when Milton's wife Stacy came out and told him it was time to come inside and eat. The slanders have two kids, Blade and Emma. They are having fresh cut juicy…

Revenge, death, and marriage are ideas that are completely different from each other, but are all some major themes that can appear in many stories or plays. They can be used as one theme, or be tied together with another to create an intriguing story. Hamlet is the story of a young prince who is seeking revenge on his uncle after he murders Hamlet’s father and marries his mother. The Taming of the Shrew tells the story of how Katherine, a wealthy shrew, is “tamed” by Petruchio, a man who…

“What the hell was that?” Cartman demanded. I shrug my shoulders as I continue to find coffee grounds and a coffee filter. Opening one of the many cabinets, I automatically see junk food. A sigh escapes from me, and I filter through the contents, hoping that this cabinet might have one of the materials I need. “Coffee, coffee, where would coffee be?” I mumble to myself, hoping that just by mentioning it somehow it will magically show up. “If I help you get coffee, will you tell me what that…

“It is a book about all wars, about the people and characters that you find in every war … about their pettiness, their heroism, their adventures, their sacrifices, and their sufferings.” noted author Cheryl Lowe when describing the Synopses of the twenty-four Books of the Iliad. Homer’s epic, The Iliad, covers the finals weeks leading to the end of the ten year Trojan War. Lowe must surely be right considering the intricate books weave countless heroes’ tales together. Consequently, the…