Doom

despondency alter the course of his story; however, the idea of fate would interfere with this idea. the concept of fate dictates that this trajectory, although not exactly linear, is predetermined. This predetermination is a negative one - that of Paul’s doom being at the end of the line since the beginning of the novel. The idea of fate explored in this novel is an important subject as it is the reason the book’s course runs the way it does. It is also so important because if fate is in play…

Dangerous Knowledge Knowledge is something necessary in life to understand the world. But too much of anything can be bad and lead to your doom. Knowledge can be as deadly as good to society. This thirst of knowledge is also found in Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Shelley shows that this behavior draws them away from the ones they love, and both men try to attempt to go beyond human limits to receive glory and knowledge. Knowledge can be very…

Superheros and the mythological characters in the in the stories, “Into the Maze of Doom” by Spencer Kayden and “What's with these Guys,” by Kristen Lewis inspire us to be our better selves in many ways. The first inspiration that heroes have is they are courageous in all situations. In the story with the monitor it says, “Theseus: I cannot flee. I must kill the monitor, or more young athenians will die.” (page 14). Theseus was the hero in this story. Even though the monitor has killed many…

So many people were killed on 9-11 just because of some terroist group. so many people were killed on that fateful day. those four planes were supposed to be sent into four different places. There was the two that we really remeber that were sent into the twin towers, then there was the one that was sent into the pentagon, and the fourth was sent into a field in penslvania. the fourth one killed everyone aboard the plane. for the other three some people did survive though. the effect of those…

them about doing something they don’t fully understand the consequences of. Exactly like Frankenstein. This parallel provides a sense of unease, and casts a suspicious and gloomy tone over the story, along with the overhanging prospect of inevitable doom. The mysterious warning plants the idea in the reader’s mind that something is going to go wrong, and the fact that they don’t know what it is makes it even worse. This gloomy tone is only intensified in Frankenstein due to the fact that the…

the attacks saying “God I can’t wait till they die. I can taste the blood now. - NBK.” The media was accurate about video games, Eric was known for loving the game Doom. He loved the video game so much that he also had the books about it. In the videos Eric and Dylan made before the attacks, Eric had said that it was going to be like Doom and the shotgun was…

However, Aeschylus makes it clear that Agamemnon was given the chance to spare her life. He is placed in a conflict between fate and free will; “Obey, obey, or a heavy doom will crush me! - Oh but doom will crush me once I rend my child, the glory of my house - a father’s hands are stained, blood of a young girl streaks the altar. Pain both ways and what is worse” (Agamemnon, lines 206-213)? He is aware of the consequences if he spares…

Throughout the course of human history, existence really, there is a basic need to stay alive; the stakes of which are endless. Whether it is keeping your children alive or just yourself, the instinct is there to do the best for yourself and not for anyone else. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a prime example of the cruelty of humans for the sake of themselves. The story does not only show human’s basic instincts, but the underlying obedience to do an act of horror despite knowing it is not…

His sudden death created an overtone of sadness with a new viewpoint for my friends and me. We began to see ourselves less than invincible, even fallible, not knowing when one of us could die. This was a big wake-up call, as we were only teenagers. To think we were less than immortal was a big deal, and it was certainly a time of personal growth for all of us. We got together and talked as we could during those first two weeks, also my first two weeks as a nineteen-year-old, and theorized…

century is one filled with loss of global life stability, poverty and disappearing ecosystems. The existence of past civilizations has proven that these issues could pull modern humans into the same fate as past people have, leading them to their own doom, yet modern technology and economy can prove to create a new and sustainable world for many generations to come.…