Eaten Alive

the realization that if he slays Cyclops he and his men would be forevermore trapped within the dank cavern. To kill the Cyclops would potentially doom his men, but to let Polyphemus live would mean that every day more and more of his men would be eaten. Odysseus has an important decision to make, one that would decide the outcome of his years-long journey. The King of Ithaca waits patiently for the morning to arrive, and he is then forced to stand by and watch as Polyphemus makes a meal out of…

The Emersonian Scholar: Understanding Nonconformity, Integrity, and Self-Reliance We are all victims of conformity, whether it be consciously or unconsciously. We change the way we behave or think in response to social pressures by accepting society’s expectations of us. Human beings naturally want to be functioning parts of society, and others have the power to influence what they believe and how they behave; therefore, the process of becoming an Emersonian scholar is extremely complex. It is…

Paige pulled me away as Harrison was being eaten alive. “He could have come, Paige.” I snapped. “He was a stranger! We need to live!” Paige yelled back. We started to become trapped by the infected. I assumed the exit fence broke and they were coming in. Tears were rolling down our faces.…

Coby looked at the seemingly unbreakable wall of skin with complete disbelief, sitting there bewildered with the fact that he could not pass through Coby decided to see if he could bite through it, then tear it, then cut it with little to no success. Coby decided to maybe try his luck accessing some of the other, more vulnerable parts of the body. As Coby was making his way up the neck to try his luck jumping into a wad of stomach acid he passing dried up mucus and other harmless pathogens out…

“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories ” (150). No one in Montag’s world is truly alive. They all go through life like the undead, completely unaware of their surroundings. They never stop to appreciate life and everything that makes it wonderful. This is the world of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, a dystopian science fiction story that takes place in a not so distant…

immigrants. By way of imparting the aliens to us, no longer as attractive, noble creatures, by making them half of-human and half of insect, the movie continuously trips us up through making the racist gaze our gaze. It confronts us with our complicity with racism, by making us identify with the attitude of the racist, inviting us to experience the revulsion of the xenophobe – and then pulling the carpet from beneath our feet. it is this tension that produces what should be the most…

Meat its one of the most consumed products around the globe, and that's the reason its massively produced in factory farms. Meat its believe to bring high protein into our bodies, and keep our blood sugar stable, but most commonly in why people consume it is because it tastes good. Although, meat is massively produced because of people's demand, not everyone eats meat. Some people prefer eating vegetables for several reasons, for example, some people do not like the flavor, or because they…

punishment of the “bad” characters in the movies can be defined by the dispositional theory mentioned above. In The Towering Inferno, the contractor who is responsible for the disaster died when he tried to force his way to safety. In Jaws, Quint is eaten by the shark because of his greed and over confidence while in Dawn of the Dead, Roger gets bitten by a zombie because of his recklessness, and in the end becomes one. Monsters, plagues and disasters may be a reflection of our fears as the…

Throughout the world, Rome has aided the growth of the western civilization. Although the Roman Empire flourished a long time ago, people still look to the Romans as one of the greatest empires in history. Regarding their religion, it played a huge role throughout their culture. The Romans first received their ideas of religion and mythology through the Greeks, who came before them. Much like the Greeks, the Romans worshiped in many different ways, and celebrated their gods and goddesses…

Dreams can be seen as a trip into a fantasy, to relax, or even allow your unconscious to go through with fantasies that your conscious mind may not accept. Yet, sometimes dreams can be terrifying; they can leave you without any idea if what you are seeing is fantasy or reality. I remember, since childhood, of being told, ‘if you punch yourself and don’t feel pain then you’re sleeping’. But what if you pinch yourself and feel it; “...pain can be found in dreams and, thus, the saying that pitching…