Edmund Spenser

believed he already knew the answer, but it turns out Edmund wholly knew nothing--the newt hadn’t just presented himself, he had sacrificed himself, and even bargained to do so. James yanked Pip and Sheena into a huddle. They needed an answer. “Think!” he said, unable to do so himself. Sheena processed out loud, “More than life. Perhaps love? No, a contended man would not desire that…” Pip bit his thumb and stared at the ground. James looked to Edmund and Alcants. “No delay,” said the Sphinx.…

What would you do if you walked into your closet and it led you into another dimension? Peter, Lucy, Edmund, and Susan are children who get sent off to an orphanage to be protected because of WW11 was going on so they could be safe. Lucy the youngest, was playing hide and seek with her siblings and she secretes herself in a closet that seems very out of the ordinary. It is an endless closet and she finds herself in a place called Narnia. Lucy meets a half human and half fawn named Mr.Tumnus.…

also find similarities between Edmund and me in that I am quiet and have a difficult time with change. However, unlike Edmund, I have a strong inside moral compass and I don’t try to rationalize making the wrong decision. Out of all the Pevensie children, the most part of me is as lively, curious, sensitive and faithful as Lucy. Like Lucy, I am honest and I fight for what I believe I know to be true. Just as…

early. Even though his unfinished edifice was successfully nailed on the door of Cartesian tradition long ago; the discussion fell, and is still falling, upon deaf ears. This split with the tradition led him to a disagreement with his old master Edmund Husserl concerning the interpretation of Phenomenology. Heidegger’s reformation of phenomenology led him to reject Husserl’s notion of a transcendental ego’s relationship to objects with a more fundamental understanding; the interpretation of…

NAME OF THE FILM: TOUCHING THE VOID. DIRECTOR: KELVIN MACDONALD YEAR: 2003 This documentary talks more about climbers. To start with, the journey started as a routine climb for two professional mountain climbers, but was quickly transformed into a disastrous ordeal that tested both climbers’ strength and mental fortitude. Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald created a documentary film touching the Void, which is based on a book written by Joe Simpson recapping the events of this historic…

Mount Everest is one of the most notorious landmarks due to its record breaking height. This height is what attracts many climbers, qualified or incapable, to tackle the challenges the mountain brings. Jon Krakauer was one of many people to take the challenge, and reported his journey in his book, Into Thin Air. Along his adventure among his guided group, Krakauer witnesses the deaths of others and brings the question of who is responsible for these tragedies. It may be easy to point fingers at…

Mount Everest Imagine: You are on Mount Everest, Nepal. You are hanging over what looks like a never ending abyss after falling through the treacherous paper thin ice covering the drop into the chasm were no light can penetrate. You were saved by knowing the terrain and weather patterns of Mount Everest, the immense amounts of snow, the wind, hidden chasms, ice everywhere, and etc. You made tools and clothes to keep you from falling off from ice and up to 175 mile per hour wind speeds…

Isolated from civilization, hundreds of kilometers away from the closest city, surrounded by land and more land, is the location of Mountain Apolaia. Covered mostly, in freezing ice for most of the year, and the target of a weather capable of frightening even the bravest of men, skiers know it as the mountain with the toughest slopes on the planet. The slopes are divided in two sections, the slopes of submission and pride slopes. Although both extremely difficult, most men, with the least sense…

This week, Mount Everest claimed the life of 3 climbers and 1 Sherpa, still two other climbers are missing — is the risk of death really worth the adventure? Article: Why would someone risk their life to climb a mountain when the odds of surviving may not be in their favor? For survivors, Everest is the ultimate high, but with triumph also come tragedies. And no one understands that more than the families of those who recently died trying to reach that ultimate high. Three dead – two missing In…

There are many challenges and obstacles that we face, both mentally and physically in life. After reading, “Into Thin Air,” written by Jon Krakauer, he shares his, along with others experiences of climbing Mount Everest. During this journey, climbers had to mentally and physically prepare themselves for any obstacles that headed their way. Krakauer, in particular, had prior climbing experience, but wasn’t as experience in higher altitudes such as Everest. Unfortunately, some climbers didn’t make…