Ember

Gothic Elements Galore: “The Raven” Combination of the supernatural, overwrought emotion, and mystery or suspense, the perfect equation to a gothic piece of literature. In the poem, “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, a mysterious raven who rarely speaks tends to a mourning man grieving the death of his love, Lenore. The poem is filled with themes such as undying devotion, while the author uses rhyming, alliteration, and rhyming to emphasize the gloomy or dark mood. This poem takes place during a…

Antigone and Creon both played major roles throughout the play of Antigone. The play taught us new concepts such as the tragic hero. Antigone is the tragic hero because Creon never did anything heroic. Antigone is a tragic hero due to her nobility,bravery, and flaws. In the play of Antigone Antigone was very noble. Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus and the fiancé of Haemon, who was the son of Creon. She takes a noble cause when she goes against Creon and buries her brother. Her brother…

“Johnny wasn’t behaving at all like his old self. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the door was blocked by flames, then pushed open the window and tossed the nearest kid. I caught one quick look at his face it was red marked from falling embers and sweat-streaked, but he grinned at me. He wasn’t scared either. This shows that there was a fire in the church and Johnny had went in there to protect the kids. The church was spread with fire, but Johnny wasn’t scared. He had saved many kids…

joined the service. If we were to go AWOL as a soldier we were put to death automatically if found. For the other rules if we were to break them we would be sent away to trials and most likely sentenced to death for disobeying. The main character Ember followed these rules at every single point while living at her hometown, it was her mom that was the outspoken one that still read her romance novels and smut that she just adored. Not only did Ember’s mom read these books, she was also an…

The only way to end dark is to spread light and that light could be spread by the hopes, beliefs and strength that shines out of ourselves. However, we don’t always have that flame of positivity burning in us. Someone or something needs to blow the embers to awaken the fire. It could be done by inspiring people and having positive influence on them with your words, which both presidents, Obama and Lincoln did by addressing their inaugural address. The purpose of both of their speeches were to…

conditions, strong winds, and lumbering are 3 reasons why the fire was so out of control. Conditions were building for months. The summer of 1918 was extremely dry, and logging created many spots of dry waste wood. Contrary to law locomotive spewed embers and sparks that most likely started some of these fires. The Cloquet Duluth fire began on October 10 around noon. It was at milepost 62 northwest of Cloquet when a locomotive set a small fire. It smoldered for two days until strong winds and a…

corner. I was in the middle of a war zone, between the Greeks and the Persians. It was musky with a certain smell of despair. The rain drowned out all surrounding sound like wind that blew over a campfire. The only thing left to hear was the popping of embers which in this case was the each individual drop hitting the ground in which this war took place. Then a new sound, which I replied by turning around, Then suddenly with a flash my eyes took shelter in my skull. Then I awoke in my bed,…

men. When Odysseus reaches one of his first challenges, he takes control and uses his skills to get him and his men out safely. Odysseus knows he and his men are trapped, and doesn't panic. “Now, by the gods, I drove my big hand spike deep in the embers, charring it again and cheered,…

incredibly dangerous. In the Monster’s recount of his tale, he tells Frankenstein how he “found a fire which had been left by some wandering beggars…(he) was overcome with delight at the warmth…(and) in (his) joy (he) thrust (his) hand in the live embers, but quickly drew it out again with a cry of pain” (Shelley 99-100). Fire can be both passionate, yet destructive as it is a necessity for survival, yet it can lead to one’s death as well. Both light and fire play the role of good and bad as…

People judge others and form many biases due to their race and gender. Intersectionality is a concept that focuses on the “class, physical ability, age, sexuality, and gender disparities [..] and ways of looking at these structures of inequality” (Dill & Zambrana 1) and how these categories overlap and are connected to one another. Intersectionality can be used to show how race and gender are related in terms of inequality. In Particular Intersectionality can be used to compare Frederick…