End of the Spear

four fellows gave me a hand, lugging it near the Cyclops as more natural force nerved them; straight forward they sprinted, lifted it and rammed it deep in his crater eye...". Odysseus told the Cyclops his name was Nobody, and took a scorching hot spear, jamming it into the Cyclops eye. He also plugged his men's ears with bees wax to save them the sound of the sirens, as it was so seductive. Odysseus was a strong leader and did everything he could to help his crew because he saved the people…

One dark and stormy night, I was transporting a load of duck tape on my cargo ship. When all of a sudden the weather started getting rough. The waves were getting so big that we were taking on water. The next thing I knew I was on an island. I had to survive all alone with nothing but my duct tape. All I had was duck tape so I used it to make a big S.O.S on the beach so it would be visible from an airplane. By that time the day was old and the sand was hot so I had to protect my feet. I made a…

portions of the Nile Delta, while the Nubians took over upper Egypt. This caused Egypt to be weakened and prone to attacks from other surrounding forces. They were unable to hold off future invasions and then were ruled by other foreign forces at the very end of the New Kingdom. During wars, the Egyptians used many weapons. The Egyptian men had to produce the weapons for war. The people used wood, string, leather, rocks, and other materials to create the weapons. Some started weak and…

Daylight seeps in through the cracks under the door, as well as the voice of my lanista calling to us to wake up. “Up, all of you, get on your armor and get outside! Tomorrow the lot of you go into the arena, and I better have impressive results for the Emperor. I have bets on this, and I better come back richer.”, says the lanista (slave owner). The lanista approaches my door and says, “You better train, Mevia, Emperor Winter wants a good spectacle from you. The crowd isn't expecting to see a…

shapeshifted into a mare and mated with a male stallion. Then, he has also been the victim of his own tricks before. Loki is well known for his role in the death of Baldur. The only thing that can harm Baldur is mistletoe, so Loki makes a mistletoe spear and puts it in the hands of the blind god Hod and tell him to throw it.…

then called Liberal Leonce. I had recently turned twelve, just a few days - perhaps a week - back. That one year between being a child and being an adolescent. In truth, there was hardly such a thing as childhood in our nation, and if there is, it ends at three years old when we are taken from our parents. I lay flat on my belly in the forest that surrounds the village of Babametu, three villages down from our own. Uncle Moba, not much taller than me, and with the fit body of a man whose…

A Close Reading of Nate Spears In the poem “My Life Has Passed Me By,” Nate Spears describes the death of Trayvon Martin, a seventeen-year-old black young male. His neighborhood watch member, George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, shot him. This poem was coming from the viewpoint of Trayvon Martin. Spears starts off with the exclamation that Trayvon was too young to die; in the third stanza, Nate Spears starts to analyze America, which is the “Land of the free, the Land…

knowledge. The effects of the known epidemic small pox, which overawed the Aztec population . There was a severe shock to the Aztec leadership while leaving an untarnished leadership. This lead to a direct downfall of the Aztec civilisation. This was the end of the first stage of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire. Hernan Cortes was building up both alliances and supplies as the epidemic (Small pox) had also affected the Mexicans including Tenochtitlan. This disease was known to be…

it is overwhelmingly beneficial to both wartime and domestic proceedings. The technology used for war has had a great impact on the fates of empires and nations alike. Alexander the Great’s sarissas, extra long spears, insured Macedon’s quick spread across Europe. These spears, made of extra strong cornel wood and bronze, were used in phalanxes as a way to keep enemy lines away from their companies, protecting shields and the bowmen behind them. Their superior range enabled Alexander’s…

Neglecting the human or technological aspect of network security can provide attackers with a vulnerable area to focus their attacks. ITProPortal.com states, “Statistically, we see that machine-driven security coupled with appropriate end-user engagement at the moment of threat identification reduced security professionals’ operational workloads by nearly 90%.” Network security is an absolute necessity and the use of firewalls, anti-malware, intrusion detection and prevention systems…