Enter the Dragon

“It’s been a long day,” Zoya said aloud, “one of the hottest days of the year too, and I am thirsty, and hungry, and tired.” Zoya, an 18 year old girl with wavy dark brown hair and bright blue eyes, lives in a family of 7 with her 4 other siblings and her mom and dad in Athens, Europe. She lives in a calm and nice neighborhood called Acropolis although every few weeks there are burglaries taking place and luckily no thieves have stopped by her house yet. This is mainly because she has a…

Traditional heroes grace the covers of comic books, the posters for films, and come to mind first when the word hero is mentioned. Traditional heroes are the Supermen of the world, the ones who are larger than life and embody every perfect trait everyone should aspire to have. Grendel, the hero of John Gardner’s novel of the same name, is not a traditional hero by any means. Not only is he not a human, nor attractive, but he storms meadhalls and eats people for entertainment; yet he still…

to Lord Farquaad about his delima. Shrek is sent on a quest to find the Farquaad as princess named Fiona so that Farquaad can become king and Shrek can have his swamp back. In order to get Fiona, Shrek and Donkey must get passed a dragon so Donkey distracts the dragon while Shrek got Fiona. Once Shrek has Fiona, he saves Donkey and they make their way to Farquaad’s castle. Along the way Shrek and Fiona fall in love, but Shrek is scarred Fiona won’t love him because he’s an ogre. Fiona and Shrek…

Beowulf battles him with all his strength. Of course a number of his men die while fighting for the hero that they believed in. Later in the story, Beowulf is sent by Hrothgar to kill Grendel’s mother after she took revenge for her son’s death. He enters her lair with confidence that he will be victorious. Unfortunately, Grendel’s mother uses her beauty and manipulative words to fool Beowulf. Upon his return, he lies to all the Danes, Hrothgar, and his remaining followers that he killed…

In the novel Grendel by John Gardner, it tells the story of the epic poem of Beowulf, but from the “behemoth’s” point of view. This story gives a more sympathetic and altered portrayal of the creature known as Grendel. Grendel is speaking for himself and using empathy for his pain. It gives the reader the question of who the real evil in the world is, whether it is Monster or Men. In the beginning of the novel, Grendel is a misunderstood creature. He sees himself as similar to humans, but is…

Beowulf is a larger than life character who perfectly defines what it means to be an epic hero. More importantly, Beowulf demonstrates every single one of the Anglo Saxon’s morals and values that they attempted to live by on a daily basis. He is brave and is revered for his great achievements. Bravery and honor were extremely significant attributes among the Anglo Saxon people. Also, loyalty was a trait they perceived to be of the utmost importance among the warriors of their culture. In…

battle took place in the cave where the dragon lives. The heat from the dragon’s fiery breath had no effect on Beowulf, but it melted his sword. He began to lose the battle when he could not penetrate the dragon’s skin and his sword broke. After seeing the sword break and Beowulf struggle to beat the dragon, the remaining soldier, Wiglaf, steps in to help distract. Beowulf was able to use his dagger to stab the dragon and kill it. Unfortunately, the dragon also bit Beowulf and he began to die…

save the world from the buggers, an alien race looking to invade Earth. Ender needed to enter the Battle School to be trained. The school was located on a ship far from earth. As such, Ender was trained by Colonel Graff for the war against the buggers. When Ender arrives at battle school, he had a series of tests and introduced to various battle simulators. In the school, Ender has given his army named Dragon Army . From the battle game, he wins every game because…

impulsivity and carelessness is preserved despite the typical departure of strength that occurs with aging. In response to the potential of going into combat against a dragon, the Beowulf poet writes that Beowulf neither “[dreaded] that attack, nor did he worry much about the dragon’s warfare” (2347-8). Being aware of the great power of the dragon, as well as Beowulf’s waning strength as he grows older, the audience is incredibly conscious of the danger that Beowulf’s impulsivity may produce.…

He is the only warrior who is brave enough to help Beowulf in his fight against the dragon; all the rest run away. Wiglaf conforms perfectly to the heroic code. He is willing to die fighting the opponent and, more importantly, to save his lord. In this way, Wiglaf seems to be a reflection of Beowulf in the first part of the story, a warrior…