Enter the Dragon

Butterfly was tragic another Asian American play set in the 21st Century was more comedic. Songs of the Dragons flying to Heaven begin with a dialogue between three people and slaps can be heard. Soon a video is shown of the playwright being the receiver of the slaps. The video ends and a rant from a Korean-American women begins. Her rant is shocking and hilarious…

By itself, it's a good story, about an interesting career, but as a movie, it is marketable because it plays on the Asian Prostitute and the Dragon Lady stereotype that caters to white men. The main character (played by Zhang Ziyi, who is Chinese, not Japanese) is a docile, meekly flirtatious, modest Chinese lady. Then there's Pumpkin, who dances around in a bra and an undone kimono for white…

(Sandars, 70). After hearing this, Gilgamesh decides that they will both go to the forest and destroy the giant named Humbaba. The temporary refusal that is shown in this novel, is what happens next. Enkidu warns Gilgamesh of the fight he is about to enter, he exclaims that “…weakness overpowers whoever goes…

A Netflix original series, boasting only eight episodes. Four child actors huddled around a ten-hour marathon of Dungeons & Dragons. A mother communicating with her lost son via Christmas lights, purchased on layaway. An unlikely friendship between the smart, pretty young woman and the resident weirdo. A supernatural, mysterious young girl with an affinity for Eggo waffles. It might not sound like it works, but it does. While this summer’s Ghostbusters revival became the new punchline to every…

though Ender has to fight to stay alive, he ends up walking away and crying after killing Stilson. He never knew the external conflict was created by the administration. When alone, Ender views his actions similar to his brother Peter. Each day Ender enters the battle room and the adults manipulate his encounters to force harm on others. The vision of behaving in the same way as Peter becomes his worst nightmare. “The message was clear. Winning is more important than anything” (100). Ender…

Exciting and thrill rides like Hair Raiser, the Abyss, the Flash and the Dragon are for thrill seekers of young people and adults. For younger children, they will love the Whiskers Harbour, which features different kid-sized rides and kid-oriented games, like Frog Hopper, Toto the Loco and Whiskers Harbour Playground. There are…

A Netflix original series boasting only eight episodes. Four child actors huddled around a ten-hour Dungeons and Dragons game. A mother communicating with her lost son via Christmas lights. A budding romance between the smart, pretty girl and the resident weird kid. A supernatural young girl with an affinity for Eggo waffles. It does not sound like it should work, but it does. While this summer’s Ghostbusters revival became the new punchline to every science fiction joke, Stranger Things brought…

grossing film of the year at 115,000,000 dollars for the US and 140 million worldwide. This was quite a remarkable earnings for this film considering other films of 1973 that American Graffiti beat out such films as, Papillion, Paper Moon and Enter the Dragon. (Shabidu Jr. 2012) Overall, the impact of American Graffiti that was left on audiences was a mark upon us to recall the high school experience and how real, silly, serious and awkward it was. We remember the Steve in our school that we all…

Upyr, upier, sanguisuga, brucolacus; this demon of the night is known by many names around the world (Steiger 81). However, it is more commonly known in english by the name of vampire. The vampire is considered to be the most famous monster in the world. Many cultures around the world tell tales about the dead coming back to life to feast on the blood of mortals. These tales inspired many works of literature, allowing the myth of the vampire to spread far and wide, increasing their popularity as…

Kenya Davie Mrs. Bowers English 4B April 9, 2017 The Comparison of Coraline & Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland From “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons are real but because they tell us dragons can be defeated” (G.K. Chesterton, Coraline) to “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there” (Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland). These two stories are very similar to each other, but still very different. Both are amazing…