Enter the Dragon

Today’s youth, or Millennials, grew up in the digital revolution when the web became public space. As such, the youth of America could now use a medium by which to communicate with each other across the nation. For the most part this lead to new, productive, or at least uninfluential ideas and inventions. However, with all the positives also came some creations that makes one take pause and wonder. Of these are: otherkin, headmates, the never-ending stream of new gender identities, and the…

There have been many debates on creation and our existence. When did life begin and what started it all? After all, we’re here. We breathe air in. We make decisions that spur action. We love vigorously and can be hurt deeply. Human emotions are part of everyday life and yet we live without regard to how we have these emotions in the first place. An unbiased look at Genesis 1-11 clearly shows the reason why. God is a loving God and He created us for relationship. Natural World…

battles Beowulf’s men exhibit great comitatus. This could be seen as the source of Beowulf’s victory. In his last battle, Wiglaf is Beowulf’s only soldier that lives up to the requirement of comitatus. When Beowulf’s men desert him as he fights with the dragon, Wiglaf tells them, “I would rather my body were robed in the same burning blaze as my gold-giver’s body than to go back home bearing arms. That is unthinkable, unless we have first slain the foe and defended the life of the prince of the…

several ghouls came out of the doorway he planned to enter. James came to a hard stop, and turned around The ghouls behind him were gaining, and James had no time to think. “In here!” yelled a voice from James’ left. James dashed into the side room, and the door was quickly shut, and locked by…

Festivals Festival can be defined as any occasion for celebration, especially one which commemorates an anniversary or other significant event, and normally the festival celebrated give people so much to remember until it becomes a memory. Different countries have different festivals, history, culture, values, beliefs, languages and religions. Therefore, this rules apply to the Kadazans too. There are several festivals celebrated by the Kadazans, and is still practiced until now. The Harvest…

the battle with Shan Yu, Chi Fu (Li Shang’s assistant) says "I knew there was something wrong with you! A woman!" and he later says "She's a woman, she'll never be worth anything!" when Shan Yu is finally defeated at the emperor's palace. When Mulan enters the Imperial City to warn Li Shang and her friends that the Huns are still alive, she is ignored and told that she does not belong there. When no one listens to her Mushu reminds her "you're a girl again". All these examples indicate that…

Satoru’s time in the past, he meets new friends and comrades who aid him in his goal up until he sacrifices himself for them. Similarly, in “Beowulf,” Beowulf must save Hrothgar from the monsters that ravage his kingdom. His adventure ends when the dragon mortally wounds him; however, his comrade stays by his side to comfort him until his death. Both Satoru…

The Legend of Medea and Hypsipyle In the legend of Hypsipyle and Medea, Chaucer relates to these two women equally, seeing that they were treated shamefully by the same man, Jason. The narrator again refers his audience to his source: "Lat hym go rede Argonautycon, / For he wole telle a tale long ynogh" (1457-1458). Chaucer reports that Jason married Hypsipyle and had two children with her, what in fact turns out to be a mere fiction. In fact, he leaves her, and Hypsipyle writes him a letter…

19 – Unsure The memory of Idmaer plagued Edoma, preventing any semblance of a good night’s rest. He had looked so helpless in shackles. She knew him to be anything but, even bound in chains she could see his mind working to figure a way out of it. But there wasn’t such a way. He was no longer the man she had loved, if that man had ever even existed. To think he had stolen the grimoire from the First Priest’s tomb, all those years ago, and never told her about it. And then he had used the magic…

Purugganan, Jeff André C. BSE32 Professor Jesser Eullo Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is a fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology that can be dissected using Joseph Campbell’s Hero Myth. The Hero’s Journey in the story is the following: I. Separation/Departure A. Call to Adventure Percy Jackson’s mundane existence is a troublesome kid with a peculiar case of dyslexia and ADHD. He gets himself kicked out of every school he has ever been to.…