Ever After

fairytale typically end? Yes, with happily-ever-after. In the original version of Cinderella, we are met with a young girl who is complacent to her life, and only breaks free from it and finds her happiness when a prince appears. Then the story ends, Cinderella and her prince are forever seen frozen in their happily ever after. Anne Sexton’s poem Cinderella presents us with the question of why society views Cinderella as the ultimate fairytale of happily ever after. Sexton’s shows us that real…

the effects of space on animals. Later on that exploration the rocket was faced with tragical technical difficulties that no one can explain, all that is known is something was heard to be raging with an ever growing growl and then minutes later an explosion was seen all across the earth. Ever heard of the Challenger well that's the story behind that most don't know that scientist won't reveal to the public. Researchers do know that something dangerous is out there lurking in deep space.…

fairytale is the story of “Sleeping Beauty.” “Sleeping Beauty” has lasted for generations ever since it was published in late 1600’s. Over time “Sleeping Beauty” has had the general format with many different conservative elements, variations, and memorable morals. “Sleeping Beauty” originally was a story about how a two kings and queens who were before unsuccessful in having…

themselves from the truth and create their own truth without even realizing it. As Tim O’ Brien puts it, “In war you lose your sense of the definite, hence your sense of truth itself, and therefore its safe to say that in a true war story nothing is ever absolutely true.” (O’Brien 82) This shows that it is important to know the truth because if not your mind will make something and convince you that it is really the truth. In the beginning, O’ Brien says, “In war you lose your sense of the…

minutes to walk around the entire campus. During my tour I got to meet one of the football players number 22 Ryan Anderson. After the tour of Alabama we went to my cousin softball game and watched her play after our day we went back to the hotel ad sleep. The next day we got up and left about 6 A.M to go to Melbourne beach Florida. It was a 10 hour drive from Tuscaloosa. After we finally got to Florida to my uncle house we unpacked and went out on beach side for dinner. We ate at a local sub…

Have you ever been told that you are not good enough? Have you ever tried your hand at something and were told that it would never work? Have you ever shared your “big dreams” to a “small mind” individual, and he or she gave you a million reasons it would fail? I am sure many of us can answer yes to at least two (2) of these questions, if not all. Border bullies are a set of people who try to stand in your way when you choose to challenge yourself to go to a new dimension. The worst thing about…

Ever wonder where fairy tales come from? They are written by the Storian, which is a magical needle that writes and documents the most important conflicts that occur in the fairy tale world. It resides at the School for Good and Evil, and is protected by the School Master from greedy burglars who believe that the Storian would grant them the power to write their very own tales. The School for Good and Evil is a school where teenagers from the age of 16 can start training to become either an…

through the air, people begin to plan that perfect gift or just what to do with the one they love, even if its just a quiet evening at home watching a romantic movie. To help with the decision, here's a top 10 list of some of the most romantic movies ever made. 1. Gone With The Wind Starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, this 10 time Academy award winner continues to be hailed as one of the world's greatest love stories as 70 years later, viewers are still swept up into the tumultuous and…

all lived happily ever after,” is stated. However when the movie is over and we take a step back into reality, we realize no one lives in a “happily ever after” lifestyle. The word poverty is rated by the amount of money one person possess (U.S. Bureau of Census). Poverty can be broken up into two different categories: being poor and living in poverty because of life changing moment. Approximately, fifteen percent of all Americans are living in poverty (U.S. Bureau of Census). After a…

The Real Happily Ever After Although many fantasy tales end with a “happily ever after”, for the character Unferth there was never a “happily ever after” throughout his life. In Robert Nye’s novel Beowulf: A New Telling, Unferth, an outcast from society tries to make sure that no one can defeat Grendel, a fierce monster, or the other devilish lords of the fen. Unferth is a flat character throughout the novel and does not agree that good can ever defeat evil. Later in the story, though, he is…