The amazing world of Pandora with the story that was created by James Cameron to demonstrate Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. Campbell observed that the hero went through many similar situations in every story. The hero begins to separate from their daily life to go initiation a quest that they finish the quest and return home. However, Cameron designed the film Avatar in some a more modern plot of the hero and used a lot of effects to complete the whole monomyth. The whole story of the Na’Vi and…
As a child every thought and emotion that occurred in my brain rarely exited my body through talking or expression. I was a shy student, friend, and daughter for most of my life. I feared interaction with unfamiliar people and would cling on to those that I already knew. Being this way made school and other social aspects difficult for me. I rarely spoke in class and being called on was the worst thing that could happen while at school. I was intelligent, but did not enjoy outwardly showing it.…
What is a witch? According to Webster’s Dictionary witchcraft is, “the use of sorcery or magic.” By this definition, the term “witch” has been misused and misunderstood throughout history. Often considered a taboo subject, nothing stirs the pot quite like witchcraft. An in-depth study of witchcraft can help one to understand the mystique that surrounds it. European Witch Hunts (1300-1600) Witch hunts occurred long before the Salem witch trials. As Jess Blumberg from Smithsonian Magazine…
lives together. However, doing so is not always as easy as it sounds for men, particularly the part of pursuing potential love interests. Human courtship is probably the most complex mating ritual in the animal world. While there exist no magic formula that work on every type of girls and neither is there one that ensures a meaningful long-term relationship, this following guide represents a potent attempt at directing amorous young men through the grueling process of obtaining first…
discovered himself in a handgrip harder than anything he had ever encountered in any man on the face of the earth” (“Beowulf” 57). Beowulf’s grip is so strong that it scares Grendel because he now knows that he is not going to escape this battle alive. “Every bone in his body quailed and recoiled, but he could…
woman for their time and culture. Both women struggle with the love and control of an overbearing parent that they wish to escape. In the end, both women face a depressing and harsh fate because they undermined their parent’s best intentions. One thing that young women can take away from both plays is, even though parents come off controlling they have one’s best interest at heart. Desdemona is a young beautiful Venetian noblewoman who grew up in a well-respected noble family. Her father,…
In the similar way as the Ghost of Jacob speaks to Scrooge, so the Ghost of Goodness, Love, Compassion, Forgiveness speaks to us. He comes to us in people, in situations, in things around us. Similarly, Barbox from the short story Mugby Junction. He ends up at the Mugby Junction in the middle of the night. He is lost, he does not know where or in which direction he should go.…
work, struggles, and perseverance were leading up to this. Getting more fidgety with every step, my row headed toward the stairs to the stage. All of my high school administrators were there, including the superintendent that cared way too much about the football team and the vice principal that everyone despised with…
Isabella nods towards the book in my hands. “What you’re holding doesn't only know all the secrets of the cosmos, but it also knows all the life changing events that are about to happen. Every day you have to use that book’s instruction to stop catastrophic events.” “How often does it spit out this information?” “Every day,” Felix says gravely. “It’s not always huge information like bombings and hurricanes though. Sometimes it’s just something marginally small,” Isabella answers. “If it…
Traditional practitioners use a wide variety of treatments ranging from "magic" to biomedical methods such as fasting and dieting, herbal therapies, bathing (cleansing), massage, and surgical procedures (Abdullahi, 2011). It will be very important for Dineo to go through the cleansing process as it is required in her culture;…