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In the first four books of the epic poem, The Odyssey, Homer introduces a troubled young boy named Telemachus. In the beginning of Book One Telemachus is portrayed as a spoiled and immature boy who mentally, never grew up. He does not participate in combat, rather he is cooped up in his household with the servants taking care of him, for he never had any parental figures to look up to. Athena, goddess of wisdom and daughter of Zeus, comes down to aid Telemachus. She is there to teach him what is…

assumed that they have sex making her into a sexual object Norman uses since they have no connection because they can’t even communicate due to language barriers. Following their sexual interaction, Coonass, Bible, and Gordo enter the apartment to find out that they were planning on having a meal without them. Already agitated, they discover Norman had Sex with Emma and begin to tease him about it as well as objectify her. This reveals the competitiveness men have over gaining the affection of…

"The Orphan Boy and The Elk Dogs" is a Native American myth about a young boy who transforms into a brave man throughout a course of events. Despite the boy being deaf and only having his sister to love him, the narrator continuously maintains a positive and hopeful tone. Saying things such as, "And so they took away the only person who cared for him, and the orphan boy was left to fend for himself", which gives a optimistic tone for what will happen next to the boy. This tone remains throughout…

U.P. I was able to speak with a few citizens who too have lived here just as long as I have. The people I was able to speak with were two Palestine siblings who study medicine here at Governors State University and a group of young African American boys who attend Crete Monee High School. (I will not be disclosing any names of these participants at their request.) Growing up I noticed University Park was mostly populated with African Americans…

summer of the 1950’s. In this book, a young boy goes to his uncles to work for him during the summer. While there, Nicola, local town fisherman, taught the young boy how to fish as well as shared memories with him from the war. While working for his uncle during the summer, the boy figures out how serious his fishing habits are. The young boy becomes very hardworking and finds himself going fishing every day as well. During this process he starts to fall in love with Caia. Caia is a jewish girl…

leaving the launch. After about thirty minutes of celebrating and reliving the moments that occurred earlier in the day I will never forget the words that came out of my dads mouth just moments later. My dad turned the music down, put a hand on my shoulder, looked me in the eye and said “I had another checkup done on my heart and it turns out they have to put another stint in. (a brief pause was given to let that thought settle in, followed by the words that to this day still bring me to tears)…

Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger, who tells a story of a teenage boy undergoing a period of confusion, just like every teenager. Trying to handle the aspect of growing up and gaining the feeling of comfort and confidence with who he is and his personality. In The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger implies symbols to express Holden’s struggles with immaturity throughout his whole life. In his opinion everyone is phony and fake. Holden acquires symbols that help him with confidence, comfort…

The short stories SSR and Wings are both about 2 boys with a very different approach to life, living in a different time era but both have 1 main goal which focuses on the topic of shoes. I, Douglas from SSR and Young Mack from Wings have had a relation to shoes at least once in our lives. We all have had passion for shoes and it has impacted our lives even if its in different ways. This essay will discuss the main differences in each and one of our approach to shoes. Shoes havent been a huge…

The moral of the Boy who Cried Wolf, although true, can sometimes be twisted around. When I was thirteen, I attended a girl’s camp, perfect for the average girl because it banned the phones, makeup, and fashion, the three things teenage girls dreaded the most. So, with nothing better to do during the long days in camp, we were forced to do the one thing usually reserved for boys- pranking the leaders. I guess a break from phones really did do us well because we were cynical and ingenius in all…

the fact that she addresses and shows her diaries to her mother, and discusses how Anna attends three different schools in order to learn to write, sew, and dance. Anna had to attend writing school after the boys had left, an example I can use to show that girls were not considered equal to boys even if they receiving comparable educations, and how a push for girls to be humble led to Anna to talk down on her own writing and calling it useless gibberish. In this way, even if girls were educated,…