Fictional goblins

Your heart pounds in your chest as you run through the dark woods, trying your best to make it to your car or just to safety. You can feel him gaining on you, the sound of crunching leaves signaling his every move, but your legs just aren’t fast enough. You stumble over a conveniently placed log and fall to the hard ground. The tension builds, the unseen orchestra using more strings. Someone in the theater’s audience screams for you to get up and run. Out of breath, you try to scramble away only…

Edward Stratemeyer, famously known for his The Hardy Boys detective series, and written by a variety of ghostwriters under the penname Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew 2015). Nancy Drew is a female, amateur detective who stumbles upon mysteries in the fictional town of River Heights where she lives with her father, noted lawyer Carson Drew. Though she occasionally receives help from her father and friends, she does most of her detective work independently . Nancy Drew stories continue to be published…

In the classic novel The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas, which is set in the early the early 1800’s Edmond Dantes, whose alias is the Count of Monte Cristo, is wrongly accused by his enemies of treason. Edmond Dantes is betrayed by four enemies who accuse him of treason, and he rightfully implements his vengeance. All of his enemies, Fernand, Danglars, Caderousse, and Villefort, deliberately betray Dantes in order to satisfy their own selfish greed, sending Dantes into a secret…

“Yesterday, UFC fighter Ronda Rousey accepted a Marine's invitation to the Marine Corps ball in December. When they heard Ronda Rousey was teaming up with the Marines, ISIS was like, "We surrender!"- Jimmy Fallon The UFC’s, Ultimate Fighting Championship, undefeated Women’s Bantam Weight Champion twenty-eight year old Ronda Rousey has accepted a fight with the super tough competitor Fallon Fox, but this fight will not take place within the ring. Rousey has indicated that she does not want to…

“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.” (Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind) Patrick Rothfuss analyses how childhood innocence and the lack of responsibility can be irresistible. For some, transitioning from the simplicity of youth to the daunting reality of adulthood can be a demanding task. Holden Caufield in The Catcher in the Rye and…

the Philosopher’s Stone are those with levels of intelligence similar to or greater than that of humans. The first appearance of these types of creatures is at Gringotts Bank, run by Goblins. Goblins may even be considered more intelligent than wizards, because as Hagrid tells Harry, it is never wise to mess with Goblins. He explains that Gringotts is the safest place in the world and that anyone would be mad to try to rob it. Another creature, which is of Greek mythological origin, is centaurs.…

Even though he got recognition for that song, David Bowie set out to have his named recognized. Bowie took inspirations from Iggy Pop and Lou Reed and would incorporate it onto his own image. In an interview he stated that he felt performing as a fictional character was much easier for him, and that is exactly what he did. His wife at the time, Angie Bowie, suggested that he take on a more “androgynous” persona. David would release albums such as “The Man Who Sold the World”…

unrealistic. The Lord of the Rings trilogy are some of the most acclaimed movies and books of all time, and they are very unrealistic. A company of 9 people (4 of which had very little combat experience) should not have survived against hundreds of goblins and…

The Beasts Inside the Universe of Harry Potter Ahn Pruitt Keiser University Beasts Inside the Universe of Harry Potter Fifteen years ago, J.K. Rowling introduced the world to the wondrous and magical world of Harry Potter with the release of the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in 2001. The release of each of the movies there after were highly anticipated, all the way up until the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – part 2 which was released in July of 2011. The movies…

anyone or anything. Some people may look at their favorite sports athlete or the president of the United States as an example. Other individuals may even say people like a deranged serial killer like Charles Manson or evil fictional characters like The Joker or The Green Goblin are their models of aspiration. Like these people, I also have two entities that I look up to myself, musician Travis Scott and my parents. Travis Scott shows me through his music that it is perfect not to fit in in and…