Forsaken

expected to decrease to thirty percent in a few short coming years. One hundred thousand dollars a year will roughly get you by and four thousand dollars a month can get you a small closed that you will call home. So now you may be wondering, what god-forsaken place am I referring to? Why none other than the fabulous city of San Francisco. A city that is ranked by Forbes as one of the riches cities in the world, the only city in the…

finds William Frankenstein, who the monster murders out of loneliness. Then, the monster finds Henry Clerval, Frankenstein’s friend, and ends his life as well. The death of his family member and his friend rattled Frankenstein, and he began to feel forsaken. The chain of loneliness between the two only expands, until it eventually reaches its height when Frankenstein confronts his creation. The creature asks his creator for a companion to satisfy his craving for interaction, but the scientist,…

The Book of Romans is one of the most influencial and historically significant books of the New Testament. It is often creditied with being instrumental in the converison of Saint Augustine. When it was placed in the Bible at the Councel of Nicen it was given the position of first in order of Paul's epistles. The epistle was was penned by Paul to a Christian congregation in Rome. What is interesting is that unlike any of Paul's other epistles it was not written to a congregation that he…

The tragedy of mankind is that everyone is doomed to encounter some form of failure. In “The Story of Daedalus and Icarus” Daedalus’ son, Icarus, forgets about his father’s warnings about flying between the sea and the sun and flies too high. Sure enough, the wax that held the wings together melts and he plummets into the sea and drowns. The interpretations of Ovid’s story by Brueghel, Auden, and Williams explain the central idea of a man’s failure. Within Brueghel’s depiction of Ovid’s story,…

The Outsiders is a bestseller story, written by American writer S.E Hinton. Published in 1967, the novel explores the rivalry of two conflicting gangs, the Greasers and Socs. The reader is positioned to perceive Greasers as rebellious teenagers who value their friendships and affiliation, whereas, the Socs are constructed as children whose luxurious lives overshadow their true selves. Nevertheless, S.E Hinton portrays the Greasers and Socs as similar and separated by a thin barrier. S.E Hinton…

Romeo and Juliet: The Tragedy of Identity Identity is a distinctive part of every human being, and is initially formed at the very beginning of one’s life by their name, and further molded by their surroundings. People frequently try to change their identity into an alternate, or seemingly “better” one. Doing this, however, can lead to devastating consequences. Such is the case of the doomed lovers in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Characters in the play rebel against their…

adventurous and solitary life. Not to be mistaken with the “lonely ones,” the Boxman has control over his fate and enjoys being alone. Ascher then introduces two other groups of people called “lonely ones” who live lives of luxury and love but are forsaken by the ones closest to them. Unlike the Boxman who is content with his conditions, these individuals attempt to enjoy the rest of their time by seeking people in coffee shops and investing in hobbies to fill the voids in their lonely hearts.…

Romeo and Juliet, perhaps the most famous love story in history ends with, “For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (5.3.309-310). This iconic love story is one full of woe and lament. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is set in the Italian city of Verona. Romeo meets Juliet at a party, and despite them being of two rival families, they marry. In an unfortunate series of events, the two lovers die, along with a number of notable figures in the city of Verona. In…

placed on him as a baby to make him invincible everywhere except for his heel), and with the goddess of war strategy walking around picking up his thrown spears, which he doesn’t even hit Hector with, and edging him on, telling him to kill a man forsaken by the god that cared for him, was written into the history books as a hero. And what about Hector? he had the power of gods with him as well. Two, to be precise. Hector had Apollo, his caretaker, and Ares, the god of bloodshed and war. But, as…

hopelessness bestowed upon those most affected by the Famine, triggering an emotional and affectionate response to those who view it. The memorial, essentially, depicts mass suffering but it cannot be helped that a glimmer of hope can be felt amongst the forsaken figures as they look ahead, turning their backs on their ravaged former homes, moving towards potential atonement. It is interesting to note that the elation this monument…