Forsaken

Chapter 1: The Puppeteer She shouldn't be here; she didn't belong here. Yet Dear Mater insisted she attend church because it was a duty, an obligation. They needed to keep up the pretense of spirituality in this ancient town, which harbored several rituals and deep religious devotion to God. It started as far back as the medieval ages, where religion was the accepted worldview of the time. So Victorique clasped her hands together in prayer, bowing her head so aureoles of golden wisps veiled her…

In the epic Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney, the concept of simplistic duality is expressed quite frequently. However, the opposite can be observed in the movie Beowulf & Grendel, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson. In this day and age, where moviegoers want their films to mirror the original plot of their favorite novels, why would the director of Beowulf and Grendel decide to make such a deviation? The answer lies in our modern culture. Because our culture differs greatly than that of the…

In the epic Beowulf, written by John Green and translated by Seamus Hanley, the concept of simplistic duality is utilized quite frequently. However, this is not the case in the movie, “Beowulf & Grendel”, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson. In this day and age, where moviegoers want their films to mirror the original plot of their favorite novels, why would the director of "Beowulf and Grendel" decide to make such a shift? The answer lies in our modern culture. Because our culture differs greatly…

he had during his ruined years, and felt profound peace. So even Louie realizes that his quest for vengeance ruined his life. He finally realized something that he couldn’t figure out ever since he returned home. "He was not the worthless, broken, forsaken man that the Bird had striven to make of him" but that he is…

In 1998, during the year John Glenn became the oldest man in space at age 77, Utah county resident Darcie Jo Baum was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana. And yet, in spite of the professedly minor offenses committed, the story of Baum’s path towards felonious antiquity survives in an unimaginable atrocity, circumstances that have never ceased to halt at a singular sin. On August 4th of that same year, a native of Pleasant Grove spotted a collective colored quilt lying…

Racism is the belief that belonging to a particular race means a person has inherent characteristics that one deemed either superior or inferior. Based on racist belief, prejudice and discrimination are still alive today, though important figures as Martin L. King Jr. lead the movements to end this and enact anti-segregation laws. These ideas are being transmitted to younger generations despite the progress that has been made. The minorities and people who are victimized by this injustice find…

The Dream of the Rood is an Old English poem known for its depiction of one of the most significant events in human history: the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. When compared to the Bible, The Dream is seen to deviate - at times rather significantly - from the traditional account as told in the Gospel of Matthew. The poem’s narrative style, sense of characterisation and use of language form a description that is seemingly far removed from the Gospel. However, these differences exist predominantly…

Through the parallelism that the writer Shauna Singh Baldwin portrays to us in conjunction with the confrontational limits being placed ahead of her as she matured. Barriers by that time had been set by her and those who had a part to play in their role of the upbringing of Shauna. Shauna states in the second paragraph, the tedious repetition of human existence through parallelism, speaking on necessary and commonplace tasks we go through our daily lives. As budding human beings, we contribute…

In this paper, I will be illustrating through Isaiah the beauty and character of Jesus. I will be doing this by looking at the aspects of Jesus ' beauty as the Bridegroom, King, and Jesus beauty as the Servant of all, and Anointed Conqueror. "In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious…" Isaiah 4:2. The clearest Old Testament narrative of the revelation of the messianic redeemer as Bridegroom, King, and Judge is found in Isaiah 61-63. "For Jerusalem 's sake, I will not…

There once lived a man, there too once died a man. One or both or neither or what the fuck have you such man was a man known only as Ten Four. The bastard was born on a night as cold as his mother, a fucking bitch that had no decency to name her goddamn son. Taken up by a nurse at the hospital, after being abandoned by his mother, the nameless child was brought into the home of a single 23-year-old nurse without a fucking clue. This nurse was named Eliza Mentell, an Italian broad with a nice…