Goblin

Pat Mora is an American of Mexican descent; and has written over 40 books, which encompass poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Her books largely address children. However, she has written a book for teens and young adults, called “My Own True Name”, as well as, a book for educators, called “Zing”. Three of her poems, “Suspense”, “One Blue Door”, and “Twilight Choir”, occur during and after a rain; and will show how her use of diction entertains and speaks to children. The titles of these poems do…

brother seemed sad and distraught, holding onto the sliver of hope that Frank would be the big, loving brother who was around. Within the casted rewrites, the Ghosts of Christmas were also a little different. The Ghost of Christmas Past was a weird goblin/elf with bad hygiene and a tendency to cackle frantically at Frank’s discomfort. He didn’t float around but actually traveled back in time using a yellow cab. He also didn’t change shape or form and had a sassy attitude. The Ghost of Christmas…

Many things may have led up to Ichabod Crane’s disappearance or death. The question that still remain today from a speculative fiction story, written in 1820 from the author Washington Irving, is “Who is really responsible for the disappearance of Ichabod Crane?”. Although, there are many indications from who or what is held accountable for the disappearance, the one that rises from the above is Ichabod Crane’s ego. His ego had led him to seek “eye to eye” with the Headless Horseman and have…

Protagonists: Harriet Lovatt- Wife of David Lovatt & mother to Luke, Helen, Jane, Paul, and Ben. Ben Lovatt- Fifth child of Harriet & David Lovatt and born with issues and different than the other children. Antagonists: David Lovatt- Husband of Harriet & father of Luke, Helen, Jane, Paul, and Ben. He dislikes Ben. Deborah Lovatt- David’s sister James Lovatt- David & Deborah Lovatt’s father. He pays for most finances for David and Harriet. Molly- David and Deborah Lovatt’s mother. Dorothy-…

One of the many tools that Bilbo recovers from his quest is the ring. After the battle with the goblins where Bilbo is left unconscious, he discovers a ring (Tolkien, Ch. V, 65). The ring, which turns him invisible once he puts it on, teaches him how to use magic, or the fantastic, correctly. The first time that Bilbo uses the ring is to escape Gollum…

one of the most important women poets of the nineteenth-century. She grew up in a very religious family, which impacted her life later on. A majority of her works reflect a religious focus based on her upbringing. One of her most famous works was Goblin Market and Other Poems. This collection of poems is an allusion to Bible, discussing themes of temptation, salvation, gender roles, feminism, and sexual desires. She wrote the poem “A Daughter of Eve” as a part of this collection when it was…

affect the way they hold relationships, operate, work, and produce in society. The movie aimed to show how stress isn’t necessarily a visible monster, but it is still a monster nonetheless. It is very real, and it is just as scary as any vampire, goblin, ghoul, or serpent. Stress shouldn’t be concealed by anyone. It needs to be dealt with, talked about, seen, and…

Poverty and homelessness put people through a very tough situation. Whether morality of their decisions begins to play a smaller role in their lives. When surviving through the night, becomes their only focus for the day. Desperate times call for desperate measures, crime seems to be the only answer. According to the city data, one-fifth of all homeless people have committed a crime to get off the streets. To me, poverty is like homelessness, I compare poverty to people who work on a low pay…

Jane Goodall’s book takes her readers on a journey through her thirty year study with the chimpanzees of Gombe. Jane Goodall is a renowned primatologist in the field of anthropology, and is specifically known for her study of the chimpanzees. She primarily studied their behavior, but also observed how they used their intelligence and how they lived within their groups. Goodall studied her chimpanzees by idly observing them, and interfered little as possible. Goodall would stay in areas where she…

As evident from any Dickensian novel the leading female character portrays Victorian morality of womanhood. It has been no surprise that main protagonist Esther Summerson in Bleak House portrays ideal household lady in old England as someone full of compassion, motherly love, self-effacing combining unceasing flow of spirits, extreme activity and diligence, her punctuality, uprightness and remarkable frugality that distinguishes her from her mother, Lady Deadlock who epitomize the vanity of era…