Hermes

“It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.” This quote is from the first book of the Percy Jackson series, The Lightning Thief, created by Rick Riordan. Like most books, it became popular and was created into a movie. However, the movie and the book share an abundance of differences, but there are also aspects that the movie and the book share. Percy, a demigod, finds out that his father is Poseidon, god of the sea, and he has to leave…

Should, The Odyssey, be read by 9th graders? The Odyssey, is one of the most impactful and perpetual pieces of literature known. Although, many people feel that it is not a story that should be read by people as young as the 9th grade due to some controversial factors in the piece. This highly referenced epic poem, The Odyssey, speaks the truth about heros the youth look up to and teaches many readers a high morality and to remain humble, 9th graders should read, The Odyssey. Many of the main…

close placement of these frames, Earth and Mars likewise appear to be much closer in location, therefore it seems like hardly any distance separates Watney from his home planet. Additionally, when Commander Lewis temporarily abandons her crew on the Hermes to retrieve Watney flailing around in space, Scott juxtaposes Lewis with Watney, further emphasizing how near Watney is to finally being rescued. As Watney finally has survival within his grasp, Scott juxtaposes Watney’s experiences with those…

If you haven’t read up on any Norse and Greek mythology, you really should: it’s a riot. It's basically a big soap opera starring the gods of Asgard and Mt. Olympus. Outside of the holy cat fights, it’s kinda funny how similar their stories are at times, even though the Greeks and the Vikings didn't really know each other existed. Both mythologies follow a pantheon of gods with a wise, storm god as its head. They also feature an older race of gods, which once ruled the world, before the current…

Eratosthenes, a Greek mathematician, geographer, and astronomer, was born c276 BC in Cyrene and died c194 BC. Cyrene, modern day Libya, was during time the center of knowledge and Eratosthenes received training in certain course at a young age. After receiving training in Cyrene, Eratosthenes traveled to Athens where he expanded his knowledge. During his time in Athens, he learned from and worked under many great mathematicians. Eratosthenes then traveled to Alexandria where he spent most of…

wrongdoer for terrible conduct and to stop same conduct in future dealings, punitive damages are introduced. Then, a few states that allow punitive damages need additional elements such as common law malice or constitutional actual malice as a proof (Hermes, 2012). Thus, defamatory statements on social media are not something that can be taken lightly because it can destroy someone’s future. In conclusion, legal procedures on defamation on social media should be taken because it can spread bad…

Heber Brau Mrs. Teemant Period 6 Greek Myth Biography February 16, 2016 Ares: A Personification of Violence Ares, the Greek god, is known for war. He is also known for betraying his promise to his mother, Hera, and his sister, Athena, in going to war against the Trojans. Aphrodite convinced him to side on the Trojan’s side, after he had promised to side with the Greeks. His sister was furious with him and became his arch enemy. He is also known for his son’s Fear (Phobos) and Terror (Deimos)…

The epic that is called The Odyssey has inspired lots of new epics in this time and was one of the two most famous greek poem that was an epic poem. Homer, the author of The Odyssey first before he starts his narrative he concludes to a tradition of the greek culture a prayer to the muses. This prayer is an essential part of the story because there is many foreshadows, but the main foreshadow is that homer includes that Odysseus was the only survivor that hasn’t died trying. There was many…

Thousands apon thousands of years ago in Ancient Greece there was a great significance towards Gods and Goddesses. To the Greeks the world was ruled by the Gods, and they were the reason many things happened in our world, mostly things that were unexplainable to the Greeks. The goddess Athena or to the Romans known as Minerva was one of the 12 major gods or goddesses that played a huge role in Greek and Roman mythology. Athena like the majority of the main gods and goddesses lived on Mt. Olympus…

Twelve weeks later, my first college writing course completed, and to my pleasant almost surprise, I feel as though I have bettered myself in writing. If you look back at my Mid-term Reflection, walking into my first undergraduate writing class was a little unsettling. Was I going to be totally on top of everything the professor threw at us students or was I going to be completely unprepared? Rhetoric and Composition 103 was neither one nor the other, but a writing class that took what I knew…