Horseshoe

To be religious is to be spiritual. A sacred space is designated by the people as a holy place or even a burial ground. These places have some similarities and some differences. In this essay I will describe each location, similarities and differences each one has. Despite any religion or deity each place signifies a specific time in history where God was reverenced. In 100 B.C., the pyramid of the sun was created in Teotihucan, Mexico. Teotihucan means “place where the Gods where born.” The…

prophetic powers. This is especially prevalent when Simon passes out "inside the mouth"(144) of the pig. Before Simon is killed the boys begin their demonic chant, when Simon is found stumbling out of the woods the circle opens into a "horseshoe"(152). The horseshoe shape represents the opening in the pig's mouth that Simon passes out in. Then the boys savagely kill him. These characteristics of Simon allude to him being a Christ-like figure. After Simon is killed, he is lifted by "bright…

characters are life changing. One of the selfish acting people in the story of Bailey. He is the father and is always dragging the mood down. When the children wanted to stop by a house on their journey, he told them no with a “jaw as rigid as a horseshoe”. Bailey’s decisions do not really affect the family in a major way, but he does cause a lot of stress…

waterways allowed transport of sandstone to the pyramid from far away. With the creation of a natural stream to work this, the first time the humans who built the temple needed: was a quarry. Not to far down from the current position of the temple, a horseshoe shaped sandstone quarry stands as an artifact of a time long ago. The scientists who discovered this structure came to an agreed idea that humans had to either push the block through wet sand all the way back to the temple right, or get to…

George never cared about Lennie. He was a burden, a nuisance. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie kills Curley’s wife. With this happening Curley wants to kill Lennie out of revenge and hatred cause earlier in the book, Lennie destroyed Curley's hand. So to save Lennie, George sweet talks Lennie to stay turned around long enough so George can get the gun out of Lennie's possession and shoot him in the back of the head. This novel shows that mercy killing, the act of putting a…

1542: First contact with the Europeans after encounter with Hernando de Soto 1542: Creek population decreases after an epidemic of smallpox and measles and inter-tribal warfare with the Cherokee and Catawba 1702-1713 The Muscogee become allied to the British colonies and raid the Spanish Apalachee missions during Queen Anne's War 1733: After James Oglethorpe and his Georgian colonists arrive they begin trading with them which leads to establishing strongs cultural ties between the Creek and the…

The War of 1812 was fought between America and Britain from June 1812 to December 1814. This conflict was centralized to North America, ranging from American invasions of Canada to naval battles. Both sides had their prominent victories, including the successful American defense of New Orleans and the British invasion of Washington D.C. The Treaty of Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814, ended the war. The treaty declared that the two nations would return to pre-war relations, including trade…

Niagara Falls Upon arriving to the Allentown Art Museum I had a slight idea of what I was looking for. My initial plan was to simply find a piece of artwork that I was immediately drawn to, because it would mean that it was something I wanted to learn more about. Interestingly enough, prior to this museum, I had never been to art museum. Walking through I was mesmerized by various paintings, and also turned away by numerous others. This was to be expected; however, the one artwork that I found…

In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there are many things to learn. He provides a great variety of outlooks on individuals and society, good and evil, right and wrong. For each of these topics, there are many examples in the book. A person could go on and on about any of those topics with similarities and differences, but for now, only one specific aspect of one of those topics will be discussed. Piggy and Simon both died in very brutal and barbaric ways, however there were some…

The article “Gettysburg In The Civil War” was about the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee’s first journey failed, then in June 1863 he tried again by marching north to Pennsylvania. Lee’s campaign was going well. Hooker had proposed to attack Richmond but was rejected in Washington. Hooker was then replaced by General George Meade. Stuart decided to ride around the Union Army to gather troop information. Stuarts costly decision took longer than expected, so Lee had to go without knowing where the Union…