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Krisa Aquino Engl 1A Prof. Hooks Oct. 13, 2015 Hymn for Equality In the era of 1960s to the 80s, the world of pop rock bands wouldn’t be the same if John Lennon never existed. Can we all just thank him for forming the legendary, shaggy-haired, suited-up group of The Beatles? The singer-songwriter created masterpieces during his time with the iconic English pop rock band. Some of the best rocked songs they had were, “Please, Please Me” and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” Although like other bands, fame…

dominance, influence the generation of Greeks as one whole. Each of the gods epithets described in the Homeric Hymns shows how they are portrayed, their significance on humanity, and how it has come to be and the impact on their generation. Zeus, being one of the most powerful Olympian gods, has a vast leadership on humankind alone. Known as “the best and greatest of the gods,” given in the Homeric Hymns to Zeus, the epithet describes various characteristics that exhibit his impact on the polis.…

deception, and encounter the power of Zeus when enacting the various forms of deception. To begin, Hymn to Aphrodite, specifically lines 45-290 in The Homeric Hymns shows not only Aphrodite’s deception to Anchises but Zeus’s power to deceive Aphrodite with her own influence. In this instance, Aphrodite masks that fact she is a goddess by telling Anchises that she is born of the mortal Otreus (Hymn to Aphrodite 111). She uses this deception because she knows Anchises would not sleep with her if…

Professor at Yale Law School, Amy Chua, writes about her unique style of parenting. Chua wrote “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”, a passage from her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom. The article was then excerpted and put into the Wall Street Journal, and was written to show her strict approach to parenting. This article quickly gained attention from parents around the world and was surrounded by conflicting opinions. The piece has caused controversy throughout America and has made parents…

towards her children. The article Tiger Mom talks about how the mother would called her oldest daughter “garabage” and threw things at her other daughter when she thought she was being mistreated. The mother, Chua came out with a book called, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Tiger Mom says that her book alerted the public, allowing the Today Show to call and invite Chua onto the show. Tiger Mother states, Chua went on the show to explain herself, she said “to be perfectly honest, I know a lot of…

describes herself as a Tiger Mom, which means her parenting decisions are stricter than most Americans. She thinks that the only way for her children to have success is to work at it until your good at it. She was attacked by some when her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother came out exposing some of her parenting methods with her two daughters, Sophia and Lulu. Many readers responded…

1. Callimachus, Hymn 5, on Teiresias: ACM p. 79, lines 97-122. Described here is a long account made by Athena towards one of her nymphs, Chariclo, after the blinding of the nympth’s son, Teiresias, after he inadvertently witnesses the goddess bathing. Chariclo laments and beseeches Athena to reverse her son’s new disability but Athena describes that is not she that had done the deed but in fact the result of one of Cronos’ laws, and as a gift for a friend, she bestows Teiresias the ability of…

Most relationships between a mother and a daughter have many ups and downs throughout life. The excerpts from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Amy Chua and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan are perfect examples of the arguments that can happen between a mother and daughter. In Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom the story is told from the mother’s point of view with a tone of annoyance at her daughter and in The Joy Luck Club the daughter has hostility towards her mother’s wants. In Amy Chua’s story she…

The relationship between a mother and daughter is very complex, however a mother would never let anything get in the way between the two of them. In the Excerpts Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mom by Amy Chua and Novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the mother-daughter relationships are slightly bitter. While Amy Chua uses more of a tense yet caring tone, Amy Tan has a hostile and harsh tone against her mother. Amy Chua uses a tense yet caring tone in The Violin to express how Chua and her daughter's…

The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite tells the story of the god of beauty’s encounter with mortal Anchises. Plagued with an overwhelming desire of lust instilled in her by Zeus, the myth goes on to tell how Aphrodite seduced Anchises into sleeping with her. At first glance, the tale seems so embodied with sexual elements and hedonism that it leaves readers wondering if there is any underlying greater meaning to the story aside from the pursuit of pleasure. Careful analysis of the myth conveys an…