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“Fake it ‘til you make it” sadly doesn’t always work, especially when what’s being faked is Jesus’s brother’s ossuary. “Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land” by Nina Burleigh was published in 2008, describes the journey and struggle of validating this ossuary. James Ossuary is the main focus of this book, and all of the experts and millionaires that want to have it in their collection. The story of the discovery, travel, and testing of the ossuary is told…

The Great Gatsby and America today share an astounding number of similarities. For example, materialism is pervasive in both eras as people believe that wealth is the barometer of success. Unfortunately, greed is an inherent part of humans, so materialism will be a perennial part of society. This example alone is a key reason why The Great Gatsby remains relevant in today’s world. Another similarity includes the absence of social connections. In the novel, the only true friend of Nick is Gatsby,…

The Gangs’ Rivalry The Outsiders is a book written by S.E. Hinton, and is also a movie directed by Francis Ford Cappola. There are many themes in both versions of the story, but there is one theme in the book that stands out the most. The major theme in this book is that everyone is equal. No one should think they are better than anyone else because God created everyone equally; no one is better than the other. This theme is portrayed by the greasers and Socs. In this story, the Socs would think…

Transcendentalism is a philosophy that goes against conformity and challenges one’s own thought process rather than strict scientific thought. In the movie Dead Poets Society, boys in an all-boys preparatory school are inspired by their teacher, Mr. Keating, to think independently rather as to study what is given to them. These boys become interested in the art of poetry and reassemble the “Dead Poets Society”; a society dedicated to the transcendentalist ideals of literary geniuses such as Walt…

courage to pursue them. This became my interpretation of this novel because of everything a major character(Jay Gatsby) had to endure in order to become and obtain what he wanted(wealth and Daisy). On his journey, Jay does an innumerable amount of things to succeed in life and quite a few of his actions were likely to cause harm and consequences not only to him but also to the people around him. Jay mentions his past to the main character(Nick Caraway)of this novel a few times but…

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I noticed a section within the text in which I was able to form a connection. In this specific section, Jay Gatsby has asked Jordan Baker to pose a question to Nick Carraway. Gatsby would like Nick to organize a tea at his home, invite Daisy, and allow for Gatsby to appear without Daisy’s previous knowledge of his invitation to the tea. As I was reading, I had not questioned the authenticity of Gatsby’s and Nick’s friendship until…

Aelia S.P.D. Lolliae I was wondering if you would like to attend the ludi circenses with me next week? There will be all sorts of events going on including the famous chariot races and gladiator fights. Did you know that these games occur roughly 10 to 12 times a year and are held by the emperor? The emperor holds them in order to distract the poor and unemployed from their miserable lives in the hopes that they won’t revolt against him. You know we’re unemployed so technically we could go to…

Over the dark horizon’s of Tristania, a peculiar breeze shuffled the lands, and set its destiny on a course for change. Change that would go down in the land’s history for centuries to come. In the dead of night, King Maximillianus sat in the dimly illuminated court to which he could call his own. Under the pyre's light his youthful face remained unembellished while he observed the doorway before him just across the regal halls. Which from above murals depicted his ancestors clashing…

However, because she has driven straight into a police car, suggesting that she may have committed suicide, especially given the fact that the night was also the anniversary of her mother's death, the boys are left wondering if her death was, in fact, due to intoxication, or Alaska's attempt to find a way out of "the labyrinth." In the end, Miles finds himself returning to Francois Rabelais’s dying reflection of the "Great Perhaps" as he searches for the meaning of Alaska's death. “....I would…

Have you ever wanted to get away from reality, and go explore something new? Have you always felt like you were trapped in your town or city and couldn’t wait to get out? The Truman Show, a film by Peter Weir, and the star, Jim Carey, as Truman Burbank promotes an idea of a perfect world, which becomes Truman Burbank’s reality. In the ending scene Truman has finally realized that the “perfect world” that he lives in isn’t so perfect in fact; it’s fake. He journeys to find a way out, dealing with…