Kryptonite

You go after your man! Follow your heart!,” that would be ill advised. The truth is that love is not enough for a relationship. You must listen to your brain in order to find your emotional salvation. If we were Superman, then love would be our Kryptonite. What is it that releases those butterflies? Is it the instinctive desires for the feelings of affection? Is it the romanticized drama of “is he…

When I was in third grade my grandfather was diagnosed with stage four carcinoid cancer. Stage four essentially means that it has reached the body 's lymph nodes and thus it can infect nearly any part of the body. While this diagnosis was bad, it never hit me how bad it was until sophomore year when he appeared to have suffered from a stroke. We got lucky however and it was Bell 's Palsy, and while that was definitely better than a stroke it was still worrisome, this was the first time I…

made him empathetic towards others. Early in the book, we experienced Toadflax stealing a cowslip from Fiver. We saw Hazel's compassion for justice and how he stood up for his brother even though he was not the superior in this situation. Hazel's kryptonite is Fiver, he is very protective over him. In the Sandleford warren, Fiver was all he had. When embarking their journey, Fiver was the only rabbit he truly trusted and knew best. When he sees other rabbits like Pipkin, they are going to remind…

Have you ever gone down a path of self-destruction? Maybe at first though you did not realize that you were heading down that way, you thought you were just having fun typical teenager fun. Cocaine, the party drug of choice for most teens to stay awake and feel unstoppable for a night of Prom, on the town, or just to have fun. My drug of choice to get me through work, school in all honesty the whole day, and probably the rest of my life. Bending over the mirror, and snorting the sweet crystals.…

Do you know how Superman became Superman? From nickel comics to the silver screen, as well as the tv series, Superman has always been a source of many people's fandom. Smallville, the series was directed by Greg Beeman and James Marshall, which was released in October 2001 and ended in May 2011. Smallville premiered on The WB from 2001-2006, and The CW premiered it from 2006-2011. The series was the best rendition of the Superman comics brought to life for ten seasons. From the origin of alien…

The epic hero named Beowulf is a warrior, who can do what no man can as he defeats life and death challenges. In his youth, Beowulf was considered a great warrior due to his strength and courage. For example, his fable swimming match with Breca to get to grendel 's mom was showing how strong he was and the Germanic heroic code of Loyalty, courtesy and pride. His battle with Grendel and Grendel’s mother validates his bravery as he faces three tremendous battles that help shape him into the epic…

“You could have done this better.” This phrase encompasses the culmination of my writing experience. Throughout my scholastic experience, I have never truly developed a grasp of the concepts that come with being a great, or even a decent, writer. I have always gravitated towards the mathematical side of school, as I understood it and knew what I had to do. In math, they assign you a problem, and it has one clear solution. Given a problem, I would be able to analyze it and figure out a way to…

His devotion finds its kryptonite in the Holocaust. That misfortune forever changes Wiesel’s beliefs. In “Elie Wiesel, Hasidism and the Hiddenness of God,” Jonathan Gorsky reveals, “Wiesel continues to affirm his faith, but is no longer the faith of this early life” (136). While…

Scene 1 (In the fields of the great war, 4 men lie down, not knowing if this day could be their last. They are fully committed to their duty, not afraid to die. They came from Britain, leaving their lavish life behind and settled for the harsh realities of war. Here we see them defending their trenches from German Stormtroopers during the Kaiserschlacht campaign in Western Europe, specifically in Northern France near Amiens, the target city of the German offensive. The fighting and artillery is…

role-character, Othello, is an articulate, passionate and intelligent African-American who finds himself blinded by the love he has for his wife, Desdemona. Although Othello seemed to many as the epitome of strength and confidence, every superman has their kryptonite. Othello was punctual, knew just the right words to say at the precise moment, he was a romantic warrior, and intellectually sound. As the story unfolds, Othello’s confidence is slowly brought to the light by his betrayer, Iago, to…