Little Brother

and I went at the beginning in October of 2016. We stayed at Cocoa Beach for a night, Disney Cruise and then went to Sea World for a day. We went straight to Seaworld after we got off the ship. The prices were pretty reasonably good for once and my brother and I have military IDs so the prices went down so we decided to go! It took my family and me about seven to eight hours to get there. It felt like forever, but I slept most of the time anyway. We were going to fly, but the ticket…

For one thing, some main physical attributes remained the same, “a little girl… as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as ebony” (Tatar 83). Despite capturing these important physical similarities; for the Grimms’ Snow White, her story started at 7 years old while presumably for the Disney’s Snow White her story…

In today's society many people don't appreciate what they have. All the little things and even the big things are taken for granted. We don't realize that not so long ago life was very different. During the times of the holocaust people were separated from their families, children were starving, and for many, education wasn't really an option. I was able to interview a holocaust survivor that taught me and continues to teach me how grateful i have to be for all that i have, my grandfather.…

Percival, I’m here, I’m here! I have my own sword and everything!” On a stifling summer morning in Camelot, Sir Percival turned and saw a little boy, about age five or six, bounding toward him. The young boy’s shaggy brown hair bounced as he raced forward, and his cheeks were flushed bright pink due to exertion. Only a few paces away from Percival now, the little boy tripped over the too-large sword he carried, and the weapon went sailing into the air. Percival was forced to duck to avoid the…

Imagine being considered less than the people you love and care about. In Louisa May Alcott’s novel, The Inheritance, this is the case for Edith Adelon. Although she is loved by the ones she loves, she desires to be equal. Edith longs for acceptance and equality throughout the whole novel. This conflict reflects upon the structure, setting, plots, characterization of Edith and many other characters, social and economic factors, symbolism and irony. The Inheritance contains 15 chapters, numbered…

far inferior to the French armies, and they are losing hope. Nothing about this scene relays hope that victory will come to the English. The scene of Henry V standing up and says, “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that’s sheds his blood with me [s]hall be my brother;” is why I love this story so much. The way it’s written stirs your emotions and of those involved so well you just want to cheer right along with the men in the story. When Henry stands up to speak he looks at…

and Wilhelm. The Grimm Brothers wrote the story Children and Household Tales. “ Rapunzel” got published in 1812 for Children and Household Tales. Also, “ Rapunzel” is the most mysterious and enduring of all fairy tales. “ Rapunzel has been inspired by a different story, is more violent than the modern version, has a certain culture, and was meant more for adults. The Grimm Brother’s story of “ Rapunzel” had been influenced by an earlier story before the Grimm Brothers started writing. For…

Andrew Lam’s book, Perfume Dreams: Reflection on the Vietnamese Diaspora, is a collection of personal essays that documents Lam’s quest and struggle in finding the right identity as a Vietnamese American. At the age of 11, Lam fled with his family to America, during the ending years of the Vietnam War, as war refugees. This sudden exposure to a new environment, tore Lam’s past perception of who he was , created the identity dilemma that Lam struggled through his lifetime. Throughout the book,…

the year nineteen eighty four and on. Though the similarities may not match up to America’s current situation, North Korea’s dictatorship does. North Korea is currently lead by Kim Jong-un whose face is plastered on buildings much like that of Big Brother, the leader of Oceania. The totalitarian style government in 1984 has many similarities to North Korea’s present form of government. Citizens of North Korea and Oceania are both very similar in the way that they live, unaware…

proud of her” (233). Parsons feels this way because he is extremely loyal to the Party and believes in anything they do. This displays the Party’s ability to manipulate Oceana’s population. The Party forces people’s loyalty to be directed at Big Brother and the Party rather than one’s own family. The Party is creating a society in which love does not exist. 2. O’Brien states that the “thing in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world” (283). Room 101 is where The Party sends criminals to be…