Lost Boys: The Tribe

commotion. Still naked from their first night of union, Joth peaked outside the leather tent flap. “What did we miss?” he remarked. Rinka pulled him back inside. “Can’t the war wait a few more minutes?” she teased. “I like to have you inside me once again.” Joth returned a loving smile and then threw his tunic over his head. “Oh, how I’d like that but I think something really important is happening.” She shook her head and returned the smile. “Oh, go ahead,” she sighed.…

They chose their leaders solely based on who was the strongest and toughest man in the tribe. The leaders took an oath Fealty (a blood oath to their Chieftain in return for the spoils of war- “booty”. If the Chieftain didn’t bring any “booty” then they would find a new leader that could. German Fealty along with Roman Clientage was later assimilated…

It was a long summer’s evening in Colorado Springs, July 03, 1975. The air was warm and still, radiating through my chest and embracing my tanned arms and legs. Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend” and Rod Stewart’s “Maggie Mae” were spinning on the AM station of my friend Paul’s Earl Schrieb freshly-painted turquoise-blue Karmann Ghia. “When you’re down and troubled, and you need a helping hand…” I felt accomplished to have memorized each song and with a convincing smile confidently sang the…

heroes are all different, including Beowulf and Kirito ( Kirigaya Kazuto) are similar in many ways but, both have their own qualities. Kirito is a 17 year old boy who started out quiet and shy, but then he becomes a brave warrior who will sacrifice everything for the ones he loves. Beowulf is from the Anglo Saxon period, he is from the Geats tribe. Whom inhabited the southern side of Sweden. He has superhuman strength and he has faith every time he fights. What are the qualities of a real hero,…

Nija Burnette Professor Felix Germain African Studies 1100 9 December 2014 Growing up, many little boys wanted to be the super heroes they watched on the television. Most people can recall the ending word of the phrase: “Look! Up in the sky! It 's a bird, it 's a plane, it 's...” The most popular super hero of all time was Superman and the focus of the previous phrase. He had super strength and speed, could fly, was invulnerable, had x-ray vision, and superhuman hearing. Superman was the ideal…

old as I thought,' she said. But she sat down to rest. She spread her skirts on the bank around her and folded her hands over her knees. Up above her was a tree in a pearly cloud of mistletoe. She did not dare to close her eyes, and when a little boy brought her a plate with a slice of marble-cake on it she spoke to him. 'That would be acceptable,' she said. But when she went to take it there was just her own hand in the air. So she left that tree, and had to go through a barbed-wire…

I remember waking up with a bloody face. As I entered junior high, my family had moved to a town that had a racist streak. On the first day of school I made a remark identifying myself as believing in civil rights. The statement’s consequences arrived several months later when I was beaten unconscious by a fellow white student. At that time, I had never had a black friend, but the madness imposed on African Americans stormed into my world with the physical intimacy of violence. What do we know,…

from menial jobs as a waitress, cashier or bartender. Her classmates chatted with her with a slow speed as she could not understand Basic English. She was often alone in the class and after class. As Ifemelu said, she was categorized in Nigeria by tribe, but she was categorized by race in the United State. It is interesting and pathetic that she could feel herself black when she moved to the United States. There is still some judgment about her difference from those American-African girls. She…

something that is felt. The feeling in the atmosphere quickly changed in the book All The Light We Cannot See when World War II broke out. People did what they had to in order to survive. All The Light We Cannot see is a book about a teenage orphan boy named Werner Pfennig who is growing up during Nazi regime. His brilliance allows for him to be inducted to an advanced Nazi school where he is later forced into military service. Before and during the war Germany in particular committed…

It completely destructed them as well as every other black family. The rules of the apartheid that determined where people lived meant that most black families did not live together. Wives and children lived on the reserves, while the men lived in the cities. Mark's family all lives together through it all. This is due to his mother's hard work. Even though she is working as hard as she is, her children do not see it because it is covered up by the projection of his father's anger and lack of…