Luna

As I walked into my new school on the first day I was completely petrified. I have never experienced a scarier thing than walking into a new school half way through the year and being the new girl. I knew nobody, not one person. I felt alone in this big world called Middle School. My first day went okay, I mean everybody stared at me ask me for my name and I just was that new quiet girl who didn't say anything. The hardest part of the day was lunch I sat in the bathroom all alone hearing…

According to the bible, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is the main religious leader for Harry Potter. He was the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, thus, known as Professor Dumbledore. He was a half-blood which is a muggle (human) as well as a wizard. Besides, Professor Dumbledore was also described as an epitome of goodness. Harry Potter plays a huge role in this religion. Harry is known as the greatest disciple of the witch and wizardly world. He was a half…

A wagon surrounded by a light purple aura drove itself on the path out of Las Pegasus. The wagon was currently under a spell, it was to stay on the path until it got to Ghastly Gorge. The pony inside was asleep, she was exhausted from her recent performance. Las Pegasus was not favorable to her. She had to compete with other acts, and since most of the other acts were more skilled with magic then her. She didn’t make much money, she was lucky to enough to earn enough to fill her belly for a…

The significance of ekphrasis in the Knight’s Tale is found in three main comments. First, that the Knight’s first person narration of the architecture and artistic details in Part Three affect the reading of the Tale and its characters. Second, that the “noble theatre” and temples reveal Theseus’s desire to manifest his own power in concrete form. Third, that the comments made by the tension between order and chaos manifested throughout the Knight’s Tale combine to create Chaucer’s comments on…

“But the dog…?” “Ah, yes. When I boarded the ship for Prydain, Luna, I mean, Apple, ran up to me, underfed, but so affectionate and lovely. She wouldn’t leave my side, and when the sailors threatened to toss her into the sea, I paid them extra to allow her on board. “She became my companion during the crossing, and…

Many women who married around the 60s, most of their husbands would expect their wives to have a stereotypical model body: Twiggy, Donyale Luna, Patti Boyd and Linda Morand were some of the top 1960s models according to Supermodels of the 1960s by Lauren Valenti. These were some of the most famous models in the 60s in which men would expect their wives to maintain their bodies as these models. From a curvy waist to a flat stomach and a well size butt to please men of an ideal “perfect” body. Not…

When the world consists of the sand box in the backyard, the park down the road, the elementary school classroom, and maybe a couple local grocery stores, it’s easy to ignore the injustice in the world. Children are often removed from the realities of discrimination. However, JK Rowling sought to first address discrimination and then take a clear stance against discriminatory practices in her Harry Potter book series. By embarking on this mission on behalf of her readership, Rowling impacted the…

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, is a complex novel that includes many recurring themes. One theme portrayed throughout the story is the concept of the main characters coming of age, while seeking an understanding of what his future holds. Antonio, the main character, is an adolescent finding his way through the stages of childhood and adulthood. He is the youngest boy in a family that wishes for their children to embrace the life of the church. Antonio experiences family pressures to pursue a…

David Yacoub English 4AP, Per.3 1/15/2015 RRS Bless Me, Ultima Title: Bless Me, Ultima Publication Date: 1972 Author: Rudolfo Anaya Nationality: American Author’s Birth/Death dates: October 30, 1937- Present Distinguishing traits of the author: He was born in Pastura, New Mexico but actually raised in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Similar to Antonio in Bless Me, Ultima his father was a vaquero while his mother came from a family of farmers. Later in his life he received not only a B.A. in English and…

Emily Luna Cisco College English 1302 22 March 2015 Conflict within To a God Unknown Delving into the world of literature one can dissect the rhymes and reasons of how novels strengthen their content through the uses of conflict to help develop the plot and overall theme. The novel To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck explores the use of the different types of conflicts to progress the plot and develop a theme. The first major conflict seen in the novel can be classified as a man against man…