Mermaid

Alternate ending to “Fangirl” by Rainbow Rowell As Cath is reading the ending of her Simon Snow fanfiction to Levi, she receives a phone call. She intended to ignore it, but Levi already answered it. He had a solemn look on his face and tried not to make eye contact with Cath when he hung up the phone. “I, uh, I don't really know how to say this but, you see...” Levi stuttered, not being able to form a sentence. “Whatever it is can’t be that bad!” Cath said with humor laced in her tone. Levi…

Success. Everyone is striving for it. Everyone is telling you to be successful but no one is telling you the important factors on how to become successful. Don’t get me wrong but being successful isn’t a straight path that you can follow and most of the time it presents its self as many different paths as obstacles trying to lead you in the wrong directions and those different paths are the choices we make in life. Success however can become an easier road to follow if you have strong support…

So Hamlet's pretty vicious to the women in this play. He orders Ophelia for instance to "get thee to a nunnery" and he tells his mother Gertrude, "frailty, thy name is woman" even though Hamlet isn't terribly robust, as you may have noticed. Now there's been some backlash to us discussing gender dynamics in literature, but this is a really important contemporary approach to the study of literature. It's not the only one, it's not the only one that we do here, but it is one that matters. So a…

when comparing these two stories would be the setting of them. The setting takes place majority of the time around the ocean in both stories. I think this is why after first watching Moana, the first thing I thought of was the story of The Little Mermaid. It is very significant when comparing about how Moana who lives on the land, wants to leave and be on the ocean, while Ariel, who lives in the ocean, wants to escape the ocean to experience life on land. In a way, it almost like they both…

This piece of artwork caught my attention right away when I saw it, because by looking at it, I feel very relaxed and peaceful. There are many color in this artwork, but blue is the color that stand out the most. It represents the sea water, the sky, and the meaning of peace/ freedom. If you take a look close to the sea water, you can tell the water is very clear and fresh. Above the water is little waves to make it seem like its moving. Besides that, there are other tones like orange, green,…

protagonist who is strong and capable of doing the same things as men. The idea that women cannot do the same jobs men can or cannot be as successful as men are learned behaviors that society and the media paint. Even in G-rated movies, such as Little Mermaid or Peter Pan, the female characters are wearing much more reveling clothes then the males. The majority of modern day characters in films are usually between the age 20-30 which only makes up about 39% of the nation’s population. I believe…

There are lots of hero’s in our life’s. We identify hero’s in lots of different ways. Hero’s can mean someone who sacrifices a lot for other people or a person who always does the right thing when no one is watching. However, Joseph Campbell has identified twelve steps to clearly outline what makes a hero in literature. In Soul Surfer, the protagonist, Bethany Hamilton, can be identified as a hero because she follows the steps in the Hero’s Journey.The first step of the Hero’s Journey is the…

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” A Shakespearian enthusiast might recognize this paradoxical quote from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but for many its meaning remains puzzling. How can any sane person claim good is bad, and bad is good? But before writing Shakespeare off as a lunatic, one must take this quote in the context of the story. In Macbeth this quote gives a foreshadowing of the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth, a Dane turned evil, started as a hero later turning to a ruthless…

Today, people are exposed to a wide variety of content which often includes sex and violence portrayed through tv, radios, magazines and internet. For instance Disney has a lot of movies where the female plays the lead role such as, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella and Snow While. The female figures are usually princesses and some may argue that this has socialized girls into a princess type of culture. These movies usually end with a love interest often a marriage or being rescued by a man. This…

According to the history of Starbucks, the first Starbucks was opened in 1971. The name and the mermaid logo were motivated by the love of the sea, from Starbucks original location in Seattle Washington, in the heart of Pike Place Market. When they first started, it was a single shop known for high quality coffee and brewing products. The company became the largest coffee company in early 80’s in Washington. In 1981, they hired current CEO Howard Schultz. He took the opportunity and began…