Number of the Beast

back to the advantages and disadvantages of the lion and the fox, in reference to which Machiavelli writes, “Those who stay simply with the lion do not understand this” (69). My argument is well encompassed to this sentiment; there are an endless number of actions one can take in face of a given situation and all those possible options must be navigated to then make a decision, but all of them exist together and have their place in a spectrum of choice. Throughout this paper I have argued that…

Ezekiel Elliott, a natural athlete born in an athletic family, but now could be considered the best running back in the NFL, leading the NFL in most yards per carry after contact. Thanks to his offensive line, Zeke is just pure talent on the football field, if you ask any running back, fullback, quarterback, or anybody behind the offensive line before a play, they would tell you that the play would not ever succeed without those lineman protecting them. Zeke admits that that statement is true,…

Humbaba. Ultimately, Gilgamesh slays the beast, “[killing] the guardian [with his] strength” and proving his tremendous power and might (61). He also encounters the Bull of Heaven, which destroys the city of Uruk by opening up pits in the ground. After defeating the Bull of Heaven, Gilgamesh proves to himself that he is a “strong, skillful slaughterer” that has acted as the sovereign protector of his city (65). In The Odyssey, Odysseus clashes with a number of creatures ranging from a six-headed…

Hieronymus Bosch (2p minimum) introduction Exploring the concept of the Christian Worldview- Hieronymus Bosch and his rather infamous triptych ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights. We misunderstand the artist if we fail to look past his grotesque beasts and monsters biography real name was Jeroen van Aken and in Spain, he is known as “El Bosco”. Bosch was a Dutch painter of the 15th-16th century Little is known about the life of this Early Netherlandish Renaissance artist, but we do know that both…

alone is an alarming number. Almost half of the students nationwide are witnessing or participating in gangs before or at the age of 18. Now while this is a scary realization it shouldn’t be surprising. Kids who grow up in low income neighborhoods and are surrounded by gang activity have a tendency to lean towards that lifestyle. They would rather wrap themselves up in gang life rather than finishing high school or even contemplating anything beyond that. This can be for a number of reasons.…

The beginnings of Rastafari came to be, when Marcus Garvey’s teachings were tied to Ethiopia’s Emperor, with the help of several preachers. Many Jamaicans valued Marcus Garvey’s stances on various issues, so as certain events transpired, which were already spoken of in religious books, many took Garvey seriously. Not only did Rasta’s come to be based on what was in the bible that was displaying in real life (with an African man fighting against white supremacy protecting his people, becoming the…

be killed. The dentist even went as far as extracting their gold teeth for his own benefit. Random beatings always seemed to happen, Elie says “one day when Idek was venting his fury, I happened to cross his path. He threw himself on me like a wild beast, beating me in the chest, on my head, throwing me to the ground and picking me up again, crushing me with more violent blows, until I was covered in blood (pg.53). The lack of sympathy the soldiers showed them as well as the way they treated…

5.2. Door Mostly the traditional garden in China has a crescent door as it is mainly found in many other pavilions along the garden. A well-known Chinese proverb states that "Individuals have distress and satisfaction; they part and meet once again. The moon diminishes or sparkles; it waxes or melts away." It is noted that Chinese people constantly relate a full moon with a contended life. This importance can be found inside a traditional Chinese garden building component called the "moon…

between the races and the sexes existed in nature. Scientific racism depended on a chain of being or hierarchy or species in nature that was unilinear and absolute. On the other hand, scientific sexism depended on radical biological divergence (PAGE NUMBER). Males were taken as a universal racial subject when studying skulls, which was eventually used to create a new radical chain of…

said, “I had no intention of shooting the elephant,” (Orwell 136). Orwell knew it is not right to kill the beast, and even though the elephant killed someone during its blind rampage, the owner could have made better precautions to prevent the elephant from breaking free. It was not Orwell, the shooter, who wanted the elephant dead, but the audience with their excited chatter and superior numbers wanted to be entertained by the killing of such a large creature. The law justified Orwell’s…