O Brother

What are the wolves in this story? What is their impact in this town in the forest? The wolves are not just animals, but also not just humans. While the answers of werewolves seem fitting, my interpretation is that they are just humans who became engrossed in breaking the taboos of civilization by being succumbed by their id. The term wolf is just an excuse by the locals to excuse the wild side of humanity as being just animals, as they cannot comprehend humans acting so savage. My evidence of…

‘Big Brother’ is in their best interest. In the text, “Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” (Orwell, 1984) The party is assuming that the ignorance…

Since the beginning of history, fairy tales have been shared with the intent of teaching a lesson. Incorporating many magical components, these stories have been altered through generations. A great example of this includes the Grimm Brothers publishing of Rapunzel to Disney’s present-day, Tangled. It is proposed that Rapunzel was locked away in a castle for the love of her singing voice rather than her hair in the Grimm version. In addition, Walt Disney’s portrayal of Rapunzel lacks a prince,…

a tree that she had planted on her mother’s grave. The Chinese version receives her clothes by breaking the pot she had placed her mother’s bones in. The Disney and the German version do have some similarities while the Chinese is still different. These variations both have it to where Cinderella loses her glass slipper on the stairs while running out from the ball before everything disappears. The Chinese has it to wear she loses her shoe on the road while riding her horse and that is when the…

The story begins with Eleanor Banks arriving home from school. She notices her sister is missing and goes to look for her in the forest. At sunset the forest transforms into the world of Anastasia which traps Eleanor inside. Eleanor meets Farryn and he offers to help her within the Mysk Woods. Farryn and Eleanor travel to Spring Spire where they consult with King Eldar inside the treehouse castle. Eleanor learns about the world of Anastasia and that there is no way out. King Eldar invites…

For this paper I chose the character Link from The Legend of Zelda series. I am going to be mostly be going off the title The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, therefore my examples and explanations will also be from that title. Link is the main protagonist in all The Legend of Zelda games. At the beginning of Links life he was left with the Deku Tree, at the Kokiri Forest by his mother because of the war that had been going on at that time. Link was raised with the Kokiri. The Kokiri forest…

Richard Dawkins is trying to argue that reality can be proven by scientific evidence and magic is used to explain the unknown. We classify something as “real” when we can prove it using our five senses. However, we can also develop new technology to extend the reach of our senses. “we can enhance our senses through the use of special instruments” For example, a microscope can be used and prove bacteria” (Dawkins 2011, p. 2 par. 3). Although, we cannot see microbes with our naked eyes we can use…

Imagine a world where children are turn against their own parents. A world of emotionless, lifeless humans control by a strong, leading party. In the dystopia novel, 1984, it provides a totalitarian government that influence citizens to follow their commands. Although many of their commands seems far from ordinary, several closely resembles to today's society and government. George Orwell's 1984 fictional world and the modern world developed Identical and dissimilarity societal and thematic…

and self-respect. George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 explores the ideas of oligarchical political and control through fear and manipulation by the inner party. The inner party manipulates the minds of party members through the symbolism of ‘Big Brother’ who represents Stalin and by how his placement in every building he is always ‘watching you’. In one instance the power…

Punishment always fit the crime: An Analysis of Folklore Elements in “Toads and Diamonds” A captivating tale of “Toads and Diamonds” presents in Andrew Lang’s collection, The Blue Fairy Book. This story is a fairy tale as two daughters with different temperaments end up with opposite outcomes. One of the folklore motifs that appears in this wonder tale is the meeting of beautiful younger daughter and the fairy disguises as a poor beggar woman. (Lang 164). The fairy first disguises herself as…