O Brother

The Brothers Grimm Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm opened their notebooks and wrote down the original story of Cinderella. What they didn’t know was that it would be changed and read all over the world by young children and inspire them. For ages we thought we knew these wonderful, bright and happy fairy tales, but they were a lot darker than they appear to be today. In the original story of Cinderella, or the original title The Little Glass Slipper, a widowed prince had a daughter and named her…

Fairest Snow White, a vision of raven hair, fair skin and a gentle disposition. She is beautiful and kind, in the original story. Connolly’s version of Snow White is somewhat disgusting, but it brings great humor to the tale. The dwarfs had tried to kill Snow White, unsuccessfully, but their tale is told with a sarcastic humor. “[W]e feed her an apple: chomp-chomp, snooze- snooze, weep-weep, ‘poor Snow White, we-will-miss-her-so-but-life-goes-on” (Connolly 127). The dwarfs do not love…

Some societies have complete control and domination over their own people without the citizens even knowing it. 1984, a novel written by George Orwell, is about a dystopian government where the Party controls all of Oceania and it’s people. Almost every single person living in Oceania is heavily controlled by the party, and because of this no one raises opposition to the Party’s limitless amount of power, which then enables even more control over Oceania. In George Orwell’s 1984 The Party…

their plane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. They took turns lying face down on the bottom wing, with "the wind in the pilot's face". The Wrights' first flight went 120 feet in only 12 seconds, and those 12 seconds made history. As soon as the Wright Brothers successfully completed their first powered flights, they wanted to develop their new aircraft into a profitable product. By 1905 they had what they regarded as to be a "practical…

The name O’Brien is problematic because it is actually a surname that is translated into two different names, Bran which means “Raven” symbolizes death, loss, and mystery. However, the name could also be translated into Brion, which means “high place”. O’Brien being a problematic name fits very well with the antagonist of the story, O’Brien. This is because the character, O’Brien, is extremely problematic. In the novel, O’Brien is the obstacle blocking the path to Winston’s success. Furthermore,…

The constellation I have chosen to study for this assignment is that of Lupus. Lupus is Latin for “wolf” and is located in the southern hemisphere and was one of the 48 original listed by Ptolemy, a second century astronomer, despite previously being an asterism associated with Centaurus. In mythology, it is thought that Lupus represents the African dog of the first King of Arcadia. It wasn’t until Ptolemy called the constellation “Lupus” that the constellation was associated with the wolf as…

There is no Stupid choices Only Stupid people? This comparison of little red and goldilocks will show the Similarity and and differences of these two stories. First of all i’ll start it off with who they are Little red is a little girl who’s taking some goodies to her grandma, Goldilocks is a self-centred person because,she took advantage of someone’s house when they were gone. Lets start off with Little red, she makes a handful of mistakes in the story, she talks to a stranger who asks too…

When Orwell introduces the reader to Big Brother, he is described as the face of Oceania, his eyes watching you no matter where you are. “It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran”(Orwell 1). In many ways, Big Brother is the embodiment of everything the Party stands for, their ideals, values, and above all else, their power…

However, the soldier’s optimism quickly diminished and turned into hate resulting from the death of many companions. In his poems, Wilfred Owen highlights how soldiers realize that they are not “Brother in Arms” but are just temporary companions who end up separated because of the war. In Anthem for Doomed Youth, Owen writes about the loss of innocence that the soldiers endure. To set the tone of his poem, Wilfred Owen begins with, “What passing-bells…

Howl’s Moving Castle On September 7, 2015 I went to the art department’s film festival where they played the popular anime movie, “Howl’s Moving Castle.” Once everyone was seated and the art department people fixed some bugs in their system, they began with a brief, yet descriptive power point show on the history of anime’s progression and its impact on Japanese culture. The representatives said that anime grew into almost a lifestyle in the 20th century in Asia, Europe, and America. After…