Ogre

WHAT BROKE MY HEART WAS NOT THE DAY THAT I LEFT HOME AT TWELVE YEARS OLD, which to me now is nothing but a distant memory. The public would say that a dog that was dead was a dead dog, and that was my name, my reputation, for the fact that I was gone for a day or two and never returned. But, people in other places, would say that it was merely survival. Even though, living was like falling on bricks over and over. What broke my heart was not the time when the boy in Caïman Lane, not too far from…

In the beginning of the course, if a professor was to ask his students the question “what is the hero myth?” If the students never had any prior knowledge to the subject they would begin to answer in return the origins of characters like Thor, or basically their favorite superheroes story line. Some might fit the guideline of what the hero myth is and some will not. However after further investigation the hero myth is defined as an ordinary character that lives a regular life which gets called…

Rigorous, ruthless, and rocky journeys were a normality for knights. However, many of those knights did not live up to the standard that Sir Gawain did. Evidently, Sir Gawain possessed three important traits that many lacked: chivalry, valiancy, and the ability to be humble. Throughout the poetic story, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain, is led to putting his life on the line due to a deadly dare, through crossing epic portions of land, testing his faithfulness in a love affair, and…

How many times have people heard the saying ¨don 't judge a book by its cover¨? This common phrase teaches a meaningful lesson. Everyone, one point in their life, has judged something based on its appearance, whether they judged something from food to people. In Mary Shelley 's novel ¨Frankenstein¨ she shows how judging and neglecting someone by their appearance affects their mind in a negative way. The theme of Frankenstein teaches to not judge or alienate someone before getting to know…

As we usher in the festive season, the magnificent University of Illinois at Chicago Theatre rekindles our love and belief in fairy-tale by astonishing us the phenomenal play titled The Secret in the wings by Mary Zimmerman. With the amazing direction by Christine Mary Dunford, the secret in the wings brings stories of love, life and fantasy alive on stage. Everyone at some point in their life have had deep believe in fairy tales, some still hold on to them, I should know because I’m one of…

“The screen is taking over our lives” Alienation is something that is all too familiar these days with the constant use of technology. People are starting to feel more and more alone even when surrounded by a group of people. Technology has come a long way over the past few years. People can communicate with others all over the world with a click of a button. We have so much technology and information at our finger tips and most people are constantly on their phones that when actually in the…

Childhood innocence and imagination are powerful elements and can shape a child’s life. In the story “Zolaria,” the author uses symbols and imagery to argue childhood innocence and imagination can be harmful. To fully experience life, one must grow out of childhood imagination and mature into adulthood. The narrator of “Zolaria” starts her tale as a young, wide-eyed girl and ends still naïve but as an adult. However, the narrator tries to rid herself of imagination by becoming friends with the…

Written in 1925, F.Scott Fitzgerald’s supreme American novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ is told from a first-person view which is narrated by a man named Nick Carraway. Nick reflects on the life-story he had heard and witnessed, involving the life of a determined and rich individual known as Jay ‘Gatsby’. The novel has had many adaptations, including a graphic novel by Nicki Greenberg. Nicki Greenberg’s unique use of graphics portrays the cast of characters in a bizarre and abstract style, allowing the…

intelligent increased exponentially. The creature showed ample ability to make his own decisions throughout book. The creature faces many diversities throughout the book. ‘Monster! Ugly wretch! You wish to eat me, tear me up to Pieces-You are an ogre… Hideous monster! Let me go;’ (Shelly 117) In this quote you see that the monster doesn’t get a positive response from the boy who he had ended up murdering because he was William, Frankenstein’s little brother. The first thing William…

In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the theme is the monster within. In her novel, Mary Shelley introduces the creature and how he is created. She reveals the background and past of both Victor Frankenstein and the monster. As the novel, progresses the question emerges as to who is the real monster. Victor Frankenstein, the oldest son of Alphonse and Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein and husband of Elizabeth Lavenza, was born in Geneva, Switzerland. When Victor was young, his family went…