One Thousand and One Nights

Riveting, inspiring and a truly remarkable plot; Bryce Courtenay’s novel, The Power of One, leaves readers on the edge of their seats as they stride through early 1900s South Africa in the eyes of young Peekay, where war and discrimination remain as alive as possible as our protagonist continues their journey of unique life experiences that shape him into who he becomes. After having read the novel, I can undoubtedly exclaim that this novel possesses a great amount of life lessons and themes…

intense gore filed battles. Lord of the Rings is a series of novels by J.R.R Tolkien that was made into three films and effectively created one of the most loyal fan bases. The Lord of the Rings is a movie franchise that has not only been shown throughout many age groups but also has made impacts on the film industry entirely. These films will go down in history as one of the greatest films of the 21st century. The Lord of the Rings first movie: The Fellowship of the Ring follows a young hobbit…

In volume one of Maus, there is a lot of conversation about Anja, Vladek’s first wife and Art’s mother. During Vladek’s interview, we can see how in love he is with Anja. Anja comes from a well off family who helps Vladek start his own business, which is later taken…

stays true to himself and stays humble and is not like a typical hero who decides to hide behind a mask. Bilbo’s quick thinking and cunning smarts is one of his attributes as a hero and he displays one of his acts of heroism when he and the elves have to venture…

sports car based in Maranello, Italy. It was originally named Scuderia Ferrari and was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 (Ferrari, 2014). Ferrari has enjoyed incomparable successes and has been acclaimed for its unceasing contributions in the Formula One racing history. The black prancing horse symbol on the Ferrari logo came from a well-respected World War I pilot named Francesco Baracca who had painted this symbol on his fighter plane. The canary yellow background of the logo represents the…

“The Hobbit” hold these aspects listed above yet also much more in terms of literary elements as well as personally in my life. These aspects being Tolkien’s epic fantasy world and the realm's inhabitants, the character archetypes and development each one faces, as well as the author’s tone and mood throughout the book. A creative spark was ignited in my brother’s and I because of this literature and continues to remain a part of our lives due to J.R.R Tolkien and his world. Furthering the…

what. People usually respect the code of chivalry, yet it has many parts that are fatuous. Among the many different kinds of satire being used, the most prominent technique is exaggeration, with many different examples of this throughout the scene. One example is when Arthur is fighting the Knight, where he cleaves off the Knight’s right arm, and when he…

journey to the Lonely Mountain with Gandalf and thirteen dwarves. Moana, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, tells the story of Moana’s journey to return the Heart of Te Fiti. The Monomyth, first coined by Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), is a storytelling archetype with many points, but three key aspects of the structure include the threshold/threshold guardians, the mentor, and atonement. In comparing the two protagonists of the stories, within the Monomyth it…

All narratives refer to an art of storytelling, a sequence that is followed known as the Hero’s Journey. An example of a narrative that exhibits the Hero’s Journey is The Hobbit, a fictional novel written by J.R.R Tolkien, first published in 1937. This is a story about a creature known as a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, who goes on an enticing adventure. This essay will elucidate why the sixth stage of the Hero’s Journey, tests, allies and enemies, is the most significant within the narrative.…

twice. Just don’t” (Woodrell 63). Mrs. Thump never said that Thump Milton didn’t know what happened to Ree’s father but instead that he wouldn’t tell. Ree didn’t get to meet Thump Milton on this trip to Hawkfall but she still knew that he was the only one who could tell her where her dad was. The importance of this journey to Hawkfall was that Mrs. Thump acted as a threshold guardian for the next time she came to…