Pleading

Although book XII focuses on some of Odysseus’s challenges as he sails for his nostos, this section also highlights his selfish behavior as a leader. While Circe, the sea-goddess, urges him to avoid both the seducing Sirens, and the terrifying sea-beasts, Skylla and Charybdis, his personal agenda steers him and his crew into harms way. The god-like protagonist decides on behalf of his crewmembers several life threating decisions that prompt the reader to question his leadership…

People believe in many sources. It could be a religious source or a magical source. I believe that there is one, true person who listens to me in my time of need. But, that was not always the case for me. There was a time where I needed help and it was not given to me. Three years ago, my grandmother had gotten really sick. She was in and out of the hospital and it got to the point where she had to go on life support. My mother explained to me that a machine was basically breathing for her.…

My first task for this course, studies in literature was to interview a grandparent or an elderly person and ask them to tell me of a folktale they would have been told. I was excited to complete this interview as I saw it as a great opportunity to learn a bit more about history especially considering growing up I was never exposed to much folktale. My search to find a suitable candidate to interview did not take long as a one of my neighbors, Albert said he has a story that will surely pique my…

is enough and says to his coworkers and superiors, “How come you got all whites driving and the colored lifting?” (1837). He then goes to his superiors, only to be put down at first, but after other attempts, he gets the position. After all that pleading he became the…

after she said, “‘Why do you always get to decide everything? We just unpacked and I- I had plans’”, it is apparent that she is bothered by her mother’s directness in demand for a trail she did not want to comply with. Latterly, the mother, after pleading from her daughter to stay, she says, “‘You’re going to New Mexico and that’s final.’”, where we can infer the girl’s sudden shock of disappointment. Notably, the girl asks, “‘Opportunity? For me? Or for you?’”, to her mom, and for this reason,…

Private citizens in wealthier provinces recognized the plight of Saskatchewan and sent hundreds of carloads of fruit, vegetables and clothing westward. Bennett made a habit of sending money from his personal fortune to those who wrote to him pleading for help. The government did construct relief camps for unemployed men, providing some low-wage work and alleviating the threat of large numbers of jobless in the cities. The state also used force to suppress social discontent, most famously in…

Many Americans are afraid to challenge an imperfect criminal justice system responsible for allowing thousands of innocent people pleading guilty each year. The 6th Amendment allows “the accused the rights to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury” in all criminal prosecutions. However, most cases never reach to a trial because the plea bargain guarantees the accuser to take a shorter sentence. Prosecutors take advantage of the criminal justice system by using mandatory minimums and…

1. The letter was written by Don Juan de Onate. He was a Spanish-American explorer, colonizer & father that led a group from Zacatecas known then as New Spain know now as Mexico present day Santa Fe. He led his party of 600 persons buy wagon, described as moving a village some four miles long. He was a person who left his country in disgrace and was hoping to please his Lordship and Majesty with the riches that he could claim for them. He hoped to obtain the Cedula that he didn’t receive in…

receive the support he was hoping for. The men did not want to hear any more of what Telemakhos had to say: “Vexing though it may be; we fear no one, / certainly not Telemakhos, with his talk” (II. 209-210). After this Telemakhos is finished with pleading his case; he realizes the men and suitors are only going to do what they think is best since Odysseus is gone. With his speech failing, Telemakhos is more determined than ever to find news of his father. In the end, with absolutely no help…

Growing up, due to Ben’s disability, Anna had a different childhood from her friends as she learnt to take care of Ben. She felt that there was a need for her to mature, as she knew that Ben depended on her so she taught herself to be more responsible. Through this experience, she also grows as a character, being sensitive of other’s feelings and putting others before herself. Anna learned to become more responsible through growing up with her disabled brother Ben. Anna took over her mother’s…