Pursuer

actions are natural, instinctive if you will. Get Out Into the Woods Do you tend to follow the path that someone else has already established? Marked trails are ideal for the novice hiker or outdoor enthusiast, but for someone that may worry about pursuers at some point, then a trail is, well a trail will lead right to you at some…

peculiar friends, who are fleeing the wights (hollowgast monsters who consume the eyes of peculiar children so they can become human). After a long and treacherous journey by oars, the group finally found land, where they continued to flee their pursuers. They made camp in the woods, and together read a story about a giant who turned into stone in the middle of a lake, forming an island, only to encounter the very same island the next day! Astonished by the remarkable coincidence, they inspected…

Hernando jogged down the twisting pavement pathway of the “ginormous” Central Park, way beyond curfew, and the scarce amount of streetlights made the scenario seem more omniscient. He jogged further down the path than he had ever jogged, his mind was troubled and he wanted to get his mind off the breakup he had just gone through. Finally he began to feel a wave of fatigue engulfing his body and his legs felt heavy, it was time to go back. He forced his legs to pull through the physically taxing…

Utilization of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King Jr. composed “Letter from Birmingham Jail” to clarify why he began the civil disobedience. Dr. King legitimizes what he is doing and decries the leaders for not effectively taking part on the civil rights. He made it clear that the oppressed can remain oppressed forever and the time to take a stand is now. Dr. King’s letter is confirmation that shows how merciless the African Americans were dealt…

I knew we were good as dead when I tripped on a pothole. My friends and I were running along a gloomy field, and I was looking behind my back to check if our pursuers were still on our trail. Suddenly, my foot met something that wasn’t grass, a pothole hidden from sight. The entire event happened faster than my brain could comprehend, but I knew that we were inevitably going to get caught. From that moment forward, I learned that angering teenagers that are older than you is a horrible and…

pages in the book is that it furthers the plot by including important plot points. The first important plot point shown is when the narrator says “They were gone. The Hound was gone” (Bradbury 133). This shows Montag escaping the hound and his other pursuers. If he was to be captured, he would have been most likely to be killed then and there, and that would have been an abrupt ending to the story. Montag escaping the Hound furthers the plot because this event leads to new plot points that would…

everyday bullying at school, a drug-addicted mother, and the fact of being discovering his sexuality. The first chapter portrays Chiron’s young adolescence. At this point, he responds by the name Little (Alex Hibbert) and finds protection from his pursuers in Juan (Mahershala Ali), the crack dealer that supplies his mom (Naomie Harris). He gets an important support from Teresa (Janelle Monáe), Juan’s girlfriend, who kind…

The American Dream promises equality, opportunity and happiness to those insistent on its pursual. However, F. Scott Fitzgerald contradicts this claim in his masterpiece The Great Gatsby, as he uses symbolism in order to portray the inability to achieve the American Dream and the corruption incited in its pursuit. Thus, Fitzgerald uses the symbol of the green light in order to represent the American Dream and Gatsby’s futile quest of this ideal. He also uses the valley of ashes to communicate…

The Garden of Motivation In difficult situations, people attempt to rationalize harsh tasks before completing them. In Jorge Luis Borges's fictional short story, “The Garden of Forking Paths,” a Chinese man named Yu Tsun is forced to spy against the British during World War I for Germany. His mission is to reveal the location of the city named Albert, a task he completes by murdering Stephen Albert, a man with the same last name. It is clear from the story that Yu Tsun has reservations about…

all; schools, family, even friends at times enforce the gain of knowledge. One can chase knowledge for a lifetime, but one can question if there is a limit. Knowledge, if misused, or an excessive amount is gained, can be detrimental towards the pursuer and possibly others. Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" reflects the pursuit of knowlege as a negative act. In the novel, Victor Franenstein seeks further knowledge in order to create life. Once Frankenstein gains this knowledge and creates life, the…