Radio Tales

“Words can lie.” It is unknown who said this quote. Mare Barrow the main character arrives at the Silver Palace, the Silvers Palace is for the people whose blood is Silver. Mare meets Cal the first silver prince and Maven the second silver prince, Mare has to marry Maven because she is the Red princesses because Mare has red blood. Maven tells Mare lies and when she finds out it is far too late, Mare and Cal then have to fight for their lives. In the novel Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, a theme…

Bath The Wife of Bath, one of the most distinguished works of Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales, has evoked discussions among the feminist critiques for centuries now. Some believe that the Wife of Bath was an anti-conformist who challenged the tradition and restored the old anti-feminist mind-set of the medieval times. Others question her contribution and modernization brought to women’s status. Undoubtedly, this tale has also impeached Chaucer’s positioning towards women in the society. Was…

Imagine Earth as a place where everyone in it has magical powers. Would life in it be the same as we are living now? Even the animals and the trees have power too and can talk. While you are thinking about it or imagining Earth like that, I want to tell you that there is a place like the one you are imagining right now. It’s Narnia. The unbelievable land where it’s always dark and cold. It’s a place where four siblings went during World War II as C.S. Lewis mentioned in his book. He wrote the…

Have you ever listened to the song “Let it Go” by Idina Menzel, also known as the song featured on the popular Disney Movie, Frozen? Some people would say this song relates to the illustration being analyzed, because of the fact that the picture as well as the song displays a theme of letting things go and not getting held back by what has occurred in the past. Often events that happen in your past can hold you back from opportunities that have yet to come, but in this picture, they are…

Given our egocentric and appetitive nature, human beings inherently seek lifestyles that satisfy bodily desires. According to Saint Augustine’s Confessions, the importance of the encounter with the drunken beggar in Milan is to highlight that seeking bodily desires, a derivative of sin, inevitably constitutes desolation that can only be resolved through seeking God’s grace. Boiling in a state of anxiety and unhappiness as a result of his materialistic desires, Augustine finds himself faced with…

The writer’s syntax chronologically lists the order events that occurred: Beowulf found the beast, attacked the beast, and realized that the sword did not harm Grendel’s mother. The writer provides words with negative connotations to describe Grendel’s mother in order to effectively describe the monster’s level of wickedness. Onomatopoeia is used as the sword “rings” and “sings” through the air. It effectively creates the image of a battle for the audience, and helps set the tone for the scene.…

Howl’s Moving Castle is a love story about a young girl, Sophie, who finds herself getting cursed by a witch, and a wizard, Howl. There are many clichés about Japanese films that people associate with them, but the artistic yet effective messages and pictures throughout the film make it a must see for any movie lover. Although this movie falls into the animated film category, it is a bit different. It was created through a series of drawn pictures that were put together to make the movie.…

Culture Importance Walt Disney once said, “Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.” Otherwise stating that your heritage is saved or belittled by the generations that it is passed on to. Some will know the importance of your family traditions, and some may not be interested as others. In the story Everyday Use by Alice Walker, I see Maggie as more in touch with her heritage. I…

Forest Name: Quiet Ash Grove (Devil's Playground, Faustian Forest) Riding I: The Prowling Wolf, He is Caring __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Winters in Jump City, California were rarely bothersome and cruel, quite the opposite in fact. By night, when the shadows ruled the land, small flakes of snow would fall from dark clouds above, and bless the earth with its magnificent beauty and form. Water would freeze…

The podcast Bad Baby starts off by introducing the story of a mother who has a blog where she talks about the eldest of her three children that genuinely enjoys creating chaos. They connect her story to that of a novel called The Fifth Child, written by Doris Lessing, and how she wrote the novel based on a folklore about goblins that look like children taking the place of actual children. After talking about the book and folklore, psychologist Paul Bloom weighs in on the idea of a bad baby by…