Riddle

Oedipus Rex’s faults are what ultimately led to his downfall. His blindness to the fact that he had killed his father and slept with his mother added to his hubris nature. Oedipus believed he could escape the fate the gods had set for him which made him arrogant. Oedipus was unable to see what was right in front of him, which was that he had killed his father and slept with his mother, and that makes him arrogant because he thinks he has…

The Gifted The Mysterious Benedict Society is a book written by Trenton Lee Stewart. The story begins with a child named Reynie Mudoon who is reading the newspaper. He notices a strange column in the newspaper that reads, "Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" Reynie eventually finds the designated place to take the unusual tests and is given the opportunity to cheat, which he adamantly refuses. He, along with three other children, was the only person to pass all of the…

To start with, I must say Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World was one of my most interesting books I have ever read, only because it’s was very fun and interesting to read. Also I thought it was an intensely engaging book because it had many social and philosophical issues that have oddly become true since being published in 1985. After finishing this book chapter 31-40 was just really summing up everything, yet it was a bit confusing to me too. What I have to say, I started to…

When I was little(mostly while living in Southern Illinois), we owned what would now be considered a dinosaur of a computer. I loved that computer, and I would play videogames constantly. We had Pandora’s Box(a puzzle game) and Riddle of the Sphinx(My mom is the only one who has figured out at least some of the mystery). Some Call of Duty-esque games (that I somehow understood and liked to play when I was three) and, ironically, Candyland(which I still play today even though it originally came…

The Cheating Epidemic Most kids today in school are more focused on getting good grades than getting a good education. This means that kids are cheating more and more to get these grades. In 1996, a survey of 20,000 middle and high schoolers was given, and 64% of them admitted to cheating on assignments or tests. Two years later when the survey was administered again, that number jumped by 6%. If this number continued to rise the three percent each year, than almost every student would be…

Prior to the plays setting “Oedipus goes to Delphi where he asks the oracle who his true parents are. To this the god responds that he will kill his father and marry his mother.” (Hogan P. 19) Determined not to allow the prophecy to come true Oedipus runs away from his home in Corinth. During Oedipus’ travel, he encounters a small group of men “where three roads meet”. Oedipus first displays his arrogance by not peacefully resolving the confrontation he encountered, knowing that the prophet…

The Hobbit is written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, famously known to his readers as J.R.R. Tolkien. It was first published in 1937 and is an example of the high fantasy genre. Its sequel is the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Although many readers have thought that the book’s theme is about hidden heroism within, Tolkien has stated his distaste for allegory and told his readers that the book’s main purpose was for storytelling. I chose to read this book because I liked the Lord of the Rings movies.…

real parents. He ended up traveling in the direction of Thebes and killing his father on his way there. The first part of the prophecy was already fulfilled and Oedipus had no idea. He entered Thebes and became king of the land, after he solved a riddle from a sphinx. The second part of the prophecy was fulfilled after he married his mother, Jocasta, and had children with her. He lived without knowing this for a good…

now that his father was murdered; the citizen of the kingdom welcome Oedipus in, and saw him as a hero. They saw Oedipus as a hero because he defeated a Sphinx whom they feared, and they believe that the Sphinx murder their king. After answering the riddle and defeated the sphinx the citizen offered the queen to Oedipus to be him bride. Oedipus was not looking for any reward or to marry the queen, because of his great moral character he was doing this out of the kindness of his heart. He…

“You shall go west to face the god who has turned, you shall find what was stolen and see it safely returned, you shall be betrayed by the one you call friend, and fail to save what matters most in the end.” This is the prophecy Percy Jackson must unravel and solve. Percy Jackson is a hero; not only does he follow the hero’s journey but also he is brave and loyal. He never gave up no matter how many trials and challenges he had to face and in the end, it truly paid. Percy Jackson is a troubled…