Roderick Gordon

In the beginning, there was only sadness. Everywhere you looked you would see villagers of Athens crying, plants dying, and no sunlight just darkness. Markeus’s mother, Kares was very depressed. She was trying her very best to raise Markeus to be a great hero and take the right path of life. Kares was a poor villager that had to grow her own crops in order to survive. But, the sunlight were blocked by the clouds, and there was no happiness. Her crops were constantly dying. Kares and her son Markeus never had enough food to eat and always had struggled with money. Markeus knew he needed to take responsibility. He couldn't bare to see his mother suffering day and night, trying to keep the both of them alive. He told his mother that he will begin his journey at sunrise the next morning. Markeus climbed the hills and mountains to get to Apollo’s palace. When he finally arrived, Markeus entered the palace and approached Apollo. Apollo was the god of the sun, but the underworld has stolen away his ability to make happiness and light. “The underworld won the war between light and darkness.” Apollo explains. “You have the ability to go down into the sirens deep waters, and take back the box of light.” Apollo then gives Markeus an elixir, which gives him the power to breathe and see underwater. “You have to be very wise about this elixir, it gives you the powers to breathe and see underwater for only a short period of time.” Apollo then tells him that there is a siren guard…

My memories are bleak, I have little recollection of the events that lead my friend, Montresor, to chain me within this recess. I remember I saw Montresor at the height of Carnival, dressed in a dark grey robe. I approached him, and he greeted me with a smile. I just assumed that he wasn’t mad about what I had said. This surprises me now, but then I had enough alcohol that it seemed as if everything were fine. After some conversation, he said that he received a pipe of amontillado, yet he didn’t…

Zamzam Albulushi CS2 July1,2015 Banning Smoking on Ohio University’s Campus Ohio University president, Roderick McDavis (2015) stated that “We will join more than 1,000 campuses nationwide who ban the use of tobacco on their campuses,”(Lee). Banning smoking will help make the campus area healthy by encouraging the smokers to quit smoking, Ohio University decided to ban smoking on any campus property. The University campus will begin the Smoke and Tobacco-Free…

The Dark Knight was the second of a trilogy of the Batman movie series directed by Christopher Nolan. The movie promise to be one to be remember and as others might say an iconic movie for what superheroes and/or future Batman movies should be. The Dark Knight movie was released in July 2008, and for the comic book/superheroes fans that have not seen it I can only tell you one thing: go see it. It was produced by the well-known Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. who are known for producing movies…

in General elections. To be specific, statistics from the campaign of March 2015, shows that the Conservative party was better attracting Ukip voters whereas, In addition the Conservative party were successful in attracting more Lib Dem voters that are formally left-wing than Labour (Green, J and Posser, C). Many Ukip voters previously voted for the Conservative party, one could then theorise, that many Ukip voters were inclined to switch to the Conservative party, as they not only share similar…

them, he felt the need to serve his own justice. This is an example of his power getting a little out of hand. Most of the time he keeps his personal vendettas out of his plans. He is praised and loved by the citizens of Gotham and it was imperative that he didn’t let all the noise and expectations get to his head. He used his power for good, not evil. As a symbol of justice, he wanted people to accept him and agree with his role as a vigilante. Bruce did a great job of keeping his personal life…

Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns is a groundbreaking masterpiece; It singlehandedly revolutionized the public’s perception of the character, Batman, whilst also addressing a large variety of themes throughout the four books making up the comic. One of the most revolutionary factors of The Dark Knight Returns is the way Miller presents the Batman’s resurgence. Miller successfully creates a fresh take on the character of Batman by telling a story, not through panels upon panels of grandiose…

exciting since the Joker gave his threaten to Batman by starting killing people from the same night. I thought if I were Harvey or Batman what the right decision to do. The Joker was not kidding by starting killing from the same night because he killed the fake Batman, robbed his neck, and hang his card on the fake Batman’s chest. First, the Joker planned to get several people at one night. He started with old lady when he bombed her car, however, the policemen asked her to leave! Then they gave…

“Uggh Dr. Ninjhog has robbed another bank, I’ve got to go Tanner man.” Dr.Ninjhog was San Francisco’s greatest supervillain of the 21st century, he robs one bank a day without being caught, Nobody except himself knows how he is capable of this monstrosity . Pizza man is San Francisco’s greatest superhero, he fights the ninja hedgehog in the streets of San Francisco. “Pizza man, Dr Ninjhog has robbed yet another bank,” exclaims Tanner man, just then the hologram table switches to Dr. Ninjhog…

The Joker is to blame for Harvey Dent’s turn to evil in Christopher Nolan’s, The Dark Knight. The Joker targets Coleman Reese, an employee of Bruce Wayne who is about to expose the secret identity of Batman, threatening to blow up a hospital if Reese is not dead within the hour. Amid the chaos, police evacuate hospitals in the city. The Joker disguises himself and gains access to Harvey Dent’s hospital room, leaving them alone in the evacuated hospital. After the Joker unties Harvey’s wrists…