Ruins

People all over the world are continuously making advances in technology every day. Young adults are growing up in a world full of this technology and seem to know more about it than older adults. Most children spend countless hours of the day in front of a computer screen and are missing out on all the joys of being young. They are wasting their days away playing video games and scrolling through social media. Modern culture is making children lethargic because they are so corrupted by…

White lies are the most common type of used lies, but there are also lies to protect others and lies to cause harm which are used less often. Teens and adults lie when they feel like it and need to in a situation that is presented to them. Experts like Immanuel Kant explains that all lies are unjustified, whereas Randy Cohen and Bella DePaulo express their professional opinion that lying is usually justified. For this reason, lying to others is sometimes justified due to lies protect others,…

In Act 2 Scene 3 of William Shakespeare’s play Othello, we hear a soliloquy of Iago. Soliloquies are essential in a play as it is the only time the actor is able to explain their thought process to the audience. In typical soliloquies, the character is not acting for someone else. The character, in essence, is able to portray his/her true self. Through Iago’s soliloquy, the audience is able to hear his malicious intentions. The audience is introduced to his evil mind though his appalling tone,…

Ruins are usually associated with the destruction of physical objects, buildings, or cities. This devastation can come about in two ways: nature or man. Because ruins can be caused both naturally and artificially, I wonder about its impacts on the world. How and why are ruins depicted? A significant example of a natural ruin is the ancient Roman city of Pompeii after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Over two thousand people died, and the city was abandoned for over a thousand years. However, as…

is predetermined from the beginning, and that is something a person cannot change. Readers can see how identities are predetermined by looking at the lives of the phantasm/son and the protagonist/sorceror. There are many instances in "The Circular Ruins" that shows how the sorcerer's identity is predetermined. For example, "he knew that this temple was the place that his unconquerable plan called for," (Borges 97). This man had slipped out of a boat and just so happened to land right in front of…

In the Rot and Ruin Benny Imura learns zombies aren't a threat They're just sick people, Not horrible monsters. Where as in night of the living dead zombies are horrible monsters to be murdered mercilessly. This book challenges the tropes and themes of the zombie genre. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs a good, gripping read with a story as well as action. The Rot and Ruin, a wasteland ravaged by the zombie plague, an emp and fear of the “first night”. In the small town of…

place without your best friend to lead you on a spontaneous adventure, what is this place without the mysterious excitement that surrounds you with a blossoming romance? The answer is nothing. That is what Jess Walter gets as in his book Beautiful Ruins. In the book the main character is Pascal who has dreams of owning a successful inn in beautiful Porto Vergogna, Italy; a mysterious woman shows up who he falls madly in love with. We are then taken on a journey as they ripped apart through…

continent of Erilea from the northern Frozen Wastes and Terrasen to the Deserted Land and Eyllwe in the South. Starting In the upper left-hand side of the map I created the lands of the Frozen Wastes, complete with a mountain chain. This area even has the Ruins of Morla and the Jungle of Morla. Down from here is the land called the Western Wastes. This land is the land created when the Crocan witches of the Witch Kingdom cursed the land to never grow any plants or animals so long as the…

the finest examples of Roman ruins. According to the text, "It maintains an amphitheater, temples, and aqueducts, as well as an informative museum on Roman history. Because the Roman Empire spent such a long in Spain, there are plenty Roman ruins in Spain to visit. Based on the text, "One of the greatest things that the romans gave to the world was the idea of good plumbing." Certainly, the Roman inventions greatly affected our everyday life. When visiting Roman ruins there are many wonderful…

everything is possible” by Isabel Allende. Relevantly, magic realism was practiced in Latin America, it goes beyond reality to express impossible ideas. During the mid-1900s, an Argentinian author, Jorge Luis Borges, wrote the short story “The Circular Ruins”, this story illustrates the dreams of light and darkness. Another Latin American author, Gabriel García Márquez, wrote the short story “Light is Like Water”. He is also known as the “Father of Magic Realism”, and his stories also…