Scorpion

is important in life, but when things happen it changes their thoughts. The Pearl is a novel written by John Steinbeck and “The Treasure of Lemon Brown is written by Walter Dean Myers. The Pearl is about a baby, named Coyotito, who gets stung by a scorpion, but because his mother, Juana, and father, Kino, don’t have money, Coyotito can’t see a doctor. Kino then goes out and finds a pearl and Coyotito started to look better so Kino wanted to go to the capitol to sell the pearl until Kino kills a…

for during the expansion. Looting and taking what they found was one of the ways that they paid for these campaigns. One of the strategies they used was the siege, cutting off a town or building from getting resources. They used weapons such as the Scorpion, which worked like a crossbow and fired large javelins that could pick off soldiers on the wall. Another one of these seige weapons was the Ballista, they could be as tall as 6 meters. They also used battering rams to try to take down the…

In astronomy, several cosmic bodies have been named after the classical myths based on their characteristics. The Scorpius constellation consisting of eighteen stars is a representation of the scorpion that stung and killed Orion, a giant Huntsman placed among stars- and the horses of Phaeton (Merriam-Webster's 1445). Other constellations named after Greek myths include Andromeda, Cassiope, Hercules, and Gemini. All planets including Earth have…

novel, The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck and the fictional short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, this is exactly what happens. The Pearl is about a man named Kino who finds a large pearl to help his son who was stung by a scorpion. However, men try to steal the pearl and attack Kino, leading him to show no mercy and kill them, which causes him to run away and ultimately the death of his son. “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” is the story of Greg Ridley, who needs to…

The medieval narratives created about Jews and foreigners succeeded at exemplifying their otherness. Very distinct language was used to create a powerful binaries between the purity of Christianity and the danger of otherness. But narratives are only stories, stories only words, and words only…well words or are they? Can narratives transcend from only words and into actions? According to Miri Rubin “people act through narratives” and she implores us to “think of narrative as a mode of organizing…

other. Her high school experience started in a small desert town, and she achieved almost everything she wanted to. In a town with only one movie theater, no mall, surrounded by heat resistant crops. The front yards were shaded by olive trees, and scorpions swam in the swimming pools. The school…

Dystopian literature specifically looks at how political, social, and economic structures can go bad and oppress the people that they are meant to help. A dystopia is a general public portrayed by an attention on that which is in opposition to the creator's ethos, for example, mass neediness, open doubt and doubt, a police state or oppression. Most creators of tragic fiction investigate no less than one motivation behind why things are that path, frequently as a relationship for comparable…

Fear of intimidation strikes Macbeth as an instinct promptly after Duncan’s assassination. Macbeth’s constant desire to remain in power influences him to act upon his thoughts immediately. Considering this, Macbeth transitions himself to think warrior-like; if anybody is in his way, they will die. Under those circumstances, Macbeth reflects on his opponents, and discriminates Banquo and Fleance. To be thus, is nothing; But to be safely thus: our fears I Banquo Stick deep; and in his royalty of…

Art, is an element which has existed for centuries, dating back to prehistoric times. It allows one to express their feelings, beliefs, and talents onto various forms of mediums. Ranging from sculptures, to paintings, and even writing, art is a powerful tool to showcase one’s thoughts. At the metropolitan museum one of the most noticeable pieces of art work was The Metternich Stela. Dating back to Dynasty 30, 360-342 B.C, this stela belongs to the ancient empire of Egypt. The Metternich Stela…

narrative, the reader’s awareness about the ‘speech balloons’ is important. In Bhimayana, we find two types of speech balloons: a bird-shaped one which is used in case of the benign man, or the victim of cast-oppression and another shaped like a scorpion tail which carries the words uttered with intended sarcasm and vulgarity. The thought bubble is also unique:…