Siren

Heroes must demonstrate altruistic behavior as a necessity for their journey in life where it opens the mindset enriching their commitment towards their journey to fulfill a full transformation, and to be the best personas of themselves. The vital journey of a hero is expressed in Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem, and Homer’s epic The Odyssey, where these influential works express the necessity of altruistic behavior through the journey of their protagonists. Throughout the journey of these…

I was running through the buildings while bullets were whizzing past me, I ran to the end of the block, turned the corner around the building and BANG!! The day began with me getting all my gear together. I called Brandyn, my friend, to come pick me up at 8:30. He showed up at 9:00 because he thought that we would be rally early, he was right, we got there at around 9:30. THe first game was at 10:00 but Gamepod did not start the game till 10:45. We showed up at nine thirty and Brandyn's friend…

opinion keeping the men’s image as a continuous view throughout time. The two different viewpoints of both women and men are portrayed in Nathaniel Hawthorns novel “The Scarlet Letter”, published in the 1850’s and Margaret Atwood’s feminist poems, “The Siren Song” and “Marrying the Hangman”. Both authors explore humiliation and suppression to disintegrate women’s perception…

Belle Boyd: Paving the Way for Women for Centuries to Come “Perhaps Miss Boyd wasn’t beautiful, or as beautiful, physically, as some other women, yet there was something beautiful about her… something a man never forgot,” (Snow 90). Maria Isabella Boyd, was one of the most prominent spies for the Confederates during the Civil War. Although Miss Boyd was very young when she started her spying career, she was nothing short of a reputable spy. Throughout Boyd’s life, living as a spy, she was…

In the morning of July 6, 1942, Anne Frank came to say goodbye to me. There family was about to go hide in their secret hiding spot. It was sad and difficult for everyone. As things had fallen apart more and more, Anne had come down every day to play with me when I was just 6. Ruth is pieter’s mother, and she is 31 years old and Clara, Pieter’s grandmother had grown to love all of us. We hugged and kissed each other goodbye. I watched from my bedroom window as Ann went to their hiding place. It…

“The Chaser” sets the character, Alan, to do anything to make someone he loves love him back. Collier would see from his character that Alan madness for love and to be loved back is recognizably similar to Friedrich Nietzsche quote behind his version of true love. “There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” When Nietzsche wrote that inspiring quote the protagonist of The Chaser, Alan, was written to show his love for Diana. He goes through…

O Brother, Where Art Thou is a film directed by Joel Coen portraying the life of three escaped convicts adventuring rustic Mississippi During the Great Depression. The movie is loosely based on the poem The Odyssey written by Homer. The film opens on a chain gang of the penal farm, where are three main characters are introduced Ulysses Everett McGill, Peter Hogwallop, and Delmar O'Donnell (played by George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson), which are escaping to pursue an alleged…

I don’t remember the pain but I remember being so scared and intimidated by the ambulance. After this experience I became terrified of ambulances. My mom tells stories of me hiding in the floor board of her care when I was a kid if heard any sirens. Even as a teenage when I began driving I remember the anxiety I would…

his parents were incapable of acquiring such information for more than most likely twenty seconds. In a moment of concern and acknowledgment, George proclaimed, “‘The minute people start cheating on laws, what do you think happens to society?’ …A siren was going off in his head. “Reckon it’d fall all apart,” said Hazel. ‘What would?’ said George blankly.…

MccLelland. We have a speeding car with suspected murdered in it. It is a green Toyota, license plate BYTR741.” “We need the best agents on the case. Now!” 5 minutes later the streets of the once silent city were filled with the screeches of the police sirens racing by. Inside the car the police begin warning the criminal on the megaphone. “PULL OVER YOUR VEHICLE. ANYTHING YOU SAY AND ANYTHING YOU DO CAN BE USED AGAINST YOU DURING YOUR TRIAL.” And with that, the fugitive’s car took off even…