Siren

then flying away in a flash. But to me, a hero is so much more. A hero is not a man flying around in tight clothes with a cape. A hero is not someone who can run faster than the speed of light. A hero does not hide away until a light in the sky or a siren on the ground summons him to get up and use some make believe power to capture a villain in a mask and hand him over to the police.…

Odysseus, a true hero What does it take to be a hero? In Homer's the Odyssey, He constructs Odysseus to be the definition of a hero. In the Odyssey, Odysseus shows his many characteristics of a hero to help him along the way of his hero’s journey. A major characteristic Odysseus portrays in The Odyssey is Intelligence. It is Odysseus’s idea to build the Trojan horse and cleverly enter the Trojan walls to defeat them. In the Odyssey “Eyelid and lash were seared; The pierced ball hissed broiling…

Before we began walking as a group we took a few minutes to discuss what we thought we would hear during the Soundwalk. We assumed that we would be hearing the buzzing of busy Toronto streets, lots of cars and people continuing on their daily routines in the midst of Chinatown. We anticipated music coming from stores, the occasional ringing of a telephone and possibly an emergency vehicle alarm, but we didn’t know if all of these elements would be heard during our walk. We do not feel that the…

Breakfast, the most important meal of the day, especially the day of a robbery. I was going to need it because this is the only day in my life that I have ever felt alive. It started with steak and eggs, and I ate as our group of thieves planned the route that we were going to take to get in, even though I was to anxious to really pay attention. As I sipped my coffee, looking at that beige cup, the only thing I could think about was my share. My share, why do I get so little and they get so much…

Over glorification of anything can result in one becoming obsessed, resulting in persons t unable to identify or acknowledge any negative aspects of the target of the obsession. It often occurs that these obsessions can arise around the american dream, the idea of improving one’s self. In his best selling novel The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes the secondary characters George Wilson, Myrtle Wilson, and Daisy Buchanan to develop and strengthen the idea that the pursuit of one’s own…

certainly is not the typical woman who has beauty and is fashionable, but is instead described as beautiful, even when she has characteristics of a man. Through this article, Stephanie LaCava goes through Hemingway’s unusual description of the described “siren”. As the reader knows, Hemingway describes Lady Brett Ashley as a sort of tomboy in the sense that she covers her frame with a thin crewneck sweater, has an androgynous hair style, and wears guy style hats, but that doesn’t tell the reader…

Growing up in a South Texas rural town comes with many perks and as well as disadvantages. One perk is the quiet openness of living outside a major city. The city being forty-five minutes away; there are no bright lights, police sirens, or even ambulances whizzing by at all hours of the day or night. If you happened to get pulled over, the police officer would dial up your parent’s phone number leaving you a ticket and an unpleasant conversation at home. In fact, we only had the one blinking…

breeze through my toes blinded with the wave sounds passing by my ears. I was walking down my city street, which was dark and empty. he only sound was the taps beneath my shoes, the wind blowing between trees and an excessively loud fire truck siren that was so far away. he air was very aggressive upon my body, feeling like a frozen Popsicle I could feel my back getting a pain. In a sudden instance I saw something move ahead of me. As I got closer fear grew in my body. he first thing I saw…

they were having an influx of employees coming. She also mentioned that all the airports where having a sporadic check today because of a terrorist threat. When I arrived at the New York I was greeted with the tumult of scared civilians. The airport sirens were flashing and people were running in an unseemly manner. As I followed the crowd of people I fell and received a memento of bruises and injuries. Once I got up, I sat in a chair next to…

Landro 1). Paramedics are the next important things compared to doctors and nurses. Being a paramedic is not what many people think it is. Many people believe that paramedics have an easy job. Paramedics do not just run through red lights blaring their sirens and flashing their lights. They also don’t just wear uniforms and work with firefighters. There is more to a paramedic than that. Paramedics are the most highly trained people. Paramedics main job is to save lives and respond to 911 calls…