Siren

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal," were the words once spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. His vision was that one day, “little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.” These notions are being regarded in our everyday lives. He spoke with ethos, pathos and logos- appealing to a…

hand, and he pointed it at us and started to laugh. He started slowly walking towards us and I told my girlfriend to run for the car. In the distance the ambulance could be heard. The man stopped dead in his tracks and laughed harder. "Saved by the sirens, lucky you." He said to me in a cold, dead voice. He ran back into the forest and an ambulance and police car showed up at the scene. My girlfriend went into the ambulance and I went over to see if she is okay. The officer told me about him,…

“Hey John, do you want to go on this trip to the Bahamas at the private resort?” Joe asked. Later that month 7 friends booked a trip to the Bahamas to that tropical private resort. It was John, Joe, Doug, Aiden, Nick, Josh, and Tyler. Two months later they finally arrived! “Finally we’re here!” Josh said very excitedly. “Yea, this place is amazing!” John said. Later that day after dinner and doing all sorts of activities they arrived at the resort. ‘Wow! This resort is so nice!” Tyler says.…

optimism overcomes it. Evil is very common because of the word and time they hid in. With WWII, nazis, and the Holocaust, it seemed like there was no way to escape evil for the Franks and those hiding with them. Anne often writes about hearing the sirens over their house,…

Frost’s poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, “Stopping by Woods” is a gratuitous action, a grace note, and imaginative possibility” (Ingebretsen 2). Nature can certainly be described as the “siren of the sea”, alluring the speaker to become corrupted by nature’s mysterious trait. Just as the siren lures ships to her rocky coast to bring about their untimely demise, nature captures mankind’s essence to potentially bring…

It had to be the perfect speech. Patrick Henry, the 29 year-old, stood up in front of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and delivered one of the most impactful speeches of his time. He had to convince the House that they needed to go to war with Britain because of the taxes and treatment they receive from them. He also wanted to inspire the colonists not to be afraid to stand up and fight for what they believe in. His tone switches throughout the speech, going from a very academic and scholarly…

or tribes. “A large part of the Amazon tropical rainforests is inhabited and used by indigenous peoples. Many hold collective titles of ownership to their lands, whereas others have gotten their lands declared as state-owned indigenous reserves” (Sirén 669). These individuals in charge of clearing out parts of the land while conserving other parts as necessary are usually farmers, caretakers, etc. trying to make extra money. All things considered, indigenous rights groups still believe that they…

The appropriation of Greek myth in modern narrative fiction has increased in the last ten years, specifically in the young adult genre. Book series such as Oh. My. Gods. and The Goddess Test draw young girls into the world of classical myths, while Percy Jackson and the Olympians captivated an entire generation and introduced them to the complexities and themes of the poll of mythic traditions from Ancient Greece. These new stories that incorporate the mythos help "[re-introduce] an audience…

prove my reason “I carried the wax along the line, and laid it/thick on their ears.” (712-713) that proves my reasons because he was smart to put the beeswax in his soldiers ears. The reason Odysseus put the beeswax in his soldiers ears because the sirens sing songs to get people, soldiers, and even animals to come to them then the kill them and eat them. The author also points this out on page 1057 with this quote “Then slung each man under each middle one/to ride there safely, shielded left…

Odysseus tells his crew of what Circe foresaw of their death with the Sirens and how Odysseus alone was to bear the burden of their song. He instructed his crew to tie him up, tight as splint, erect along the mast, lashed to the mast, and no matter whether he shouts or begs they are not to untie him; only to take more rope…