Stick fighting

In the play Antigone, before we even start reading the play, we find out that Antigone’s brothers, polyneices and eteocles, are killed in a battle between two opposing sides fighting for royalty. The play initially starts with Antigone and her sister, Ismene, are fighting, because they heard the decree made by King Creon, their uncle, stating that their brother polyneices could not be buried , because he fought for the opposing side in the war. Creon is the king of Thebes, and he will not stand…

“Though an exact number is impossible to define, thousands of child soldiers are illegally serving in armed conflict around the world” (¨11 Facts¨). Children forced or volunteered are serving in dangerous combat areas in wars they should not be fighting in and the numbers are growing. The use of child soldiers is a serious issue worldwide, with about 300,000 children as young as nine years old involved in armed conflicts all around the globe today. Child soldiers are a unique group of fighters…

People say babies are miracles. It’s fascinating to think another human being is capable of growing inside their mother. Some people you meet will never get the chance to raise a child of their own due to medical reasons. Other people pass up the gift they have been given. They don’t want to take responsibilities for their actions. In these cases their actions resulted in a baby. Selfishness passes through them and takes over. They make a decision that will be held over their heads for the rest…

part of campaign strategy in elections taking place at all levels of American government. These fear-tactics used at the time show up almost identically in “The Lord of the Flies”, when Jack and Piggy tell the rest of the group that every boy must stick together as to not get eaten by the…

The Greaser Co-Culture From the first time the movie Grease premiered, an image for the 1950s was created (Kleiser, 1978). Young girls spent days trying to learn how to dress just like Sandy, and even made their own little gang of Pink Ladies with their friends. Even before the premiere of that movie in 1978, in 1967 the novel The Outsiders was written by S.E. Hinton. The story told of a gang of Greasers in rural Tulsa, Oklahoma, just trying to make their way in society. Greasers are what…

goodnight. “You can come in now, Averill.” Dad uttered. “How did you know I was there,” I whispered. “I could hear you,” Dad responded. “Oh,” I replied. “Well, I will go to bed now.” I whispered. So I went to bed. In the morning, no colonists were fighting, shouting, or resisting outside anymore. “Colonists finally gave up, I guess.” Marcus said gloomily. “Yeah, I kind of liked them with a fire in their hearts to rebel. I guess the fire…..blew out.” Mom…

The Fish of One Thousand Casts Ever since I was little I had dreamed of catching a Muskie. I had caught several species of fish, anywhere from a little bluegill in a nearby pond, to a red snapper while deep sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. But at the start of 2017 I set a personal goal to catch a Muskie from my kayak. I did extensive research on this odd fish, just to try and figure out why it was so difficult to catch one. I would sometimes fish for many days and nights in the nearby lakes…

politically. The art piece shows King Naram-Sin over a mountain of people. It is very clear to be able to pick out the King because he is towering over everyone. He also wears a crown symbolizing his role. There are people bowing down to him as he holds a stick like object. Also by having him at the very top, it shows that he is more important because he is closer to the gods and on top of the mountain while everyone else is lower. “Ambrogio Lorenzetti, The Well-Governed City”, at the Palazzo…

journey archetype. Harry lives in a normal world, and he goes to school just like any other kid that he knows. This is the foundation for the first step of the hero’s journey, the ordinary world. In the ordinary world, a character or hero generally sticks out from a crowd, because he or she differs in some way from those around him or her. Harry is unique, because he displays inexplicable abilities. Harry is introduced to a special world when he finds out that he is indeed unlike those around…

anything George tells him to do. Examples include: jumping into a river even though he can’t swim and not talking when meeting the boss for the first time. Lennie gives up a dead mouse he was petting because George told him to. Lennie even goes from not fighting back against Curley because George thought they would lose their jobs if he did to crushing Curley’s hand once George said to fight back. Lennie tries to help George by being loyal to him even though Lennie cannot…