Stranger in a Strange Land

dragons were once long gone, the monstrous beasts return to wreak havoc across the land, only one adventurer is able to help. Hello, I am Sono Vodo X and this is my new beginning. My migration to the vast land of Skyrim began because of a tragic event that took place in my village, outside of in High Rock long before, but before that you would need more information on my family. See my family had always found magic as strange and unfamiliar for the fact we were never born with the ability to…

Scott Fitzgerald, this little form of humor became his entire life style. Through his writing, he portrays his negative attitude on his peculiar surroundings. In the beginning of the excerpt, Nick speaks of "two unusual formations of land "(3-4) These strange landmarks were two egg shaped islands just east of New York, where Nick lives. They are neat to look at because of their shapes, but they "are not perfect ovals" (6) as described by Nick. He claims the eggs are little rough around…

gift; no principle however glorious, may justify taking it.” Despite there being no scientific proof of the existence of God, what Reverend Hale said is regarded as a universal truth. We humans hold life dear, even valuing the lives of complete strangers. Human life is, at least to humans, precious. We are animals, yet we hold ourselves separate from the rest of the animal world. The lives of our fellow animals are not as precious, not as dearly held as our own. Yet, that feeling that a human…

and those who were at an advantage like John Washington would somehow make a living in the cities, while others would either live through another form of suburban enslavement. Income was always an issue, and very few former slaves were able to own land. Those who did pursue agriculture would be indebted to their sharecropping landowners for prolonged periods of time, if not life. Succumbing to their own abject poverty was another method of going about freed life. Apart from death was the severe…

Odysseus who has to overcome many complications in an effort to reach home. He had to face these problems due to his first adventure, the island of Cyclops where a cyclops prayed to Poseidon that Odysseus would not reach home. Which eventually lead to The Land of the Dead, Scylla and Charybdis, and The Cattle of Lord Helios. The challenges that Odysseus face present many lessons that he and his crew must learn from and continue on their…

were a wild lot on half wild horses with hounds more than a quarter wolf. The hounds were howling and barking up a storm. The horses hooves were pounding and they neighed and screamed. The hunters and huntresses were dressed in hunting clothes of strange and vibrantly colored fabrics. Theire gorgeous faces full of wind and fierce joy. They shouted and laughed and sounded their horns like they would live forever. The greens and browns and blacks of…

in ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ and the legendary Queen Medbh of Connacht, compares Tír na nÓg with the land of Narnia in ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’, analyses the influences of other Irish mythology on these…

The excruciating heat consumes the flat desert land while many buckets of clay lie shattered on the ground next to a solitary drinking well made of stone. The countless footprints erratically scattered throughout the area, and the fresh puddles of spilled water are evidence of an unexpected and immediate evacuation. Towering above the undulating mountains, a mysterious dark cloud is hovering. The throbbing temperature beats down on a sprawled body lying on the desolate road. His clothes are…

arrested in a market, and detained for 18 months by the government. When he was released, she was forced to flee her home with her sons and husband. There was no legal process, no tribunal, no defense for her or her family. They were to be strangers in a strange land for years to…

Imaginary Nonsense An analysis of Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky The absurd has always piqued the interest of many, no matter when or where in time they are. Lewis Carroll seems to have mastered the art of the preposterous with his poem Jabberwocky featured in his book titled Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alive Found There. Published in 1871, Jabberwocky tells the tale of a son who fights the Jabberwock in an odd world. Carroll manages to captivate and make use of the reader’s imagination…