Swan Lake

the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. This change comes from rivers and lakes eroding, transporting, and depositing; glaciers carving the land and leaving behind water; and humans manipulating water for beneficial reasons. It’s no secret that Michigan is shaped by water simply due to the fact that it is surrounded by lakes on almost every border it has, but the rivers and lakes have more…

the Earth and its inhabitants. Sinclair begins strongly by discussing the history of Lake Winnipeg, and how the name “Winnipeg” embodies the ecology of the lake. This example of how a word has such a strong concept behind it is effectively used to draw the reader in, and sets up a strong ground for the theme of the article. Sinclair touches on how the Cree and Anishinaabeg were able to use this metaphor of Lake Winnipeg to tell stories about “muddied beings”(205) and how they had a powerful…

Dalhousie Lake Dalhousie Lake in Ontario, Canada is a very interesting place. it is located about two hours away from the Thousand Islands. The lake is about three miles long, and one mile wide. There are lots of wide, tall, colorful, new, and old cottages around the lake. Imagine the smell of pine trees in the cool crisp air, and the taste of fish with a hint of salt water. As you are walking down the shore, feel the sand between your toes as you listen to the sound of waves crashing…

The great lakes have been around since the tail end of the Ice Age. Now 2.6 million years later, the great lakes are facing huge problems. The great lakes have now been suffering through pollution, invasive species, and habitat loss. These are some of the reasons why. The pollution in the great lakes is not great, but its not horrendous. The text explains that pollution is in the great lakes, but other evidence explains that the great lakes pollution has gotten better since the 60's. In fact,…

Having such an influential myth, it can be seen throughout the Twilight novel written by Stephanie Meyers. The story of Bella Swan the human from Forks in which could resemble hell, and Edward Collins, the vampire that she falls in love with draws many parallels with the myth of Persephone. Bella much like Persephone was condemned to hell for a given period of time and whisked…

Twilight (2005) tells the story of an ordinary shy girl that falls in love with a vampire. Bella is the new girl in school and for that reason becomes the attention of everyone, even the weird vampire siblings. As she starts to get accustomed to the new town, friends and school, she discovers her interest for Edward. Through Jacob she suspects that Edward might in fact be a vampire. After confronting Edward he confirms and their relationship becomes more serious as they start to fall in love for…

A Parody of Bella The book I read was “Nightlight: A Parody” by The Harvard Lampoon.This is a book similar to the book and the movie “Twilight” and the plot is slightly different because it is a parody. It was about a 17 year-old named Belle which moves to Switchblade, Oregon to live with her dad. She meets a guy in high school named Edwart and falls in love with him. Throughout the story, she gets to know more about Edwart’s family and she finds out that he and his family are vampires, but she…

Journal 4 What would you do if you believed that your loved one was dead? Would you do something completely out of temerity like Edward in New Moon by Stephenie Meyer? When Edward finds out, or assumes that Bella is dead and he looses his head. He decides he’s going to Volterra, to tell the Volturi of his wrong doings. Alice comes to visit Bella and her visions show Edward exposing himself, so Alice and Bella follow him to Volterra and stop him. I would give this book a B+, because I like…

books, generated nearly $1.8 billion in ticket sales, and engrossed millions of readers" (Petersen 51). For those unfamiliar, Twilight is a fantastical series integrating the realities between mortals and immortals. The protagonist of the series, Bella Swan, falls in love with a vampire at her high school and is the only one who knows his secret. The series continues to test their relationship and love, while Bella struggles to choose between her life as a human, or eternity with her love…

Many major problems occurred in the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. In Twilight, the characters face many complicated issues, but always end up resolving them. The characters have many difficult choices to make which makes the problems more suspenseful and intense. For example, some problems like Bella’s scent and James hunting down Bella, were both the two main problems in the book. One problem that reflected the whole saga, but most importantly the first book was Bella’s scent. Edward…