Tentacle

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 1 of 31 - About 304 Essays
  • Great Essays

    inside of his head things are totally different, he lives in a world of tentacles and anchors “Tentacles are the evil tasks that invade my life ” which include his American history class, he recites “ Like for example my American history class...which meant I wasn’t going to get a 98 in the class,which meant I wasn’t anywhere close to the 98.6 average, which meant I wasn’t going to get into a good college.” The opposite of the tentacles are the anchors. “ The Anchors are the things that make me feel good temporarily. Riding my bike is an anchor. Doing flashcards is an anchor. Watching people play video games at Aaron’s is an anchor. The answers are simple and sequential. There aren’t any decisions… You don’t have to deal with people.” Craig lives in a world with a lot more tentacles then anchors, he lives with more stress than relief. Avoidance, Craig's main strategy to escape the wrath of the tentacles, to escape the judgement he believes he will face. As Craig tries to answer his phone messages: another one of his tentacles, anxiety immediately comes over his mind, he begins to imagine different scenarios and the fear forces him to hang up, escape. “Where’s Craig… I heard his parents are sending him to a different school. He couldn’t handle it here anyway. He was always such a loser.” The Tentacles in Craig’s life are main reason Craig’s spiral into depressions begins. He does not always knows what his tentacles are until they have trapped him and engulfed him into a…

    • 1261 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Badass biker jewelry is worn by those who want to show their style while not riding their bikes. They love shocking those who are unsuspecting with their badass outfits. The jewelry they purchase will reflect that personal choice and style. If you're looking for a gift for someone who is a badass biker, it should be a bold piece of jewelry that will make others take notice. Tentacle Earring The Silver Phantom Jewelry Women's Octopus Tentacle Ear Cuff Wrap Earring features a detailed tentacle.…

    • 342 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Kraken Myths

    • 261 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Legends, a mix of truth and fantasy that's passed down for many of years and will continue to be passed down for many more. We’ve all heard legends of mystic beast roaming in the sea such as the kraken. The kraken has always been a legend in our stories, but what if it wasn't just a legend? It is said that all legends have a hint of truth in them the legend of the kraken is no different. Over years of evidence such as gigantic tentacles being found and constant stories of sea captains our…

    • 261 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Jellyfish Characteristics

    • 948 Words
    • 4 Pages

    reproduction which makes their life cycle short. http://animals.mom.me/DM-Resize/photos.demandstudios.com/getty/article/187/205/71042550.jpg?w=600&h=600&keep_ratio=1&webp=1. 6. FOOT LONG TENTACLES JELLYFISH This jellyfish is considered to be 12" long and resides in the frozen waters below the ice of West Antarctic and shares a similar environment like the Costa Rican Jellyfish which lives in the cold waters with 600 degrees temperature. Its body is squishy, tube-shaped and soft. It is reddish…

    • 948 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Jellyfish Research Paper

    • 962 Words
    • 4 Pages

    have a venom that is powerful enough to kill a human in less than a minute. There are approximately thirty-seven species with this venom. However, there are many jellyfish that do not have this venom, these jellyfish have cells on their tentacles called nematocysts. They paralyze their prey by stinging them. Jellyfish usually feed on plankton and small fish, but will also eat anything that is in their way, using their tentacles to keep them from moving. The jellyfish with venom are called…

    • 962 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Waratah Anemone The Waratah sea anemone, Actinia tenebrosa is the most obvious anemone on Sydney's rocky shores, easily known by its red color. It is named after the beautiful red Waratah flower that is the emblem of New South Wales.The Waratah Anemone is named after the red Waratah Flower that is a native to New South Wales. It is also known as the Cherry Anemone. This Anemone can be identified by the small size, the brown and red colour. These anemones live on the intertidal rocky shores.…

    • 520 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Jellyfish Sting

    • 1069 Words
    • 5 Pages

    feeling the cells along the jellyfish's tentacles referred to as cnidocytes. These cells harbor tiny projectiles full of venom, called nematocysts. There are many questions about the sting of the jellyfish, the structures involved, and the venom delivered. Specifically, do Cnidarians possess any capabilities of being able to replicate the stinging cells once they are used? Cnidarians are amongst the oldest known animals on Earth to possess a venom. Part of the reason their systems…

    • 1069 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This cartoon suggests a high sense of Racism and Prejudice in Australia back in 1902; the picture suggests the Asian race (Mongolians in particular) as being responsible for a number of things that are considered wrong in a society, and displays these things gripping white Australians as if it is infecting them. This would give people the impression that Asians are a horrible race of people making white Australian xenophobic and racist. The tentacles display cheap labour, which gives the…

    • 339 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Plath’s poetry here, could be related to image of the “bell jar” by her contemporary researcher. The same stifling environment. Esther Greenwood, another of Plath’s heroines in her autobiographical novel , that narrates Plath’s twentieth year of her life, feels as though she is trapped “blank and stopped as a dead baby” (1972; 265). This image reminds one of the bottled foetus preserved in the laboratories. By the end of the poem, the mother is stripped of all humanity, when the speaker…

    • 359 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Adults lack the conspicuous tentacles and their bodies are prolonged into eight lobes. The eight comb rows, which run longitudinally down the length of the animal, are comprised of thousands of parallel-fused cilia that beat synchronously with a metachronal wave, propelling them through the water. These hair-like cells are what give the Comb Jelly its scientific name, Ctenophore. The Greek work ctena means comb and phora meaning bearer. These animals are unique, in the way that they are…

    • 1082 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Previous
    Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 31