The Battle of the Labyrinth

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    Hester of her letter and keep her entrapped in her sin. After throwing flowers at the letter until Hester can hardly stand it any longer Pearl announces that, “I have no heavenly father!” (67). Pearl’s behavior causes Hester to exist in a “dismal labyrinth of doubt”…

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    name Priest Vallon. As he prepares for battle, he looks like he is preparing for Mass. This is because of how he puts a collar around his neck. Priest has a young son who is called Amsterdam who trails behind his father as they pass through the labyrinth to fight a rival American born gang known by the name, Nativists (Asbury, 2001). In war, the men use crude weapons such as knives, cleavers, bayonets, cudgels and swords to fight. As the war ends, the battle field is littered with dead bodies…

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    Macbeth’s armour is fully plated, showing how well-protected and prepared he was for battle. The two horns are meant to show Macbeth’s stubbornness and his violence, likening him to a bull. Young Siward is shown to be slightly less armoured, which is meant to clue the player in that Young Siward will not survive. Young Siward’s character is shown to be full of anger, only showing another emotion when he is struck down in battle. This was meant to show the player of the game that Macbeth’s…

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    talking with people that knew Alaska, they came to the conclusion that Alaska, killed herself intentionally. "..straight and fast...". This quote in the book is said by Alaska on the way that she wanted to die. She's always wanted to escape the labyrinth of suffering, and now she did. 4 Return Home The returning home is when Pudge and the Colonel give up on the investigation and just decide to drive at the accident area himself. Both boys needed that one last thing in order to understand…

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    His friend, Patroclus, went to war and died fighting Hector He went to war to avenge his beloved friend that he had lost Killed Hector and tortured him even after death until he was satisfied with vengeance Killed Memnon in combat, it was his last battle He was supposed to be invulnerable at birth when he was dipped into River Styx Paris shot an arrow with the help of Apollo at his heel, which killed him Aphrodite Created from the remains of Uranus Goddess of beauty, love, and desire Patroness…

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    After strict moral standards established many years ago appeared to have failed, and science had proven that it could not prove the origin of the universe, a new philosophical and artistic expression moved in to fill the void of the Modernist Movement. The Postmodern Movement was born out of a lack of faith in society and the established way of life as a whole, and embraced the philosophy of meaninglessness and a rejection of the transcendental meta-narrative. This move has been fully expressed…

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    The familiar gravitational force on Venus felt surreal, as it was almost identical to the feeling of being on Earth. Though there was a pungent stench coming at me from numerous directions, wandering with my two crewmates, we found the origin of the foul smell, coming from a crater that was encircling what looked like an egg. We cautiously moved back as the fumes overwhelmed the surrounding aroma. Putting on our metallic, lightweight gas masks and marching towards the crater. Everyone was wary…

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    Travis makes it through the labyrinth, unharmed, and Harley was just as fine as a polar bear in the winter. But then they reach the castle. The castle could almost be a 5-star hotel, with hot tubs in every room. But on the outside of the castle were zombie knights. The zombies were just people, but were mutated and died, but came back to life from the radiation. So these were radiated zombies. But then the door opened, and there was a big long hallway. At the end of the hall was a throne. And…

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    Short Story: Tank's Home

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    accident. Or is there something much more menacing going on around us? Who or what is in control of our lives? No matter how well-groomed, Tank’s home is, he stares at four empty walls. They mirror the hollow parapets of his heart. Drowning in a labyrinth of pain and sorrow, he sits broken by his yesterdays. In his sweaty hand is a “Glock 40.” Will he have the courage to end it all? Just the sound of one last bullet and it will all be over. The sounds…

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    The man’s entrapment within the pyramid and struggle against the fluid mirrors Odysseus’ capture by the cyclops Polyphemus. After victory in the Battle of Troy, Odysseus travels to the Land of the Cyclopes, where Polyphemus devours two of Odysseus’ crewmates and traps the rest of them in a cave behind a large rock. Despite attempts to remove the boulder, only the cyclops are strong enough to control…

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