The topic I am covering is the battle with Grendel’s mother. With the sorrow over her son’s death Grendel’s mother decides to avenge her son. Grendel and his mom are both monsters who live in a foul cave outside of human civilization. Grendel discovered the humans and did not like them because they were un civilized and cruel. Upset with the human’s ways, Grendel starts a war with the humans that lasted somewhere around 12 years. After the humans kill Grendel, his mom discovers this and is…
In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and Tim Burton’s Big Fish, this is evident as each main character depend on the faith of an eternal source, the self-confidence in oneself and the inspiration and assistance of a guide in order to succeed. The faith in an eternal and infinite source have provided a necessary hope and sense of encouragement to those in times of need for the main characters in their individual journeys. In the case of Edward Bloom from Big Fish and Piscine Molitor Patel from Life of…
Ronda Rousey in her autobiography, “My Fight/Your Fight”, talks about overcoming her weaknesses and utilizing her strengths to succeed her fights and to live a better life. Ronda is a extremely versatile fighter now, but was not always as good. This story talks about how she overcame some life altering experiences and use those experiences to help drive her to victory. It shows her evolution for white belt judo fights to professional UFC fights. The story inspires fighters and athletes in…
Winston is a static character he was at first very worried about Big Brother, but later he began to develop revolutionary dreams about being free from Big Brother. The saying they use when talking about Big Brother is “Big Brother is watching you”, because the party that was Big Brother was watching everyone at all times. And they would say they watched you, track you, and not promit certain things for your own sake. I…
In Mexico, people describe Emiliano Zapata as “It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees”("The Man Who Stood Up"). Emiliano Zapata is a hispanic who played a big part in Mexican Revolution, with the help of Pancho Villa. Emiliano was fighter against dictatorship and leading the south army against the capital during the Mexican Revolution; fought for the poor and giving the rights they deserve compared to the wealthy. Emiliano Zapata was an important figure during Mexican…
The Cheyenne Native American Dull Knife once said, “All we ask for is to live and live in peace” (332). The quote exemplifies the relationship between the Native Americans and the United States government. The Native Americans did not agree with the American settlers coming into their territory and using their beloved natural resources. As more policies were enacted and more settlers came into the unsettled territories inhabited by the Native Americans, the more likely a violent dispute…
relation to Oceania, Big Brother is an example of a ruler who wants to show their creative skills, but nobody could ever be critical to them. The society of Oceania evolves around authoritarian treatment. Big Brother manipulates their citizens with power into creating them into like robots.…
they are bad, oh well. Terrorism is a big part of America. As Tang Jiaxuan once said, “Anti-Terrorism is a fight between justice and evil, civilization and savagery.” Terrorism has arose many conflicts in the American Society. It has killed many lives directly and indirectly. War after war has been fought to try to end this nonsense, but Americans don’t tend to think these wars even exist. Soldiers are protecting our freedom so they can live a war free live back in the USA and the same goes…
teacher just kept nagging him because he knew that Holden could do so much better if he just applied himself. Then the guy who lives beside Holden and his roommate comes over and talks to him. His roommate, Stradlater told Holden that he was going out with a girl named Jane who said that she knew Holden. After Stradlater came back from his date him and Holden got into a big fight which left Holden with blood all over his face. Later that night Holden packed his stuff up and headed home except he…
eats about sixty-six pounds of sugar a year. Schools in America, now provide healthier food options. Choosing the healthy options is key to healthy eating and that is all it takes. Did you know very little teenagers get enough physical exercise? A big part of why Americans are overweight, is because they don’t exercise daily or at all. Exercise can be anything from walking…