The Flaming Lips

characters in the novel are similar to many Christian Traditions and are often distorted into the original vampire story. Practically as old as religion, Dracula depicts a satanic figure in the novel, not just physically (pointed ears, fangs and flaming eyes), but also in his ingestion of blood. Blood is a vital characteristic of this novel, the importance of blood in Christian mythology is that Jesus shed his blood to save us from our sins and open the doors of heaven, therefore it…

down in a bit," I walked up the stairs carefully, making sure I didn 't fall. As I opened my bedroom door, I noticed that all of my things had been strewn across the floor, in my bed, even my homework desk had been tipped over. A scream escaped my lips and I ran down stairs. Unfortunately tripping on some water on the way down and I fell. I heard Uncle Dans dog, Greg, come running over to me and let out a bark. I had landed on my wrist, and I couldn 't move it. I yelped and sat up, cradling…

A perfect statue except for the eyes glaring menacingly, fingers flaming forward in hatred, paralysing. A blurry flash leapt into his field of view, rings on the mans finger. Silver, family crest; gold, wedding band; diamond, just for status; onyx, just for pain. Thomas coughs and sees red, his own red, slicking his lips, dribbling down his chin onto the uncomfortable floorboards, but that doesn’t stop the intimidating man that was his father…

Imagine being castaway on an island stripped of one’s rights but at the same time thinking about unlimited freedom and pleasure. At first peaceful thoughts occupy one’s mind. When no boundaries are established turmoil begins to seep into one’s mind, shrouding it from reality.Turmoil becomes the swirling vortex of insecurity that writhes in one’s body. One must not embrace these ideas or turmoil begins to generate other negative emotions such as anger. Only by vanquishing these ideas can…

only was it just any rich socialite, but it was Elijah Bennett, the heir of Bennett enterprises. At the mere age of twenty-two, he was one of the wealthiest men in New York. As far as I remember Elijah had been a part of my life, his name graced the lips of the people I attended school with. He was envied by everyone our age, and growing up consisted of reading the latest news on the Bennett family. What would the losers I attended high school with say if they heard he was now sitting in little…

Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening” provides readers with a dynamic perspective of challenging traditional gender norms in a provocative and controversial novel that advocates life from the perspective of the main protagonist, Edna Pontellier. The activities and events that Edna partakes in challenges orthodox thoughts regarding the role a woman plays in regards to her children, spouse, and society as a whole. These diversions from norms accurately reflect the unspoken rise of feminist thought…

Guilty as Charged I met Deluca in a once quiet prison, which was now scurrying in a manic manner as the correctional officers and the Governor tried to assess the prison’s most recent situation. Behind a strengthened distressed steel door was an abundance of handpicked inmates all awaiting their fate. A select few of the inmates did not seem amused by the situation, and some could care less. More than half of the prisoners were clenching the posts of the door in a rage, screaming at the top of…

needed to talk to me about something, so I agreed and we walked out to the parking lot. She led us straight to a group of older guys who were all smoking, and before I knew it, Madison had one of those white cancer sticks propped right between her lips. She even offered one to me! Looking for an excuse to leave without sounding like a prude, I told her my step-dad texted me saying I needed to meet him at the gates. I walked away and went to a nearby park with another friend until the game was…

Edna beings her story as an obedient, quiet, and tame wife and mother. She has never thought twice about the way that her husband, Mr. Pontellier, speaks to her and treats her. This holds true until one late night when Mr. Pontellier accuses her of being a bad mother; after this occurs, she is left wondering how she has never felt oppressed by her husband before and why his actions effect her in a new way this night. Though Edna is literally surrounded by darkness, she is just starting to see…

Adele and Edna: Two Forms of Divinities In literature, authors occasionally resort to reader's faith in supernatural knowledge to convey controversial themes that cannot be explicitly expressed in storylines. Women independence and gender consciousness, for instance, were such notions that the patriarchal society disapproved in the late nineteenth-century. In order to reveal the restrictive nature behind ostensibly perfect social order, Kate Chopin constructs two forms of divinities in The…