The Howling

TITLE In the book The Cult of the Saints, Peter Brown explore the rise and function of the cult of the saints, and the religious practices and cultural life of people in the early church. Peter Brown opposes the popular “two-tiered model” and offers an alternative model. The “two-tiered model” is the theory that the cult of the saints was a “popular religion” and started by the “vulgar” bringing in their superstitious practices and the elite just have to succumb to it. However, Brown comes up…

Anaya uses the recurring symbol of Antonio’s dreams in order to exemplify the theme of the influence of culture and religion on one’s identity. Bless Me Ultima shows that spirituality comes not from religion, but from wisdom and observation of the land. The antagonist in the book is not always clear, but in the grand scheme of things, evil is the true antagonist of the story. There are times when it seems like God himself is the antagonist. “Everything I believed in was destroyed. A painful…

nightfall a corpse was all that was left of Sam McGee' and ‘'I stuffed in Sam McGee'. The language adds to the darkness, the morbidity and the mystery. Words like 'corpse' and 'stuffed' are used to create a contrast to the more elegant words of 'howling woes to the homeless snows' and 'stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe'. The poet has chosen certain words because they give a flowing effect. This makes it sound clearer when read out loud, but what actually is being read is very mysterious…

rejected by humans he encountered in his travels, the rejection of the DeLacey family ignited a fire in the creature’s heart. He describes his agony, claiming “[I] was no longer restrained by the fear of discovery, I gave vent to my anguish in fearful howlings. I was like a…

Life is a process expressed through a circular motion beginning at birth and concluding with death. These two ideas are inevitable and everlasting forever creating an ongoing society. Individuals live their lives in fear of death, yet they will never be able to capture the lingering devil. Death occurs from an array of causes varying from natural and unintentional to intentional sources. Thus including the unavoidable topics of suicide, homicide, and mass murders. Alice Sebold tells a…

Rebekah Joan Boley, age seventeen, lives in Adrian, Michigan. She is one of nine children in her family and an eleven-year veteran of home schooling. She is a member of Fairfield Baptist Church where she sings in the choir and been a puppeteer. She has volunteered for both Habitat for Humanity and for the Lenawee Therapeutic Riding Program. She has also participated for three years in the Southeast division of CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship). She is currently attending the EMT program at LISD…

Though, close in distance, Sailor Rock was much harder for Greg to get to from the north side, rather than the dirt road they had always used from the west. Limping uphill on one leg with a crutch and maneuvering through rocky and uneven ground, was difficult enough, until he had to pick his way through the prickly bushes and small trees where the ground leveled near its base. Since he couldn’t go very far without elevating his leg, it took him two full days to finally get there. The wild plums…

Intro: Almost every teenager goes through a phase of which they feel abandoned, dejected, and invisible. To me, this poem suggests the author may be writing about a teenage girl, although it could refer to either a girl or boy. In this poem, “I Am a Teenage Werewolf”, poet Jennifer Taken reveals the hidden depressive thoughts and feelings of many teenagers. Paragraph 1: Author, Jennifer Taken, compares a werewolf, vampire, and monster to a teenager who is depressed. Throughout this poem,…

In the year 1692, unusual and incomprehensible events occurred in Salem Village, Massachusetts, after a group of young girls had sinister episodes. For instance, “they would fall on the floor, shaking and trembling in seizures, or sit and stare off into space, unaware of the world around them. They would cry and shout curses uncontrollably” (Magoon 7). The Puritan settlers in the Salem community grew fearful as more girls became victims of these episodes. The village began to suspect that…

the confidence I had as a child. The bright cheery personality I once had morphed into sadness and pain. Most importantly, I lost a purpose for living. For the first time of my life, I realized how much I hated the silence. Even listening to the howling wind would be better than nothing. Everyday at recess, I “played” with new “friends”. I forced myself to enjoy it, but deep inside, I felt nothing. I could not smile from the bottom of my heart. It was then that I realized that the first thing…