The Howling

Many people who live in democracies often take their rights and freedom for granted, thinking that it is a reality for all people, even in the past. However, this was not a social norm for some people. During WW2 Nazi Germany lived in a state of dystopia for its citizens under the rule of Adolf Hitler. Dystopia is a type of society in which the government 's choices affect the imbalance within the population of the given nation; Adolf Hitler made different decisions that altered the dystopian…

“What is Project Divine?” I asked Manson, who replied with an exasperated sigh. “It was a cancelled idea, a major leap in genetic modifications, like I had done with Damon.” Manson explained. “It was meant as a way of creating the perfect soldier, immune to pain, immune to death, basically the subject would become god-like. However, many of our scientists agreed the idea to be blasphemous and against the laws of nature which forced us to terminate the entire program, wiping out all evidence of…

Ashulti clapped his hands and the servant appeared with the last of the wine. He held up his goblet and waited as the young lad emptied the jug. “The Mistress has gone to the marketplace for more Master.” Karmel muttered, bowing his head. Ashulti glanced into the goblet. Half empty. It would suffice till Peta came home. His hands trembled as he brought the cup to his lips. Red dripped down his chin, streaking his graying beard. Why bother to wipe it away. Karmel turned to leave. “Bring me…

“Come out, Void!” I called into the inky darkness of the cinder city rooftop. “You can’t hide tonight!” “How did you know I’d be early?” A deep, cool voice was carried over to me, as if it belonged to the night wind itself. “I knew you’d be early because you like to anticipate my every move, and evaluate my tactics in order to find a weakness you can use against me,” I answered quickly, knowing the answer. Void’s cold laughter confirmed my answer. “Always the long explanations. No wonder you…

I proceeded to walk cautiously towards the towering obsidian gate. My 7 month voyage to Hell was finally coming to a close. But my real journey had just begun. 7 months ago, I was hired as a journalist for the world renowned broadcasting company WNN, or World News Network. This company specialized in reporting a variety of current events, whether it be above, on, or under the world itself. I had been recruited by the president of WNN to collect information from under the world, in other words…

Imagine a time where millions of people died because of a plague that could not be explained. That was the case for many during the Middle Ages throughout cities in Europe. Around the time of 1347, a horrible plague took the lives of millions of people infamously known as The Black Death. People still wonder how did it all begin? And who did it affect? Really, there are many questions that one asks about the Black Death including how it all began, who it affected, symptoms, and how it ended.…

The bombs explode overhead, whistling and howling until they meet their final destination either on unsuspecting soldiers or the already-disturbed ground. Bloodcurling cries of men and animals alike echo from every corner of the battlefield, turning even the toughest of men green with anguish. Moreover, the men one cares about the most are being picked off one by one, delivering them from the monotonous horror that is war. It is for these reasons that Robert E. Lee said, “It is well that war is…

follows the rules and is exceedingly smart. “I got the conch! Just you listen! The first thing we ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach. It wasn 't half cold down there in the night. But the first time Ralph says 'fire ' you goes howling and screaming up this here mountain. Like a pack of kids!”- Before he scolded the other kids for not listening and now he steps in to set things in order so things can get done. Piggy takes charge and orders the little kids to listen so that…

To understand the nature of Lee, you have to take a step back and understand who Lee was before the Marvel phenomenon: a dispirited, middle-aged company stooge working in a dying industry, with no reason to believe anything could change. He was born Stanley Martin Lieber in Manhattan’s Upper West Side on December 28, 1922, the first child of middle-class Jewish parents. Stanley’s father, Jack, had been a dressmaker but suffered from chronic unemployment during the Depression. “Seeing the…

Grendel cruelly killed others without any sign of guilt or remorse; his actions and feelings when taking the lives of others were not that of someone who feels shame in what he has done. “I laughed. It was outrageous: they came, they fell, howling insanity about brothers, fathers, glorious Hrothgar, and God...I saw myself killing them, on and on and on, as if mechanically, without contest” (Gardner 81). In his description of his first raid on Hrothgar’s mead hall, Grendel described killing…