The Immortals

The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, Tolkien creates a world that is affected by choice and desire. The characters that interact with Sauron’s ring of power stretch across all three books and across all social statuses and races. Humans, immortal beings (the wizards), Hobbits, and Elves all seem affected in some way by the Ring or at least have the potential of the Ring affecting them. The One Ring in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings affects characters in the same way but through…

Henrietta Lacks was a 30- year - old black mother of five when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1951. She went to Johns Hopkins hospital to have the tumor looked at; they took a sample and sent her home. A few weeks later, when Dr. Lawrence Wharton Jr. was prepping Henrietta for treatment he took two samples from her one from the tumor and one from her healthy cervix. He never asked Henrietta if he could take these samples from her. Dr. Wharton Jr. took the samples down to Dr. Gey’s…

Not So Bad,” Fisher argues that immortality need not to be as bad as William says it would be and is inadequate. He argues that if an immortal life would be characterized by different experiences, there is no reason one to become bored with life. Although william argues that immortality would be as bad, he uses an example to prove it of a woman named EM who is immortal, for drinking a certain potion, and gets bored with life. In the end, she refuses to continue drinking it, because life has…

Influences of Chinese Mythology According to newworldencyclopedia.org,“There has been extensive interaction between Chinese mythology and the major belief systems of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.”Chinese Mythology is a very broad topic, from half animal, half human creatures to gods like the Jade Emperor. It is a combination of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Theses influences have created many myths and incorporated ideas from different cultures together. Making Chinese mythology a…

I have chosen the Twin zodiac, Gemini, as my favorite constellation. I believe this constellation shares a remarkable resemblance to myself. Being born in this same zodiac, my interests continue to climb. As mostly known, the Gemini is known for its affiliation and power over the element of air. Astronomically the actual stars of Gemini are coincidentally named Castor and Pollux. Apparently it is rare for mythology and astronomy to agree. Gemini significantly shows a well measure of yin and…

Additionally, justice also refers to how commodities should be distributed throughout a community (Coale, 2015). There are numerous examples of inequality spread throughout The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta had to travel 20 miles to receive medical care from Johns Hopkins, because it was the only hospital to treat African American patients. If Henrietta would have arrived for medical care at a “white- only hospital…

understood. The learner’s paradox concludes to no one can learn anything. The learner’s paradox and theory of recollection is introduced in Meno, because Meno questions the problem of learning and Socrates responds with the fact that the soul is immortal. Also, that the soul has existed in many lives and have gained all types of knowledge. Therefore, when it enters a new human body, that person has the ability to recollect certain knowledge, but the body never learns it just recollects. He goes…

The Journey to immortality The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest surviving works of literature in the world, believed to have been written between 2700 B.C in Mesopotamia (present day Iraq) however Gilgamesh was not written by one specific author but evolved gradually over a long span of time. The epic of Gilgamesh was passed on from generations to generations verbally before it was written and preserve in a total of 12 tablets. The tablets were written in “Cuneiform” script-wedge-shape…

cast adrift until he lands upon the isle of the Nymph Calypso, who refuses to let him go until Zeus takes pity on the weary king and orders his release. Odysseus tirelessly pursues his journey, yet he does not control his fate as he is not above immortal pettiness. It is only when he shows himself truly humble to the gods and to man that he is allowed to return home. Odysseus begs for hospitality in the most wretched of states and, as a result, is further humbled by his tormented journey home.…

Short explanation/summary of the book: Titan’s Curse, by Rick Riordan is the book that describes the friendship between Percy Jackson and Annabeth. Grover had been sent to the school to recruit more demigods for Camp Half-Blood, as Luke had been trying to steal them away to join his and Kronos’s Titan army. Thalia uses her abilities to charm the school staff, letting the group blend in and sneak into a school dance. There, they reunite with Grover who identifies two of the students, Bianca and…