The Invaders

changed the sphinx into a riddling, female creature—implying that in ancient Greek society, a typical man would not exhibit these characteristics. This also implies that the Greeks may have seen different civilizations, such as the Egyptians, to be invaders—like the sphinx in the Oedipus myth. In the Oedipus myth, the sphinx was an enigmatic “monster sent by Hera” (Morford & Lenardon 383). Even though the creature has Egyptian origin, the myth suggests that the monster hails from Greek…

society remains. It is evident from their battle cry of “exterminate” that they view other species as vermin, allowing them to justify using humans, like the young girl, as mind controlled slaves. When one adds the fact that the Daleks are foreign invaders and that one faction is called Imperial Daleks, the comparison to imperialism is glaringly…

The political organization of Charlemagne before and after his crowning of emperor by Leo the Third reminds relatively similar. The land Charlemagne ruled over was far too vast for the transportation of the era, so there was no way to govern everything via the king. Thusly, counts were placed in power to govern areas of the kingdom; mostly, the effectiveness of each count was based on their loyalty. The counts and their subjects would provide for the king, but mainly the counts had power in the…

Freedom is a significant theme is the book, The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett. The book features the loss and gain of freedom in many ways, and expresses the importance of freedom. Sonya Hartnett shows this theme by using symbols, motifs and genre throughout the book and by showing the effect of war on people such as the Rom, gadje, Andrej or Tomas. The animals lose their freedom and are caught in cages while Andrej and Tomas witness the killing of their entire clan. They are tied within the…

fourth topic is how capitalism is created through change. One of the first conflicts that sparked change is in the Roman Empire where it was a patrician- slaves system. This was eventually brought down by the slaves creating an uprising and foreign invaders attacking them. Feudalism was also a big system brought down through need of change. Feudalism was a lord-serf system, eventually the peasants in this system rose up together and brought down the power of the church. The final system that…

Great Wall and Panama Canal The purpose behind each structure and the challenges builders faced during their construction, were that the Great Wall of China and the Panama Canal had people die and also the lack of money to continue building the structures. The Great Wall of China and the Panama Canal are to different things but they are the same in different was. The great wall was built for many different reason and problems that China might have had with other countries. the panama canal is…

Ceremony Ceremony was published in 1977 by highly regarded Native American author Leslie Marmon Silko. It tells the story of a young Tayo, a World War II veteran who has had some major psychological damage from fighting in combat. Serving in the war had truly broken him. Aside from his recovery from the war, Tayo has it pretty rough. His white father and Indian mother is cause for the people of the reservation and even his own family, to hold a certain prejudice against him and his mixed…

The principle reasons for the "Fall" of Rome were ,first, political instability, with an inability to have long terms as emperors[A], or control the dwindling Roman army[B], and the corruption within the high ranks of the government[E]. Also there were several invasions from the Huns [D] and others [C],with citizens who were happy to the better way of life of their captors[E]. Finally, there were many natural or environmental factors beyond the empire's control that contributed to the fall of…

Okonkwo kills himself because he feels like he no longer has anything to live for. Initially, he falls into a depression after kills Ikemefuna, and he deals with this depression by having “something [work] to occupy his mind” (69). However, when Okonkwo is banished, “work no longer had for him the pleasure it used to have” (131), and so he had nothing to occupy his mind. Since, when an individual has depression, they begin to believe that they are worthless, Okonkwo falls into the mindset that…

Journey The sand feels great. It’s warm. It’s as if I’m walking through a warm puddle on a cold night. The sand caresses my feet every step I take as if it’s hugging “the webbing of” my toes*. The blazing sun is like a light in a building of thousands of people; as it is shared by the vivid life of the beach. The people on the beach are having the time of their lives as if they were celebrating a nationwide event of some sort. The great island of Costa Rica is just generally full of life. The…