The Isley Brothers

Thick layers of hard snow covered the ground, easily supporting the weight of the fluffy red fox as it wandered through the forest in search of prey. As a fresh blanket of snow began to fall, the firm snow the fox was effortlessly padding through quickly began to soften. The air was cold enough that the warm breath of the fox created a small billow of fog around his muzzle, but the fox paid no mind to the bitter temperature. A long, heavy coat of auburn fur served well in keeping the fox warm.…

Wright Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, also known as “The Wright Brothers,” are most famous for successfully researching and testing the first engine powered and controlled aircraft. In approximately 1899, The Wright Brothers became interested in aviation after discovering flight theories that had not yet been pursued. They used a system to analyze their results from previous tests and improve their machine, which is still being used today for progress in new technology. The Wright Brothers…

place on top of Charrington’s shop and taken to the ministry of love. When they got there they were tortured and had their bodies re-shaped and brainwashed to believe in the party. They were forced to believe that 2+2=5. After they believed in Big Brother, they were let free and found each other. When the two looked at each other they had not recognized each other. In the book 1984, the Party seeks power by brainwashing…

forgetting everything about who he is and having to do exactly want the Messages tell him to. Pam Bachorz warms society about the government controlling the thoughts on its people in Cando. Based on Zoe Trodd’s article “Am I Still Not a Man and a Brother? Protest Memory in Contemporary Antislavery Visual Culture” and Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia’ article “Police Power”, society may truly have something to fear in the form of dehumanization and…

There are many different cultural versions of the story of Cinderella. There is only one story of Cinderella that I grew up with and that is the “Disney movie version of Cinderella.” This particular version of the story most people of today’s culture are familiar with and know that it is truly loved by many. However, it is always great to venture out of the norm, and to look for other versions of the story that is so loved by many people. This is such a popular story that different cultures all…

In the short story, “The Wife’s Story,” by Ursula K. Le Guin, the central idea is to make sure to see people for how they really are not how you want to see them. In the short story the author states, “I went up close because I thought if the thing was dead the spell, the curse, must be done, and my husband could come back-alive, or even dead, if I could only see him, my true love, in his true form, beautiful”(Le Guin 8, lines 125-128). The wife keeps referring to her husband as a wolf, in his…

Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes the setting, the symbols, and syntax to create deception within the short story “Young Goodman Brown.” To start off the story, Hawthorne introduces Young Goodman Brown and his wife, Faith, standing at the threshold of their house in Salem village at sunset. Both the threshold and the sunset represent the middle of a transition, whether it be in time or place. At one point in the story Young Goodman Brown’s companion offers a staff that allows one to travel faster,…

The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood With so many different types and forms of folklore one off the more classical types of folklore is fairytales. Fairytales are one of the oldest pieces of folklore as they have had many different variations to adapt to few cultures and have usually had good morals or messages to the children they are targeted to. One of the most known fairytale is the story of “Sleeping Beauty.” “Sleeping Beauty” has lasted for generations ever since it was published in late…

The Arne-Thompson-Uther folk tale classification system lists Type 500 stories as "name of the helper tales". These tales often feature a spinner who becomes indebted to a dwarf for assistance rendered. The most famous Type 500 story is the version of Rumpelstiltskin published in the Grimm Brother's Kinder- und Hausmärchen, which saw seven different editions published from 1812 to 1857. While the Grimm's Rumpelstiltskin is the most known version of the tale, an examination of stories published…

Uprisings that abolish corrupt a government system and improve society drive typical dystopian plots. However, George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 distinguishes itself because the novel’s protagonist, Winston Smith, ultimately fails to free himself from the Party’s authoritarian rule. Winston’s aversion to his lifestyle leads him to defy the government by engaging in a sexual affair and committing Thought Crimes. After the Party catches him rebelling, Winston endures abuse that transforms him…