The Lion

Hamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare about a kingdom in the early centuries. It has many similarities and differences with the 1994 children’s movie, The Lion King. The Lion King and Hamlet are both about a tragedy of the son’s revenge with many similarities and differences. However, Hamlet has a tragic ending and The Lion King has a happy ending. Hamlet is a movie about a king’s son, Hamlet, born into royalty. The king dies in the beginning of the movie, but no one knows the exact…

Financials of Food Lion Training Magdiel Barrera-Estrada Central Piedmont Community College Food Lion is a very well-known chain grocery store that has been around since 1957, its reputation is currently not as upright as it was when it first opened and it possibly will never go back to being as successful as it was in the past. There are several reasons as to why Food Lion is not as popular as it once was, but one of the main reasons is the employees. The workers hired to attend to the…

painting depict a mountain lion, a dog, and a man caught my attention. Sitting in front of the tree, a man is holding a colt revolver on his right hand and a bowie knife on his left, the weapons he possibly used to kill the mountain lion lying in front of him. A black dog is sitting obediently next to the man. As the man’s mixed facial expression triggered my curiosity to find out more of his story, I took a step closer to this painting, Peter Quivey and the Mountain Lion by Charles Christian…

Back in 2010 The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkey, was awarded the Randolph Caldecott Award by the ALSC for being the most distinguished picture book of the year. When the ALSC decides what book will be the receiver of the Caldecott Award there are quite a few factors that go into their decision making process. Their website shows all of these factors, but the main ones to be focused on are that the publisher/artist must be an American citizen and that their illustrations be original. As far…

generosity, dedication, and chivalry, Chrétien portrays the knights of King Arthur as epitomes of virtue. In addition to romanticism’s virtuous principles, it is possible to identify many aspects of medieval life and customs in Yvain, The Knight of the Lion. Most importantly, the relationship between the kings and noblemen within the feudal system. The story of Yvain is clearly related to feudalism…

Imagine finding a door that leads to a faraway magical land that no one else even knows exist. In his fiction book the Chronicles of Narnia the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis takes us through such a door and into the land of Narnia. His book leads us on a magical adventure filled with courage, strength and hope. Reminding those that follow along with his adventure to never give up hope and that you can find courage and strength from all those around you. C.S. Lewis was a Fellow…

survive living on the streets of Calcutta, you need to be independent and capable. As well as having the ability to source basic needs and to be instinctive. This idea is explored in the non-fiction autobiography written by Saroo Brierley himself. ‘Lion’ is about a little Indian boy who gets lost on a train, that takes him on a dangerous journey to Calcutta. Saroo is determined, independent, capable and a quick thinker. Faced with many challenges in Calcutta at the age of 5, he struggles with…

stares him in the face. The Lion King by Roger Allers and Macbeth by Shakespeare are two very different pieces of work but have similar themes throughout. The Lion King and Macbeth have two character in which guilt haunts them in different ways. Blood is significant in both pieces of literature because the main characters feel that they cannot get the blood of others off their hands. Both characters go on a journey significant to their upbringing or downfall. Disney's The Lion King and…

The Lions of Al-Rassan is an alternative fiction novel written by author Guy Gavriel Kay. It tells the tale involving the meshing together of three different religions, the Asharites in the South, Jaddites in the North, and the wandering Kindath. By looking at one specific Jaddite, Alvar de Pellino, one can see how Guy Gavriel Kay’s novel Lions of Al-Rassan suggests that the collision of cultures can open up a character’s vision to the faults of their own self, including their ideals and beliefs…

This shows how Margaret is trying to sweet talk Mr. Wilson and make her husband feel bad for his folly of running from the lion. She is trying to rub Francis’ fear into his face and let him know how embarrassed she is of him for not being the one to kill the lion. Since she knows that Francis will tolerate anything she does, she has nothing to fear or lose by talking Mr. Wilson up, and later sleeping with him. Margarot is basically free to do as she pleases if something doesn’t please her. This…