The Little Mermaid

Ulysses and the Sirens and “Siren Song” The lyrics “everything is not what it seems” from the iconic show Wizards of Waverly Place is a great way to express the theme in the painting Ulysses and the Sirens by John Williams Waterhouse and the poem “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood. In the painting Ulysses and the Sirens, Waterhouse uses the sirens to show that a person may look nice but can be very evil on the inside, while in “Siren Song,” Atwood shows from the siren’s point of view that…

The poem “Siren Song” is written by Margaret Atwood in 1976. Poems have more meaning to them when you break apart the words. Analyzing a poem is an easier way of breaking down the the poem. It is a way that you can break apart the poem and find out what the poem is really about. If you don’t understand a poem a great way to understand the poem is to break it apart. This poem establishes that a siren is the subject of the poem. It begins with a siren telling us about her song. She explains to…

Most people have heard a story book with the lines “once upon of time” at the beginning when we were younger ether from parents or a school and most girls and some guys watched a disney movie with a princess and a prince defeating the villain and living happily ever after. In reality though the books and movies that people know ,love, and still watched today are actually from a darker story with gore, death, and people with darker personalities from the movies and books that are known by many…

Swimming The short story “Swimming” written by Marryman first published in 2011, in the short story we are following a women, told through a third person, she doesn’t fully understand why she have not jet swum in the river yet, so the question is, why hasn’t she swum before in the river? The themes of the short story “swimming” are growing up, to let go and just do it and loneliness. In the story, the woman’s name isn’t informed. The main character in the story is a woman, who is approximately…

Before there was nature there was just water. The world was covered in it, and ruled by 5 beautiful mermaids. Camila, Dinah, Normani, Lauren, and Ally. The women all had beautiful voices, so they called themselves Fifth Harmony. Fifth Harmony were all queens of the sea, they traveled from the deep depths of one side to the other, bringing peace and joy to all those around them. After countless years and hours of being confined to the sea the queens quickly grew tired of the murky blue waters…

Humor Essay Many works of literature today have persuasive strategies incorporated in them to grab the reader’s attention. Most of the time, writers also use strategies such as humor to send a crucial message to the audience. While this is one effective way of sending a message, other writers utilize formal writing to express the seriousness of a problem. Both methods are effective in getting a message across; however, writing without humor is stronger than those with humor because it is…

Secret Life of Bees, spent over two and a half years on the New York Times bestseller list. Furthermore, its success has been widespread, now translated into over 30 languages with over 6 million copies sold (“Author” NP). Kidd’s second novel, The Mermaid Chair, sold over a million copies and had much success in the literary world, winning multiple awards and even being adapted into a movie (“Author” NP). Sue Monk Kidd’s third and most recent novel, The Invention of Wings (2014), was awarded…

Ogbera, Gabriel ENG 103 First Draft Instructor Michael Dusek The Millennials: A Response Essay Much has been written about millennials in recent times by different people with different views. But of all the comments about the millennials, those of experts Joel Stein, Jean Twenge and Chelsea Clinton stand out. While Jean Twenge labeled millennials as lazy, selfish, self-absorbed, selfish, entitled, narcissistic, fame-obsessed, and…

room was dark and it was raining as soft music played in the background. However, it wasn’t just raining outside because tears were also raining down my face in what a weatherman would have affectionately called a heavy down poor. Beth March, from Little Women, had just passed beyond the earthly realm into the pearly gates of heaven. And, as a fifth grader for reasons I could not tell you at the time I was crying my own personal rainstorm in my bedroom while it rained outside my window.…

the truck to get the rest. I open the door, on the front porch a boutique of my favorite flowers laid there. I picked them up, turned around, and there he stood to tell me he knew I had been having a bad day and he wanted to change that. It is the little things in this world that count. Having a loving companion makes the bad times easier and the good times even…