The Mighty

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch teaches his children the importance of empathy before judging others. Atticus, a main protagonist in the novel, teaches his children, Jem and Scout, that looking at their perspective and never others is horrible. Scout, the main character of the novel struggles to understand the importance of empathy, making the story bias at times. In the first few chapters, Scout is told not to judge others, however she does not fully grasp the…

into my tavern. Unable to resist any longer, I decided to send you a letter just a week ago, and could hardly believe it when Prince Arthur himself responded! First, he honors me by patronizing my fine establishment. Then he proves himself to be a mighty, fearless warrior by single-handedly defeating all those horrible bandits who meant to rob a poor woman like myself! And as if that weren't enough to prove that he's truly a man without equal, he offers to help make my greatest fantasy come…

The Old English poem Beowulf offers a number of contrasts in telling the story of the hero Beowulf and his fight to save a community not his own from the monster Grendel. One of the contrasts is between youth and old age, and this contrast is not presented in a very explicit fashion but is inherent in the role of the young man, Beowulf, who is expected to achieve a certain heroic stature before he becomes older, like the leader of the Danes, a man much older now but one who would have been more…

God was known by many names such as Yahweh, Adonai, and Jehovah Shammah in the Old and New Testament. One of the names God was known for was Yahweh. Yahweh is shown 6,519 times in the Bible (Blue Letter Bible). The first time Yahweh was mentioned was in Genesis 2:4. Genesis 2:4 says, ”This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created when the Lord God(Yahweh) made the earth and the heavens.” The name Yahweh means “Promised Name of God.” In Exodus 3:14, God revealed himself…

Different texts portray the theme horror by using contextual visual and literary conventions. Both A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007), by Khaled Hosseini, and Stranger Things (2016), by Matt and Ross Duffer, have the common theme of Horror. However, they employ different techniques in portraying this theme of horror. Horror themed texts create a sense of suspense and fear in the audience by utilizing visual techniques and descriptive language in visual and written texts respectively. This…

the cornerstone of the Orthodox world. While many churches were built during the empire’s 1120-year life, but most of them vanished over time either getting destroyed or being converted. However, one of them, an old tiny church overshadowed by the mighty Hagia Sophia, stayed where it was despite the powers against it. Church of the Saint Mary of the Mongols was found as a nunnery in the beginning in the 7th century by the emperor’s daughter Sopatra and her friend Eustolia. In 1281, Maria…

In Zabriskie Point (1970), the California desert serves as a mystic source of freedom: freedom from social pressure, freedom from the laws of man, and freedom from the anxiety of the urban world. The long swathes of flat, dry, dusty desert punctuated by gnarled valleys and mountains calls to those seeking to evade the building tension and unease of American culture centers in 1970. In “The Western, or the American Film, par excellence," Andre Bazin states that the myth of this landscape in the…

Since the inception of the earth, humans have displayed an overpowering need for a god. We desperately long for some higher being to provide order and reason to the universe. While many find peace of mind in wealth, power, or love, other choose to devote themselves to religion. Over centuries of fairytales and superstition, humans have created numerous separate deities to worship and revere. But how does one distinguish the Idols from the genuine creator? Obviously every religion cannot coincide…

One of the most well recognized examples of Gothic literature is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The first example of a Gothic Literature elements appearing in Frankenstein are all of the different highly emotional situations. When William, Victor Frankenstein’s younger brother, dies towards the beginning of the novel at the hands of the Monster, his family is distraught. A quote from the novel explaining this in more detail is, “This noble war in the sky elevated my spirits; I clasped my hands,…

My father was born in Haiti, and my mother was born in the Dominican Republic. They both faced poverty while growing up, and came to this country in search of a better life. My mother wasn’t able to complete her college education, since she had to drop out after an accident she had. In place of school, she ran a small business from home, and cared for her sick parents. My father on the other hand, wasn’t able to finish his schooling; he couldn’t keep up with the work he was being given. As he…