The Old Gringo

Beowulf is considered the oldest epic poem in the English language, and the earliest piece of indigenous European literature. In the 19th century, Beowulf was written in Old English, the language of the Saxons. This epic did not have a title originally, but began to be referred to by the name of the Scandinavian hero, Beowulf, with heroic sources and virtues as the primary focus. Both the hero and the story are fiction even though historical elements run through the poem (Snell 1). There have…

vivid picture of nature. The poet has applied colorful words in order to give an exhaustive image of nature. In the beginning, the description of mariner with ‘grey beard’ ‘glittering eye’ and ‘skinny hand’ presents a clear image of an old and wise man. And he stoppeth one of…

Back then, people believed that a hero was someone who had high ambitions and would never desert an opportunity to gain glory. Actions like this had extreme significance because glory and honor meant everything to a person with Pagan beliefs. Out of the many applicable characters presented in the three pieces of literature, Beowulf, The Iliad, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, only one figure best fits this description. He is a man with a daring personality and always strives to win whatever…

The United States is changing rapidly and is becoming a more culturally diverse population (Lemmon & Jackson-Bowen, 2013). A census conducted by the US Census Bureau predicted that by the year 2050, the minority population in the United States will expand by at least 44%, increasing the number of individuals that will be from culturally linguistically diverse backgrounds (Lemmon & Jackson-Bowen, 2013). This requires speech-language pathologists to increase their cultural competency to respond to…

References Gerst-Emerson, K., & Jayawardhana, J. (2015). Loneliness as a public health issue: The impact of loneliness on health care utilization among older adults. American Journal of Public Health, 105(5), 1013-1019. doi:10.2105/ajph.2014.302427 This article states that loneliness is one of the biggest issues for older adults. Loneliness can be tie to more health care issues and utilization of the health care facilities. They go on to state that a lot of elderly patients visit their doctors…

It is observed that the different trends of relationship between happiness and age (U curve, inverted U curve, and linearity) are based on different indicators of happiness. In some research a single item measure was used but others employed multiple items. Besides, categorization of age for the data analysis is also different across the studies. Therefore, the following observations may be made about the relationship between happiness and age: 1) The relationship between happiness and age…

In light of the patriarchal narratives, these stories articulate faith in God. Of the patriarchal stories, the narrative that empowered me the most was the story of Moses. The narratives of Noah, Abram, and Jacob where just as impactful, but I felt I had a spiritual connection to the patriarchal story of Moses. Moses was a great man of God who made a covenant with God, or who encountered God. Moses was attentive to God’s will and was faithful and trustworthy towards God. Being faithful and…

Andrew Stanton’s picture film, Wall E, covers a modernized understanding on many religious tales. The leading take of the show is one of ambition and affection, connecting this to biblical tales such as Noah’s Ark and Adam & Eve. Wall E is an excellent film which hope and love are the great focuses of the film and the themes are in the many stories of the Bible and show great significance in this picture film. The connection between Wall E and Eve are a perfect example of hope and love. The hope…

The Use and Abuse of the Chosen: A Comparison of Divinities in the Torah and the Odyssey The Torah and Homer’s Odyssey offer two different lenses through which to understand the varying connotations of the word “use.” For different reasons, the Torah’s God and the Greek gods use and test their chosen people. In the Torah, God’s people are chosen to serve Him; in service to Him, they better their lives. God’s people are His focus. He acts more out of love and care for them than out of…

In ancient societies rituals played a key role in the structure of the community. Because lifespans were much shorter, boys needed to come of age quicker in order to replenish the supply of adults to lead the group. Today, many rituals for coming of age are based off our ancestors, however, they have lost their importance and become an empty process. Modern writers, like T.S. Eliot, Jeffery Eugenides, and William Maxwell, now talk of how this loss of ritual and thus the loss of a spiritual and…