The Shining

The green knight barged in on King Arthur while they were having a celebration. King Arthur greets the odd green skinned knight and offered him some food he rudefully declined it and said “No so help me God on high, my errand is hardly to sit at ease in your castle. Then the green knight challenges king Arthur and he says someone must volunteer to take the challenge. Nobody wanted to volunteer and King Arthur got really mad until one person named Sir Gawain wanted to volunteer. Arthur grants…

corrupt. The Green light at the end of Gatsby’s dock symbolizes the hope that he had for Daisy to come back (Ashley). Throughout the entirety of the novel Gatsby is trying to get Daisy back with him because she is the love of his life. The light shining every night was to show her that he was there waiting for her whenever she decided to return that he would be there. Although the green light also could have symbolized money showing Daisy that he was no longer poor and that he could give her…

“Everyone dies. Those who seek greatness must die honorably in the midst battle. Now, we should look at the tracks Grendel’s mother left behind. I promise to find and fight her,” exclaimed Beowulf. King Hrothgar thanked the Lord for Beowulf’s brave words. Riding a horse, Hrothgar led the warriors through tight paths and over tall hills. They passed by the homes of water monsters until they found the entrance to Grendel’s mother’s den. The warriors found Aeschere’s head alongside this lake, where…

alliteration. Towards the beginning of the story, It some Alliteration. “They looked like a brain petrified by a sinister sea.” “Dad’s friend warned us the waters were full of sea urchins.” “The sea seemed to drop right off.” “My fingers circled the shining object - a blade, they told me, smooth and sharp!” The reason why this author uses Alliteration in this poem is that the author of this Story really wants you to see the events what's going on, and how it slowly start climbing and…

how finding happiness in the present can create hope for the future. On a Sunny Evening, is an anonymously written poem about someone trying to find hope and beauty inside the confines of a barbed wire fence. They describe the beautiful trees and shining sun, though they seem out of place. In the end, the author states, “If in barbed wire, things can bloom.” Why couldn’t I? I will not die!” (Anonymous 15). This shows how the author begins to gain hope, observing that life and hope are present in…

here. Justice is not automatic. People do die in these pages” (Mitchell 247). David Mitchell created a 5 chapter book of the stories of 5 characters and their lives as an engifted being, showing us a creepy and dark side of his works. The chapters, “Shining Armor" and “You Dark Horse You” depict the last few hours of the lives of Gordon Edmonds and Freya Timms. These stories are set in the United States in New York. In the story similarities as well as differences can be seen such as the stories…

advertisement is an advertisement for Michelob Ultra light beer. On the top half of the advertisement is a picture of a man and a woman in running clothes jogging alongside the shore of a beach. The sand is wet, with footprints behind them. The sun is shining in between them on the horizon, and the ocean behind them is very calm. To the right there is a large boat dock that stretches out to the middle of the image. Above them in the center of the image in large blue letters reads “superior light…

The Crucible is a story about faith, truth, morality and power. The characters in this play are battling with each of those in their own ways, some better than others. One definition of “crucible” is ‘the light placed in front of a crucifix’, if you apply this definition to The Crucible by Arthur Miller, my best interpretation is that the light represents the truth being shed onto the wrongdoings of those with power, represented by the crucifix. In the Bible, Jesus dies for the sins of mankind,…

continue to walk I stop and look up at the sign on the outside. I sigh in relief and walk into the bright lobby and take notice of the underwater theme. It’s quite beautiful, the chandeliers are shaped like sea anemones with multi colored lights shining off the wooden walls near them and they have tanks with fish roaming around in them. I talk to the man at the counter and pay for my four night stay here then tip the bellhop $20. I got up to my room and order some lunch from room service which…

beat up car. It’s just like any other day, the sun is shining and they are all laughing and having a good time. They are just going out to get something to eat during their lunch break at school because their school allows off campus lunches. One out of the three girls buckle, the other two did not even think about buckling. They pull out of the parking lot on their way to Dairy Queen, the music was cranked up to loud and the sun was shining right into the drivers eyes. From one moment of…