The Slits

Everybody wants to be more powerful, but what if you were given the power to decide whether someone lives or dies? In the dictionary, power is defined as the ability to do something or act in a particular way. It can be gained through a variety of sources such as, money or race, but one of the main sources of power we all share in common, roots from the decisions we make. Whether we know it or not, each decision we make can affect the lives around us. This could be seen throughout the stories,…

To concoct the syrup, people ventured out to their gardens at daybreak and gathered common garden snails, about a pound of them. They’d remove the shells and slit the snails, then put them in a bag with a half pound of sugar. Under the bag they’d place a basin to collect the syrup from the snails as they gradually dissolved from the sugar and dripped through the bag. This mucilaginous essence of the snail was…

Stephan Badertscher North American Indians Tuesday night 3/30/15 THE BANDOLIER BAG Bandolier bags, also incorrectly called medicine bags, are large pouches with heavy decorations of beads and a slit at the top (Bey, 2004). The beads were to represent the honors given to a worthy man in 1800s and 1900s. The bags were closely identified with the aboriginals of North America in the Great Lakes are and notably the Anishinaabe or Anishinaabeg, in plural which is an autonym, is used by the Odawa,…

Harold and Maude (1971, dir. Hal Ashby) is a twisted, yet effective radical romantic comedy that I enjoyed. The film is filled with strange suicidal scenes, dark elements, a few heart-warming moments, good laughs, and taboos that challenged cultural ideologies of the time period. I placed this film as a radical romantic comedy for a few main reasons: an ending that feels satisfying without the characters ending up together, a quest for peace by the main characters, the jettison of cultural rules…

Anti-Semitism is malicious behaviour that persecutes Jewish individuals Throughout history the Jewish community have been persecuted and tortured by other faiths for no justified reason. The first instances of Anti-semitism towards the Jews dates back to biblical times where they were captured as slaves in Egypt. Most of the time Jews were criticised for not fitting in with the rest of society, they separated themselves and refused to accept the ways of lives of non Jewish communities. The…

It's a commonly known fact that almost all movies originated from books, and this is absolutely the case with Beowulf the epic poem, which was translated into a movie. However although the poem and the movie are dramatically different, there are still some similarities in both characters Beowulf and Grendel that hold true in the epic and the movie. The author of Beowulf shows that Grendel is an evil and demonic, devilish creature that is cursed by God, whereas Beowulf is fearless and heroic- a…

against him. “You know I have.” She turned her neck to the side, the feel of his tongue on her skin, making her wetter. Jackson hooked a finger under her panties pulling them down her legs. “Tell me you want me.” The same hand brushed over her slit, his thumb on her pearl rubbing…

using the knife and the angel stopped him just in time. Isaac was literally a stroke away from death. The way Abraham’s hand in the painting is hovering over Isaac’s head, fingers spread like he’d had a grip on Isaac’s hair, pulling his head back to slit his throat, only to let go in surprise when an angel grabbed his other arm, the one reeling back with the knife. And Isaac, turning his head away, back pressed against the altar. A fearful expression on his face (and, I assume, a lifetime of…

The horrors of war can be life changing both spiritually and physically. The novel “Three Day Road” by Joseph Boyden chronicles the lives of two Cree men, Xavier Bird and Elijah Whiskeyjack, during the First World War. The war has a devastating effect on them emotionally and psychologically. For Elijah, it stripped him of his cultural identity and moral compass, while for Xavier, he tried to maintain his cultural values in what is an appalling experience. The author contrasts the two characters…

The Savage of the Island There are many ways to gain power, but the way power is gained reflects how the leader is. The novel of Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a story of a group of british boys who become trapped on an island during World War II. The boys are forced onto a plane not knowing each other. Tragically, there is a storm that causes the plane to crash and the death of the only adult, the pilot, leaving them trapped on the island with no adults. While on the island, a…