The Year of Magical Thinking

great and evil Winter is going to take of the magical education government at OSU. He’s a rather hard target to defeat, since he’s a shapeshifter, and so far he’s succeeding at his goal. Anyways, two dragons, Moon and Sephira, are sitting in the middle of their very last class only half watching the presentation going on. And the presentation is Moon’s illusion, so technically, Moon is watching only half-watching herself try to earn a degree after 8 years of school for a chemistry PhD. The other…

Taoist practitioner. As stated before, the poem was written in A.D. 744, the year that Li Bai was banished from the imperial court of Emperor Xuanzong and the same year he met his great friend, Du Fu. He may have been Li Bai’s poem demonstrates culture, and exhibit an illusion of deep beauty. He expresses his freedom and an adventure with his good friend Du Fu. “His ability to create almost supernatural beauty in tiny poems made of concrete images, his whimsical Taoist sense of humor, and the…

your knowledge and broaden your thinking and imagination. There is a numerous amount of genre’s. The variations are endless and it all depends on the author. Not all books make it big time, some come across being banned in certain countries for the content it contains. For example, The Hobbit is a banned book, but it should not be. It is filled with great humor, adventure, and it is a good read for fantasy lovers. In fact, before the book was published a ten year old boy reviewed it to see if he…

between 1870-1914. Urban travelers who passed through these communities often encountered people who they considered to be backward who spoke different languages and believed in various magical powers. Weber’s thesis was that the incredible change that swept through the French countryside occurred roughly forty years or so prior to World War I. France only became a unified nation when the rural, peasant communities located in the west, central, south, and southwest developed a national…

a dream was here! Lysander, look how I do quake with fear. Methought a serpent eat my heart away, And you sat smiling at his cruel prey” (2.2.152-157). The illusion of Hermia’s dream creates strife and tension between herself and Helena; ruining years of friendship. However, Lysander is the one renouncing his love for Hermia, and is ultimately to blame. Overthrown and driven by emotions, Hermia relies on her dream as a source of knowledge and truth; further, becoming void of reason. In the…

Betrayal In the year of 2014 my girlfriend, Ivonne broke my heart and cheated on me. It began in January the same year, where we started dating online. As you can imagine dating online was the first step of a big red flag. It didn’t matter to me at the time, we went a few more times on dates, then towards the middle of the month we became a couple. I was happy and she was also happy towards the relationship we just started; which blossom to the extent that we will always spend every single day…

problems of everyday life. They connect people, provide insight, and teach new ways of thinking, thrusting you into a state of euphoria as they do. They even fight disease. This description might bring to mind some amazing new medicine, some exciting new technology, or even some magical spell, but in reality these wonderful miracles have been around for thousands of years, and you have used them. Stories are the magical spells, the written word the exciting technology, and reading the panacea to…

means by morality would disappear. Then I will show why I feel morality would not disappear. Finally, I will conclude that morality will not disappear. In using the legend of the ring of Gyges, Socrates would like us to believe that if there were a magical ring that would allow you to have the power of invincibility one would be able to act unjust with no fear of recourse. He claims the most moral person would not be able to resist the power of the ring. He also claims people are moral because…

Bordeaux was a prospering town and this really was the ‘Golden Age’ for the town. Many people travelled to Bordeaux to see the beautiful buildings but for the French magical community times were very hard. Europe was in the middle of some pretty nasty ‘witch hunting’. Seems silly to look back now and realise that the chances of non magical people actually catching a Sorcerer and then actually managing to make them stand trial were so slim. ### Insert pic ### My Great Grandparents had an…

In the Old English epic, Beowulf the epic hero is perceived as the hero because of his human like strength, courage, devotion, and loyalty. Throughout the poem, Beowulf encounters three major battles with vicious monsters. Beowulf is battling these monsters using his mind, there is a different weapon and different techniques, as the battle comes to an end Beowulf collects a trophy. The first battle between, between Grendel and Beowulf. The battle is believed to have tested the strength of…