The Year of Magical Thinking

Knight’s neck. Sir Gawain did what he agreed to do and “the fair head fell from the neck to the floor of the hall” (215). The entire task was not yet complete however. The Green Knight then instructed Sir Gawain to find him at the Green Chapel a year and a day later so he could return the strike with his ax. As promised, Sir Gawain honored the knight’s request and set out to find the Green Knight’s chapel and conclude their deal. Like a true knight of the round table, Sir Gawain did not shy…

environment, but some (not all) Greek doctors may contribute the cause to magical or supernatural…

hearts are the most important muscle in our body, which means that we have to make sure that it’s always working properly. It can extremely fatal if it fails. In fact, SCA, or Sudden Cardiac Arrest, causes more than 350,000 deaths in the U.S. alone each year and is one of the leading causes of death (in the U.S.). Thankfully, Claude Beck, an American heart surgeon, was able to contribute to solving this problem. First, what we need to know is the history of heart surgery and how the heart gets…

“It’s been a long day,” Zoya said aloud, “one of the hottest days of the year too, and I am thirsty, and hungry, and tired.” Zoya, an 18 year old girl with wavy dark brown hair and bright blue eyes, lives in a family of 7 with her 4 other siblings and her mom and dad in Athens, Europe. She lives in a calm and nice neighborhood called Acropolis although every few weeks there are burglaries taking place and luckily no thieves have stopped by her house yet. This is mainly because she has a…

Suzanne Romaine has declared that, “Bilingualism and multilingualism are a normal and unremarkable necessity of everyday life for the majority of the world’s population,”(Source C) yet why are most Americans monolingual? Americans are at a disadvantage because they are not using their resources to their full potential. In the United States we are fortunate enough to have such amazing technological advances, nonetheless we are dependent on these advances instead of building off of them. The main…

is named after the legendary Polynesian Demi God Maui. The myth has it that Maui snared the sun to slow the days down and hooked the bottom of the ocean with his fishing hook, tricking his brothers into thinking he had an enormous fish but instead pulling up the Hawaiian islands. Mauis magical fish hook is represented by the popular fish hook necklace worn by many around the islands. 2. If you visit Maui the one cocktail that you are most likely to have is the world renowned Mai Tai. During the…

I started working in Parkland Hospital as a ward clerk at 18 years of age, and I met my life companion, my husband there. I went to Mountain View College in Dallas, Texas; consequently, my husband found a marvelous job in San Francisco, California and he had family over there. I instantly fell in love with California; nevertheless, San Francisco was a magical place, and I thrived in this liberal atmosphere; as a result, it transformed into a liberal for the…

The Modern-Day Peacemaker A magical place filled with infinite knowledge. A place where no one has a face, and you may become anyone you would ever want. This place is much to demotic for a fairy tale or a child’s story. The modern-day Peacemaker, the great library of the twenty-first century. A place that changed my life for the better, that gave me purpose. This place led me out of the thick web of depression, constant real-world problems and even lead me to make friends. This place has…

adolescent years. The older a child becomes the more aware they are of their thoughts and the more capable they become to process higher levels of information (Broderick, & Blewitt, 2015). These metacognitive processes vary a bit from child to child, but overall each child has the ability to think in these common manners. As long as normal cognitive levels are present, and no mental retardation or mental defects exist. 1. Metacognition Metacognition is the process of literally “thinking about…

opened my eyes and found myself surrounded by strange looking creatures. They were aliens; they scared the hell out of me. One of them brought a needle and tried to pierce it in my body. I screamed in fear and found myself full of sweat in my bed. It was a real bad dream, a consequence of watching an alien movie last night. It’s not a thing that happens to me only. People’s mind is occupied by aliens through movies, hoax alien photos, videos and news on the internet. But do aliens exist for real…