Titan

Stories and narratives are two words that are often interchangeable. In the context of literary preservation however, distinction has to be made. A story is a body of text that focuses on the subject, time, and space (Smith, 1981). A narrative instead ignores all these aspects and focuses on the plot. It is a story stripped out of settings, purely as a series of events (Abbott, 2008, p.20). By this definition, in the perspective of a narrative, Cinderella and Mulan may not be two different…

According to the industry group Airlines for America, 14.2 million people are expected to travel during the 2015 Labor holiday weekend. With that number increasingly on the rise, air travel is booming and has just piqued business titan Warren Buffett’s interests. Warren Buffett’s illustrious Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has recently acquired Precision Castparts in an estimated 32 billion dollar deal that can only be written in the stars. In what is said to be the company’s largest merger,…

Kurt Vonnegut is an American writer, essayist, and dramatist He was born on November 11th, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents are Kurt Vonnegut Sr. and Edith Vonnegut. His father was an Architect and his mother owned a family run brewery. He could not be exposed to his German heritage because of all the anti-German attitudes that went America around after WW1. When he was a child, his family lost most of their money when the depression hit them. His mother and father were distraught with…

the building in Batman: Arkham Knight - Robin Special #1. Peter J. Tomasi pits Tim Drake’s Boy Wonder not up against just one villain, but three who have one target in mind. Bane, Killer Croc, and Clayface want to get their clutches on the deadly Titan compound. The scribe has no issues with putting our hero and his students in harm’s way for our own selfish enjoyment.…

As a child, growing up in the mid-1990’s there were many TV shows which kids talked about the next day at school. One of these shows in particular which was influential to our learning had to do with science. The show was Bill Nye the Science Guy. While we unintentionally learned while watching TV we always seemed to have fun and talk about the latest show. Since that show, Bill Nye has always let it be known that we should know or find out the facts to various science related fields. He…

the restaurant closes. Finally he thought to himself and began to dive into his food which was cold and made the man go ballistic. They immediately went to get him some more food which ended up being free because the cooks had forgotten Mac was a titan. He goes home to enjoy the rest of his night the way he had planned. His life was simple he was a writer basically he got what he wanted when he wanted. Things were done his way or not at all and believe me it was done correctly. He was very…

The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan's second novel in his series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, tells the story of a son of the sea god, Poseidon, who has ADHD and is dyslexic. He goes on a quest with his friends to restore safety to a place of safety for demigods like himself. While some aspects of the book were kept the same in the movie, others, like the strength of details, were significantly altered. The main plot is more or less the same in both media. Camp Half-Blood is surrounded by a…

The article, “The Talent Myth,” by Malcolm Gladwell analyzes the connection between hiring, retaining, and disproportionately promoting employees based on their inherent talents or potential to succeed, an atmosphere which challenges societal norms of rewarding employees based on experience and performance. Not a fan of this myth, Gladwell claims an organization that supports this environment lacks tacit knowledge, promotes narcissism, and creates a decentralized organization system. While the…

but prophecies in Greek myths show that’s not possible. Every word an oracle utters is set in stone. Nothing a god or human can do will change this. Even when a hero like Jason is sent to his death, or the inexperienced gods face the all-powerful Titans, what the prophecies say will happen. Nonetheless, characters within mythology attempted to fight anyways.…

and of music he is great at playing the lyre. He has the power of of healing people that are ill or injured. He also has a golden bow that can cause health or famine. Apollo has many family relatives and children. Apollos mother is Leto the titan goddess his father is Zeus the god of ruling other gods. He has a twin sister named artemis who is the goddess of chastity, virginity,and the hunt. Apollo hasn't been married but he did haves some lovers some of them were princess koronis,…