Trickster

In the beginning of the course, if a professor was to ask his students the question “what is the hero myth?” If the students never had any prior knowledge to the subject they would begin to answer in return the origins of characters like Thor, or basically their favorite superheroes story line. Some might fit the guideline of what the hero myth is and some will not. However after further investigation the hero myth is defined as an ordinary character that lives a regular life which gets called…

The Left Hand of Darkness explores the depths of science fiction by delving into a universe where a a confident traveler attempts to recruit others to join Ekumen, a union of planets that work together to create a better living situation. Ursula Le Guin uses Genly Ai, an alien from the planet Terran, to navigate through the strained relationships between the different countries on Gethen. During his travels Genly encounters a situation in which he has been captured by the people of Orgoreyn and…

When I first entered the class, I had a somewhat preconceived notion of what Shakespeare was all about (having previously studied Romeo and Juliette to no great avail). The second time around, though, I truly gleaned an understanding of his genius. The way he wove extremely descriptive words into such a flowing and seamless story is quite impressive, not at all hampered by the fact that old English had fuller and more meaningful words than today 's. In fact, as far as playwrights go, Shakespeare…

The 1900’s are known for world wars, psychedelic drugs, classic rock and believe it or not, poetry. Poetry may come as a surprise to most, however, Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and Dylan Thomas’ “Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night” are influential in how they depict the impact of choice and the impact of death on human life. Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is about decision making when faced with a “fork in the road” situation and how taking one choice will result in never knowing where…

the night was all about the boys” (Kim Gordon). This is the bold first sentence that Sonic Youth vocalist/bassist Kim Althea Gordon writes in her autobiographical memoir, Girl in a Band. The inspiration behind this liberating title is from “Sacred Trickster,” an ode to the quartet’s early 1990s high-gloss hardcore phase that appears on Sonic Youth’s final album, The Eternal. The entirety of this memoir is told from the altruistic world of Kim Gordon’s mind and tangible experiences. This novel…

I have always imagined that there was more to the culture and history of Native Americans than just what I was taught in school; for that reason, In the Hands of the Great Spirit by Jake Page attracted me. Although I realized that a book about the twenty thousand year history of Native Americans would be like reading a textbook, which is not something I do during my free time, I considered the fact that I would actually learn more about a topic that is not “properly” taught in school. One of…

America during the 1860s was primarily “new land” being discovered. The Europeans began migrating as early as 1607. The key aspect discussed in this essay is how race and gender shaped America in the 1860s. From the colonial era to the Manifest destiny, there were changes in all aspects of life. Primarily the new migrants consisted of European decent brining over their new ideas and religious views. Secondly, race and gender shaped America through social and cultural customs. With the mixture of…

The play “Hamlet” was written in the late 16th Century, where women were mainly housewives. In the play, Shakespeare writes about Hamlet who loves Ophelia but with the situation that he is in, his perspective on everything and everyone changes, especially his thoughts on women. He believes that the only thing women want is not love, but sexual interaction. There are many things that cause his behavior: his mother 's marriage, Ophelia rejecting him, and his father’s murder. Although Hamlet loved…

Lastly, as a result of confronting the issues surrounding voting rights, I would like to discuss Aboriginal electoral participation in Canada to represent the impact these organizations confrontations have had on Indigenous communities. It is no surprise that voter turnout among Aboriginal Canadians is lower than among non-Aboriginal Canadians. Upon researching surveys conducted with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal electors following the last four Canadian federal elections there are reasons for…

Thresholds 1, 2, & 3: In threshold 1, 2, and 3 the beginning of the Greco-Roman universe was never truly empty, there was nothing but Chaos. Chaos as it was called, was described as darkness and disorder. According to Greco-Roman theory, there were no gods present in the beginning- though in time, a god of nature separated light and dark, soft and hard, weight from weightless, etc. The godly being separated those spaces with gods that we know of today. Then, 4 forces appeared fire, light, air…