Troll

A large part of our modern day interpretation of what a hero is comes from medieval texts, legends, and epics. These tales more often than not star brave knights, volunteering for quests, leading armies, and killing dragons. Tolkiens view of heroism focuses less on strength and power and more on ethics and true human, or should I say Hobbit, development. In the beginning of the novel no one, not the dwarfs or even Bilbo himself can imagine himself being truly helpful to the cause. If it wasn’t…

the noise aspiring from the meat hall (stupid reason), or that’s what they make it seem like. Although, in Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson 2005), Grendel has a reason as to why he should kill individuals, but to the village he’s just simulated as troll or demon. In Beowulf the epic, Beowulf is exalted as a great everlasting king, who can never be cut from his high, yet in Beowulf and Grendel, Beowulf is merciful and not consistently bringing attention towards himself like he does in the epic.…

The movie Frozen is a hero journey. I chose Anna as my hero journey character. First according to the movie the ordinary world in Anna lives in her town in Arendal with her sister but her parents died due to a very bad rain storm .Therefore, Anna’s sister Elsa has powerful and magical hand that can turn Arendal to winter and she can hurt people. The third step in the hero's journey is the Refusal to call and Elsa leaves Anna at the castle and Anna begs her sister not to leave her. Later that…

Harry faced a troll and saved the students of Hogwarts. Harry and Herminie turn back time saving Serious Black and Buckbeak. Harry destroys Tom Riddle and kils the snake saving Ginny Weasley. During the battle of Hogwarts harry destroyed all the holcruxs except for the…

Throughout the book there are three commonly brought up characters; Laurel, David, and Tamani. Throughout the story they all, in different ways, evolve. Laurel is the main character and is what this story revolves around. She starts as a teenager, worried about starting a public school and complaining about all the students. She’s normal besides the fact that she’s a vegetarian and never goes to the doctor for anything. Then changes as her body changes and forms a blossom. She then became…

platform to hurt and disturb people’s emotions. In “If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say, SAY IT IN ALL CAPS,” This American Life Podcast. Ira Glass, a public radio personality, discusses a social problem that has to be related to trolls, which are defined as “The Internet troll hides behind his computer screen, and actively goes out of his way to cause trouble on the Internet.” (Moreau, Elise, 2016). In this American Life Podcast, Ira Glass says that, “I think we 're also used to all kinds of…

faced with a challenging effort as they must retrieve the missing treasure. Not only do they have to retrieve it, but the treasure is protected by a fire-breathing dragon, Samug. Along this journey they meet many different kinds of creatures like: trolls, hobbit like creatures, dragons, dwarves, elves, and last but not least, a Wizard named Gandalf. This paper will center on Gandalf: his outstanding characteristics, powers and abilities, and how Gandalf relates to the phenomena…

While reading a really good story, we can become so invested in the lives of the characters that the outcome might impact us greatly. We want our favourite characters to have a happy ending and for the villains to get what they deserve. This refers to the idea of poetic justice. When poetic justice is served within literature, it is extremely satisfying to a reader. It is safe to say that in the novels Tale of Despereaux, The Ruins of Gorlan and Harry Potter poetic justice is quite evident. At…

The Internet is a tool of communication worldwide that is important for human development in daily interactions such as: workplace, interpersonal interactions and free time. Through years of research and technology development the internet has become an indispensable tool where people have the ability to interact virtually with people from around the world. Nowadays is easier to exchange opinions, photographs, feelings and private content without having to be present physically in that exact…

by Kirk Sigmon states that “NY State Senators … define cyberbullying as a plethora of allegedly offensive acts on the Internet. Hilariously, the Senators include ‘trolling’ … and ‘exclusion’ … as part of their definition of cyber-bulling.” Firstly, trolls can be dealt with simply by blocking them. Although they sometimes can come back with a new account, they can always be blocked again. Moreover, the part of this definition that is completely preposterous is the “exclusion” part. The exclusion,…