Trophy

Lying just 19 kilometres off of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula in crystal clear Caribbean seas Cozumel is no longer a sleepy backwater island that only attracted divers and big game fisherman. The building of luxury hotel resorts along the Cozumel’s coast south of the capital San Miguel and the arrival of cruise ships has changed the demographics considerably, but no so much that it has become another Cancun. Built to reflect the Yucatan’s Mayan heritage the all-inclusive Grand Park Royal Cozumel…

Before participation trophies, losing was a more of an upsetting feeling. "My Short-lived career as a Female wrestler is a wholesome article about underachieving, not giving up and inspiration. The article describes this female wrestler as an underachiever, who sleepwalks her way through physical actives. She has the mindset to wrestle but is missing the main attribute physical fitness. With the Idea being easier said than done. It gives the false sense of accomplishment, making it seem like…

“I have no great devotion to the deed/ And yet he hath given me satisfying reasons/’Tis but a man gone. Forth my sword! He dies!” (5.1. 8-10). Roderigo stands on the quiet street of Cyprus awaiting the moment where he finally gets to obtain his trophy, Desdemona. This minute alludes to the night in Venice where Roderigo stood beneath Brabantio’s balcony in hopes of conquering his only obstacle, Othello. However, it is now Cassio who has Desdemona locked away far from the hands of Roderigo. In…

To begin with, the 2007 film Beowulf shows the relationship between masculinity and femininity. The film is about a heroic warrior Beowulf, played by (Ray Winstone), who’s determination of glory, and his eagerness for fame in the end leads to his demise. Beowulf has to overcome challenges by killing the monster Grendel, Grendel’s mother, played by (Angelina Jolie) and a dragon. Beowulf displays his masculinity through his strength, honor, bravery, and through his physique. He represent, the…

. In the next year, the NFL named Elmer Layden the commissioner of the NFL. When World War Two started, the NFL lost most of its players and its rosters started depleting down to barely anything. In 1946, the NFL did not renew Layden’s contract and replaced him with former co-owner of the Steelers Bert Bell. In 1950, the NFL replaced the Eastern and Western divisions with the National Football Conference and the American Football Conference. Then one year later the NFL started the pro bowl…

The main elements of this painting are the blue, velvet hunting bag in the center-left portion of this piece, the white bird in the center, and the hunting horn in the center-right portion of this piece. When these features are shown together, they express that to the viewer that the owner/ hunter partakes in hunting mainly for the sport and entertainment rather than a means for survival. All of these pieces are of extremely high quality and are just placed down when the hunter is done. In…

This I Believe By: Isaac bowah I believe in basketball. Basketball has been around for 132 years and was first created in 1891 by Dr.James Naismith in Springfield Massachusett . Basketball was first played at the Young Men's Christian association(YMCA).Just like any other professional sport that was created it all started with a few rules . Basketball with just 13 rules and a certain number of people allowed on the court. Over the years basketball evolved to being played at many…

choose Allie to spend an evening with. After reading the book, I realized that Allie and I had a lot in common. While reading, I shared a lot of similar feelings with Allie. Allie is the only one in her Mexican-American family who hasn’t own an award, trophy, or ribbon for her family award shelf. Her little sister Ava is a model and appears on TV commercials, her big sister Adriana is a national debating champion, her big brother Aiden is a champion soccer player, her great-grandfather is a…

The Super Bowl is the most iconic sporting venue to take place in North America every year. The Super Bowl always brings in the disgusting amount of money, and people all over the world watch the big game. Even though it’s a well-known event, there are a plenty of facts about it that aren’t known by the average citizen. Here is the 3rd part of "20 things you didn’t know about NFL and Super Bowl". Fact 10: Stock up on food Super Bowl Sundays are known for bringing food to people’s tables. A…

not realize how small and unimportant they really are, and they selfishly believe that only their lives matter. To put it into perspective, it is not the fact that Eckels cowered that makes him guilty, it is the fact that he sought an unnecessary trophy, overestimated his abilities and ultimately valued his own life beyond the life of others. Perhaps Bradbury was not looking to condemn humans, but to make them aware of the severity of their carelessness and destructive actions. Bearing this in…