Venom

Lori Verstegen’s retelling of Genghis Khan and His Hawk is a timeless, true tale. This story takes place in a forest in Mongolia. The characters in this story are Genghis Khan and his hawk. Khan, who was a hulking mass of muscle, was a proficient battle strategist. His loyal hawk, which was intelligent, agile, and had sharp eyes, helped him hunt. This story happens around 1200 A.D. in a Mongolian forest. Khan got very thirsty because he had been in the sun for an extensive amount of time. He…

learned how to snap bones and break skin through his mentoring and assistance. Then Orpheus had taught her how to snap and bite, how to roughen her edges that had become too softened, too refined. But those words? The ones that carried nothing but venom and loathing? They were all her. As she watched Alvise’s spawn rise up -- beaten and bleeding, all at her hands (hands that had only wanted to care for her family, her dying Capulets) -- she smirked, the words doing nothing to…

Dangers of Underwater Exploration There are over fifty careers that have a sort of connection to underwater exploration. Many people explore for a living and others only for personal interest such as scuba diving. There have been many theories about objects getting lost in the ocean and many people go deep in the ocean to find them. For example, the lost land of Atlantis is said to have silver and gold (Drye). Based on Plato’s writings, philosophers say that as punishment to the…

in words that help him organize a play with a great belief that the words to help him build his views. Ear image of being poisoned is considered one of the most important images in Shakespeare's Hamlet. In the case of Hamlet’s murdered father, the venom was inserted directly into the ear, the meaning is extended to include the strength offered by words…

In the final battle of the epic narrative Beowulf, Beowulf slays the dragon, but not before the dragon poisons him with his venom. When Beowulf becomes aware that he is dying, he passes off his necklace, golden helmet, rings and mail shirt to Wiglaf, who has come to his aid. By passing off his gear to Wiglaf, Beowulf is both physically and symbolically passing off his leadership role to Wiglaf. Beowulf does not just pass his role of king onto any person, but specifically Wiglaf because he would…

“Where the stories grow on trees” in West Africa is where Ananse, the trickster spider, originates (The Greedy Ananse). Being a trickster does not mean evil, but means chaos. Ananse goes by many different names: Anansi, Anaanu, Anancy, Nanzi and others (Ananse). Each culture has their own version of Ananse, whether it be a spider, coyote, or a bird. According to the textbook Myth and Knowing, trickster myths are the spark of action in any story (pg. 247). Animal tricksters in Africa are…

How much lotion is too much? In my experience, although I'm not a top score student contender, I say I would be in top the 99th percentile in lotion depletion. As a child, I was plagued with severe eczema, it covered my whole body like a lethal venom coursing through my skin. My face was flakier than the most exquisite of artisan made pastries, my arms like sleeves of scaly snake hide, and my entire body was a graveyard of dead skin. I essentially lived as a walking stick of butter because I…

It was almost as if I had been stricken with rigor mortis as the last of her words evaded into thin air, sliding off of her tongue like venom. I was filled with emotions resembling that of both shell shock and astonishment, as the still nameless, elderly woman continued holding my face by the clutches of her long, gaunt fingers. Only a few seconds had passed while she continued to grasp me, but I began to panic. I wasn’t sure what could follow an event as strange and eerie as that, and I hadn’t…

Lionfish is type of marine fish. Lionfish is not endangered species that we should be concerned about. There are about 10 types of different species of lionfish. This invasive species can be found across the eastern coast of the United States. Lionfish prefer to live near coral reefs and in rock crevices. They are highly adaptable, and they have high reproduction rate, making their numbers in the wild large and stable. The Lionfish is actually native to the ranges of the Indo-Pacific (South…

Among the vast variety of American fiction novelists, Michael Crichton is one of the most widely known and critically praised. Crichton has written some of the most popular works of fiction in the past few decades; Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere to name a few. Michael also directed many films and television series, wrote speeches and even developed a video game. Michael Crichton was born October 23rd 1942 in Chicago Illinois. His parents were John Henderson Crichton and Zula Crichton. He was…