Venom

One day at school Alfred Gregory McAlfred III, Alfred for short, the cleaner shrimp was talking to his classmate Bobbie, who is also a cleaner shrimp. All throughout the school day Bobbie was bragging about how she was so much smarter than Alfred because she knew so much about the coral reef and how all the different organisms interact. This did not make Alfred happy so he went to ask his wise grandfather, Alfred Gregory McAlfred Senior, about how all of these things work so that he could could…

Heroes and monsters help to shape the identity of modern culture as well as cultures shown in ancient literature. In the ancient Anglo-Saxon folklore Beowulf, monsters and heroes were created to contradict one another and contrast the desirable and undesirable traits in a culture. A hero portrays all valuable and honored traits in a society, while monsters help to reveal the undesirable traits as well as push the hero to his boundaries. In the Anglo-Saxon culture a hero was to be a strong,…

There are many animals that people may assume to be aggressive, but are misunderstood. Many people assume that just because a dog is huge with big teeth it must be dangerous. Many people assume that just because a snake is venomous means its aggressive, or just because a bear is huge that it is very aggressive. What would you say if I told you that was mostly wrong? This article is going to be about those three animals and how they have just been misunderstood. Even though there are many breeds…

The term "animal testing" refers to procedures performed on living animals for purposes of research into basic biology and diseases, assessing the effectiveness of new medicinal products, and testing the human health and/or environmental safety of consumer and industry products such as cosmetics, household cleaners, and food additives. All of the chemicals and everything that scientists use on these animals have a chance of hurting these animals mentally and physically, and it can cause…

experimental group. Thus proving that the constant fear of being outcasted is a pertinent issue in society, Throughout the play The Crucible this is a main theme, for example, after the girls start causing hysteria after Mary attempts to expose the venom that the girls are causing to run through the town, when the girls realize what she is doing they begin trying to convict Mary. Then Mary goes on to convict Proctor saying that he was forcing her to sign the book of the devil, she runs back to…

Beowulf’s sword cannot pierce the skin of the dragon and while trying to do so he is bit. Beowulf’s last option is to use a small dagger. He pierces the dragon in the through killing it, but soon after Beowulf dies due to a dragon bite that leaves venom coursing through his veins. This leaves the last step of the hero’s journey, return with the elixir. Within this final stage the…

do not possess. “depiction of a different infection in the misogynistic mind of Crazy Joe only to attain a different level of meaning through associational logic by being placed alongside a vignette of a priest whose pride one begins to perceive as venom.” (379) She goes onto compare this logic of thought to that of the priest. A priest would have an important role in the community in the 1900’s, due to the importance of religion in Ireland. Essentially Crazy Joe’s role in the reveal of the…

Redwall Redwall is a very exciting book filled with action and adventure, it also has many gruesome battles. Redwall was written in 1986 by Brian Jacques. It has 352 pages and was published by The Berkley publishing Group, a member of Penguin Putnam, Inc. Brian Jacques was born in Liverpool, England and as a young boy he went to school at St. John’s school. At one time he was given an assignment to write a short story about animals and he wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile’s teeth. His…

lugged my bike out of the garage and was about to head to the park when I saw my new neighbor with a toddler that had to be her daughter. “Hi Mrs. Jones!” I yelled, hoping that she would notice me. “Oh hello, Karen.” she spat out, almost with a hint of venom. Having the observation skills that I have, of course I didn’t…

back on you and went off to fu-Gyahhhhh!" Esdeath has heard enough as she delivered a swift kick to man’s face, knocking him to the ground and pressing her high-heeled boot on top of his skull. "You have a lot of nerve." Esdeath said dangerously, venom lingering in her tone of voice as she glared down at the half-dead bounty hunter. And with one swift punt kick to the skull, she instantly killed the incompetent when her powerful kick snapped his neck. Then she turned her focus to the lackey and…