Venom

Throughout our lives, we are exposed to and experience an abundance of concepts, objects, and ideas. Some people don’t realize the beauty contained in much of what we see and interact with everyday. The greatest authors can break through our shell of ignorance and use the hidden beauty of some elements of everyday life to enhance their story and expose us to the exquisite nature of life’s familiarities. Ray Bradbury is an excellent author who uses commonly known objects to get his point across.…

power over Hamlet for the King had Hamlet 's own friends to be spies against him because of his madness. This life and death power happens again when Hamlet discovers the King 's treachery, and kills him for it, “ the point envenomed too! Then, venom, to thy/work”(V.ii.352-353). Hamlet had many different chances to kill the King but he only took this one time because he was almost killed himself. This is not the action of a powerful figure but rather one of a coward. Claudius was the…

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction book that looks into the future. This book is about a man named Guy Montag, who is a fireman who burns books along with people’s houses. Montag eventually learns from a young girl named Clarisse, who is 16 years old, that there is actually something special about these books that he is burning. Clarisse shows Montag that there is curious people out there in the world seeking for answers. Beatty is the fire chief, who turns out to be not a very…

The Witness Captain’s log: June 30, 1867. My crew and I were thrown off course after the storm. The Witness lost part of her mast and the mainstay was damaged beyond repair. We began to float aimlessly in the vast Pacific Ocean. I have remained in good spirits despite the damage to my ship. Captain’s log: July 1, 1867. Two of my men became seasick. My first mate Rascal and lookout Skip were hunkered down below, green in the face. I felt a little woozy and laid down as well. I do not normally…

Carissa Gipson Finally we found some trees and wherever there’s trees there’s water. We got out of the car and I could tell that my baby Gina wasn't doing so well. It felt like every step was draining the life out of us but I didn’t want to die so when Jenny fell to the ground with exhaustion, I helped her up but she was almost burnt by the ground. We made it to the trees I pushed the tree branch aside and saw the Gina was staring at something as I turned around and screamed with joy. There…

tooth-like. Living amphibians typically have small teeth, or none at all, since they commonly feed only on soft foods. In reptiles, teeth are generally simple and conical in shape, although there is some variation between species, most notably the venom-injecting fangs of snakes. The pattern of incisors, canines, premolars and molars is found only in mammals, and to varying extents, in their evolutionary ancestors. The numbers of these types of teeth varies greatly between species; zoologists…

children away (Doc 1). This kept the school completely out of business because the sole fear of contracting the plague kept civilians from going outside, let alone attending school. According to a French physician, those infected looked half dead, and venom should within a few days draw out the poison of the disease (Doc 9). Those infected showed symptoms of high fever, as well as extremely painful buboes, and were dead in less than 48 hours. A diary entry from Nehemiah Wallington shows her deep…

Suspicions on Lou Ann As it was said before, Lou Ann’s attitude was suspicious all the way. Her bitter relation with her husband was well-known by the time, but being so upbeat and cheerful in Jerry’s funeral? There was a missing piece. Even more, she didn’t appear on court a single day of the trial. Not for Jerry, not for her best friend. Not even on the day of the verdict. She was the great absent in the courtroom. Further strangely, the prosecutor’s theory was that both Lou Ann and Debra…

The stillness of the air seemed to suck even the sound of my footfalls into the nothingness of a graveyard. Even the trees seemed not to rustle as if they were tense with nerves for what was to come. I could describe it as creepy, but eerie was closer to it. Everything was the same yet different. The fall trees stood naked as they had before, but their twigs curled in a distorted way, as if the tree itself screamed in pain. The sky was a mass of grey cloud, again so ordinary for October, but…

Beowulf is a dramatic and passion filled story that captures the heroic deeds of a Geatish prince. While written in a Christian context, the actual poem presents a series of events that promote a pagan perspective through the intense and warrior- like qualities of the tribes within the area in which it is set. Digressions throughout the poem serve to enhance the vision that heroic acts of greatness were accomplished through constant battle. The writer of Beowulf uses digressions of historical…