What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.” - Cormac McCarthy, American novelist While often deemed ugly and flawed, scars really are a testament to what one has been through and serve as proof to healing and growth. Only brought up nineteen books into Homer’s Odyssey, the scar on Odysseus’ leg is an extremely important factor that reveals many of the themes of the second half of the epic. Hoping to gather information about her lost husband, Penelope, Odysseus’ faithful…

Two adults and a young boy were viciously mauled by an unknown creature. The suspected assailant was described as bulbous, spider-legged and hairless. It’s said to have screeched and snorted as it attacked the poor helpless family. The two adults involved in the attack are now in critical condition. Thier son, Andrew, although facing severe trauma, will live. Investigations are now under way in an attempt to find the culprit and protect surrounding citizens, from the now nicknamed: Bulbous Devil…

find out the cause we went to the doctor. Austin’s pediatrician diagnosed him with bronchitis, put him on antibiotics and sent us on our way. Two weeks later Austin was tested for allergies and asthma and prescribed inhalers and Singulair. After a long, two months of trying the prescribed treatment and numerous, unnerving, useless doctor’s appointments, we still…

elf with long bluish-white hair, pointed ears, and a red cap, standing a little way off, staring out at the water. “The name’s Tinlef.” He strolled around a pile of coiled rope. “I come from the realm of the dragons. We were there on Thunder Rock long before they arrived. Now it is our pleasure to serve or die for them, whichever comes first.” “Aiden Greene. Nice to meet you.” “Likewise,” he said. “Are you ready to do battle, Aiden Greene?”…

Kaufman’s Ouervre Charlie Kaufman’s oeuvre consists of films that play with style, reality, and filmic structure to discuss deep issues of humanity. A Kaufman script has a few idiosyncrasies of style and structure that make it very clear who the writer is. What is most notable about Kaufman’s style is his ability to take the ordinary and make it otherworldly. He presents us with normal people, most often an everyday guy, and then puts them into situations of science fiction, fantasy,…

As I was suspected, Zoé was the one who liked run in the blockhouse. It's just so like her. Abram almost died by falling from a ski lift and Mael only left France once. If one day I bought my ship, I will take her on a round-the-world trip. As we revealed ourselves the teachers had to do the same. That was the funnier part. Mr. Schlosser's hobby during his childhood was to watch the cows and their cowpat. Mr. Norgeot had been arrested in Dubai and spent the evening in a police station wearing a…

continues under the sway of some witching power, that holds a spell over the minds of the good people, causing them to walk in a continual reverie. They are given to all kinds of marvelous beliefs; are subject to trances and visions; and frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air.” (1.2). Tim Burton, the director of the film elaborately creates the atmosphere. He filled the town with creepy houses, unique costumes,…

Hypocracy in Huckleberry Finn “Do as I say, not as I do” a common expression used by the typical hypocrite whose goal is to simply get what they desire most. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author, Mark Twain, reaches out to his audience by relating hypocrisy in society at the time to characters in his book. This novel takes place in the pre-civil war era, in Missouri and parts of Arkansas. The main character, Huck Finn is a troubled young boy who slowly finds his way…

Frankenstein Victor is purely the one to blame, in the story Dracula, Jonathan Harker is the character in which the reader feels immense pity for. Jonathan Harker had traveled to Transylvania to finish a real estate deal with Dracula and even though he felt strange about the whole encounter and Dracula himself, Jonathan blew it off because of his duty to his job. Then Jonathan becomes prisoner, once he escapes he gets extremely ill possibly because of the shock. But, the reason why the reader…

legalizing marijuana as medicine. Studies have been shown that marijuana as medicine has decreased the use of opioids and that overdoes with them. Marijuana as medicine can serve as a substitute for many different diseases and many different problems. About 92% of people that have used marijuana as medicine have claimed that it has worked for them in one way or another. With the many facts found during the process of research the conclusion has been made by many different states to allow…