Wonders of the World

cosmetics/makeup was oil! Makeup, or at least select cosmetics helped them from certain difficulties. This also affected the modern world today! Makeup has been around for a very long time and was in fact created by the Ancient Egyptians. But some may wonder, why did the Egyptians create makeup? What were their cosmetics made of? And how did this invention affect the modern world today? The Reason for this Invention The Ancient Egyptians had created makeup/cosmetics to help their overall…

The Heroes of Olympus is a series of novels that are a sequel to the Olympians and Percy Jackson series of novels by American author Rick Riordan. The series of novels is a combination of fantasy and mythological elements that make for some of the most entertaining mish mash of narratives. The novels are made up of narratives that describe the conflict between Roman and Greek demigods and the earth goddess, Gaea. The novels have a lot of Roma mythological elements in addition to several…

Chapter 1: The Puppeteer She shouldn't be here; she didn't belong here. Yet Dear Mater insisted she attend church because it was a duty, an obligation. They needed to keep up the pretense of spirituality in this ancient town, which harbored several rituals and deep religious devotion to God. It started as far back as the medieval ages, where religion was the accepted worldview of the time. So Victorique clasped her hands together in prayer, bowing her head so aureoles of golden wisps veiled her…

This next chapter really focuses on biodiversity and how having a diverse world is extremely important. Earle states that “if the gene pool is small, the greater vulnerability of life to diseases, storms, and changes in climates”. This is not just true for humans, but for animals as well. The more people fish and the more marine life that goes extinct the smaller the species get which could lead to a lot of diseases which could kill a ton of animals and soon there would not be a mass amount left…

The afterlife is a concept present in some major world religions. Two include Christianity and Islam, which are two major world religions. I have always been interested in the relationship of these two religions, and wanted to know more in depth about how they compare. And so after reading Angela Sumegi’s book Understand Death: An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions, I became fascinated with how the afterlives compared in Christianity and Islam. The afterlife…

these fears, but Beowulf, a brave warrior, saves the community from this dreadful monster. Reminding the community of central values, the hero brings the community together. In fact, movies like Wonder Woman and Spiderman are immensely prominent because of the archetypes heroes represent. In particular, Wonder Woman conveys how society may be corrupt, but ultimately love binds us together. Idols also show how our lives undergo metamorphosis and are everchanging. The hero has a mission and…

Numberless Wonders Destroyed In Sophocles’ play, Antigone, the Greek Chorus, a group of wise elders of the community, serves the important role of raising moral questions and providing the ethical leanings of the community. The first ode glorifies man. The Chorus notes man’s abilities to rise above all obstacles by using tools and inventions and by forming thoughts “as quick as air”, but there is one area—death—he cannot conquer. Sophocles uses sensory imagery, precise diction, and forceful…

lesbians should be employed differently or have to choose between binary categorized bathrooms to meet biological needs. There is a need for our society to open their minds to new perspectives that are based on the beliefs that each individual in the world should be treated equal as a human…

already a great debate over the two worlds. Charles Darwin's research on natural selection and evolution called many old ideas of the church into question. People began to side with either the church or Darwin, claiming that the other side was completely wrong. Dracula is a cautionary tale of what happens when people ignore the old or new world instead of having a balanced amount of both. Many characters within the novel openly embrace the new age and its wonders. Recording diaries on…

Ever wonder how it feels when you are living peacefully when one day overdressed strangers who looks like they came from another planet just invades in, taking your home as their own? Ever wonder how it feels to be oppressed, segregated, victimized to colonization, cruelty, violence, malnourishment, slavery and withheld from your own rights and freedom as others perceived you and your kind to be inferior to them? Ever wonder how it feels when your peaceful world is suddenly shaken as everything…