Zodiac

„The Virgin Suicides”, the debut novel of Greek-American author Jeffrey Eugenides, first published in 1993, is a retrospective relation of now middle-aged men, who investigate the story of five sisters, their teenage years’ obsession. The girls, aged from thirteen to seventeen, daughters of strict Catholic parents, were the boys’ neighbours in the suburbs in Michigan, until one summer of the 1970s, when one of them committed suicide and the rest followed their sister’s steps a year later. The…

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata is the most important Catholic place of worship in the city of Otranto. The cathedral, built on the ruins of a village, a Roman domus, and an Early Christian temple, was founded in 1068 by the Norman bishop William. It is a synthesis of different architectural styles including Byzantine, Christian, and Romanesque. It was consecrated on 1 August 1088 during the reign of Pope Urban II from the papal legate Roffredo, archbishop of Benevento. In August 1480,…

Stoker, Bram. “Dracula.” New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1997. Print. Reading scholars interpret Bram Stoker’s childhood through his novels is like watching a past version of the infamous Norman Bates in the making; he has mommy and daddy issues, he gets jealous and angry, his love life’s a mess and so is his sex life, Bram Stoker simply seems to be a hot mess. Seeing as many aspects of Stoker’s background remains a mystery, scholars have no other option but to discover who Stoker is…

world 's serial killers. The term serial killer is unique and is understood to come in various forms. The concept of a serial killer has captivated the minds of Americans for centuries. Often the serial killer has been romanticized in movies such as Zodiac and The Silence of the Lambs. Serial killers are defined by the FBI as someone who has three or more resumes on his or her resume, occupied by periods of dormancy. This definition presents an important distinction between mass murderers, spree…

If you ask me my heart hasn't been broken so hard in my life as, when I found out that everything I knew was a lie. It destroyed me. I'm only 16 years old, but I'm very intelligent with the new knowledge I have of thyself. It's pretty cool to learn about all these new things and know where I really come from. The Bible and the Christian religion is a lie because it's similar to the stories in Egypt stealing the African Culture, The Bible is only an allegory, not meant to take literally by…

As I reflect on what formed me I realized that I have evolved overtime into an avid reader as a result of my early environment and the encouragement of almost every elder in my family. My family instilled in me the conditions of absorbing literature in which I became interested in reading. Over time my teachers built on that foundation, training my skills and encouraging me to read even more text. I recall specific events that truly set the foundation and more conditions where I began to see…

Mercades Axton Serial Killer Project 5/15/17 My serial killer's name is Hamilton Fish, but he went by the name of Albert, the name of his dead sibling. He was also known as the Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria, The Boogey-Man and possibly the Brooklyn Vampire. Biological Information Birth and death date He was born on May 19th of 1870. Fish died on January 16th, 1936. Place of birth The city my serial killer was born in is Washington D.C. Childhood Albert was raised by his mother and father…

their intermingling the next pair of primordial beings Lahamu and Lahmu are created. Lahamu the primordial daughter and her brother Lahmu who are suggested to represent a sea-bed of silt, but more accurately are known to be the representations of the zodiac or constellations. These beings fill the nothingness with the first semblances of something other than just the two waters. From the silt, the first land masses can be created…

"Aries remember do not make friends with any one less that pure blood!" Aurora Clayton's voice rang through the young girl's ears as she ventured onto the Hogwarts express next to her older brother; Perseus. "Hey Percy what's the sorting like?" Aries Clayton said as she looked around for someone her age, as they passed a few compartments, Perseus suddenly stopped. "It's nothing Ari, trust me. Go find friends or something I'm leaving to go and find mine." Perseus said, while ruffling his black…

I think the sentence sets the time of the book because it clearly displays a very outdated form of belief. Back in the fifties, it was odd to date as a teenager, even worse if the person was of another race or religion. I can tell that the community is probably conservative, because even different denominations of the same religion cannot be in a relationship. (65 words). It is obvious, from the introduction of Mrs. Clutter that she is depressed. The page after this explains her…