Why wouldn’t Katrina swoon over him? He was tall, dark brown hair, very muscular, but a kind hearted man to all women. If Katrina saw Brom Ichabod would have no chance against him. He finally spots Katrina and invites her to dance. They dance all night while Brom sitting in the corner glares at Ichabod with jealousy. At the end of the party Brom Bones decides to tell Ichabod more about the legend of the Headless Horseman. He tells Ichabod that once, he, himself, had encounter the Horseman. Brom told him that when Brom crossed the bridge only then, was when Brom was safe, because the Headless Horseman would be turned into a ball of fire and…
While lying on the grass in the front yard, I imagined the exciting night ahead. Before long, Taylor and his girlfriend, Kara, arrived and picked me up. Almost immediately, I stood up and sauntered in my Duke sweatshirt and basketball shorts over to their car. I jumped into the backseat. Immediately, I was assaulted with the strong smell of perfume that had been sprayed inside the car because it belonged to Kara. Tonight instead of driving, she decided to let Taylor drive illegally without a license. As we drove off to Erik’s house, the rendezvous for tonight’s “Goatman” adventure, we saw a police officer had just pulled a car over. As we drove by, we breathe easier and relaxed because we didn’t see any more cops on the way.…
Katrina was a flirt amongst her kind, always wearing her petticoat too high revealing her ankle, which back then was a scandalous move and she knew it was. Ichabod fell head over heels for Katrina and even more for her wealth, he convinced himself he was in love with her. Katrina was aware of his liking and acknowledged it knowing the man she really wanted would defend her…
He starts realizing how he still has the ability to stand up for himself no matter how much Nurse Ratched works to put the patients down and instill fear in them. Throughout the book, one can observe how he changes from a weak patient pretending to be disabled to an independent man who escapes the facility. This development occurs because McMurphy has influenced him. The recurring theme that oppressed patients can stand up for themselves, with someone to encourage and set an example for them is seen with the changes in Bromden. In other words, Bromden becoming less scared and able to stand up for himself is all due to the influence of…
In the novel The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich, the main character, Agnes, goes through many transformations throughout the course of the novel, be that spiritual, gendered, or in the basis of identity. Agnes’s identity, both as a female and as Father Damien, is an imperfect example of syncretism, as they appear at times as two distinct individuals, and at others, the individual identities are indiscernible. Syncretism is a term related to the concept of hybridity, and is defined as “…the fusion of two distinct traditions to produce a new and distinctive whole (Ashcroft).” In this case, syncretism is being examined in the context of the combination of Agnes’s gendered identities to form one new person, distinct…
The 277 page novel, Blood Red Horse, was written by K.M. Grant. It is a historical fiction that takes place during the Third Crusade, the story beginning at Hartslove Castle in England with a quarrel between two of the main characters, William and Gavin, sons of Sir Thomas de Granville, the head of the castle, and a young orphaned girl, Ellie. Ellie and Will have a strong bond tying them together, but because Gavin is the eldest son, Ellie is promised to become his wife when they are old enough. While reading and evaluating the syntax, rhetoric, and literary elements within the novel, as well as annotating it, I have noticed that it is stronger in some areas than it is others.…
Once upon a time, in the land of Ooo, there was a monster they called The Lich. As he left his cavern he looked down the mountainside to see a group of children from the candy kingdom all out trick or treating. The Lich sent skeleton pirates out to steal their candy. Little would they know they would be taken as well, being that they were themselves made of candy. As the skeletons closed in the kids began to shake, hearing the bushes move and twigs snap. The Lich summoned an undead Minotaur, it growled and roared as it charged after the children, they tried to run but the skeletons had jumped out and cut them off. Frightened by the undead, the candy children trembled a bald eagle came from the sky and snatched them up, taking the children…
The Silver Donkey, a tale of a young English soldier who fled the chaos of the first world war to be founded by two French sister, Marcelle and Coco. Lieutenant Shepard is temporarily blind and has walked away from the war as he found it too hard to bear. The two sisters hide and feed the soldier and in return of their kindness, he tells the sister marvellous tales, each story connected to the keepsake he carries in his pocket: a perfect tiny silver donkey.…
When you discard your shopping cart, do you ever think about the people returning it from the parking lot to the store? Well rain or shine, one man has been doing it for over a decade and at 81-years-old.…
Throughout life there are moments where an individual must conform to society and the people around them in order to be accepted, however it is the individual actions and how the individual chooses to conform that creates their unique identity and place within that society. Ralph Ellison published the novel that follows a sense of outward conformity and obedience to an established order while at the same time invoking an inward questioning of the roles an individual plays within such an order. The main character is forced to conform to the cliché laws and expectations of the laws and expectations of the society that he lives in, in order to survive and function within them, while he privately goes against these societies in order to define themselves as individuals and uncover the truth about those societies that they live in. The outward conformity and inward questioning constantly clash, causing the character to doubt and confuse with what he knows is the truth and what he wants to believe is the truth.…
In her book, “A Man Without Words,” Susan Schaller describes how the eighteenth century French philosophers continually exercised speculation as to how much of human nature was "given" and native, and how much was dependent on language and culture. She encountered Ildefonso, a Mexican Indian who lived in the most unique form of isolation, who was born deaf, and had never been taught even the most basic language. She set herself the challenge to make contact with this man, and introduce him to language. Ildefonso not only lacked any language but lacked any idea of language: he had no conception, at first, of what Schaller was trying to do, yet Ildefonso had a yearning to communicate and to be more than just himself in isolation. Inclusively, this book vividly conveys the challenges, frustrations, and the exhilaration of opening the mind of a congenitally deaf person to the concept of language.…
Escaping from the reality, Margaret Laurence utilizes the short story “Horses of the Night” to establish the struggle Chris had between his imagination and the reality of his own world. The battles he had among himself demonstrates that sometimes life creates an illusion to allow people to explore through the wrong ideas. Vanessa’s perspective of Chris going through his life in Manawaka, and living in Shallow Creek had a big differentiality. He remodeled his real life situations into his dreams, which examines that people’s purposes in life are more difficult when they have their eyes open. Facing the real world is crucial. That is why Chris chose to live through his fantasy rather than getting treated by his reality.…
Thesis: The U.S. horse slaughter ban has had a huge impact on the equine industry.…
- In the story, "The Little Hunchback" from The One Thousand and One Nights, the hunchback is indicative of social class and acceptance of abnormality in society. The story does not give specific details to how the hunchback is how he is, but in my own understanding, it is a kind of deformity that was given through birth. Through his appearance, I can comprehend that deformity is accepted in society, just like how the religions are explicitly stated for each main character. This aspect demonstrates an amenable society within this period of time, where people with abnormalities and religious differences receive equal recognition and social relevance. Nevertheless, the alteration of appearance does not define the human…
The horse brings a type of tranquility and it brings you back in history to the times when only men of power rode into battle on horseback. The AK-47 being held high into the air is a very significant part of this picture as it tells that the rebel is ready and willing to fight. Without the gun, one would think that the man was just riding the horse into town to get some supplies or to visit family. The contrast of the dark brown horse and the man in camouflage in the middle of almost gray and light green trees shows the battered area in another light. The trees don’t look to be healthy due to all of the traffic and fighting like they are also rebelling. Seeing the man upon his horse reminds me of a scene in the middle ages of a leader about to ride into battle. The rebel is looking back one last time before riding towards the sounds of battle with his head held high and his sword (gun) ready. The emphasis of the man wielding the weapon of choice by so many around the world that are in rebellion shows the serious nature of the people choosing to fight for their freedom and rights even if it’s the choice between life and…