“AAHHHH!” Aelius screamed as he charged at the opposing army. His heavy bronze chest plate banged against his stomach, knocking the wind out Aelius. The too-large helmet crashed the side of his head, leaving a bruise under his thick dark-brown hair. Aelius’s knees gave out, he buckled at the weight of his heavy armour and gear. Everything went black.…
Medlex, the corrupt soul, was created by these seven star-shaped objects; the Legendary Stars. They maintain the universe’s tranquility until billions of years later when they lose their power; which will cause the universe to collapse on itself,…
Does it ever cross your mind how two very different pieces of entertainment are alike? In the epic, “The Odyssey” by, Homer and in the movie, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope the two main characters, Odysseus, and Luke Skywalker undergo a hero journey. A Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative that appears in drama, storytelling, and myths in which involves a hero who goes on an adventure, and in a crisis wins a victory, and then comes home changed or transformed. Their journeys are both different and similar in many ways.…
Wars can be a difficult subject for students to grasp and understand. The Fighting Ground is a well written historical fiction text written by Avi in 1984. This story takes place in New Jersey on April 3-4, 1778. TheAmerican Revolution is being fought and the main characterJonathon runs off to join the war effort. This story is simple and doesn’t contain any milestone Revolutionary battles, but it does provide a view of a skirmish through a young boy’s eyes. While out fighting on his first day the protagonist is captured by Hessian mercenaries. Jonathon learns that war is not as thrilling as he originally thought it would be. The text helps readers recognize that much can be learned from the smallest events, even though they may appear insignificant.…
Any normal grandmother would visit you with open arms, chocolate chip cookies, and comment on how amazing you look. However, in Mare’s War, by Tanita Davis, Mare is not your average grandma (unless you consider normal grandmas to wear auburn wigs, stiletto heels, and padded push up bras). Therefore, Mares granddaughters, Octavia and Tali, are dreading to accompany their 80 year old grandmother on a road trip across the country. As the three travel further into their journey, they begin to build a closer relationship and understand Mare’s past. Mare’s War was written in a particular fashion to express two different point of views. One is in the past representing Mare’s perspective, while the other is given from her 15 year-old granddaughter Octavia, during the present. Ultimately, both sides represent the struggle of equality: Mare’s battle of racism in the past, and Tali’s judgemental thoughts of her sister, today.…
One day 2 white chess knights and 2 black chess knights were on a chess board, which is 3x3 squares. The knights decided to try to switch places, like the white knights would end up where the black knights started out and the black knights would end up where the white knights started out.…
The hero meets a mentor to gain confidence, advice or training to face the adventure…
In the movie Moonrise Kingdom, directed by Wes Anderson, the hero’s journey structure is very apparent. The movie focuses on the ten-year-old orphan Sam, who runs away into the woods with his friend Suzy. They set up a camp, fish, and continue on their journey through the wilderness. During the journey to run away together to a nearby island, Sam cares for his friend Suzy by teaching her how to set up camp and fish. When Suzy’s family sends a search party out for the two missing children, Sam protects Suzy and himself from anyone who tries to stop them from being together or making them return home. Eventually, even after reaching the island, the pair of friends are found and Suzy is taken to her home while Sam is placed in the care of the Island Police, Captain Sharp. In the conclusion, with the help of his fellow Camp Scouts, Sam is reunited with Suzy and gets adopted by Captain Sharp.…
Once upon a time, on mars three heroic and dashing boys lived there, Ponyboy, Johnny and Dally. Dally was as bold and courageous as a hawk. Ponyboy was very welcoming and kind. And Johnny was quite shy. His words gave a curious satisfaction. They were all as dazzling as the white snow in sunshine. They wondered and thought about the divergent world back on earth. One morning, a shy little girl approached them. She was as frail as a flower. She had eyes as deeply dark as the desert skies. Her cheeks were like the blushing clouds, her hair hung down like summer twilight and her face was as pale as lead. Her name was Margo. She informed the three boys that they needed to get back to earth since their close friends Salva and Lennie were being held by the Socs. A rebellious group that was so harsh and dangerous like a living meteor. She told them that they must go to Earth and find three crystal gems that when held up together at sunset during the summer solstice would release Salva and Lennie from enchanted and cursed chains they’ve been trapped in. Ponyboy Johnny and Dally were getting furious and excited for the journey like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. They were preparing for a life changing journey.…
Throughout human history, great heroes have been created to triumph over man’s struggles. Most every culture has, in the past, told their own tales of heroes and their trials. These champions, while spread across our world and its ages, share some key characteristics with each other. This formulaic composition of heroes, while it can deviate, has stayed true since the dawn of history. This remains true with the Finnish hero god, Vainamoinen. (okay so his name has a bunch of umlauts and such but I can’t type that every time.)…
The hero faces tests, meets allies, confronts enemies & learn the rules of the Special World.…
Confused and slightly startled, my heart began to race. The tightness of cloth that I had previously felt wrapped around me had vanished, although the gloaming nothingness still remained. A booming voice echoed around me as it informed me of the ‘rules’ to the game I would soon partake in. It had become apparent that I had been transported into some form of a parallel universe, although the source of this voice was still unknown. It appeared to be the doings of a mythical creature.…
Heroes (1998) is a short novel by American author Robert Cormier aimed at teenagers. The book is set in Frenchtown, Massachusetts during World War II. The novel focuses on the protagonist, Francis Joseph Cassavant's return to Frenchtown after coming back disfigured from the war, and wears a scarf covering his face to save others from seeing the horror of his injuries and wanting to be anonymous.…
One day while the animals of the world were sleeping, the gods met in their palace in the sky to devise a secret plan to capture the slippery culprits! They planned to corner the troublesome penguins and trap them in a cave so they would not be able to run away. However, the gods were unaware that Pimgửnn, the leader of the penguins, had flown up to the palace in the sky suspecting the gods of such a plot. When Pimgửnn heard what they were planning, he created a plan of his own to steal a valuable possession of the gods. He planned to steal the Crown of the Gods! This majestic crown held the power of the all the gods. Without it they would be unable to capture any penguin.…
I sincerely thank you for making my dream come true by giving me the opportunity for production of The Epic of Gilgamesh. I insist you on looking to this proposal since I am confident for this piece’s success. I thought of having the main theme based on philosophy of immortality and transformation. Both of these themes play a crucial role in the epic by leading the story. And for the further knowledge about motion graphics of action movies, I highly recommend to work with Tetsurou Araki, the director of serialized anime of the famous manga Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan). As you might already know, he directed over eighty series and movies. The main point in my desire to work with Araki-sensei is because he made movies from books before, Japanese classics to top it off (Aoi Bungaku series). He has experience in how to realistically reflect the story with its details and emotions without changing anything from the real piece.…