Bax Argar's Comparison With The Sword

Consequently, Aron dies at battle and inflicts grief and guilt upon the family, mainly on Cal, who believes was the cause of his brother’s death. Adam was heartbroken and eventually dies but before taking

Another example of weapons in Beowulf references to arms and armor, very accurate to the Anglo-Saxons’ traditional shields and weapons. “Then Hrothgar's thane leaped onto his horse and, brandishing a spear, galloped down to the shore; there, he asked at once: 'Warriors! Who are you, in your coats of mail, who have steered your tall ship over the sea-lanes to these shores? .... Never have warriors, carrying their shields, come to this country in a more open manner. Nor were you assured of my leader's approval, my kinsmen's consent. I've never set eyes on a more noble man, a warrior in armour, than one among your band; he's no mere retainer, so ennobled by his weapons.’... The boar crest, brightly gleaming, stood over their helmets: superbly tempered, plated with glowing gold, it guarded the lives of those grim warriors. ... Their byrnies were gleaming, the strong links of shining chain-mail chinked together. When the sea-stained travelers had reached the hall itself in their fearsome armour, they placed their broad shields (worked so skillfully) against Heorot's wall. Then they sat on a bench; the brave men's armour sang. The seafarer's gear stood all together, a grey tipped forest of ash spears; that armed troop was well equipped with weapons. .... in common we all share sword, helmet, byrnie, the trappings of war.” (Levick, 1)

innocence. Beah’s parents are burned alive by the rebels; this is the first step towards his animosity

Richard Pryor once said, “There’s a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at” (A-Z Quotes). Leon Rappoport, a professor at Kansas State University, believed in the same thin line as Pryor. Rappoport received his BA and MS at New York University, and completed his PhD in 1963 at the University of Colorado(Kansas State University). He studied psychological sciences, and concentrated his studies in decision making and human judgment, even writing a book called Punchlines: The Case for Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Humor (Kansas State University). In another book, The Sword and Shield Metaphor and Other Perspectives, Rappoport claims that humor depends on how the audience receives humor. The audience can either be on the side of the audience that is getting laughed at, or they can be on the side of the audience that is laughing with other people.

The following citation shows that Beah has to watch the rebels not only destroy the village but destroy lives, and families which gives another reason for Beah for his actions he commits. “According to the teachers, the rebels had attacked the mining areas in the afternoon. The sudden outburst of gunfire had caused people to run for their lives in different directions. Fathers had come running from their workplaces, only to stand in front of their empty houses with no indication of where their families had gone. Mothers wept as they ran toward schools, rivers, and water taps to look for their children. Children ran home to look for parents who were wandering the streets in search of them. And as the gunfire intensified,people gave up looking for their loved ones and ran out of town” (Beah 9). This gives the readers a image of what happened when the rebels entered his village and attack them. As the families were going in different ways and people were killed and houses were set on fire this gives another reason for Beah’s actions since he had to watch something that he loved so much and he grew up knowing as home fall apart so

In the beginning, Beah states that he was first, “touched by war at the age of 12” (Beah 6). This leads Beah and his brother Junior to take refuge to neighboring villages to further extend their chances of not being captured from the barbarous rebel army, RUF (Revolutionary United Front). While traveling to various villages and having to escape from the rebel army, Beah’s flashback to his Brother Junior’s stone skipping lesson allows the reader to understand how much Junior cares for his little brother, “Junior gave me his bucket, took my empty one, and returned to the river, when he came home, the first thing he did was ask me if I was hurt from falling” (Beah 39). This memory is brought to remembrance to comfort and console Beah when traveling with Junior, and call upon happier times with his brother to try and take his mind off the war. Further in the story, a village Beah and his brother Junior were taken refuge in

Beah lost his entire family all over again when coming so close to seeing his family and losing such important part of himself. Beah and friends finally found the place where Beah family had been staying. The group of boys had almost reached the village when the sound of gunshots exploded, and smoke started coming from the town, once entering the village it was too late because the rebels burnt the village to the ground and killed everyone. Beah stated that all he wanted to see his family, even if that meant dying with them. The event of losing his family had killed Beah emotions and connection with life. All that Beah had left was the friends that have been traveling with and the music cassettes. Even though Beah doesn't feel any happiness

“Finally, we were approaching the village where seeing our families was actually a possibility” (p.91). Banana and coffee trees replaced the forest and that path appeared. On the side of the banana’s farm they saw a man, but couldn’t see his face. Kanei try to talk to him, and when the men got closer to them Beah realize he knows his face. Although the men was a lot skinnier now and had more wrinkles on his face, he knew him from his home town. The man recognized Beah as well, and asked them to help him carry bananas back to the village. While helping him, he told Beah that his whole family was waiting for him in the village.That Junior had gone looking for him but came back few days ago and now they were just waiting to hear something from him. Beah got impatient and just wanted to get to the village, he walked in front of everyone and got mad when they stopped for breaks. As they were going down hill they started to heat gunshots, dogs barking and people screaming. They dropped the bananas and run so they will not be at the open hill side. When they saw the heavy smoke coming up from the houses they understand, the rebels had arrived. Beah run to the village finding nothing but fire and bullet shells covering the ground. He became so angry, missing his family by seconds, seconds when he helped Gasemu taking to bananas, seconds that they took those breaks. Again, somehow, Beah manage to stay alive, those seconds that he missed his family were those seconds that saved him. Letting him live longer, and managing to get to a safe village. The one that soon will recruit him to be a boy soldier and change his life

When one is reading A Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier it is easy to realize the theme that is shown is there is a lack of innocence and morality amongst the modern civilizations in this day and age. Beah's only way to survive was to either, kill, expect the worst, or learn to erase the pain and sorrow that was inflicted upon him. When tragedy strikes upon people in the US we have to learn to cope with the past and look forward to the future. To eliminate the worst outcome we strike against problems that are put in front of us. Beah learned to do the same

This was a happy time for them and they lived with less worry about the war because the rebels were nowhere near their village. Soon after Beah tells the story about the rebels coming closer and closer to where their families live and before they knew it, the rebels came to the village and shot anyone and everyone in sight, burning down homes and stealing anything that was of value to them. Throughout the story, Beah continues to talk about his experiences about running away from the rebels with his friends and looking for their family members, going from village to village trying to survive and not being attacked at one point because the villagers feared that they traveled in packs. After being separated from the group for the fear of being captured, Beah is taken by the rebels and put in an environment where he consumes drugs, gets no sleep, and was ready to kill any civil person that came his way. He then talks about his experiences as being someone in charge for the rebels and how he became a powerful boy soldier and one day was taken to a rehab

father put him in were not right. When Abner goes to burn the barn in the new country,

He is happy, not knowing the fate that would become of his village soon. He stays with his friends most of the time, hanging out and listening to rap music, which confuses him. Beah isn’t sure how the American rappers can speak English so fast, and so well. The rap music will act as a proof of innocence later in the book, such as when the boys are mistaken for rebels at villages and captured. When Beah is able to show the rap cassettes the elders, the village lets the boys go. As soon as the civil war started, Beah was affected greatly in ways that would change the way he thinks. He has to run and hide to survive, and cannot risk being caught by the rebels, because he has seen what they have done; then he was captured by rebels, he was about to die and felt fear. Beah takes refuge in various villages, saying afterwards that “I do not know the names of [those] that sheltered and provided me food during those times,” (Beah 48) and he thanks them if he is able to. He learns to steal only when necessary, and his personality goes from being an innocent, happy boy to a young man that need to fend for himself in the wild. After being separated from his brother and friends, he learns about solitude and

Trees consist of trunks, leaves, roots, branches, and many other parts. Each part of a tree is very important for the growth of the tree. The tree is compared to a family that has several members. All members in the family might have the similar personalities and interests because they are related by blood. Similarly, in Red Queen and Glass Sword, there is a family that has seven members including parents, three sons and two daughters. Moreover, the two outstanding siblings in the family are known as Mare and Shade Barrow. Through both books, Mare and Shade have similarities and differences in their background information, their personalities and their various skills.

I used gold accents to emphasize specific elements of each myth. Image 2 is the Norns, who are the weavers of fate and caretakers of the tree of life - Yggdrasil. The spiderwebs branching from Yggdrasil represent the threads of fate. The gold accents on the threads their hands touch highlight their connection with the lives they create. Image 8 represents Loki and his punishment for killing Baldor. A venomous snake is suspended above him and drips venom on his head as part of his punishment. His wife Sigyn captures the venom in a bowl, the pattern on her sleeve in the rune for Baldor's name. Loki is known for taking the form of a mare and a salmon, they are depicted in his tattoos. Images 7, 10,11, and 12 are Loki’s offspring. Fenrir (12),

How would life be now if every person didn’t have perseverance and courage?Would everyone start to feel scared of the risks that they could have taken?Would no individual excel or finally understand well of what they were learning?Perseverance and courage helps us grow in life. These traits can help anyone change how they look at the world in a positive way. Courage was greatly shown in “King Arthur The Sword and the Stone”. Before Arthur became king he always worried about getting in trouble or leaving anyone behind. But once he became the chosen king and Merlin talked some sense into him he changed his attitude towards the world and it seems as if he starts to get wise and accepting,Him using courage changed the way he thought in a positive