Chapter 1 : The Kingdom Of The Bastion Castle

"We could live like this forever," I said. "I think we're going to," she said.” (Walls 2.3.20-2.3.21). As a child, Jeannette did not feel solicitous or worried towards her family’s unstable, rocky home life. Along with her mother, she enjoyed the adventure. Growing up, Jeannette develops a great shame for her family’s nomadic lifestyle and struggles not having money on the table to support every single one of them. Jeannette Walls, the author of her memoir, The Glass Castle is a resilient, hard-working, and mature young woman whose occupation is a journalist.

In the memoir, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, describes her memories growing up with her family. The Walls family is a complex family where the intentions of the parents is not fully comprehensible. For instance, it is difficult to make judgement of the parents as solely bad people. Walls’s parents are faulty in their decisions, but it can be refuted that the parents had good intentions based on what they believed in to be true. The parents were educated, but they refused to follow the rules of common knowledge and perception s of society.

Running up a hill, guns in hands with bullets whizzing by you, You and 4 others following close behind, slowly being gunned down 1 by 1, Frightened he might be next. Storming a castle by yourself with Germans in it. And have the heart of a lion. Vernon Baker was an African american who was Well respected among the ranks as a First Lieutenant.

“I thought you had changed,” she said to me. “You know better than to be fighting like that. You supposed to be an example to your brother.”

Startled slightly, Adela looked to the voice that had spoken to her. Neatly combed black hair arranged itself around a perfectly angular face. Butler's clothing adorned the tall and lithe frame of the man, his maroon eyes locked onto the feline in her arms. A young boy, obviously his master, stood to his left. Richly dressed in shades of blue to accentuate his eyes, the young lord looked rather annoyed. His one blue eye was narrowed.

By the time Joan returned to the castle, Perceval was already in training out on the field. She did not want to be one of those wives who interrupted her husband’s work, so she watched from a safe distance and planned to speak to her husband during his break time. Several other women stood off at a distance, too, and Joan considered approaching to introduce herself. She hadn’t lived in the castle all that long and there were still so many people to meet. However, she stopped short when she noticed Lady Elora sitting on a fine wool blanket not too far away. The woman wore a voluminous ornamented red dress more suited for a royal event than an afternoon outdoors.

Dana sighed. "Of course. I understand. But I am your aunt, Dana Vathos, I'm your mother's sister." her eyes grew wide at a realization, before she stood up. She hastened to her bag and began digging into it, finally she produced something and walked back.

As is to be expected of the time, the Christian religion played an important role in the legal system of Early Modern England, as it did for the rest of Early Modern English life. Laws expounded in the Bible were also codified in modern society, and judges and prosecutors used biblical text as evidence and legal proof in their indictments. But it was not just the laws of the Bible that affected legal proceedings. The character of a defendant could be impacted by his perceived piety, and this could be used as substantive evidence against his legal innocence. The trial of Mervyn Audley, Earl of Castlehaven, exemplifies how a lack of religious adherence could be used

The Last Kingdom is the first of nine novels in Cornwell’s Saxon Stories, which centre on the life of the fictional narrator Uhtred, this book is about Uhtred's origin story. Uhtred is a Northumbrian Saxon nobleman’s son from Bebbanburg, Bamburgh Castle who was orphaned as a child, he was captured and raised by the Danish warlord who killed his father. Bernard Cornwell is also famous for his The Grail Quest and Richard Sharpe series. The series has also been made into a TV series by the BBC. The Last Kingdom mostly focuses on the protagonist's origin, however, the series is also about how England was formed. “It’s about the origins of England, how these different kingdoms come together, and it is told through the eyes of this fictitious character, bringing in ideas of revenge, identity and quest, mixing that with real history,” Cornwell said.

the barons had no wish to part with more money or to fight in France

When he sees her for the first time since they parted, she’s every bit as pretty as she was years ago. No, she’s even prettier. From across the crowded room, she steals his breath. Same silken, flame-colored hair. Same summer-blue eyes and almost the same smile, only now, there’s a hint of sadness.

Worn out from spending ages getting Gawain settled into his bedchamber, Perceval lumbered down the castle corridor and made it to his door. Carefully, he entered his quarters and took a quick glance around the room; it was empty. His wife and their baby might be visiting with Carina, or Joan might have taken Percy along on a patient visit.

“I guess you really want your revenge,” I chuckled. (Did the man just offer my little princess to receive the Twelfth Level Matrimonial Top Listing?) “However, don’t you think it would look strange, even for an Eighth Level, to know how to deal with these people?”

“Princess?” I turn around when I heard the rustle of fabric, meaning the voices owner was curtsying. And as she rises, I recognize her as Lady Georgiana, one of the Duke of Etre’s daughters-and the bride. She’s still in her wedding dress, a

I am sure the Beatles were not thinking about the Middle Ages when they wrote and sang “Can’t Buy Me Love” but this title is very fitting to Medieval Europe. Was it possible to choose who you loved? Not if you were an aristocrat. During this period, marriages were arranged for a gain by both sides usually in the form of property, wealth or power. Falling in love was not an option for most individuals during this time; however, this does not mean that people did not fall in love commonly with someone other than the intended spouse. Women’s fate in marriage was usually determined by their fathers with little or no regard for their own feelings. Furthermore, the church basically offered women two options. They were to become celibate and lead the life of a nun or be committed to a loveless marriage and procreate. As we witness in both The Duchess of Malfi and The Castle of Otranto, marriage was not an ideal situation for women. Being forced into arranged marriages, neither the bride nor the groom had the prerogative to fall in love naturally. Women were treated like objects and were forced to marry men of all ages for a variety of different reasons. Society dictated that people marry within their class. It was difficult to rebel against those ideals but there were a few brave enough to do so. An example of this is shown in both The Duchess of Malfi and The Castle of Otranto as they both show how women were treated like objects and how love is portrayed.