Chinese Mythology: The Chinese Dragon

Bearded dragons consume both animal matter and plant matter – they are omnivorous lizards, and in the wild, a bearded dragon can spend hours hunting and foraging to get its fill of enough nutrients to last it for the day. In captivity, it is easy to imagine that a bearded dragon will have little or no trouble getting its fill of food, because reptile keepers can just buy what the critter needs.

The short story, “The Fifty-First Dragon,” was written by Heywood Brown. He was a newspaper writer during the early 1900’s, working on several major newspapers. He stated by writing stories about sporting events, then moved on to war related stories before finally gaining a column to write his stories in. He has been noted for liberal political views in his essays, although they seem to be somewhat light in this story.

What's a dragon? A dragon's something a person may have to overcome to achieve the most great. Everyone has obstacles or a dragon that holds them back and make them it seem impossible to complete a goal. In reality, thank god our dragons are not fire-breathing killers like in Beowulf. Everyone has something different they would like to achieve. Whether it's graduating high school or passing a final exam. Some goals may seem bigger or harder to accomplish but really equally the same to others. I'm my senior year of high school, my dragon is to graduate high school and going to college.

The story begins with the description of a deep night and two men bent by their lonely fire. These men are speaking about a strange, mysterious creature, which seems to ruin everything on its way. They are talking about a dreadful dragon, which is described with much detail: “This dragon, they say his eyes are fire. His breath a white gas; you can see him bum across the dark lands”, “Passing, the black brunt of its shoulder smashed the remaining horse and rider a hundred feet against the side of a boulder, wailing, wailing, the dragon shrieking, the fire all about, around, under it, a pink, yellow, orange sun-fire with

The first civilization to have recorded a dragon like creature is the ancient Assyria in form of a poem called “Epic of Gilgamesh”. In this poem, Enkidu and Gilgamesh goes to slay a monster called Humbaba. Humbaba is describe to have scale-like skin, horns, a serpent tail, and was able to breath fire. This was around 2100 BC and this could have been the starting point of myths surrounding Dragons in the middle east.

If one wanted to see the sights of the vast world, there were many places to gaze upon the wonders of nature and of man.

In the novel, Dealing With Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene does not want to be a proper princess.Since she does not like being a proper princess, she runs away from her castle and wedding then goes to a dragon's cave and becomes Kazul’s princess.While she is the dragon’s princess she saves them from a couple of wizards, Zemenar and Antorell, and a dragon, Woraug, from becoming king and giving the wizards the crystal plate.Cimorene shows unprincess-like behavior.

What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you think of the word dragon? Myth? Conspiracy? Well, there's a lot more to dragons then you may think. According to legend, there are many kinds: European, Asian, sea serpent, fire drake, great earth dragon, water dragon, golden dragon. The list goes on. Those were the ones that will be discussed now.

In the novel, Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene is justified for what she does. Additionally, Cimorene made a big decision about being a dragon's princess because of her being uncomfortable as a normal princess and is perfect for because she is adventurous and brave to be one. She then becomes a princess of a dragon, named Kazul, since she didn’t want to marry Prince Therandil and faces many difficulties.She is not like a normal princess. Cimorene is justified to not act like a normal princess, because she has made the choice of being a dragon’s princess

In Asia, dragons are considered Gods. They are a symbol of luck. There are ten different dragon Gods. An Emperor of China would have all of his things named dragon

The dragon is also a symbol dragons have a very powerful and have a lot of different

In the book, the author tries to define the dragon and states that it was seen to look like a giant snake. He also explains how people saw dragons as sacred whereby it was seen as some type of guardian to the people and provided them with protection and natural needs like rain. The book also tells of people, who had negative beliefs against the dragons; these were mostly Christians who to some extent even fought with the dragons. The belief that dragons were strong and mighty was seen as true since people who defeated dragons, mostly armies, were remembered as very great men. The popular belief that dragons guard great treasures in their caves is seen in this novel whereby the author states that people in those days tried to enter dragon caves which were guarded by these dragons.

“A kingdom is in turmoil as the old King Roland dies and its worthy successor, Prince Peter, must do battle to claim what is rightly his. Plotting against him is the evil Flagg and his pawn, young Prince Thomas. Yet with every plan there are holes – like Thomas’s terrible secret. And the determined Prince Peter, who is planning a daring escape from his imprisonment…” (very first page)

What elements in the story “The Dragon” represent the Freudian Conscious mind? 
Make sure to provide quotes and references from the story to support your answer. (3 Marks)
Throughout the short story, it is evident that at times the psychiatrist retreats to his conscious state often. This is shown when the psychiatrist unwittingly sits in Kirk’s chair and looked at his office as if it were his first time there. Unknowingly the psychiatrist had “moved around to the other side of the circle and lowered himself into Kirk’s chair”. This shows his conscious mind making decisions revealing his true feelings, that the psychiatrist deeply relates to Kirk and can easily put himself in Kirk’s shoes.

The new¬ Golden Dragon ¬¬Hotel is a to-be-relaunched version of the Yang Sing hotel. This hotel offers forty-eight guestrooms designed to display the culture and look of the Far East and Southern parts of Asia. The hotel is located in one of the most active business street of Manchester. A planned staff spread of around twenty-six employees in total each payed an average of 21,800 USD (dependent on type of job). The hotel also offers a shuttle service to some of the most visited areas in Manchester, free of charge. Next door is the old Yang Sing Restaurant in mutual business partnership with the hotel.