Defeating Dragons

In the satirical novel, “Dealing with Dragons”, written by Patricia C. Wrede it focuses on how Cimorene went against her expected routine as a Medieval princess. Cimorene was justified in ignoring the acquired social norms of the Medieval Society because, she could be independent in her own life without limits, there were endless opportunities for her, and she wouldn’t have to live up to anyone’s expectations.

Have you ever thought about people who need help in your community and ways you could help? In Aniak, Alaska, there was a need in the medical field because the town only had one doctor. A team of teenagers saw this need and decided they could do something about it and formed a team called the Dragon Slayers. On the other side of the country, Cassandra saw a different kind of need in her community. Because of harsh Rhode Island winters, fuel for heating homes is really important. She and her friends learned about biodiesel and how it could help her community. In the two articles, Defeating Dragons and Food That Fuels, young people saw community needs and helped bring positive change in unique ways.

Chasing the dragon, most know it as heroin, is an opiate that is an extremely addictive class one drug. Heroin is known as chasing the dragon because, when you first use heroin, you feel euphoria. You keep trying to get more and more of the drug to feel the same feeling you did the first time you used heroin, but it is never the same because your body has created a tolerance for the drug. Therefore, you are chasing a drug that is very destructive and bigger than yourself, just like a dragon. You are chasing after the dragon wherever you can and do whatever you can to get more. We, as Catching Dragons, are a safe-house for drug addicts, more specifically, heroin. Too many deaths come from drug overdoses in Licking County so we have come up with a plan to stop the addiction through a healthy, therapeutic environment by creating a place they can go to seek refuge and help for many loved ones in need.

As humans, we all possess great qualities. We develop memories that we can cherish forever. Hopes and dreams help us strive to do great things. However, we all have our demons that we all tend to conceal. The famous poem “Beowulf” is renowned for the battles against Beowulf and many monsters. The battles in the poem pose as metaphorical battles. Beowulf defeating the monsters represent him trying to overcome his demons. The last battle was between him and a dragon. To the reader’s surprise, he lost the battle. The dragon represents Beowulf’s greatest demon. Despite the dragons that Beowulf faced that are external, my dragons are more internal.

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​As you can tell by the titles these articles are different in a few ways. The first difference is the cause that these programs work for. Minutes that Matter send prepaid phone cards to solders so they don’t have to pay any bills. In the article Defeating Dragons, it talks about teens that are trained as first responders in their remote community. This is because first responders get off duty at 4 pm. Another key difference is the age that the volunteer/donators must be. The organization in Minutes that matter take donations from any age. But in Defeating Dragons you must be a 14 to 18-year-old to participate in the program.

In the book, Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? : Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World, published by John Wiley & Sons on August 14, 2014, the author, Yong Zhao, states that while China gets the highest test scores on the PISA exam, parents in China often send their children to western schools. In short Yong Zhao, a Chinese native who was born in Sichuan, claims that Western countries, Britain and America, should not try and adopt China’s education system for many reasons. I my opinion this book did not seem important to pre-service teachers, but after further thought and reading, I conclude that this book is valuable to not only pre-service teachers, but to anyone that is involved in education because it provides reasons why we should not try to adopt China’s education system.

The dragon is a nihilist. He doesn’t think there is any purpose or meaning to life, that the world is a place full of nothing but emptiness. In chapter five, Grendel encounters with the dragon for the first time. The dragon expresses his philosophy here in that point of the story. The dragon claims that he can see into the future and also the past. In some ways, during their conversation, he shows that he can see into the future. With the whole thing about him being able to look at both the past and the future, he claims that time is sort of like a black hole and that in time, everything will be destroyed. With this being in the dragon’s knowledge, he thinks nothing matters because it’ll all eventually be destroyed. People will die, things will be forgotten, and things will be destroyed, all in time. This is the mindset of a nihilist and also known as the dragon’s

In the story Dealing With Dragons, Patricia Wrede tells the tale of an intelligent princess who refuses to marry a prince and do what she was expected of a proper princess. In fictional story set in Medieval times, Cimorene decides to run away instead of dealing with her problems. Cimorene is justified ignoring expected social norms of the day because it did benefit her life but some people may disagree.

In the story, Dealing With Dragons, Patricia Wrede tells the tale of an improper princess who ignores the social norms of her day. In the fictional story set in Medieval times, a princess takes advice from a frog to run away and her journey has many adventures in it. Cimorene is justified in ignoring expected social norms of the day because it benefitted her life but some people may disagree.

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.

In the story,Dealing With Dragons,Patricia Wrede tells the tale of an improper princess who ignores the expected social norms of her day.In this fictional story set in Medieval times, it was beneficial for her to take this position,Cimorene in not Justified in ignoring expected social norms of the day because it didn’t benifit her life but some people may disagree.

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The tale of The Slaying Python and the tale of Y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon) have similarities and differences galore, making them great for comparison. The most obvious of the similarities between the stories is the defeat of an foe. In The Slaying of Python—which was covered in the myth of Apollo and Diana—the god Apollo fought and killed the great serpent Python. In The Red Dragon the red dragon in the story fought and killed the opposing white dragon. As the main focus of each story this comparison is very noticable. Yet, this similarity also reveals a difference, abilt a small one, that can be found in many compared stories. This difference is in the species of the characters. Apollo in The Slaying of Python is a god and so very different

Various arguments on the beliefs of dragons and their existence are widely discussed in various articles by researchers of nature and animals.In an article done by Robert. M. May, some research shows that the myths about dragons might be actually true and that dragons really exist. Robert bases his arguments on the bases of how its characteristics like having wings makes it to adapt to places with no human inhabitation like on top of mountains(Nature 264, 16-17). There are various points that these researchers prove