Justin's Story: The Joy Of Unicorns

The Dollengangers were a loving and happy family. Chris had meet Corrine when she was fourteen. After she turned eighteen they eloped. They had four beautiful children. They all had blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. Christopher was the oldest. He was very bright for his age making straight A’s and wanted to become a doctor. Cathy, the next oldest was not as smart as Chris was, but she did well in school too. She dreamed of becoming a dancer. The twins were only four

“The unicorn stood still at the edge of the forest and said aloud, ‘I am the only unicorn there is.’ They were the first words she had spoken, even to herself, in more than a hundred years.” The Last Unicorn is the story of a unicorn’s mystical quest to search for her people. Along her adventure she’s joined by companions, Schmendrick the magician and Molly Grue, who have their own wishes and desires. They hear of stories that King Haggard and the Red Bull drove them away, leading them to investigate at King Haggard’s castle. The author, Peter Beagle, incorporates a major theme in the story, wistfulness, because every character had something they strongly desired or regretted. This wistfulness becomes the basis for the characters actions

Artists use their artworks to communicate different meanings and transfer specific messages to the audience. Their artworks can be presented in different forms like architecture, drawing, painting, sculpture, pottery and many other forms. Each artwork contains a specific meaning which is usually based on the artist 's beliefs, culture, identity and the nature surrounding us. Rona Rubuntja from the Hermannsburg Potters, Bronwyn Oliver, Christo and Jeanne Claude each presented their art in different forms but they all communicate meanings and ideas to the audience. Rona Rubuntja who is a senior member of the Hermannsburg Potters and her famous pottery work ‘I 'm Black’ for the exhibition ‘Our Land is Alive’ at the National Gallery of

Our narrator is Rueben, a 10 year old boy with severe asthma. The father is Jeramiah, a local school janitor who performs miracles for only Rueben to see. Then there is the sister Swede (9) and the eldest brother Davy (16). This humble, religious family is caught up in a messy situation when Jeremiah witnesses two boys by the name of Tommy Basca and Israel Finch beat up a girl named Dolly. Jeremiah comes to her rescue and beats the boys off of her.

“I'm not trying to eat you, silly, why would you think that?” Spritz said. Art thought of all the possible reasons why Spritz might want to eat him, and came up with a pretty

Met with Justin's foster parents for one hour. Foster parents report that Justin has been more challenging for them since the last time we met (9/3/15). They say his primary challenging behaviors are that he likes to be in control and always asks why when being told no. Donna and Verlin report that it is draining for them to explain to Justin why they said no. Therapist encouraged Donna and Verlin that they do not need to explain to Justin why they said no and that they could set up a consequence (e.g. doing a chore or going to bed early) for Justin if he continues to ask when they have told him that they do not want to discuss the situation any more. Therapist explained that disengaging with Justin when he is challenging them and being argumentative

With the name The Unicorn Hunters, one might think this group consists of delusional people, but on the contrary The Unicorn Hunters are a group created for Lake Superior State University (LSSU) to garner more support for the school. W.T. (Bill) Rabe created the Unicorn Hunters after being hired as the Director of Public Relations at LSSU. The group’s popularity hails from their publicity stunts and other events, one of which includes the annual List of Banished Words that first began in 1975-76 (Lake Superior State University). This list consists of words and phrases that people wish to banish from our language. The past lists show words that people generally disliked, overused, or considered to be a negligent and lazy way to communicate.

I spotted the oldest boy first. Dima is a 13 year-old, blond-haired, blue eyed boy who could well be from Wisconsin. Behind him was Anya, a waif-like 12-year-old with an attitude. Finally, Dasha, the tiniest seven-year-old girl I had ever seen, with nut-brown skin earned from a summer outdoors. Each kid came with a small backpack,

Decades have passed since the kingdom first started. There was nothing special about the kingdom, other than the fact that the neighboring forest is the home of magical unicorns. The unicorns never cared about the humans in the kingdom. The people of the small kingdom never bothered the mythical creature in the forest. The reason for the peace if the treaty made between the first king and the leader of the unicorns when the kingdom first started to prevent complications between them.

In the Middle Ages the unicorn was thought of as being a strong and fierce animal associated with chastity and virginity. It was during this time that unicorns began appearing in artwork and tapestries. The Unicorn Tapestries have been one of the most popular tapestry wall hangings since the medieval era.

The story is mainly structured in the chronological order as the story begins from the time when they are children

The Unicorns’ legend first started in the 4th century BCE. The first written account of the unicorn was in the western literature that came from the greek doctor Ctesias in the 4th century BCE when the legendary of a unicorn started. The unicorn was described in the ancient greeks in account of natural history by many writers. In medieval times , since the unicorn was a big thing, many people sold narwhals tusks to replicate the unicorns horn. Natural history writers were convinced of the reality of unicorns that they located it in India.

In the Last Unicorn, once the unicorn learns that she is the last of her kind and leaves the safety of her forest to search for the others. While in isolation, the unicorn lacks the experience of emotions that carry the wisdom she needs to save the unicorns from King Haggard and the Red Bull. As a unicorn, she cannot feel love and never “can never regret” (Beagle 55), but she fears the Red Bull who tries to herd her into the sea. However, it is not only her lack of emotions that make her weak in the beginning but her failure to control her fear and challenge the Bull weakens her character. During the first confrontation of the Bull, “the moment the unicorn faced him, frozen as wave about to break. Then the light of her horn went out, and she turned and fled” (Beagle 113). Characters need a stereotype baseline to grow from, and in this case, the unicorn becomes a damsel in distress saved by Schmendrick the Magician by transforming her into a human. A character needs to experience a moment of weakness in order to grow as a character and be strong enough to challenge the powerful villains. Her fear adds another dimension to her because the readers know that she is not impervious to failure even though she is a magical creature much greater than man. This confrontation with the bull provokes the growth of the unicorn because as a mortal, she will experience the emotions necessary to be strong enough to conquer King Haggard and his Red Bull. The initial confrontation serves to

The unicorn is a legendary creature like a horse, but with a slender, usually spiral, horn growing out of its forehead. The popular image of the unicorn is that of a white horse differing only in the horn.

LAURA [walks over to her glass menagerie and picks up the unicorn]: What a lovely creature you are! [She places the unicorn under the light]: Oh, look how the light shines through you, don’t tell the others but I think you’re the most beautiful piece I have! If you were a girl like me I think you would have seventeen gentlemen callers.