Polaris Short Story

One day, Oedipus went to the Oracle of Delphi and found out that he was destined to kill his father and sleep with his mother. Oedipus tried to escape his fate by running away from Corinth, leaving who he thought were his real parents. However, he ended up running right into his real father. He saw a group of people riding a chariot at the crossroads and assumed that they were thieves. Laois happened to be one of them, and Oedipus killed him not knowing that he was his real dad. This is important since Oedipus fulfilled part of the prophecy. Oedipus remembered about his encounter with the chariot near the end of the play and said, “But he more than paid for it and soon was struck by the scepter from this very hand, lying on his back, at once thrown out of the car. I killed them all” (Sophocles, 39). Quite soon, he also won the throne of Thebes by answering the riddle of the Sphinx and unknowingly married Iocaste, his real mother.

Red and Seabiscuit are two main characters of the short story entitled ‘Seabiscuit’. At the very beginning, Seabiscuit was considered a weak contender because he had wobbly knees, his ribs stuck out, and he slept all the time. Red was his jockey. They managed to transcend their ‘underdog’ tag by surprising their surrounding at the last race. They believed in their abilities and managed to finish first at the race.

When Oedipus was born, he was left on a mountainside to die. The reason his parents did this was, an oracle predicted that he will grow up to be the murderer of his father the King. Oedipus parents did not kill him like they told to, instead Oedipus was found by a Sheppard and taken to the nearby city of Corinth. This is where Oedipus was adopted as the son of the King and Queen. Many years later, Oedipus seeks counsel from the same oracle that predicted his fate. The oracle does not tell him the identity of his true parents, instead tells him that he will kill his biological father and marry his birth mother. To ovoid this prophecy, Oedipus ran away from Corinth back to Thebes. Oedipus reaches a place where three roads meet. He comes across a chariot that was carrying King Laius. At the time he did not know that this man was his father and the King of Thebes. They begin to fight over who has the right to go first, and in self defense Oedipus kills King Laius; unknowingly fulfilling part of the prophecy. After unknowingly killing the King, Oedipus continues on his journey toward Thebes. When he got to the there the city in great distress. He also learned that a monster called the Sphinx was terrorizing the Thebans by devouring them when they failed to answer its riddle correctly. Oedipus not only defeated the Sphinx, which killed itself in rage, but won the throne of the dead king and the hand in marriage of the

The trip to Welch was long and strenuous. It took a couple a months to get there, and it involved complications such as many car breakdowns. Welch, in itself, was not any more pleasant. The town was still segregated in most ways and was filled with trash. Nonetheless, they hated the people who lived there more than the town itself.

The around of world exist many zoo´s also animals shelter aiming to help to animals exotics and dangerous of extinction. In this reading the history the bear polar saddest is really shocking because the zoos find help animal no more cause suffering in they, so the zoos organizes must have the ability to release the animals are very important for human and actuality exist many organization created for improve life quality of they.

The sword was pulled out, and the area was filled with light, he became something inhuman in that instant. This was the beginning of an era, the era of a kingship that would become legend.

King Alexandros was overthrown from his palace and his position as king by the great monster and his gang. King Alexandros decided to take matters in his own hands. When it was night he slowly crept towards his palace (which was now the monster’s) and slid in through the window. The monster was fast asleep. King Alexandros knew this was his chance so he took out his sharpest sword and pierced the monster right in the head as hard as he could. But to his surprise the monster didn’t take any damage, not even a small cut. But he had woken up the

Plunging into Lucky Peak for a good cause. Polar Bear Challenge. Lucky Peak Reservoir, Boise Idaho. Saturday, January 1st.

Over time, Oedipus grows up and finds out about some rumors that his father is not really his father and decides to speak with the oracle to discover his true origin, although Polybus and Merope reassured him, he was still annoyed and traveled to consult the oracle of Delphi. The oracle tells Oedipus that he will kill his father and will have incestuous relationships with his mother. Oedipus to know his true destiny decides to flee from Corinth to prevent the prophecy from fulfilling. During his journey, he met and killed Laius, believing that the king and his companions were a band of thieves and thus, unexpectedly, the prophecy was fulfilled. Upon arriving at Thebes, Oedipus meets a sphinx.

Mary sat at the kitchen table staring out the window through the freezing rain at the old, rusty mailbox. It had been two weeks since her husband had left for Europe. The war was raging on and more men were needed, so her husband had joined the war effort. His final words to her were “I’ll see you again, my love.” She had read the paper that morning, and she was petrified.

He briefly mentions that he has the ability to see into the future and that he must live through his suffering because no one, not even a god, can fight fate. After a long monologue Prometheus hears the sound of wings and a chorus of Oceanids enters to express their sympathy towards Prometheus’s suffering. Prometheus prophecies to the Oceanids that one day Zeus will be in danger of losing his throne and will have no other choice but to befriend him. Prometheus recounts to the chorus that is was he who gave humanity the gifts of blind hope and the gift of fire. The Chorus responds by saying that Prometheus has sinned, but Prometheus replies that he did so willingly and does not regret his actions. He then asks the Chorus to travel back down to earth so he can tell them the entire story. Suddenly the Titan lord of the seas Oceanus enters riding on a sea horse. Oceanus tries to reason with Prometheus telling him to stop antagonizing Zeus and declares that he will go to Zeus to attempt to free Prometheus from his suffering but Prometheus refuses Oceanus’s offer. Prometheus believes that it is not good timing and that he doesn’t want to put Oceanus in harm’s way because of his own actions. Oceanus departs knowing that he will not be able to convince Prometheus

5a.m. is the time for thinking; the time for the brain to make sense of memories that refuse to be rationalised.

In this sophisticated picture book, I really connected with the main character, Gus who is a polar bear, because he made me think about friendship, love and death in a different and gentler way. Because from the very start, to the very end of this book, Gus was always lonely, and as soon as something good happened in his life, it disappeared as quickly as it came. Gus lives in an enormous zoo in an even larger city, and apart from the children and zoo keepers coming to see Gus, Gus had no one he could actually communicate with. Until one day Ida, a female polar bear came. Ida and Gus incredibly quickly became the best of friends, and Ida was always with Gus. Then one miserable day, Gus learns that Ida is dreadfully sick, and she will not heal.

The event thta im writing about took place in the late 1960’s into the early 1970’s.Alot of things were going on in america in these years like how the 60’s were dominated by the vietnam war and the civil rights protests. The 60’s also saw the assasination of president John F Kennedy and Martin LUther king. But ended ona good note when the first man landed on the moon. The 1960’s is way different from today I guess you can say because back in the 1960’s not everyone had the same rights. Like back then the racist opion was very prevelent but today there is hardly any signs of racism exept a few and is full of diversity. Another different thing is back in the 60’s technology was still new like tv’s and computers not much people had them and now a days almost every American family has one.

I had to witness this myself, I could not believe this. “Can you take me there,” I asked. The dwarf led me through a thick forest and into a shallow stream that led us into the city. The faint noise that came from Russia a few hours ago turned into a roar of excitement. Everyone was dancing about in their finest clothes, drinking out of their sturdiest cups, and they all seemed so happy. There laid the colossus in a pool of blood, with tiny slits in his throat. “So it’s true,” I thought. “It’s really true.” I must hear the story of how a little, peasant boy defeated something so big, so great in power with only a dagger. This was unbelievable. At the very moment rumors turned into reality. “I must meet him, bring me to him,” I told the