Essay on The 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.

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.

“Slaying the Dragon” by Deborah Gee is a comprehensive look at media stereotypes of Asian and Asian American women since the silent era. From the racist use of white actors to portray Asians in early Hollywood films, through the success of Anna May Wong’s sinister dragon lady, to Suzie Wong and the ‘50s geisha girls, to the Asian-American anchorwoman of today. The movie also shows how stereotypes of exoticism and docility have affected the perception of Asian-American women.

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

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.

In the satirical story, Dealing with Dragons, Patricia C. Wrede portrays Cimorene, an extraordinary princess of Linderwall who doesn’t want to be under supervision, as a princess that does not think that the requirements of being a princess apply to her. Cimorene leaves the castle to go live with the dragons of the Mountains of Morning. Cimorene was not justified because if she marries Therandil Linderwall will become a prosperous kingdom. Also, It is apart of Cimorene’s heritage to become a Queen. Finally if all her family members were to die, there will be no royal blood would rule the kingdom. However, in the eyes of others, Cimorene is justified in leaving

The dragon’s ambition is to count and sort all of his treasure. His final advice is to “Seek out gold and sit on it”. His motto is “know thyself”. The dragon in this story seems to be a very old and wise being. He can see both forward and backward in time and is all-knowing.

Sarah slugged through the early morning work and realized-too soon- that she needed to make a trip to the house. She made her way, clasping her arms around her for warmth in the cold November morning. Painted Girl’s borrowed sweater did not help dissipate the cold air, and neither did the lingering whiskey in her system. A light shone in the window illuminating Grandfather and Dingle, who sat at the table together eating pie. She watched as Dingle grabbed a juicy strawberry from Grandfather’s pie and nibbled at it greedily. Grandfather must have finished his hunt early, Sarah realized. She had hoped to avoid Grandfather today but nature called. There was no choice, either the woods or the house. Sarah did an about turn and went for the

Billy gathers a large group of archaeologist to travel to the remote lands of Ireland where no one dares to go from the legends of the dragons because no one wants to run into one, but billy and his brave team are risking their lives for the world.

     In the Book of the Apocalypse, Rome is represented by several allegories: the beast of the land, the beast from the sea, the harlot, Babylon, and the dragon. The Beowulf-poet also manipulates the dragon allegory to represent Rome, but his dragon represents not Rome, pure and simple, but a hostile area of the (former) Roman empire, the Romanized Britain or the Roman-British .

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

“It can’t be a good thing, look what happened last time there were two of’um.” Carlson grumbled as he wiped his chin of the food that had fallen there. He then picked up his empty bowl, dropping it into the grungy sink. “OK men, that barley ain’t gunna buck itself.” When he opened the door, no breeze entered. The air in the room lay still and unstirred as Slim and George sat, George watching his now cold breakfast and Slim intently watching George.

“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.