The Necessity of Partnership to Achieve Greatness Within City of Thieves

“You can trust us to stick to you, through thick and thin – to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours – closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo” (Tolkien 103) This sentiment expressed by Merry, one of Frodo’s many friends, perfectly expresses the theme of friendship within the book. Friendship is sticking by a friend and being trustworthy while also protecting one’s friend. Without his friends, Frodo would not have completed his journey to Rivendell. Although many friends aided Frodo, three friends in particular provided invaluable help to Frodo during his journey to Rivendell.

One example was on the battlefield. Whenever he fought in wars, he always showed courage. He never cowered away, but instead he kept fighting. In the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, he almost got killed, but that didn’t take his courage away (TSHA 1). He fought through the injuries which got the attention of General Andrew Jackson (TSHA 1). General Andrew Jackson saw that Sam Houston never gave up even when he was severely injured (TSHA 1). Soon after the battle finished, they became friends because of his courage (TSHA 1).

He offers him guidance and advice on many occasions. Gandalf helps to protect Frodo from outside forces and inside temptations. When Gandalf is around, Frodo feels stronger. He learns how to control the power of the ring with Gandalf’s help. Frodo faces many tests and trials along the way to Mount Doom. He is kidnapped, attacked, and imprisoned along the way. He narrowly survives many situations that would break lesser hobbits. In addition to the outward trials, he also faces the constant temptation to use the ring to gain power for himself and for others. He finds support in the travel companions that join him along the way to help him in his quest to destroy the ring. These warriors become his allies. He also meets enemies along the way. He encounters characters that want to use the ring for their own gain. His greatest enemy is Sauron, the Dark Lord who wants to get the ring so he can rule all of Middle

People always make great discoveries, but they are sometimes caused by mistakes. Mistakes can’t help find discoveries. The real way to make discoveries is through lots of research and years of work. Although mistakes can help find discoveries they often do more damage than helping and can make people lose the trail to artifacts.

Courage is mythic theme in The Lord of the Rings that is constant. Every character demonstrates courage at one time or another and the strength they receive because of it. Of these characters, Sam is one of the most courageous exhibits immense strength in multiple moments in the novels. Sam is continuously put into peril and at any moment he could turn back, and no one would judge, but he continues on. In Book Four particularly, Sam’s character really shines.

“City of Saints and Thieves” is not only an exhilarating

How these scientists made discoveries that has helped the human race understand more about diseases and how things work.

Scientists do not use their talents to help civilization, they are “Pure research men” who “work on what fascinates them, not on what fascinates other people” (49). They focus on continuing research just for the sake of science and are self-centered. They do as they please without helping society with it’s actual problems, like how the entire island of San Lorenzo is starving and living in poverty. Rather than working on something that could benefit others, the scientists continuously work on research that is not always even necessary. Science also does not care how their inventions effect other people, even if their inventions could potentially be harmful. After Dr. Hoenikker wins the Nobel Prize, the Hoenikker children use the prize money to buy their mother a tombstone and a summer home. John ponders why someone would receive a Nobel Prize for such a damaging invention and thinks, “‘Dynamite money,’ I marveled, thinking of the violence of dynamite and the absolute repose of a tombstone and a summer home” (65). People grant science rewards for creating damaging innovations that are ruinous. Dr. Hoenikker does not think about the harm his inventions could cause because he does not care. This negligent attitude causes the destruction that occurs at the end of the book when it says, “The moist green earth was a blue-white pearl. The sky darkened”, and, “the sun became a sickly yellow ball, tiny and cruel. The sky was filled with worms. The worms were tornadoes” (261). Dr. Hoenikker and his children are to blame for this demolition of the world because they are careless with how they use science. Science kills the majority of life on Earth, all because the Hoenikker’s treat the ice-nine with neglect. Science is irresponsible with how it treats the devastating inventions it

June Hyung(Eric) Kim Ms. Manning English 9 7/27/15 City of Thieves This book, is narrated by a 17 years old Jewish guy called Lev Beniov, who is living in Leningrad. City of Thieves by David Benioff, starts off with Lev telling the audiences about extreme depression that has came after the Germans invaded the Leningrad in 1942.

The most supporting aspect of their companionship was their encouragement to one another. When one of the friends faltered or showed weakness, the other reinforced fearlessness and reminded them of their friendship.

If it wasn’t for Frodo showing mercy at this time in the story his friends might have hurt very badly or even killed. Without Mercy Frodo could not have made it as far as he did in the story. Frodo uses his courage as an effort to escape and defeat his enemy throughout the story. As the story progresses Frodo displays many acts of courage.

(Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring). This is initially seen as a punishment for his actions although Sam readily accepts it and, as Sam accompanies Frodo it becomes apparent that he is intending to keep this promise. He feels responsible for the safety of Frodo and this is demonstrated when he stops Frodo from putting the ring on, in doing so he single-handedly save the hobbits from the Ringwraiths. The screenwriters is demonstrating that the responsibility bestowed upon Sam is leading to positive outcomes, which translates to success for the

The work of these four people led to a complete restructuring of the beliefs of the scientific community regarding genetic information. Their initial word led to further work which encompassed their hypothesis of how DNA replicates itself. From this work came the modern technologies of DNA fingerprinting and sequencing.

Without the communication, discoveries would not have had happened at such a quick rate during the scientific revolution. In The Jewel House, the community seen on Lime Street was important for the advancement of science. For them “to truly flourish, a community of naturalists like the one on Lime Street also needed to be able to forge connections with others who might have access to different plants, animals, and mineral specimens.” (Harkness 2007 pg. 22) There was so much to learn that it would have been impossible for one person alone to do all the work himself. Together, scientists could challenge each other’s claims and tests and resolve confusion. Together, they could flourish.

Humanity’s interest in unknown world has been universal and enduring. Accompany with human development, discovery the unknown world has become more and more important to human life. Some people think discovery is a good thing. They will tell you how X-ray used by medical professionals to help diagnose and treat a wide range of medical problems. They will also tell you what a mass your life will be if Benjamin Franklin did not discovered electricity. But other argue people think discovery bring disaster to human. They will tell you if Martin Heinrich Klaproth did not discover uranium, maybe atomic bomb would not been invented. Although the question about whether discovery always a good thing has so many