Andreas Vesalius

Mark Twain once said, “Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody”. What the 19th century American writer said perfectly captures the state of human nature: there is a bad aspect for every good one. Sometimes, however, the dark side outshines the light of the moon. Nowhere is this more apparent than in William Golding’s timeless classic, The Lord of the Flies (1954), where a group of boys are stranded on a deserted island in the absence of adults and must set up society

it” (Junger XIV). His personal experience with the storm was “…standing on Gloucester’s Back Shore watching thirty foot swells advance on Cape Ann…” (Junger XIV). The next day, Junger read an article in the newspaper about a Gloucester boat (The Andrea Gail) that was believed to be lost at sea. He saved a clipping of that article and from then on, Junger began unknowingly writing the book. Junger witnessed this destructive storm in action. He also watched the 30 foot swells crash on the Gloucester

The impression that you get from a character may be really different from what you find out they actually are at the end of the story. In the first chapter of “The Pearl”, Juana seemed to be a strong maternal character. She seemed very brave and strong. However, as the story unfolded, her character turned out to be weaker than she seemed to be at the start. Juana falls behind Kino’s shadow. The impression Juana gave in the beginning of the story was that she was brave and strong. She risked her

“Maleficent” Two Orphan kids meet at the most unfortunate momenta. A fairy named Maleficent and a boy named Stefan lived in a world that hatred existed amongst fairies and humans, but despite that hatred, they grow up to be more than friends but as the years went by they grew apart. Maleficent becomes the protector of the Moors and Stephan a peasant under King Henry. As the King was nearing death, he promised his men whom ever is brave enough to kill Maleficent will become successor of his throne

A serene island in the middle of the vast space we call the ocean is the ideal picturesque vacation for many. A destroyed island with young British schoolboys running rampant with the once lush vegetation in flames… not so much. When a plane crash ashores British schoolboys in an unlikely situation of surviving with no adults, the island slowly transitioned from a place of tranquility to ruin due to their impulsive actions. In William Golding’s brillant allegory Lord of the Flies it is shown that

Devil Wears Prada “Devil Wears Prada” is a story of a protagonist, Andrea Sachs and her occupational journey of trying to balance her profession and her social life. Andrea or known as Andy, has graduated and is hoping for a job as a journalist. Despite her dreams of becoming a journalist she receives a job at a fashion magazine known as Runway magazine as an assistant for Miranda Priestly. Throughout the movie, Andy had to balance her social life and her career pursuit where Miranda had given her

The School for Good and Evil Was written by Soman Chainani and is a fantasy, this story takes place mostly at the School for Good and Evil but it also takes place in Gavaldon. The two major characters are Sophie and Agatha, Sophie and Agatha are both best friends and are both 12. Sophie loves princes and dresses however Agatha liked the color black, her cat, and graveyards. Agatha was pale and had jutting bones, while Sophie had waist long hair color spun of gold, her green faded eyes, and her luscious

The Villa Rotonda is a famous architecture designed by Palladio. Many people who make great achievements in architecture, Howard Burns, Francis Ching et al., Andrea Palladio and Rudolf Wittkower, have all written some words in their books about it. They describe some same characteristics but for different purpose. Symmetrical structure is the most obvious feature of the Villa Rotonda, and all four experts’ works involve it. Burns, professor in architectural history, look at this villa on a macroscopic

Every athlete has wished they could jump a little higher, swim a little longer and run a little faster. Throughout the history of sport there have been accounts of chemical enhancements taken by athletes to give them this advantage. This has developed more as time has taken its grasp on modern medicinal practices. People try to obey the laws of a pure sport, yet there seems to be an increasing margin of those who “dope” and get away with it and the small group those that does not, how does this still

Why to Maintain your Hobbies After Joe Watson had been told he was deathly allergic to the sun and his frail lungs would not allow him breathe the outside air, also not to mention his high level of paranoia for potential of getting robbed outside at night, he decided that he would never leave his home for the rest of his life. He had done everything right—he went to a liberal arts college, got a salary job at a local car manufacturer, married a beautiful woman he loved, started a family, and continued