Eaters

There have been many translations of the epic poem of Beowulf since it was passed through oral tradition. Some of them are the short story, “Beowulf: A New Telling” by Robert Nye and the novel entitled, The Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton which was later made into a movie, 13th Warrior directed by John McTiernan and Michel Crichton. Although the narrative and the film are alike in some ways, there are there are many dissimilarities between the two pieces of literature. The three main differences

In the article “don’t blame the eater”, David Zinczenko focuses on the reason behind the obesity problem that the modern young generations are facing. According to him, the large chains of fast-food restaurants given their availability around the country and low prices are the ones causing this problem. He brings in his own life experience and tells the story of becoming a 212 pound teenager highlighting that he had to rely on these fast food chains for everyday meal. With a single mother, who worked

In the article, Don’t Blame the Eater, David Zinczenko focuses on the reason behind the obesity problem that the young generation is facing. According to him, the large chains of fast-food restaurants, given their availability around the country, and low prices are the ones causing this problem. He brings in his own life experience, and tells the story of transforming into a 212 pounds teenager to highlight that he had to rely on these fast food chains for everyday meal. With a single mother working

literary Epic, were torn between pagan beliefs and Christian values as their predecessors had been. The first literary Epic, Beowulf, illustrates the struggle between these two ideologies, as well as contributes the sought after values of heroism. The Eaters of the Dead also demonstrates this struggle between cultures, playing off Beowulf in theme. Excalibur, the Arthurian

The author Gwendolyn Brooks, writes the poem “The Bean Eaters”, to show how the old couples routine is caused by poverty. Brooks actually makes it seem like she distances herself from the subjects in the poem. Brooks does not get very personal as describing the couple’s lives. Brooks does not even give us the character’s names. The couple has an everyday routine and it is showed throughout the poem. The poem is actually quite short and simple, but it sure does pack a lot of meaning into the lines

The Memoir Spider Eaters by Rae Yang is her personal account of her life during the Maoist revolution. In addition, she reminisces about her trials and tribulations during her active participation in the culture revolution and the great North Wilderness. Her family also had various misfortunes due to these changing ideological beliefs spread by the revolution. This memoir illustrates in great detail what Yang experienced under communist rule. Spider Eaters opened up a door to a young girl and her

In his essay “Don’t Blame the Eater”, David Zinczenko tells the reader that kids are suing fast food companies for making them fat. He tells the readers that the consumer is not necessarily at fault, the food industry is the true culprit. Zinczenko argues that children are not at fault and the fast-food industry is to blame for selling unhealthy food with inadequate nutritional information available. The problem of children eating too much fast food has become a national crisis, causing an increase

the most profit from the least expense. Therefore, how can we trust an industry to make an ethical choice that will potentially hurt their business model? As exhumed by the articles “Escape The Western Diet” by Michael Pollan and “Don’t Blame The Eater” by David Zinczenko, the health care and food industries are not interested in suggesting we shift our diets towards a what they define as a “healthier”, more natural one, but rather they are set upon developing and distributing a variety of processed

The journey through life is different for everyone. Within the journey through life, people will call many different places home.“The Rock Eaters” by Brenda Peynado is a short story published in 2021 in which the narrator is one of a group of people who left their home country after developing the ability to fly. Throughout the story, Peynado uses multiple literary techniques to describe the journey of the characters as well as stress that home is where you make it. In order to describe the longing

The Lotus Eaters Compare and Contrast Essay The Lotus Eaters and Percy Jackson are exactly alike. I know this from the two stories saying the same words and the same things happening simultaneously. The two stories both have main characters who are trying to help their friends get away from the people who give them flowers. The Lotus Eaters may have more of a background compared to Percy Jackson, but the only difference is the amount of people affected by the Lotus flower. These two stories are