Siren

being a leader when the crew encounters the Sirens and Odysseus gives them wax for them to

would have just made them want to stay there, but him and his crew made the decision to resist eating it. If they had eaten the plant, they would have never gotten home. Another temptation they had to encounter was the Sirens. The Sirens would tempt them with their music. The Sirens were half bird half humans and they were very dangerous. The biggest temptation that Odysseus had to deal with was Calypso. She was a goddess that was madly in love with Odysseus. She wanted to have Odysseus as her husband

Patrick Henry addresses the president and the delegates of the convention in his speech, “Speech in the Virginia Convention”. In this speech, Henry urges the members of a need for war with Britain, because Britain is failing to meet the demands of the colonists. Throughout the speech, he warns the members of the convention about Britain’s false hopes and attempts to persuade them to believe in the ultimatum of being free or being a slave. He develops his purpose instrumenting allusion, imagery, and

allusion is from Greek mythology. “We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts” (Henry 83). Henry is referring to when Odysseus’s men were lured into a trap by the sirens, almost making them shipwreck their boats on the rocks. He is indicating that the colonists are like the shipmen, while the sirens are the British, luring them in with their phony deals for freedom. The result of crashing into the rocks would be the

not been so mean to Odysseus and steal his men. So Odysseus had to kill the cyclops but that is only the beginning of his journey he has greater enemies than just a cyclops. He is now up against the Sirens. “ He will not see his lady nor his children in joy crowding about him home from sea; the Sirens will sing his mind away”(pg

Life lessons. What are they really? People of all ages and times have different definitions of them. For a young girl, something so simple as smiling at a stranger in a coffee shop and having them smile back can be the best lesson she ever learns. Readers in our age crave to learn something beyond their time and that will change their lives forever. In The Odyssey, written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald, we learn life lessons that will be remembered for generations to come. Loyalty

Cold Play's song, "It's A Beautiful World WeLive In" made me question, is Merced my new Beautiful World?" I felt prestigious living in Santa Barbara as a native citizen. Aesthetically adhering to the beautification of its appearance, its continuous allegiance to the arts and to culture, Santa Barbara was "The Beautiful World ILived In." The City of Merced will never be pleasingly beautiful comparative in Santa Barbara. Merced's infrastructure is neglected, its financial state is depressed, and

The cultural climate of Los Angeles in the late 1970s set the stage for a groundbreaking music scene that fused punk, country, and rock and roll. The plethora of clubs and dive bars in Hollywood meant that something was going on every night. As a result, the city became an incubator for influential and iconic bands including X, the Blasters, Los Lobos, the Germs, and the Bags. A three-dollar cover at the Whiskey A Go Go could get scenesters in to see shows ranging from the Sex Pistols to Patti Smith

seduces Odysseus’ men to drink her potion. Other travelers say she’s a witch. She turns Odysseus’ men into pigs and keeps them hostage for a whole year. He finally begs her to let them leave and she allows them to continue their voyage. Next, Sirens, they’re part woman and part bird, their music lures men to their death. When they sing they place anyone who heard it under a trance. Then,

to confront the Sirens. He “carved/ a massive cake of beeswax into bits/ and rolled them into [his] hands until they softened/ … [he] carried wax along the line, and laid it/ thick on their ears” (12.111-113, 116-117). Odysseus is wise to follow Circe’s advice and is thus able to pass by the Sirens without causing any trouble. He made another plan of putting beeswax into his own ears and tying himself to a post so that he would be able to listen to the alluring voices of the Sirens. If he hadn’t tied