The Adventure of the Empty House

Bilbo, he is a mild-mannered hobbit, who is afraid of just the simple thought of going outside of his front yard. Throughout the journey Bilbo becomes a stronger and courageous hobbit. When Gandalf visits Bilbo he invited Bilbo to join him on an adventure, which Bilbo declines since he is deathly afraid of leaving his home. The next day he is visited by dwarves who believe that he can help them on their journey to Lonely Mountain to recover their ancestral treasure. The comments made by the Dwarves

even Kemmerich who had been a fun loving man who loved joking with the boys. They got a small tast of the realities of war but yet that still doesn’t shake the pride and excitement from their eyes for they are just getting started on their big adventure. As the fighting begins, the nerves start to kick in and are intensified when they hear bombs going off one after another while they huddle in the trenches. The trench is very small and barely fits all the men comfortably. Staying the trench can

The Odyssey, an epic poem written by Homer, is about the war hero Odysseus' ten year adventure to return to his home, Ithaca, after the Trojan War, only to find his journey interrupted by monsters and gods. A lesson that one can take out of the epic poem, has to do with the repercussions of hubris. Hubris can be seen when one shows excessive pride, usually in a negative manner. Throughout this epic poem, Homer explains that the presence of negative traits is the result of hubris. Homer uses Odysseus’

throughout the novel and see how events and adventures impact him. The Hobbit is set in middle earth, years 2941 to 2942 of the Third Age before the events of The Lord of the Rings. Bilbo is a young hobbit who is a respected resident in the town of Hobbiton because his last name Baggins. Baggins is a very respectable name because the Baggins never went on adventures and they were quite wealthy. Bilbo was approached by Gandalf to go on an adventure and he refused but after their conversation

Life can differ from every city of the world and even the minimum differences such as weather, streets or population may guarantee people a new adventure. Through the years, humans have settle down their own lifestyle making it match with their hometown. Lifestyle is an important factor that defines the culture in every town, city or population. When people move from one city to another, they start discovering a new culture that changes their lifestyle. Morelia, a city in south of México, highly

population brings so many problems. The spirit world is in need of more attentions than the material world. This feature film shows that an old man’s attitude towards life is altered from exclusive into openness, which reflect the theme of spirit of adventure and growth. Based on all the analysis of the symbol of setting, typical items and three main characters, the author points out four profound connotations, including the conflict between human beings and nature, the conflict between pursuing fame

he noticed a mysterious shadow through the window. He realized which way the shadow was going. He knew he must follow it. So, he started to sprint towards the vault where his king kept all his gold. But, when he got there the vault was completely empty. He had to solve the mystery without his king knowing, He started to search. He searched and searched, Sadly, he found no clues. The guard decided to complete everything else he had to do that day, first. He decided he would come back to the vault

rolled an army of hungry bulldozers and cranes. Even in the suburbs, old walls crumbled to make way for sparkling new housing. People want to be here. Perhaps the only bearable part of living in Denver’s suburbs for me has been the gritty old farm houses tucked behind groves of mangled cottonwood trees. Haven’t you ever seen an old, abandoned building and wondered what it could tell you? This curiosity is the basis of urban exploration, or urbexing. I was introduced to urbex when I was scouting

Home ownership at the age of twenty-two was lessons of life that I greatly appreciated. Even though my mother communicated her concerns about the house, I proceeded to purchase without regards to her emotions. Consequently, I abandoned my home and added to the epidemic that afflicts my county. Additionally, owners of these unsightly structures never had the intentions of foreclosure, but inevitable circumstances confronted the decision to either, leave or stay. Unfortunately, Cuyahoga County's resolution

Depth of a story relies greatly on the author’s unique way of conveying a tone. There are many great examples of diction in any genre of literature, whether is be of someone’s feelings, a setting, a mood, a person, or an object. Without it, a story would be dull. Diction connects our senses to the actions, the setting, and the mood of a story, thus enveloping the reader into it, which is exemplified beautifully in “The Scarlet Ibis,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” and “The Necklace.” James Hurst’s “The