The Pine Barrens

Silver Haired one. “Then at least twenty-four short ones, but half of a seventy-two one will work as well.” “Great, I guess we will have to look after you, because you seem to over react a little.” Says the silver haired one, gesturing to the now barren landscape that was all earth. I had accidentally blasted all of the sand away. “I didn’t mean to, this planet must be a no Magic zone.” I say “yeah, yeah, whatever you say.” She says “I’m Fáelán, this is Adelaar” She gestures towards the Forest

People scurried like rats through the isles of the toy store, nabbing all gadgets low-tech and high-tech until the store shelves were barren surfaces. As the dry and cold winter night was locked outside, a band of young cashiers face the stampeding last minute shoppers. An elderly woman stands next in line, clutching a box containing the latest Captain Something action figure. Upon approaching the counter, she reaches into her pocket and pulls out a handful of crumpled ones, fives, and coins that

The Odyssey of Homer is filled with various adventures, sought-after revenge, and harmful temptations. The war hero, Odysseus, traveled for three years, always trying to achieve his homecoming. In Odysseus’ fourth year, Zeus destroyed his ship, as well as his companions, while they were out at sea. After these losses, Odysseus alone was washed up onto the island of a nymph, Kalypso. She took him into her palace and came to love him. After time, she desired to make Odysseus her husband, offering

The Camp Situation In the state of Utah, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the main church. They are known as Mormons to everyone. Being just a straight Christian, it was hard to grow up here. Parents wouldn’t allow me to be friends with their children because I wasn’t Mormon. This is the reason I had very few friends growing up. One of them was Mormon but her parents were the nicest people I could have ever met. They didn’t care about my religious affiliation. My parents have always

Kenneth Lincoln has called Louise Erdrich as the most significant Native writers of the second wave of the ‘Native American Renaissance’. Her novels got recognised when her first novel Love Medicine (1984) got National Book Critics Circle Award. After that she continued her charm of wonderful story about Native Americans lives. In her novels, we witness the Native American life, their way of living, culture, spiritual connections with the land, healing process of people’s lives, and the wisdom of

“Harrington Ave.” by Cynthia Katz is a photograph in the University of New Hampshire Museum of Art. The person sees two tree-trunks that inosculate into one trunk at the base. This single trunk goes into the wilted pine needle covered ground, looking like a typical late fall day. The two trees are surrounded by a wall of chopped wood on the left and right side of both trees; even between the two trees and above the shared trunk there is a pile of chopped wood, creating balance and symmetry. The

The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey is one of the highest grossing films of all time, telling the story of The Hobbit, crafted by J.R.R. Tolkien three-quarters of a century earlier. What makes this story so popular, even today? There are certain aspects of literature that outline a novel as fantasy and The Hobbit is an exemplary case. The most attractive elements of The Hobbit are its moral universe and how it pertains to the ordinary hero within Bilbo Baggins. The moral universe is what defines the

Ana Henderson Mr. Ethan Spencer English 10 Honors 30 November 2017 A Universal Truth According to the dictionary, an archetype is “the original pattern or model from which all things are the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.” Archetypes are the basic building blocks of any story that is told whether it’s an epic fantasy novel or an intense autobiography about some white guy from 100 years ago. An archetype can be any type of character such as a jester

Discuss how phenomenology has become a fundamental concern in the works of Peter Zumthor through both the formal and spatial characteristics of his design for the Steilneset Witches Memorial, Vardø, Norway Phenomenology in architectural terms can be expressed as: The philosophical study if the built space as it appears in experience. It however gets its root meaning from the Greek words_ phainómenon which means: “that which appears”, and logos which means: “study”. We can further bring this to more

     Through the years there has been much debate as to whether Shakespeare’s The Tempest is an Allegory to European colonization and colonial life, or if it is his “farewell to the stage” with a complete overview of the stage and a compilation of all of his characters into a few, in which the playwright himself being presented as Prospero. Is The Tempest an allegory to European colonization, or is it Shakespeare, presenting his formal farewell to the stage?      Many