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One day Jake was patted in the back by someone, but he doesn’t know who. He looks around to see who did it. He asks his friend and he said that it is Brian. This makes me think of my book, Icefall Mathew J. Kirby which is about friendship and trust. The book is fiction in the third point of view on page 153, “ she snatches it from her brooch” proves it. Solvieg and her siblings travel to a fjord cover with snow. Then, berserkers and a skald came to protect them and supply them with food. However, the cows are freed by someone among them, so their food supply won’t be enough. Moreover, someone poisoned the food and all the berserkers except the captain ate the food. The poison killed most of the berserkers. Then, Gunnlaug which is Solvieg’s father’s enemy came to the fjord and captured everyone except per who hid somewhere. Suddenly, a fire was set up by Per and Asa which gave time for the skald to sacrifice it self to make a flood. The flood killed Gunnlaug and his troops. Finally, Solvieg’s father came to the fjord because he won the war and he found out her older daughter...
The author of “The Shatterer of Worlds” is very effective at creating a strong atmosphere that supports his theme. The author, Kildare Dobbs uses character and language to establish a powerful atmosphere and support his theme. Dobbs states that war is one of the worst actions a country can engage in, and therefore a nation must be careful about entering war. By using character and language the author is able to create a horrific atmosphere throughout the short story.
One day Daniel is greeted by a brother and sister that decided to visit the mountain, not knowing a band of rebels lived there. Daniel talks with them and asked them about the village which he left five years earlier. Then one of the men apart of Rosh’s group of rebels, Ebol came and said that Rosh had a task for them to get a very big slave which Rosh wanted. After Daniel telling the brother and sister, Joel and Malthace, to leave at once they refuse and Joel hides his sister behind a rock while Joel goes with Daniel. After getting the signal from Rosh, Daniel and Joel take the salve and bring him to Rosh. Joel now talks to Rosh, saying that he will be moving to the city of Capernaum where there is a large Roman presents. Rosh instructs Joel to find out all he can and send inf...
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Homer Hickam was a teenage boy from a mining town in West Virginia called Coalwood. He inspired to build rockets when he seen the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, streak across the stars. With his friends and the local nerd, Homer sets out to do just that but with many errors and trials. Along with the town, Homer's father thought they were wasting their time with their rockets. He wanted Homer to be a coal miner just like everyone else but Homer knew he didn't belong there. As time went on, some people from town became interested in seeing the homemade missiles launch into the sky. The boys became popular and were known as the "Rocketboys" around town.
Then the Danes decide to go back to Herot and while they are sleeping, Grendel’s mother
Gates of Fire is a story about the Spartan way of life and their fight to protect their country. The story is told by a dying Spartan squire named Xeones, who was captured by the Persian army after the battle at Thermopylae. He is telling the story to the Persian king. The story took place around 480 B.C. Xeones began the story in a small town where he grew up called Astakos. He tells of how his town was destroyed and how he was taken in by the Spartans. Eventually he became a servant for a Spartan youth name Alexandros, who was the protégé of Dienekes. Xeones finally became a squire for the Spartan officer Dienekes.
Beowulf has just killed Grendel and hung that infamous claw in the hall of Heorot. Everyone under King Hrothgar’s rule is celebrating Beowulf’s triumph. In the midst of the celebration a court singer begins to sing about the glory of the former Danish people many years ago. The song chronicles a battle between the Danes and the Frisians. The leader of the Frisians, Finn, engages in battle and ends up with most of his army being defeated. However, Finn ends up killing Hnaef the leader of the Danes. Hengest, successor to Hnaef, makes peace with Finn and the rest of the Danes end up living with the Frisian people. An important part of this episode to note is that the wife of Finn, Hildeburh, is also the sister of Hnaef. Hnaef and Hildeburh’s son were both killed in battle and their burial is described in grotesque detail. A member of the Frisian tribe gives a sword to Hengest who has long debated this newly forged allegiance with the Frisians. Hengest decides to take revenge and wages war once again. It’s unclear who exactly kills Finn, but he is murdered by a member of the Danish people. Hildeburh is taken captive and is brought back to her homeland with the Danes (lines 1065-1161). Thus ends the story that scholars refer to as the “Finn episode”.
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For countless years stories have involved a hero and a villain, the villain being the one who stops the piece and the hero who brings the piece back, the poem Beowulf is another story like this..Although the author is unknown it is for sure of Anglo-Saxon poetry and may have been written by a monk. The title “Beowulf” tells the reader right away what the story is going to be about, and who the hero is. The main characters of “Beowulf” are the hero Beowulf, the evil monster Grendel, Grendel’s mother She-wolf, Unferth which contrasts Beowulf, Hrothgar the King of the Danes, and Wiglaf the loyal ally. This story is about the greatest warrior in the world being called upon to save Danes and slay the monster who cannot be stopped yet, some don’t
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When Beowulf and his army decided to cross the ocean to help a country in need,
Once upon a time there were four gods. The gods were very wise and powerful. The names of these gods were Waterfall, Iceman, Asguard, and Diablo. Waterfall was the god of water and his brother, Iceman, was the god of ice. His friend Asguard was the god of acid, but the most evil god of all was Diablo . . . ha, ha, ha.
After reading this poem and being quite confused by it, I was determined to find out what it meant. Its simplicity is misleading because it can represent several opposites in the world today that correspond to fire and ice. To begin my understanding of the poem, I decided to answer some questions. First question was who is some? Some represents humans, which is not difficult to understand, but then some can also represent lovers. This poem is mainly about desire and hate. In the poem, fire represents desire and ice represents hate. The first theory of fire most likely came from the bible, which describes the world ending this way and the second theory of ice is the scientific theory of the world freezing over when the sun burns out. Knowing these theories was somewhat useful, but did not really aid in understanding Frost's opinion on which would make for a better end.
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