Robus lived a very hostile and bitter life since the only thing he had to live for disappeared seven years prior. He had always been exceptionally unlucky, and this was because he was cursed as a child. His own father had sold him to an evil sorcerer when he was an infant, but the curse made it inevitable for history to repeat itself. After the curse took effect, he spent every moment perfecting his sorcery skills. His goal was to take back what was his someday; the daughter that his wife tragically died for while giving birth and was kidnapped soon after. He channeled all his sorrow and anger from this life changing occurrence into looking for his long lost daughter. It took him many years, but he finally found out where she was; she was located in a town called Davenport.
Ultimately, he mastered the final skill of his intense sorcerer training; he was now able to use his own mind to find a relative, and in this case, he only had one, his daughter. He noticed after searching his mind that the town she was in was hiring; nevertheless, they needed a trained sorcerer to step in part time. Robus called the instant he saw this job opening, and after the head of “Northwich
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Elite School of Sorcery” called him and told him he had the job he packed all his belongings and jumped on a train. Since Robus had spent a tremendous amount of time searching for Sage, he was going to make sure her kidnappers were going to pay for their mistakes. The old abandoned castle that the Albertine’s have come to call their home was gigantic, and it had an unnecessary abundance of rooms. The family could afford to live in the house because they had very few people living there, and the parents had very upscale jobs. It was extremely unusual for a family of sorcerers to consist of only three people; typically one child per sorcerer family was considered to have advanced sorcerer skills, and most parents wanted to increase their chances with many children. The money that wasn’t spent on paying for sorcery lessons went to all the extraordinary luxuries the small family had. Sage was about as spoiled as any child with wealthy parents would be, but if this was the case, why could the young girl be found weeping in one of her hidden hiding spots on a daily basis? With the impressive skills that the young girl possessed, there was absolutely no reason for her to be filled with despair. Her parents tried to get her to interact with other sorcerer children in the small town of Davenport, but Sage just didn’t fit in with this particular crowd. The young girl never felt as if she belonged, and she would often act upon her feelings to express this to her parents. She just wanted to get out of the creepy castle, her lonely town, and of her own head. The impatience of her mother, Lucille was growing larger, she was becoming wearisome, and eventually she decided the final verdict; they were going to transfer her from the local public sorcery school to The “Northwich Elite School of Sorcery”. This school was their best shot, as countless well-known sorcerers were formed from the educating of this school. Robus arrived in Davenport, and he found the home that his daughter grew up in. The couple that kidnapped her, that she believed to be her parents, lived in the house as well. He was able to get in through the back door, and then he went about and started to plant some clues to warn the couple that he was there. When Lucille and Dallas arrived home for their lunch break they noticed some strangeness going on; for one thing, it was pouring outside, and somehow all the windows in the house were open causing water to seep through the screens. Also, pictures of their daughter were vandalized with a red marker saying the word “mine” on them. The couple was a little spooked, but they just ended up cleaning off the picture frames and shutting the windows. Meanwhile, Sage was in school, and she was exceeding her parents highest expectations; in fact, she moved a grade level ahead to the highest sorcery class.
Her new teacher went by the name Mr. Crows, and Sage thought that was very peculiar because that was her middle name. The teacher seemed to have a very large interest in knowing more about Sage, and he invited her and her parents to a meeting to talk about steps to pursuing a major career in the future. She was ecstatic to see someone she just met showed this much interest in her, and of course, her parents and her were going to go. Sage reported straight home with the news that she was very excited to share. Her mom and dad both agreed, as they were very glad to see her daughter finally showing interest in something other than
usual. Sage practically dragged her parents to go in and talk to her new teacher because she was so enthusiastic. At the same time, Robus began to daydream about his daughter, she was a spitting image of her mother, and he thought this every time he saw her. He was ready to banish Lucille and Dallas and then finally spend some time with his now seven-year-old daughter. When Sage and her parents walked into the room a sudden flash went off and they both were nowhere to be found. Being the young girl she was, Sage began bawling in utter confusion of what had just happened, she turned to the teacher and all he said was, “Sage, my daughter, you are safe now." The first couple of months were a little rocky for Sage and Robus, but they knew the connection they both felt was undeniable. Sage was in disbelief at first, as would any child finding out their life was one humongous lie would be. Robus told her everything about her mother and father and all he went through to find her. He eventually told her that he would never let her out of his sight again. This comment made Sage feel something she hadn’t felt in an extremely long time, belonging.
A few weeks later Sadie has to start school. When she is walking to school she meets a man named Mr. Sparrow. He lives in a cardboard box near the seawall. Sadie worries about him when a flood hits. After the flood, Sadie looks for Mr. Sparrow and his cardboard box
from the teachers point of view; she tries to judge the Cunninghams and the Ewells from
Robert Ross’ whole life he grew up in a household where they did what was expected of them, rather than what was right. The type of people that Findley place in Robert’s life is what molds him into the type of character he becomes. Timothy Findley manipulates what a hero is supposed to be, by making Robert Ross a distorted kind of hero. Robert Ross exemplifies anti-heroism throughout the text because of his need to be a savior but inability to do so, his morals and his connection with animals.
After the disappearance of Mrs.Starch, Smoke appeared at school. He was clean and dressed nice, nobody even recognize him after that change. Some kids thought that “It’s got to be an imposter”(p.105). At first he was all bad and he had an thing with fire but now he is a totally different person. Mrs. Starch, a biology teacher was strict and never missed a day of school. She took “care of a baby panther”
...of her father. She takes greater pride in calling herself his daughter, even though she cannot tell anyone about what happened. This event plays a great role in how Scout views talents and people’s attitude towards their own skills.
Telemachus has many experiences on his journey to manhood. In Ithaca while Odysseus is gone Penelope is being plagued with suitors asking for her hand in marriage. Telemachus sees what a nuisance they are to his mother, and how much they are taking from his father’s palace. He wants to put a stop to this and comes to the conclusion that he must find his father, or at least some information
"Patroclus," Achilles started, his voice notably low and serious in comparison to the cheerful tone it had been just seconds before. "Do not move."
Kind Oedipus started life with a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to avoid this fate, his parents, Laius and Jocasta, sent him into the mountains to die. However, a shepherd saved Oedipus. This shepherd gave Oedipus to Polybus and Merope. When Oedipus learned of his prophecy, he fled his home, thinking these people were his real parents. On his flight, he met Laius. He ended up killing Laius. He continued on, answered a riddle of the evil Sphinx, and ended up king of Thebes. With this kingdom, Oedipus married Jocasta. He had lived out the prophecy without even knowing he had. Thebes fell onto bad times, and a prophet put the blame on a polluter of the lands. Oedipus called on Teiresias, and Teiresias informed him that the polluter was the King. As Oedipus searched further and further, he discovered that he was the polluter and that the prophecy had come true. When Oedipus finally discovered the truth, he was so distressed that he ran pins into his eyes, blinding himself. He had been blinded to the truth for so long.
A tragic hero is defined as a person of high social rank, who has a tragic flaw or flaws that lead to their downfall. These heroes’ downfalls are usually either complete ruin or death. Tragic heroes face their downfall with courage and dignity. While many characters in Julius Caesar could fit these conditions, the person who fits the role of a tragic hero the best is Marcus Brutus. Brutus develops into a tragic hero throughout the play, and this is shown though his qualifications of a tragic hero, his high status, his tragic flaws, and his courage in the face of his death.
Was taken from the house of Laius as a young child and left in the mountains with his feet bound together
Philip is not fond of his English teacher, Miss Margaret Narwin. He does not like her at all and thinks she is the meanest and dumbest teacher in the world. She always gets on his nerves. She wrote a letter to her sister, Anita, and told her that she liked Philip. She said he was intelligent and that he had potential, but he irritated her because he did not have the desire to learn. Philip studied for his winter term exams but did not bother to study for his English
Born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta in the city of Thebes, Oedipus is surrounded with controversy after a prophecy shows that Oedipus will be destined to murder his father and marry his mother. Fearing the potential consequences of the prophecy, Oedipus’ parents made the decision to abandon their baby at the top of a mountain to die using one of their servants. The servant’s consciousness, however, causes him to instead deliver the baby to a shepherd, who in turn sends him to King Polybius and Queen Merope of the kingdom Corinth. After raising the child as their own, Oedipus becomes suspicious that these weren’t his biological parents and leaves Corinth upon hearing the prophecy by the oracle Delphi. As he unknowingly travels to his birth city, Thebes, Oedipus murdered a man along with his servants after a dispute between them. Before entering Thebes, Oedipus is confronted by the guardian of the city’s Gates, the Sphinx who presents him with a riddle. If he solves the riddle, he will be able to pass. If he doesn’t, he’ll die. Oedipus’s superior intelligence and cleverness allows him to easily solve the riddle, however unbeknownst to him will be a foreshadowing of his tragic downfall. The citizens of Thebes praise Oedipus and Queen Jocasta offers to marry him since her husband was mysteriously murdered. Upon marry Jocasta and becoming the King of Thebes, a powerful plague decimates the citizens of
At the end of the story, though, Bird finds some direction in his life, even if it is not what he originally planned on. This change in his identity is noticeably marked by his father-in law's statement "You've changed. I childish nickname like Bird doesn't suit you"(165). Bird is no longer like a bird, he is instead a person with his own directions, his own "flight pattern" set out. He has hope and forbearance in his life.
“Which animal has one voice, but two, three or four feet being slowest on three?” This riddle was said by the monster Sphinx to all who wanted to enter into Thebes. She destroyed all that could not solve her riddle (Willson). Oedipus, whose life seemed to be controlled by fate, answered correctly. His life was one of tragedy and disaster. He is now the patron of philosophers, scientists, poets, artists, and of all truth-seekers (Wilson).
Mr. Gradgrind’s own children are, indeed, raised on facts. The five young Gradgrinds are “lectured at from their tenderest ...