Elf Essays

  • Life in the Alienage: A Reality Check

    1650 Words  | 4 Pages

    Soris followed behind along with their uncle who brought two stools for us to sit on. Curious on how a couple elves were planning to wash away over a years’ worth of filth I waited in trepidation. Shianni ducked back into the house while the old elf grabbed a couple buckets by the doorway and walked towards the square. Knowing water was involved in the clean-up process helped me to relax enough to listen to Soris reassure me no one was going to throw me out. I felt better until Shianni came back

  • The Children of Hurin

    518 Words  | 2 Pages

    humans in in the secret city of Gondolin they found favour with the king and dwelt as his guests for almost a year. Húrin begged to go back to his family and the brothers were allowed to go back to Dor-lomin on the backs of the eagles. Húrin married an elf named Mo...

  • Elves

    605 Words  | 2 Pages

    Elves Elves are small, supernatural, have pointy ears, have magical powers, and to many children are known as ”santa’s helpers.” Elves are a famous folklore originating mainly from Germany, Holland, Sweden, England, and Norway and their folk tale goes back as far as human beings can remember. In fact some people think it even went back to the beginning of time itself. However, others think that elves originated during the medieval times. Most cultures collectively thought that elves were a mysterious

  • Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist

    1094 Words  | 3 Pages

    Faerie Tale follows the tale of the Hastings family and their move to a rural mansion in New York. The Hastings family includes; Phil Hastings, a screenwriter working on a novel and his wife, retired actress, Gloria Hastings, Phil's daughter, Gabbie, a wealthy heiress from Phil's previous marriage, and twin boys, Sean and Patrick, who are particularly targeted by the “bad thing” in the story. The “bad thing” is a minion of the evil faerie king who is attempting to re-enter the mortal world before

  • The Four Ages Of Man Analysis

    1197 Words  | 3 Pages

    In the Thoughts of Brahma, a creation story is told. It is told that the world has been and will continue to be created and destroyed many times. Each new world begins and ends with watery chaos. Brahma meditates as he begins creating a new world and takes multiple different forms to create the current world. He creates the night, day, and the in between. Brahma then gets in a dark state of mind and creates ogres; however, he quickly becomes disgusted with this creation and turns them into reptiles

  • Buddy 1997: Unintended Conditioning

    648 Words  | 2 Pages

    Marjoryn O. Paglinawan February 22, 2017 2014-67221 Psych 140- B The movie Buddy 1997 tells the story of how an animal lover named Mrs. Trudy taught Buddy, a gorilla, on how to act like a person, but things got complicated when Buddy grew up and became stronger. Then a traumatic event happened to him, whenever he feels threatened, he smashes everything he sees. Mrs. Trudy attempted to eliminate Buddy’s trauma, but unfortunately she failed. With that, she just decided to let go of Buddy

  • Dr. Turner's Life Of A Fairy

    874 Words  | 2 Pages

    Alyssa Rostami, Dr. Turner, English, 5th period, Due- 8/24/16 The target audience for “ Life of a Fairy” is children between the ages of five through nine. The values to a child are color, creativity, and imaginative. The parents value their child to be happy and entertained. Life of a fairy is a book that can keep kids entertained and their imaginations running every time they pick up the book . The front cover is full of color to attract a child's interest to pick up the book.The title is in

  • Fairies

    750 Words  | 2 Pages

    FAIRIES ARE EVERYWHERE! Fairies are magical creatures, usually very much like human beings. But they can do many things that humans cannot do. Most fairies can make themselves invisible. Many can travel in an instant anywhere they want to go, even very great distances. Some can change their shapes; they might look like cats, or birds, or dogs, or any other animal. Some of them live for many hundreds of years; others (Like with Tinker Bell From Peter Pan) live forever. Many fairies like to play tricks

  • Analysis of Auden's The Age of Anxiety

    2641 Words  | 6 Pages

    Analysis of Auden's The Age of Anxiety In Auden's lengthy poem, "The Age of Anxiety", he follows the actions and thoughts of four characters who happen to meet in a bar during a war.  Their interactions with one another lead them on an imaginary quest in their minds in which they attempt, without success, to discover themselves.  The themes and ideas that Auden's "The Age of Anxiety" conveys reflect his belief that man's quest for self-actualization is in vain. W. H. Auden

  • Analysis Of The Movie Elf

    852 Words  | 2 Pages

    indecisive again because the movie Elf is a great solution to this problem. Jon Favreau, the director of the film, is able to successfully appeal to not only a younger audience but also to children and adults alike. He entwines the mystical world of the North Pole to the hard-hitting land of the Big Apple and combines innocence with ignorance through the writing of his script. Elf is a movie that is immensely successful and should be on top of your must-see list. Elf starts out with the introduction

  • Elf Movie Essay

    669 Words  | 2 Pages

    Elf, composed in 2003, is an American Christmas comedy film written by David Berenbaum and directed by Jon Favreau. The main characters that were referenced in the film were Buddy, an orphan who ended up at the North Pole after accidentally sneaking into Santa's sack, played by Will Ferrell. Buddy was raised by Papa Elf (Bob Newhart), who adopted him until he realized the truth. Also, Buddy's biological father is Walter Hobbs, who is played by James Caan. He works as a book publisher and lives in

  • Buddy The Elf Motif

    608 Words  | 2 Pages

    Jon Favreau’s “Elf”, released in November 2003, is a comedic Christmas movie that follows Buddy the Elf in NYC. In the movie, Buddy is a human who was raised by Christmas elves at the North Pole but goes to New York to find his biological dad- Walter. Therefore, I will be discussing the different acts and symbols present throughout the film. Additionally, this essay will analyze how the plot, characters, and theme of “finding and staying true to yourself” are developed through the progression of

  • Drizzt Do Urden, A Drow By J. R. Salvaten

    539 Words  | 2 Pages

    Drizzt Do’ Urden, a Drow (a dark elf) was born in the underworld city of Menzoberranzan. Drizzt learned at an early age the ways of his evil race. The daily life of a dark elf is full of intrigue and deceit. He learned that compassion was a weakness and love did not exist. At least not the love or affection surface dwellers might show towards one another. The only love a Drow showed was towards power, or to their evil deity the sinister Spider Queen Lolth. Her pawns would do well to worship

  • Elf Program Proposal Essay

    566 Words  | 2 Pages

    a handful of volunteers at Nanoose Community Services (NCS) do exactly that: they help where needed. NCS operates charitable food, education, and emergency programs with funds raised locally through sponsorship, donations and their annual Christmas Elf Program. “We're grateful for the generous support and donations we receive for our programs from those in Nanoose and the Fairwinds Community, and we very much appreciate St. Mary's Church for our donated office space. It's a privilege to live in a

  • Elf and Not Following Social Norm

    728 Words  | 2 Pages

    “Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color?” - Everybody has seen the very well know movie Elf. Its apart of every child's Christmas. The one thing that makes the movie so funny is the main character’s social abnormalities. He does things that most people would not even think about doing, such as sleeping in a display window, or screaming while running in a revolving door with disregard of how people would look at him. Breaking such social norms would give people a reason to make jokes and watch

  • The Elf Strike: A Short Story

    1682 Words  | 4 Pages

    The Elf Strike “HO HO HO! You have made me laugh Crissy! Where did this nonsense of a raise get in your head? We all had a deal. I bring joy to the kids in the world and you make the toys I deliver! No raise Crissy.” Santa said as the heads of the hundreds of elves stared at Crissy and Santa. “But, Santa, I’ve worked harder than any other elf this year! I even made 2,000,000 more toys than assigned because you wanted to give the snotty nosed brats extra things to play with! I also came in after

  • The Elf Race And Race In The Hobbit

    1750 Words  | 4 Pages

    the story implicates around the history of the three races. These three races are the hobbits, dwarves, and elves. Hobbits were an ancient mortal race that lived in Middle-earth. The dwarves were a race in Middle Earth who was created by Aulë. The elf race was one of the the Children of Ilúvatar. In this essay, I will be explaining the similarities and differences between the physical traits, internal traits, and background history of the three races of The Hobbit. The first topic of discussion

  • The Similarities Between Elf And The Hero's Journey

    505 Words  | 2 Pages

    consists of 5 major points. Both concepts conclude with the main character of the story coming out triumphant or simply content, they have a happy ending. This can be seen in the movie Elf, where both a hero and a redeemed father exist. The hero undergoes and difficult task, but comes out victorious. While Buddy the Elf, the hero, deals with his mission, his father has succeeded in redeeming himself. In the beginning, the father refused to put his family before work, but by the end, he realizes he is

  • Strong Female Characters In The Elf Arwen

    1383 Words  | 3 Pages

    but she shows her strength in other ways. Throughout the series she has an established relationship with Aragorn, a Ranger and heir to the throne of Gondor. One of her most important decisions in the story is when she gives up her immortality as an elf to stay by Aragorn’s side. At first glance this may seem submissive and weak for her to give up such a great gift for a man. But further context proves this is a poignant decision as well as a meaningful sacrifice. By relinquishing mortality, Arwen

  • Comedic Similarities between Elf and Santa Land Diaries

    1070 Words  | 3 Pages

    perspective when he applied to be an elf and Macys one holiday season and showed us what society looked like from inside an elf costume. Elf, although not a real story, is a movie about a human who thinks he is an elf who meets his dad and experiences extreme culture shock as he goes to New York for the first time. In this essay, I will be comparing these similarities between these two stories and what types of comedy are found in each. The first scene from Elf that was similar to Santa Land Diaries