Holling hoodhood, man or gutt less child? You decide after reading my strong statements on how I believe he has grown into a levelheaded, strapping young man. Holling hoodhood, a middle school student just trying to figure out his life, The Wednesday Wars shows his journey of finding himself. Mr. Hoodhood, Heather, and the waterfall all helped holling in finding where he is in the world. Mr. hoodhood, Holling’s father, has an impact on Holling, a negative one.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was written during the high Middle Ages. The characters in this poem include the fabled Knights of the Round Table. From the beginning it is clear that they are young and naïve, not the heroic men saving damsels in distress one often pictures. When a mysterious green knight interrupts the festivities and cajoles the crowd into playing a game, Sir Gawain, a stellar example of knighthood, steps up to the challenge. This challenge results in Gawain going off to have his head chopped of by the mysterious green individual.
There are many ways to show that you are a strong and brave man. Jousting is a tournament that takes skill along with bravery and strength. Royalty from all around the world come to compete and see who is the best. Chivalry is still present in this day they show it through bravery, loyalty, and being humble and giving. One of the traits that shows chivalry in a person is bravery.
Sir Gawain’s knighthood to the core is tested, going through a multitude of tests to see just how chivalrous he truly is. In the fantastical medieval romance poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the main character, Sir Gawain embarks on a journey which helps him grow and improve
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a story that portrays acts of courtly love and chivalry. This Medieval Romance was written in the late fourteenth century in Middle English and written in stanzas of alliteration. These stories often included adventurous knights, idealized love, exotic settings, hidden identities, and supernatural events. The idealized love came from the code of chivalry and the concept of courtly love. Chivalry was a very important code to live by during this time period, the knights of the castle had to respect the lord of the castle.
In the enlightening poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a noble and honorable knight is set with a task that will challenge his honor and his chivalry. When an astonishing green knight appears and proves to possess surreal characteristics, he makes a deal with Gawain to strike him with his axe as long as he can strike him back in one year time. To keep his word Gawain takes a journey that will illustrate true human characteristics possessed by the poems hero. It is kind of silly to relate the two stories because they are completely different, but I found some relevance in them.
On the evening of May 5, 1993, in West Memphis Arkansa three eight year old, second grade boys named Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch and Michael Moore were last seen alive during the evening in their neighborhood around 5:30 p.m. By nightfall around 9:30 p.m. all of the parents of the three missing boys called the police station about their boys who never returned home. On the following morning of May 6, 1993, police searched for the three young boys in the Robin Hood Woods which is located right next to the neighborhood where all three eight year olds were last seen alive. Within the Robin Hood Woods there is a drainage system ditch that runs through the area. All morning police searched with no luck, but it wasn't until around 1:30 pm where a child's shoes bubbled up to the surface of the ditch that they realized the boys could be down there.
Then when we look at “When Malindy Sings” the message is much clearer. Because it is written in dialect, Dunbar is able to write jokes and insults that would otherwise get him arrested, maybe even killed, during the time. The poem emphasizes how exceptionally better a possible slave, Malindy, is at singing compared to her owner, Miss Lucy, even though Malindy was an untrained field slave and Miss Lucy practiced her singing off a
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight In the Pearl Poet’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, an epic story emerges to reveal a man’s journey of honor, honesty, valor, and loyalty. Throughout Gawain’s adventures in the poem, he discovers and demonstrates his own chivalric qualities. Although he makes a few mistakes along the way he strives to be an honorable man.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: The Impossible Standards of Chivalry Sir Gawain and the Green Knight emphasizes a knight’s inability to live up to the moral code of chivalry. The poem judges the code of chivalry. Chivalry has many standards that a knight is to live by, yet many of these are impossible to uphold. Thus, the poem mocks chivalry’s ideals through the descriptions of Arthur’s court, Gawain’s ornate armor, and the seduction of Gawain by the lord’s lady.
For instance, it is one of the only tales that revolves around men. There is mentioning of women, but as Kruger explains it, "... women are evoked only to be excluded" (129). The absence of women suggests infertility, and thus, projects literary barrenness. Moreover, Kruger believes that the relationship between the three men is a parody of the sworn brotherhood and heterosexual love triangles found in the Knight's Tale, which also disturbs the heterosexual model of writing. Chaucer, with this tale, intended to show the dangers of the attachment to the physical and the disregard for spiritual, allegorical interpretation.
The journey of self-knowledge occurs while a hero is on a quest and endures trials and tribulations throughout the quest the hero learns more about himself through facing numerous of challenges in his life. The challenges force the hero to go outside of their comfort zone something a hero normally would not do on their own which helps him grow physically, and mentally. Ultimately the journey of self-knowledge helps the hero become an exceptional person which helps other individuals see the hero evolve into a better person. The poems Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and The Wife of Bath’s Tales demonstrate a hero facing challenges with their inner self, and during their quest that ultimately helps them grow as a person.
Myths can tell a tale of a person, belief, or a group that accomplishes something extraordinary, whether it is good or bad to society. “A usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon”(Merriam-Webster). There is no greater example of an embodiment of a myth than the Italian mafia. Since the culture of mafia became mainstream, there have been two myths in particular that have stand out to people: the Robin Hood myth and the Sicilian Culture myth. Through the years the myths have evolved as they are drawn from a certain period of time: 1870-1950.
Robin faces several problems with his industry. His customer base has virtually vanished. His company has too many employees that are engulfing profits to maintain the increased size. He employs the “more the marrier” method even though large size in a firm can be a disadvantage. Robin enjoys being the last word in decisions and delegates authority to his managers but has made their tasks more difficult by having them manage more than one task.
1. What problems does Robin Hood have? What issues need to be addressed? The first problem Robin Hood appears to have is the Sheriff.
