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“As you grow into manhood, you must find your own truths.” This is the overall message Rudolfo Anaya conveys regarding a hero’s journey and myth in his Chicano novel Bless Me, Ultima. The protagonist of the novel, Antonio, is not the typical hero that readers expect to encounter in a novel; perhaps, this novel’s quest does not fit the typical mold since Antonio embarks on a quest of self discovery and spiritual enlightenment to new levels of understanding. As noted, Antonio hears the call to adventure which comes in the form of Ultima who serves as a mentor and key factor to provide him with the tools necessary for his mysterious future path.
In the short story, ''The Moths'', by Helena Maria Viramontes uses author style to focus on the ideas that one could be isolated and it takes a severe deed to regain inner peace through the title, informal writing, and theme. The title, ''The Moths'' represents the moths flying out of the Abuelita's mouth after she died at the end of the story. '' I wanted to rest my head on her chest with her stroking my hair, telling me about the moths that lay within the soul and slowly eat the spirit up'', (page 37). The narrator was told by her Abuelita (grandmother) that the moths are filled in one's soul, and they slowly eat the spirit, but the moths are part of one that keeps living after one dies. It shows that the grandmother's legacy kept living
Ocho Apellidos Vascos is a quirky love story between Amaia and Anxton (whose actual name is Rafa). It begins in a Sevillan bar where a Basque woman is out with her friends. She’s very drunk and has obviously been having a pretty terrible time since her husband-to-be left her with a large sum of debt. An Andalusian man, Rafa, is on stage telling rude jokes about Basque women. The Basque woman, Amaia tells him off.
In the world of Greek Mythology, there are probably a couple of Gods that come to mind. Zeus, Hera, Ares, Apollo, ect. But have you heard of Theseus? Probably not. He is famous from when he had entered the Labyrinth ( An irregular path or maze), where the Minotaur (Half-Man and Half Bull) lived, he found the Minotaur and killed it with yarn, and that’s how he got out of the maze.
In Ancient Greek Myths, there are many monsters, but one of the most fearsome is the Cyclops. This diabolical monster has one eye and is known for being simple and sometimes being cannibalistic. They were also known as the son of the Titans named Uranus and Gaea. Uranus hated his children and Gaea plotted against Uranus because of this unnatural hate. These hideous monsters terrorized the world with their abnormal horrifying eye and their giant look that they had.
Angel Flores chose to leave Earth behind. She found herself in a prison in space. She gazed through the spaceship compartment’s viewport at the small, white-flecked blue planet far below.
It all started when the S.H.M.E.I.Gs had just formed. S.H.M.E.I.G stands for smart handsome men involved in government. It was me Grasshopper the founder,Vixen,El Toro,Hollywood,and Spanky. We were all cruising down 64 street when our rival gang The Quips started chasing us and captured El Toro.
At the beginning I bought a bird we called it the perrico. My son roberto loved the bird and my other son panchito because It reminds them of all the good thing when they were young we all love the bird but what I don 't like is the noise. It sounds like a loud screech. One day when I got home I was so tired and exhausted from working hard. My back hurt so much I wanted to scream.
Porus’ force consisted of around 30,000 infantry, 2,000-3000 cavalry, 300 chariot and 200 elephants. Porus deploys his force with his infantry in the center, cavalry on both flanks, chariots all on his left flank and elephants line up in front of his infantry. This may seem pretty standard at first, and for the most part it is, Except for the elephants. Elephants, prior to then, where typically used to guard the flanks against cavalry charges. Something worth noting is that horses are terrified of elephants, not just by their size but by their smell, horses not use acclimatized to the smell of an elephant often won’t go near them and have even been known to throw their riders when near one.
Once upon a time there was a land of witches, warlocks, knight, dragons, Pegasus, and trolls. There were two sides, that of the light and that of the dark. Long ago there was nothing but darkness void of anything good or pure. The land – if you would call it that – was full of demons, witches, and trolls.
There once was this boy named Timmy. He loved going trick or treating he always went with his friends. But the last Halloween was weird. Timmy was acting weird like we would talk about killing people for jokes but it was in this game. But we were looking back behind Timmy and he ran.
When I was 12 years old, my mom took my friends and I to the Haunted Hayride. Unfortunately, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. We got onto the hayride and there was a massive horse with a boy riding it who was headless and mean following us for about 2 minutes. For being in Middle School, I was pretty freaked out when we got off the trailer to walk through a corn maze , when then came a guy wearing a mask with a chainsaw chasing us out!!!! It was an exciting and horrid night for my friends and I.
Today was a day filled with anticipation and wonderment of things to come Dionysus was thinking. He stood as a tall, burly man with curly brown hair and deep violet eyes. Upon his head lay a wreath of grapes and golden leaves. As a mortal, Dionysus appeared in a blue and amber robe adorned with jewels, charms, and ornaments of gold, silver, and bronze. His father was King of the Gods, Zeus, and his mortal mother was Princess Semele of Thebes.
Timmy thought it was a great day to go to school! He thought to himself as he started to walk out his front door with his mask and cape on him. When Timmy got off of the bus, Jeff the bully bumped into him on purpose, but Timmy did not know it was him because Jeff had his hood up. Timmy walked into school with his books in his hands trying to get to class on time.
A very long time ago there was a goddess named Ceres. Ceres was the god of vegetation, she was responsible for the crops of the world. She would every day leave her small cottage and garden to tend to the vast crops of the world. Now Ceres had a daughter named Proserpina, and every day before Ceres left to attend the fields of the world she would tell Proserpina; "Child, do not stray from the west side of our garden, the east is filled with many dangerous things." "Yes, Mother!"