Cassandra Clare Essays

I like the book, The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare because of its theme, Jace’s and Clary’s interactions, and the story’s concept of the Shadow World relating to the conflict. First, I like The City of Bones for its theme. In fact, the theme is that thing are not always as they may seem. This applies to the main character, Clary, because she was swayed by her overprotective mother’s lies that her father is dead. In truth, Clary’s father is very much alive, and her mother is a Shadowhunter in exile

I am reading City of Glass by Cassandra Clare and I am on page 437. This book is about Shadowhunters and Downworlders coming together to save themselves from Valentine, a corrupt Shadowhunter, and his army of demons aiming to destroy the Shadowhunter and Downworlder races in a bloody war. At the center of the conflict lies Jace and Clary. The siblings’ father is the leader of the demon army and it is their duty to stand against him and fight with their friends and family. Jace has demon blood inside

I focused my Writers in Real Life Project around one author, Cassandra Clare because I was intrigued by the vast writing empire she seems to have developed over the past decade. This reflection will focus largely on a group of Clares interrelated series, all of which a part of her Shadowhunters Chronicle. This group of books fascinated me because the series they are organized over span centuries and take place a variety of locations across the globe, and even in the underworld, yet all exist within

It was two-o'clock in the afternoon, and I could not be more excited to meet my favorite characters in my favorite series. They’re called shadowhunters. They were designed to protect mundanes (humans), and rid the world of vicious creatures called demons. Jace is the arrogant, adorable warrior who has dedicated his life to his belief. Clary is the newbie with a violent family past, and a wonderful future in her new found love, Jace. Simon is also a newbie to this world. First he became a downworlder

Bob Lee Swagger is the chief protagonist in the Bob Lee Swagger series of novels by American author of thriller novels, Stephen Hunter. We first get introduced to Bob Lee Swagger otherwise known as “Bob the Nailer” in the first novel of the series, the 1993 published Point of Impact. Bob Lee Swagger was in the military where he served as a sniper until his retirement, having attained the rank of Marine sergeant. The book series begins immediately after his retirement after a Soviet sniper in Vietnam

Evil vs good Before Clary knew about the shadow world with demons,werewolves,vampires,and shadowhunters(are people that are human but half angel) Clary lived with her mom and Luke.Luke was a werewolf that came into Clary’s life when she was little she trusted him he had deep blue sea eyes short brown hair.Clary thought her brother Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern was dead because before Clary was born there was fire and they found two skellingtons believed to be Jonathan and Valentine’s.When

Another conflict is a character versus self. Clary is one of the main characters in this book. For all her life, she has lived a normal life. Now that she knows that she is a shadowhunter that normal life is gone and she will never get it back. With this new life comes challenges. One challenge is to pick between Simon and Jace. Simon is a link to her old life; with him she feels normal and she feels like herself. With Jace , she feels like she is opening a new chapter in her life with her newfound

Introduction/Hook/Lead Jace from the book city of bones is a perfect example of an archetypal hero. This can be proven by the fact that he follows all steps in the 8 elements of of hero’s characteristics. He mostly follows the steps to a mighty warrior, unusual birth circumstances, and his epic quest. A little about Jace is that he’s a shadow hunter who kills these demons that are called downworlders throughout the book. There’s is also a girl named clary, and she’s also a shadow hunter

The book The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare is a magical fantasy book following Callum Hunt’s first year at the Magisterium. Young Callum must do everything he can to make it through an unusually eventful first year at a school he has been trained to believe has nothing but bad things planned for him. Callum Hunt has lived his entire life being repeatedly told that mages were evil by his father who blames the mages for the death of Callum’s mother. So when the time comes for Callum

keep going” with the main characters trying to make things right, even if they don’t know what to and that their friends will always have their back and the same goes for the book The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. Because both of their themes forces on persevering; getting through tough times and always have your friends there to support you - but they write in completely different ways. - The connecting themes for both

This chapter will discuss the journey of King Ken Arok in building Singasari kingdom and assess his life story as depicted in Kitab Pararaton according to Joseph Campbell’s outline of Hero’s Journey. The epic hero of Kitab Pararaton is Ken Arok, an incarnation of Wisnu who was born of a poor widow. Through ups and downs and a lot of crime-committing, Ken Arok succeeded in becoming the first king who built the Singasari Kingdom. Unfortunately, his past of hurting people to achieve what he was ‘destined’to

In Euripides’s The Bacchae and in William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, I found the gender roles in these particular plays to be very interesting because this was my first exposure to cross-dressing in works of literature. In The Bacchae, women play a huge role because women are often portrayed as feminine and inferior in many past works, however, in The Bacchae, the women of Thebes decide to rebel against the men and join the Greek God of grape harvesting, wine, fertility, and partying, in the woods

The rape of Cassandra Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam, who was promised by god Apollo to teach her the art of prophecy. He hoped that she would fall in love with him but she rejected him. Apollo was so upset that he cursed her never to be believed by anyone and she was seen as a madwoman and a liar by her family and by the people of Troy. Although she was seen as liar and a madwoman by her own people, what she foresee in the future was true and it happened, it got to the point where her

Introduction The course of literature, though it continues to modernize and move forward as us, it is still a reflection and culmination of history. Relics of the past still linger and in one way or another in literature, Greek literature being one of the prominent relics that were used in historical literatures and are still being used today. Many of the modern age literature burrowed plot devices, concepts and archetypes from the Greeks. Even in movies and television series, there are various

Epic poetry is basically a long narrative poem, that is based on stories that are larger than life. For instance it is about the grandeur of warriors, bravery of heroes, various Gods, kings and their kingdoms. In style and theme, it is majestic. It basically incorporates mythicism, religious affairs, legend, folktales, historical events that are of national significance. It sometimes involves events that are of universal significance aswell. National significance basically is taken in a sence that

The choice to retaliate or forgive when wronged is a crucial decision everyone must make. Vengeance and virtue are deeply ingrained in the human condition, transcending all cultural and societal barriers. In literature, vengeance, and virtue are universal themes, as seen in Alexandre Dumas’ novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, and William Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest. However, when it comes to the fundamental aspects of the human condition, the value of virtue far outweighs the value of vengeance

Her vengeful actions were triggered by the death of her daughter Iphigenia and the jealousy of her husband’s mistress Cassandra. Clytemnestra was utterly consumed by the murder of her daughter. Iphigenia was about to marry the famous Achilles. Clytemnestra’s love and pride for Iphigenia would have been at its strongest when she helped her daughter prepare for the noble marriage

Lauren Arant Mr. McInnis English IV 19 February 2018 The Medieval View of Courtly Love in “The Knight’s Tale” Courtly love can mean different things for different poets, genres, and periods. During The Medieval Times in western Europe, poets wrote in the courts of nobility and developed a new approach to love. In the Medieval Times, the new approach to love was called Courtly Love. The medieval view of Courtly Love is evident in “The Knight’s Tale” by chivalry, the rules of Courtly Love, and the

HOSEA The prophet Hosea lived in the kingdom of northern Israel in the eighth century B.C., a time of great political change and struggle. The Hebrew monarchy felt the need to make political alliances with pagan kings to keep Israel on friendly terms with other nations. Individual Hebrews often married or in business deals with pagans, were attracted to the sexual rites in the pagan fertility temple. Of particular danger to the Hebrew faith were the cults of the storm god Baal, the Lord of the Winds

Cassandra is one of the few characters in the play who can see with clarity. She has been given the gift of telling prophecies, but has also been cursed so that no one believes her. While standing outside the house, Cassandra begins to tell the prophecy of Agamemnon’s death to the chorus of men. These men do not believe her, and just think that she has gone mad. While the chorus of men are unable to believe Cassandra due to the curse, the men are also ‘blind’