North Magnetic Pole Essays

The magnetic compass was created by Chinese Augurs to create their fortune telling boards. However, it was detected by the Greeks thousands of years ago that lodestone, which contained magnetite (a naturally magnetic substance), had magnetic properties. The Chinese rubbed lodestone to a needle, and the needle always pointed north. In addition, we discovered with the invention of the magnetic compass that the earth had a magnetic field. When the magnetic compass points north, it pointed to

To all our children and grandchildren, Your Christmas smiles, giggles and awe Are emblazoned In our hearts Forever! Santa’s First Gift By Edmund and Beth Ann Shanks Edited By Robert Schmitt “Muse of Fire” On the Eve of Last Christmas, in soft-falling snow, Santa’s reindeer stood ready and eager to go. His thoughts at that moment, traveled eons through time, To that very first Christmas, a night so sublime. Oh, how Santa pondered, “Ah, to be there THAT night, To bring Christ

when Santa’s sleigh crashes due to a loss of Christmas spirit in New York. At the end of the play Buddy gets enough Christmas spirit to fuel Santa’s sleigh back to the North Pole and issues between Buddy and Walter are resolved. The play ends with Buddy and Jovi who are now married and have a child visiting Santa at the North Pole along with Buddy’s brother, stepmom, and dad. This play had a magical effect on me while I was watching it made me believe in the power of Christmas spirit and how it bonds

One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for the dominion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race. (Letter 4.21) Uh-gracious. It's never a decent sign when you begin telling your sister that it's not a major ordeal in the event that somebody kicks the bucket, the length of you satisfy your experimental objective. Walton is around over two stages far from full-on distraught researcher, here. The innocent and

obey!”(Shelley 157). The reader sees the obvious tension between Victor and the monster due to both of their lacks of responsibility for each other and themselves and can relate it to the United States and their global affairs with countries like North Korea where the countries leaders have resulted to name calling like “rocketman” and “mad man”(Stevens). Throughout Frankenstein the reader saw Shelley’s theme of the dangers in not taking responsibility like pain, death, the suffering of others, and

his fictive universe. This light and entertaining fantasy transports readers to the North Pole through the story of a young elfin lad, Noel Night, one of the thousands of Christmassy-named elves. The story started in a room fraught with books covering a wide range of topics where Noel’s sleep was stopped by the din of his alarm, something typical in the mornings of our elf protagonist who works as a staff in North Pole’s List department. His day and life changed quite dramatically that day because

A Wake Up Call In Susan Sontag Short Story, “The Way We Live Now” During the 1980’s, the epidemic of AIDS was common among small gay communities, but soon it began to spread rapidly. Many organizations and activists continued to educate young people to protect themselves. In ‘The Way We Live Now,” Susan Sontag uses life and death to help readers follow the life of a man dying from AIDS. The story mainly focuses on his friends being concerned about his disease. The story is told in the form of conversation

„I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me; whose eyes would reply to mine. You may deem me romantic, my dear sister, but I bitterly feel the want of a friend” (Shelley 163-164). This is the wish of the scientist Robert Walton whose letters start Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. Unlike the first thoughts coming to mind when hearing the title, friendship is one of the main topics in the story and the wish Walton expresses in the beginning stands for the desires of all the main characters

Paul ever thinks about the evil things that erases humanity in men. At that time a light suddenly has flashed. He sees his face in the mirror which is framed by fluorescent lamps. In that, “Over the mirror was the legend, THE BEST MAN IN THE WORLD FOR THE BEST JON IN THE WORLD” (221).Kurt Vonnegut’s main intention is to express his view about machines and according to him human beings are more valuable than machines. Many characters in the novel express the view of their own experience against

From the point of birth, Man always pursues knowledge, this pursuit is always kept within certain boundaries. In her novel, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley explains how the pursuit of forbidden knowledge can become dangerous through symbolism, allusion, and foreshadowing proving each effectively to the reader. Employing symbolism as her first technique, Shelley uses this in the way many other enlightenment authors do. The strongest use of symbolism is prevalent while Victor is contemplating suicide

An amoral ambition. A soul-crushing isolation. A tireless quest for vengeance. In any case, the Faustian titular character from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein, experiences what can only be called a continual downward spiral into his own demise. Victor Frankenstein embodies various types of themes and characteristics throughout the austere story, delivering such themes and ideas via his speech, decisions, and character growth. And, the more intense and self-destructive themes that

Published in 1818, Frankenstein is one of the most famous works of Mary Shelley and its origin is almost as mysterious and exciting as the novel itself. The book is telling a story about the monstrous and mortal consequences of male creation, arising from a rivalry between man's affinities to his family and surely to science as well. Recently, modern literary critics do not perceive the work of Shelley merely as a fictional creation, but primarily as a novel that reflects the author's personal experience

As I walk out of Mr.Fiedler’s fourth hour social class, I wonder what kind of mood the evil Mrs.Berntson will be in today. I turn the corner and see all of the seventh graders come out room 224 screaming in fright. Oh great, I thought to myself. I approached the door and carefully step into the classroom making sure nothing jumps out at me. I step into the classroom only to see my witch looking teacher with black hair and warts covering her face standing in the corner of the room. “Welcome to another

In, Miracle on 34th Street, a man named Kris Krinlge who believes he is Santa Claus is hired to work as the Macy's Santa Claus. The employer and her daughter do not believe in creatures or people like Santa Claus. Their neighbor is a big believer in Santa Claus and it is up to Santa and their neighbor, Fred, to make a little Susan and Doris believe in Santa Claus. Susan does not believe in Santa Claus, but once she sees Kris Kringle brighten faces, she begins to doubt her belief. Kris is invited

There once was an elf who was very grumpy. He didn’t like making friends, having fun, or parties. He specially hated the winter solstice, the shortest day in the year and the one day where every elf and magical creature got together to throw the biggest parties. “This year will be different.” Grumpy thought, rubbing his hands together excitedly as he watched the other elves and magical creatures setting up and decorating the forest for the winter celebration. He watched from way up high on a tree

I am Yule Jolly Stockings and I am applying to be working for Santa as a Toy Maker. I am a really fast worker and also I work really hard to finish my toys. I am a little naughty and get into trouble but you don’t have to worry about that. I really want this job because it will show how much I am dedicated to working for Santa as a Toy Maker. I am applying because I need to find a job and also because making toys for me is really fun and I want to do it for the rest of my life. I am also applying

A Wake Up Call In Susan Sontag Short Story, “The Way We Live Now” During the 1980’s, the epidemic of AIDS was common among small gay communities, but soon it began to spread rapidly. Many organizations and activists continued to educate young people to protect themselves. In ‘The Way We Live Now,” Susan Sontag uses life and death to help readers follow the life of a man dying from AIDS. The story mainly focuses on his friends being concerned about his disease. The story is told in the form of conversation

Many people wander about the north pole. Everyone knows that someone discovered it, but what you don 't know is that one of the two discoverers is very important to black history, Matthew Henson. He was the first African American explorer to go to the North Pole. Matthew Henson is important to black history because he was one of the first famous black explorers. His past is inspiring ,he discovered the north pole, he didn 't get noticed until 5 decades later Matthew Henson faced tragedies

greedy thirst of knowledge . Shelley begins Walton story though emotional letters written to his beloved sister . Through these letters , we can understand in great details that Walton’s set a ship to the  cold and icy Arctic ocean to discover the North Pole . Walton thought he is a genius and he is the only man in the earliest memories of his youth desired to learn about the world , and natural sciences . Walton quoted , “This expedition has been the favourite dream

Who Stole Christmas? Its Christmas morning, the one day children like to get up early, everyone gathers around the tree. Except there is one major problem, there are no presents! The kids are devastated and the parents cannot do anything because the gifts did not ship on time. During the holidays of 2013, UPS could not handle the mass amounts of online orders placed before Christmas. Online retailers promised packages to be shipped before Christmas, leaving some customers furious. The story of the