Thursday, September 20, 2012

Odyssey

The Trojan War has ended and Penelope's husband, Odysseus, is still not back after 10 years.Yet, all the other Greek warriors are home. A group of suitors will work their to her and try to convince her to marry them. The name, Paoyos, comes from the Greek word for "success". Paoyos will take a journey to marry Penelope in Ithica. By beating the other suitors, Paoyos has a large chance in being able to take her hand in marriage. Telemachus, Odysseus' son, told all of the suitors to go home. One of the suitors acted suspicious about what Telemachus said.There was a ceremony the next day where Telemachus would announce the proposition of the suitors leaving. The son said if we wanted Penelope's hand in marriage we would have to go to Icarius and ask him properly. Antinous reminded us that Penelope paid a ruse in order to pay off marriage. He also said that she would be sent to Icarius and he would choose a husband for her. Halitherses speaks about the coming home of Odysseus and says that if we did not leave immediately we would be massacred.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Writing


            Just a normal guy, living in the world, and trying to get was absolutely clueless on what was going on around him. Jack has been protected by his “uncle” his whole life. His “uncle” is actually a close family friend to Jacks parents. Ever since the day Jack was born there have been people after him. Jack never knew since his uncle kept it a secret in order for Jack to live with himself yet, Jack knew his uncle. His uncle has been there his whole life. Jacks uncle and Jacks parents have been family friends since his parents were young. Jack has always been a hardworking guy in everything he tries to do.  He’s about 17 years old and is half way through his senior year. Once he turns 18 he gets to move out and go to college of his choice. Becky, his best friend, came over to hang out one day. They got bored and decided to go on a walk. On the walk, Becky noticed a car following them. She told Jack about the car and he looks over his shoulder. Once he turns his head all the way around, the car immediately stops. Jack notices two suspicious men in the front seats and he sees a shadow of someone in the back on the car. The two of them start to walk back to Jacks house and begin walking a little faster then they were before. After they get back to the house and get up the stairs, Jack begins to tell Becky how he has more feelings than being just friends. She’s unsure at the fact of dating her best friend at first but then decides to give it a try. He then proceeds on asking her to prom in a few months. She starts crying of excitement and says, “OF COURSE!” The next couple days, Jack realizes his uncle hasn’t been around as much as normal. After Jack realizes this, his uncle sits him down and starts explaining to him what their job is specifically. His uncle then says, “Our job, as a family, is to protect the immortal world from coming onto Earth. We make sure mortals never even find out about the immortal world.” Jacks mouth drops.  His uncle goes on,”....I have been your protector since you’ve been born. There are people after you because only a few people have the power to open the portal, which lets out the immortals. There are around two immortals trying to let the rest of their kind into the world.” Jack thought to himself about the car he saw when he was with Becky. He lets his uncle know about the car that was following them. The people in the car were not human beings. They were immortals they were in human skin. Over the next couple weeks, Jack went through intense training. His whole world was about to change. He learned how to use a monster gun and how to prosecute different kinds of immortals. They were going to war. Jacks uncle took him to the warehouse were they would prepare for the war. Jack began to put his gear on when out of nowhere his uncle starts transforming into an immortal monster. The war begins. It’s Jack against the whole immortal world. The war goes through the portal. Jacks uncle ends up being the leader of the whole immortal world. Jack defeats the immortals that came after him. The war finally ended and Jack lived protecting the mortals. 

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Archetype


An archetype is a universal symbolic pattern in a story,book, or movie. In the movie, Snow White and The Huntsman, a common archetype used is The Child. The Child archetype represents new beginnings, and that it is possible to regain paradise. In the movie, Snow White is trapped away for years and years after the new queen kills her husband. The Queen put the whole town in darkness. The Queen completely changed the way the whole region looked and even the way the people’s outlook on life. The people in the region thought the princess was dead but she wasn’t. The manages to escape out of her cell one day. On her quest she finds many new friends. Towards the end of the movie, she creates an army to conquer the Queen. The princess wanted to put the palace back in her control. She was the only one that was able to defeat the Queen. The Queen wanted the princesses soul since the princess is pure. Having the princesses soul would let her have eternal beauty. In the end, the princesses army defeats the Queens army. As soon as the princess kills the Queen, the whole village was taken out of darkness. A new beginning for the village arrives. Then, the princess continues her fathers reign.