Trojan Horse: For Better or for Worse

In the original they did not have the gods shown playing war. The war started because Paris wanted Helen to be safe in Troy. In the play the gods made it so that Paris would get Helen. Also The gods were taken much more seriously in the original version and Helen was not a ditsy. The reason that they brought in the horse at the end was because they saw sign from Poseidon that they should keep it, not because of Helen wanting a Unicorn.

In the play the gods chose the war to happen because they wanted to play a game. Also most of the gods and adults were being childish in the play. Helen was a complete ditsy and because of her they brought in the horse at the end and not because of sign from the god Poseidon. Also the original does not have anything to do with modern day things but the play has many allusions to modern day things. Much of it is the same though because they have most of the same characters except Ares is in the play instead of Apollo. It is good because it is funny and comedy never fails to appease and that is why

I like the new story better because comedy is always more fun to read than a serious story.

The Power of Gandhi

The war rages on with bullets shot from both sides. People die every second in the bloody war that has been going on. This fighting is what Mohandas Gandhi does not do because as he once said “An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind”. Gandhi was a great leader and he led without violence. Gandhi had led India to independence without aggression but he had also inspired the entire world for non-violent movements.

Gandhi had gotten to know how to use non-violent movements because he studied Indian law at University College London.  He had went to London in 1888 to study there. He came back to India on 1891. In 1993 he accepted a yearlong contract with Dada Abdulla & Co. This is one of the turning points in his life. Since he accepted the contract he went to South Africa. There he had experienced many discrimination against him and that had probably urged him to stop it later in his life which he ended up doing. HE had once said “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” He had changed in Africa and that let him change the world.

He might have gone to law school but many accomplishments didn't even use law. Once Gandhi himself led a 200 mile salt march so that the people of India could grow their own salt instead of buying it from the British. Also he had gone on a 21 day fast just to protest against the war between Muslim and India. He wanted to help India out by making the economy better and stopping bloodshed.

Those accomplishments were fantastic however they were not his greatest. His greatest accomplishments were when he had taught the Indians in South Africa to become free, but furthermore, what touched the peak was when he had freed India from the British. He had led many acts to make the British leave India. What was so special was that the acts he did, had not required violence.

Gandhi might have led India to freedom what his act really changed, was that it led the world to a non-violent way of doing things. He had done what many people cannot and he had did it without having to use violence. He did not just help his homeland but he also inspired the rest of the world for the future.

Trojan Horse

The conflict was that they were fighting over Helen. The conflict got resolved because the Greeks had tricked the Trojans into letting them into their palace while making them drunk and asleep so that their city Troy would easily fall. It was sneaky because they had tricked the Trojans so that they let them into their home but not only did they do that, they tricked them into partying so that they were drunk and asleep so that they could not fight for their city.

Nowadays this would probably not happen because people usually don't take in gifts that they don't know about. It could happen though because some people would still take a gift in and have that happen. This could happen at a school or business because the school could be gifted for something and they would take it in unknowingly and then the enemy would be there. And in the shop they could get a gift for having good items and then the enemy could ransack them. This has happened in many shows because they just wanted one episode to show the use of a Trojan horse. I have not seen it in real life however. 

True Meaning

Author’s Note: This is a text analysis piece on Fablehaven written by Brandon Mull.

Symbolism is shown throughout many things; life, movies and books. One book that symbolism flows through is the book Fablehaven, by Brandon Mull. He uses many symbols to represent different aspects throughout the novel.

Like many books, Fablehaven has the use of light and darkness to represent good and evil. Good is represented by light because they are trying to save the world, unlike the evil who is trying to plunge the world into darkness, hatred and chaos. These are common symbols used not only throughout books, but in movies and even in real life.

Light and Darkness are not the only things representing good and evil throughout the book. The evil are wicked things like demons which is common, because demons are usually taken as evil beings and they are definitely not different here. The good is represented by gentler things such as, humans, fairies, and unicorns. This is also common because fairies and unicorns are generally taken as the calm and helpful creatures.

The sides were not the only things that had symbolism. In the story there were artifacts and some of them even had their own symbols. One of the artifacts was a cat-shaped teapot which would heal any wound unless they are dead. It is shaped like a cat because in Egypt the goddess of Cat, Bast, had once been known as a deity representing protection. Another artifact was a horn of a unicorn but this horn you could drink out of and if you did you would stop aging. The artifact was a unicorn’s horn because a unicorn is considered magical and in some fables a unicorn is immortal, so it was chosen to represent the artifact that gave eternal life.

Symbols are shown throughout everything, whether it’s in life, a movie, or in a book. Fablehaven is just one of the many books that show the use of symbolism.  After you see the symbolism in Fablehaven you will see more aspects of symbolism throughout life.

Wrinkle in Time: Fighters

In the book there were many people that were fighters and Gandhi was one of them. He was probably chosen to be one of the fighters because he had many accomplishments beforehand. He led India  into independence but he did it without fighting so that that there was not much bloodshed. He fought for the civil rights in India. Another thing he believed in was ahimsa. That means to do no harm. He would not want the thing to do any harm so he would try and stop it. He would have probably done so by reasoning with it because of his virtue. If he succeeded, which he could because that was why he was chosen in the first place, he would save the universe without having to sacrifice fighters or stars in order to do so.

Another great person would be Abraham Lincoln. He had led America to being a slave-free country and he was a great president. He had accomplished many great things in life. He had made the emancipation proclamation and also the thirteenth amendment. He had also led the Union to victory against the Confederate. Also there are some stories where Abraham Lincoln had defeated vampires who were helping the Confederates. Also he had preserved the spirit of the Union after they had defeated the Confederate since they were sad because of all the bloodshed. All of these reasons are why he would be a great fighter against the dark thing.

Not Everything is as it Seems

Author’s Note: This is a analysis of the symbolism shown throughout the story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson.

In The Lottery things are not as they might seem. The lottery is a prize given every year to someone, but the prize is a not one you want to win. When you win everyone else has to throw rocks until you die. In this twisted story they use a lot of symbolism to show the meaning of things.

There are many items used in the lottery. In the lottery, the thing used to pick who wins is a large black box which has been worn out and splintered. The box has been used for a long time so it represents the dark history of the lottery and why the tradition of the lottery should wear out of use just like the box has.

The dark box is not the only thing has symbolism. The prize of winning is death and I think the author made it like that to show that not all things are as they might seem. Also I think it represents that sometimes you have to let go of something because the town is not letting go of their tradition of the lottery which keeps getting people killed every year.

Not everything is at it seems. Darkness can be hidden underneath anything. Just like it was in the lottery where winning seems like losing. Throughout it there were many things representing the darkness and symbolism was used to show it. 

A Clean, Well-lighted Place-Hemingway Story vs. Film

The story and movie were similar but had many differences. In the movie much of the symbolism was lost in the story the old man sat in the only shaded area which showed despair and loneliness while in the movie that had the old man in the light probably so that we could see him better. Also the people who acted in it made it different since they were Irish or Scottish. Their accent made it difficult to understand what they were saying. All that had made a difference.

While the movie did not portray the story very well it had its advantages. The music in the movie had let us imagine the sadness much better than the story. But that was all that was good about the movie. If the adaptation hadn't lost much of the symbolism and also had different actors it would have been better.