legends in history. It is believed that the name Henry Berry can be traced back to the Lost Colony’s ship roster at Roanoke. (Dare) According to the legend‚ Lowrie and his Lumbee gang members acted in the same manner as Robin Hood‚ hiding in the swamps stealing food from the white who had plenty and gave it out to the poor. Lowrie’s grandparents were large landholders‚ but throughout a series of lawsuits and land suits‚ most of their possessions were taken away. It is believed that they suffered
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Christine Lopez Nov 26‚ 2012 English I Mr. Budge The Heroic Cycle of Shrek Shrek‚ produced by Dreamworks and shown in 2001‚ is about an ogre who needs to rescue a princess in order to get his swamp back from being inhabited by the fairytale creatures Lord Farquaad forced to be there. With the company of Donkey‚ he ventures across the lands to a castle where they meet a dragon and rescue a surprised princess. However‚ the journey back turns out to be a twist
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What does a fat‚ ugly‚ shy ogre have in common with a strong‚ brave‚ handsome man? The heroes Odysseus and Shrek have a lot of similarities and differences. Odysseus and Shrek both want to go back home to their normal life‚ but they have different motives for their journey and have very different personalities. Odysseus and Shrek both want to go home to their normal life to save their home. Odysseus is coming home from the Trojan War and faces many difficulties on the way. Shrek is on a journey
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different fairytale characters are banished into his swamp by order of the obsessive‚ evil‚ fairy-tale hating Lord Farquaad. This is Shrek’s first call to adventure. Campbell claims‚ “One may be only casually strolling when some passing phenomenon catches the wandering eye and lures one away from the frequented paths of man.” This is sort of what happened to Shrek in that he was just living his life when the fairytale characters entered his swamp. Shrek announces to the fairytale creatures that he
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In the opening of Beowulf‚ a difference is seen between two characters‚ Hrothgar’s warriors and Grendel. Hrothgar’s warriors are loyal to their leader and are vow to fight boldly to the death for Hrothgar. Grendel is a demon descended from the biblical Cain‚ the oldest son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel. That difference is sound. The speaker uses sound to describe the disparity of the two characters: "A powerful monster‚ living down / In the darkness‚ growled in pain‚ impatient / As
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plot of the first Shrek‚ There is a big green ogre who lives in a swamp. Shrek saved a talking donkey one day from getting sold to Lord Farrquad. Donkey wouldn’t leave Shrek alone and went to his swamp to stay the night and when Shrek sat down for dinner that night he finds himself swamped with many fairy tale creatures that were put there by Lord Farrquad. This is a great set up for a fairy tale so far. Shrek sets off to get his swamp back from Lord Farrquad while Donkey goes along with him. Now this
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We bored on into the dark for another twenty miles and eighteen minutes. The ectoplasmic fingers of the mist reached out of the swamp‚ threading out from the blackness of the cypresses‚ to snag us‚ but didn’t have any luck. A possum came out of the swamp‚ threading out from the blackness of the cypresses‚ to snag us‚ but didn’t have any luck. A possum came out of the swamp and started across the road and might have made it‚ too‚ if Sugar-Boy hadn’t been too quick for him. Sugar-Boy just shaded the
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The Scarlet Ibis JAMES HURST Adapted from: Elements of Literature: Third Course. Austin: Holt‚ Rinehart and Winston. 2003. It was in the clove of seasons‚ summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born‚ that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree.1 The flower garden was strained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank2 amid the purple phlox. The five o’clocks by the chimney still marked time‚ but the oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty
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was coming and Todd did not understand how they knew or why they knew. He did not want to leave on his own but ben and Cillian acted like that was the best and only option to keep Todd safe. Todd did not understand why finding the quiet hole in the swamp was such a big deal but his guardians acted like it was a life or death situation. His guardians did not give Todd any intimation of why finding the whole of silence was so bad. All they told him was that he needed to leave right away and to not think
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More than anything‚ journeys are about the process of learning about yourself and others. Do you agree? I agree that journeys are how you learn who you are. As inner journeys are what help form the person you become through the challenges you face in life. In “The Turning” by Tim Winton and “Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta‚ both of these texts have the relation of journeys and self discovery with the events that happen which effects how their life pans out. With all the pressures of school
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