...Short Story She could always make decisions in split seconds, but were they good ones? She spent her life living with no regrets, or at least that’s what the quote on her wall said. Whenever anyone disagreed with her choices, she would make them plead to agree. Could she have been called a role model? She could be called a model, with her perfect figure, every girl's dream, even as she dressed in non-complementing, male clothes, her gender scale tipped over to the female side and beyond. Was she influential? Her voice spoke of nothing but persuasion, her lips were as red as her enemies' blood - of course she had no enemies - and so she was pale. Alternately she had the correct answer every time, she may have not always been right, but she was never wrong. Her name was Avalanche, later on she was referred to as “she's coming”. To her dismay, her always right record was put to an abrupt ending, it was not a right decision she chose to do. “Avalanche, I am talking to you, listen!” Her father said, almost emotionless due to Avalanche draining all his powers. A sorceress. “You can either tell the world about my murder, or you can keep quiet, it won't matter because I will get caught anyway” Avalanche, stood there in silence. She had her brain thrown into a blender, and her heart made into a jumbled puzzle. Was it potentially possible to keep quiet about this? She would have committed the murder, if her dad had not, and so she couldn't admit it to the police. Just as much as...
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...Shane Frechette ENG 102 October 18, 2015 Holt Unconquerable, Invincible, Undefeated Strong, powerful and enticingly cryptic, are qualities many poets may strive for, but to truly express such qualities, a poet must live by them. The poem “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley embodies the splendor and influence that one’s own personal experiences bring to a piece of writing. Even without any knowledge of the authors own pain and struggles in life, this poem holds the rare potential to relate to any and every reader that is graced to come across it’s lines. The title “Invictus” is a Latin word, meaning unconquerable, invincible and/or undefeated in which Henley lived and died by. Inspiring the creation of “Invictus” was a past of difficult and dark times for a young William Ernest Henley. A written piece of work is best expressed when the roots are implanted in the writer’s life – that is to say, an author’s best is when it stems from experience. At the age of 12, Henley learned what it meant to struggle, losing half his leg to tubercular arthritis and essentially becoming an imprisoned inmate of hospital life for almost two years. His hardships triggered a lifelong healing process through writing poetry, subsequently creating one of his most famous and well known pieces of work: “Invictus”. “Invictus” carries the reader on a roller coaster of the lows and highs of life. Dipping and diving through the trials and tribulations that challenge the soul, then rising up against them...
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...When I first heard the news everything went blank. I didn't feel anything, just complete and total numbness. It was as if all these walls went up around me because I think a part of me knew that if I let down my guard and let myself believe, all hell would break loose inside of me. So I just refused to even try to comprehend how this could be. I let myself go on like this for months in complete denial. People would give me their condolences and sympathies and in some ways I felt gratitude towards them and would muster up a reply but it was as if my insides had been deadened to it all. I stood there atop the sand dunes and in that moment, just for a tiny ounce of a second, I was invincible. And then, as if the wind had carried it over the hills...
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...visions of himself as leader of his people inspired him to action. Even among white people he was known for his fearlessness in battle. There was non-among the Indian tribes that matched his military prowess or skills both as a leader of the people and warrior. Despite this fearlessness, and the larger than life persona that surrounded him, Crazy Horse’s legacy ended in an undignified manner fit not even for an animal. The very people he had agreed to turn himself into disemboweled him, the same people who should have taken care of him so that a fair trial could be held. As his life was, so to was his death shrouded in mystery; however, E. A. Brininstool’s collection of letters and accounts of Crazy Horse’s death called, “Crazy Horse: The Invincible Sioux Chief,”...
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...| Affordable Care Act vs The Invincibles | | Affordable Care Act signed. Excitement. Gets on webpage. Sees prices. Exits webpage. These are motions made by many young adults between 19 and 29 took upon realizing that it was now mandatory that every American adult sign up for a health insurance plan. On March 23, 2010, young adults, including the writer, thought they were finally getting a break from the government when President Obama signed his new health reform act. Little was known how much this generation was actually considered before the president signed off their continued demise. Young adults were sold a dream of affordable health plans that could fit within their tight budgets, but with reality in front of them, they must face either being penalized for the 2014 tax year or pinch their pennies and pay the premium throughout the year. Promoters of the Affordable Care Act are now facing the challenge of getting this group to sign up for insurance. But many ask why they didn’t consider the pockets of young adults before the current administration made the decision for them. What does the Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare” entail? It offers provisions to expand coverage, control health care costs, and improve the health care delivery system. “The act requires most U.S. citizens and legal residents to have health insurance. It also requires employers to pay penalties for employees who receive tax credits for health insurance through an Exchange, with exceptions...
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...Marketing Research Paper Benjamin A. Richmond MKT/421 3/21/2016 Tom O’Brien Marketing Research Paper When it comes to a Michelin tire, everyone knows that they are made with quality and the highest levels of innovation. The technology that is put into a Michelin tire is of great importance and Michelin takes great pride in the product that they make. There are multiple target markets that Michelin targets such as agriculture, racing, motocross, Indy, industrial equipment, bicycles, high performance and all season tires for our everyday automobiles. “All Michelin tires (both Replacement & Original Equipment) com with a limited warranty for tread wear, as well as a limited warranty which covers defects in workmanship and materials for the life of the original usable tread, or for 6 years from date of purchase, whichever occurs first. Mileage tread wear warranties vary by tire line” (Michelin US, 2015). The target market for my product will be for the everyday driver that can provide all the safe and performance needs that a tire should give. My product will be one that will divide and conquer the road and easily separate itself from other contender’s. The tire market that my product will most be involved and end up on top of is the all season tires. The reason for the all season tire market is simply because this tire product is the ones that are most popular and are used more than any other tires in the world. My product has no boundaries when it comes...
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...tries to prove that he is invincible, and no creature can outsmart him. Earlier in Book 9, when Odysseus and his men had just reached the Cyclops’s home, his men pleaded not to go to the Cyclops, he still wanted to “ find out what the mainland...
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...In the movie “Crimson Tide” the two main characters, the Executive Officer and the Captain, both possess ignorance on what should be the right thing to do for SS Alabama. The captain possesses invincible ignorance and the executive officer possesses vincible ignorance which afterwards shifted to invincible ignorance. The captain’s duty as the chief of SS Alabama is to carry out whatever mission given to him by the command post. He should carry out his mission at all cost even if he needs to make his subordinate undergo very strict measures. As the chief of SS Alabama, everyone depends on him that he shouldn’t perform mistakes in delivering protocols for if he committed a mistake he might risk the lives of the crew of the submarine. Because of this, the captain becomes ignorant of what is the proper thing to do. He has always remained true to his duty as the chief of the submarine which blinded him of the truth. His ignorance is invincible because his doings are based on his responsibility as the captain. He need to execute every protocol to him because it is his duty to do so, it will be hard for him to dispel this because there are lives that would be risked if he failed to accomplish his duty. He also need to response quickly on protocols for the sake of Alabama, he is not aware that he needed enlightenment. On the other hand Executive Officer possesses vincible ignorance. His duty was to repeat the duty of the captain in order to concur the protocols. At the movie he seemed...
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...Sports Film Reaction Paper Invincible is a film based on the true story of lifetime eagle fan Vince Papale. This film takes place in 1976 in Philadelphia, which is going through a recession, and the Eagles are being booed of the field. Vince is playing football with a group of his friends on a street field. You then find out that Vince is laid off from his high school substitute teaching job, and his wife just left him. His friend Max who owns a local bar offers him a bartending job which he takes. Max’s cousin Janet, who is a giants fan, also takes a job at the bar. While this is happening, the Eagles hire new head coach Dick Vermeil. During an interview Vermeil announces that there will be open tryouts for the Eagles. While Vince’s friends try to convince him to go to the tryouts, his father who stops by late one night at the bar tells him not to. They don’t have a very strong relationship. Vince goes to the tryout and is the only person asked to go to training camp. Like all great sports movies Vince first struggles at training camp. At first he’s struggling, he’s being ostracized by the big name players and he’s not good enough. Eventually he makes friends and gains the respect of the other players. Vermeil is tasked with the decision of cutting Vince or keeping him and he decides to keep him, and he joined the special teams on kickoffs and punts. Vince making the Eagles seems to be helping his friends and Philly get through these hard times. The Eagles first preseason game...
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...mommy is in there!" shouts a little girl as she clings to her stuffed rabbit that at the very corner of its ear was burnt. She was covered in ash. Coughing but she seemed more concerned about her mother who was still inside. Imagine running into the house, finding her mother and dragging her out just before the whole house collapsed behind. Walking outside to two fire trucks, an ambulance, a crowd of people, and a little girl whose face lit up as soon as she noticed her mother. Everyone is clapping, a fireman walks up, pats you on the back and says, "Congrats, you're a hero." If I was offered the role of the villain or hero in a movie I would choose the hero because lots of people look up to you and you get to help other all while being invincible....
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...Macbeth Essay Ambition and greed can change people in an unfathomable way. Power can change a person to greedy in a heartbeat, just to make sure they stay in power and get things going in their way only. In the play Macbeth, Macbeth portrays ambition and greed very well. He has allowed greed and ambition to take over him and change himself completely. Macbeth’s hunger for power and his fine line between greed and ambition has contributed his transformation into power by the number of people he murdered, his confidence in believing he is invincible and his craving and need to be in charge. In Macbeth, Macbeth gets himself corrupted in greed, which leads him to crave power. Macbeth’s need for power created when Duncan declared Malcolm as the prince. Macbeth’s jealousy over Malcolm drove him to become ambitious and greedy. Macbeth takes radical measures to...
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...“There is an illusion about American, myth about America to which we are clinging to which has nothing to do with the lives we lead.” The great American myths that Negros do not believe in are: that their ancestors were all freedom loving heroes, that they were born in the worlds greatest country, Americans are invincible in battle and wise in peace, that Americans have always dealt honorably with Mexicans and Indians. Negros doesn’t believe these myths because they only discuss one race and that is white America. Between the years 1619 to 1865 my ancestors were not considered freedom loving hero’s, they were classified as nothing human.my ancestors was used as property beaten, whipped, shackled together, and left to die. Freedom-loving...
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...one is brave enough to get to the book and suffer the consequences. Except for one; Alexander Steuben, was a bully, thought he was the greatest boy in the world and that he was invincible. He felt so great and invincible, that he announced to the whole town, “I Alexander Steuben, will get rid of this book and save this town from living in fear. Poor little and naïve Alexander, didn’t know what was coming to him in the end. Late that night with the wind blowing softly, the streets quiet from the usual busy streets and laughing children, Alexander walked up the stairs to the building that will soon foretell his destiny. He entered the quiet building, squeaks here and there in the silent building; a low breeze coming from one particular door, there lays the Book of Sands. He stares and stares, until he finally opens the door, and walks down the stairs towards the book. He feels the chills, power, and the lonely feeling everyone in town talks about. But that doesn’t stop, Alexander, “the great”, and he keeps going towards the book until he finally reaches it and picks it up. The feelings of the book are so strong, that Alexander gets so many emotions that get him dizzy. But that doesn’t stop Alexander, and having the book in his hands gets him so riled up that he starts to feel even more invincible than before. Alexander wondered what was...
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...Epictetus talks about invincibility, that we can be invincible because nothing that is around us can harm us, only the actions we take, so if we take the best ones, this makes us invincible. Therefore, everything is in our best judgment, if we fail and make a wrong decision, we will be unhappy. Yet, we can become happy and invincible, if we make the right choices. There are some important things we must apply and abide by in our life, before we achieve invincibility. We must not anything or anyone interfere with your life decisions, because this is when the mistakes may happen and you will fall into destruction. Later in the passage, you can see that a man is dignified by his humility. This makes most sense, humility has a lot to deal with by being happy. Humility is being concerned with what is right, and by doing the right things in your life is how one can achieve happiness. With happiness comes laughter, but having a desire to...
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...The Spanish Armada How does a so called “invincible” navy fail to destroy the inferior British Navy? The Spanish Armada was said to be the “invincible” navy that fell in the late 1500s. They were called invincible because of their ocean experience due to exploration, which ironically a newer smaller British military defeated. Philip II, King of Spain and controller of much land was behind the Armada while Queen Elizabeth, Queen of England was the one who had angered Philip II. The old ways of the Armada was why they were so easily defeated. From June to September, 1588, war raged between the Spanish and British navies. Most of the action took place in the English Channel, and areas close to Scotland and Ireland were being battled upon as well. At this time in the sixteenth century, new military tactics were being introduced. The British capitalized on using them, but the old and mighty Spanish Armada was using their old faithful yet outdated tactics. The Spanish used their traditional style ships rather than the smaller, nimbler ships of the British. The battle took place on the...
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