...Dragon Name Dragon The word dragon entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French dragon, which in turn comes from Latin draconem (nominative draco) meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from the Greek word δράκων, drakon (genitive drakontos, δράκοντος) "serpent, giant seafish". The Greek and Latin term referred to any great serpent, not necessarily mythological, and this usage was also current in English up to the 18th century. Morphology A dragon is a mythological representation of a reptile. In antiquity, dragons were mostly envisaged as serpents, but since the Middle Ages, it has become common to depict them with legs, resembling a lizard. Dragons are usually shown in modern times with a body like a huge lizard, or a snake with two pairs of lizard-type legs, and able to emit fire from their mouths. The European dragon has bat-like wings growing from its back. A dragon-like creature with wings but only a single pair of legs is known as a wyvern. Comparative mythology Further information: Chaoskampf, Sea serpent, Proto-Indo-European religion § Dragon or Serpent and Serpent (Bible) The association of the serpent with a monstrous opponent overcome by a heroic deity has its roots in the mythology of the Ancient Near East, including Canaanite (Hebrew, Ugaritic), Hittite and Mesopotamian. Humbaba, the fire-breathing dragon-fanged beast first described in the Epic of Gilgamesh is sometimes described as a dragon with Gilgamesh playing the part of...
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...Becoming the Dragon written by Alex Sapegin This is the first book in a fantasy adventure series revolving around a teenage boy named Andy. Andy is accidentally transported to an alternate world by a machine that is being developed by his father. He finds himself in a world far away from home, featuring a second celestial body rising after dark that looks like earth. The world is filled with bizarre animals starting with ants that are double the size of normal earth ants, progressing to a type of Griffin and a strange family of large cats as well as magical beings, orcs, elves, and even dragons. Andy has to fight to survive from the moment he lands on this new world named Ilanta. He goes through many harrowing adventures as he tries to survive this strange new world, using nothing more than...
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...Biully Character Sketch Based on the book “Raising Dragons” This book is about a teenage boy by the name of William Bannister who gradually starts to realize that his breath is getting hotter and hotter. By the time he is in high school, his breath is so hot, he sets off the fire alarm. The principal, one of the long lines of dragon slayers going back to the time of king Arthur realized that he has a pupil that has dragon blood. The story is about his struggles, victories, defeats, gains, losses, and friendship. His first character trait that I realized was his kindness. He demonstrated that in Chapter 3. “ Right after school, Billy was walking back home when he saw a little boy being picked on by some bully in high school. He stopped, frozen for a second, wondering what would happen if he helped the little kid. Then he thought what would happen if he didn’t. he dropped his backpack and his books and rushed to the little kid’s aid. When he got close enough, he yelled and said, “why don’t you stop picking on him? He is half your size.” The bully then picked the kid up by the hair “this little squirt?” Boiling with rage, Billy opened his mouth to say something, but words didn’t come out. Fire sprayed the high schooler and he dropped the kid and ran away, with his hair smoking.” That was a great demonstration of his kindness to the kid, and the bravery to stand up to the bully. Another character trait that I noticed was his forgiveness. “ When Billy got home he asked to talk...
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...students, and hope that we will all fly like dragons this year, guys I am extremely surprised with the news that this year is going to see an exponential rise in the birthrate in Asian nations, typically, China and Vietnam for the belief that any child who comes in being in this special period is endowed with a lucky life. For years, dragon has been regarded a legendary animal and associated with power, activeness, superiority and other good traits. Hoping that their off-springs to have the same life as the dragons’, millions of young couples try their utmost to have babies and problems, however, remain that the population explosion might happen. According to several experts, this rage is likely to result in a gloomy picture, though. First of all, that people think children are born this year are lucky purely originates from the unfounded belief, without any empirical research. Second, as they grow up, ready to take the entrance exams and seeking for jobs, competition between babies of this year escalates ceaselessly. The higher unemployment rate on the horizon is imminent, let alone probably an increased crime rate and the shortage of housing. Perhaps, to people working in the real estate, this could be a positive signal, as a result of the fact that the demand for housing during that epoch is on the climb, pushing the price to the rocket and greatly benefiting them while their parents who dedicate their lives to buying houses for their dragon-year-born children are dissatisfied....
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...book I am writing my report on is the Dragon Keeper by Carole Wilkinson. I picked this book because it looks interesting and it’s an adventure book. I love reading adventure books because it feels like I am a part of the adventure. Also the book takes place in China, I like reading books about my culture. This book takes place in a far Western mountain called Huangling Mountain on the edge of the Han Empire in ancient China. A young slave girl with no name lives in one of the Emperor’s palace, looking after the animals and her cruel master. Her parents sold her to Master Lan, an imperial dragon keeper, at a young age. Along the way, the nameless girl found a mouse that she kept for a pet to keep her company. She named the moose Hua. At first Master Lan would do all the work that he was assigned to do, but after a while he started to complain that he is getting older and made the nameless girl do all the work like cooking, feeding the animals including the dragons and etc. The slave was afraid to take care of Master Lan two dragons that lives in a pit, but she puts aside her fears and feeds the dragon every day. But one day the one of the dragons die. The girl felt guilty because the day she had eaten a bowl a fresh food it was meant for the dragons. She made sure to keep the other dragon alive. The girl was afraid when Master Lan decides to get rid of the dead dragon by pickling it. She knows that if you pickling the imperial dragon would mean death if the absent Emperor...
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...Komodo Dragons Research Paper The komodo dragon is one of the largest lizard species, also known as the Monitor Lizard. The lizard has a prototype of a dragon body and a venomous bite as a snake. Komodo Dragons are amazing animals, with interesting characteristics, limited habitats, and few predators. According to the article” Komodo Dragon” the komodo dragon is an enormous reptile that can grow up to three meters long and weigh 150kg ( Komodo Dragon). The komodo dragon is a heavy reptile that very muscular with a long thick head and neck. There skin colour is a grayish- brown cover in small rough scales that looks beaded . It already come equipped with razor-sharp claws, lighting reflexes, and teeth notched like streak knives (“Komodo Dragon has Poisonous Bite?”). Komodo Dragons have relatively small heads compared to their large body size and wide, powerful jaws that conceal a mouth that is fulled with deadly bacteria. Although the komodo dragon has good eyesight, the majority of it’s surroundings are sensed to smell which the komodo dragon does with it long and deeply forked tough(“ Komodo Dragon”). So where exactly does these Monitor Lizards live? Although the komodo dragon would have once been widespread across many of the Indonesian islands, they are today confined to just five which all lie in the Komodo National Park(“ Komodo Dragon”). Most of theses lizards are inhabit in these islands named Flores, Rinca, Gillimontang, Padar, Rintia, and...
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...Dragon Turtle sitting on bed of coins and ingots is a symbol of good luck, longevity, protection, harmony and money in Feng Shui. Dragon Turtle is a Chinese legendary symbol with the head of dragon and the body of turtle and thereby is a combination of the 2 out of 4 celestial animals of Chinese mythology .It has a coin in its mouth and a baby tortoise on its back. The Dragon Headed Turtle with a baby of its back while standing on a pile of coins represents a new business venture with prospects. The symbolic meanings of the animals are dragon (luck); tortoise (long life), baby tortoise (new beginnings, fertility or excellent descendants luck) and the Coins represent the Money that can be made. The dragon is said to be blowing good breathe to people and carrying Ru Yi which signifies power, high rank and doing everything well. The ideal placement of the Dragon Turtle Feng Shui Symbol would be in the North or East sector of the house. Placing this dragon at home is said to bring the occupants of a home good luck, wealth and feeling of security. The Dragon Headed Turtle also protects a home from negative energies. Do not put the symbol in the North or East if it is directly in front of you while putting it at Office or Business place. Instead it would be best to position the symbol parallel to where you sit or right behind the seat looking sideways which signifies support. Keeping a dragon turtle will attract prosperity to your business and improves your relationships with those...
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...Red Dragon by Thomas Harris: A Look Inside The Serial Killer’s Mind Red Dragon by Thomas Harris is a dark piece of psychological fiction that was published in 1981. The novel is the first in a trilogy featuring the infamous character Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and psychopathic serial killer. However, Lecter is not a main character in this novel. Rather, the antagonist and killer is Francis Dolarhyde, whom the police jokingly refer to as the Tooth Fairy because of the bite marks he leaves on female victims. Harris does a masterful job of creating background on the killer that delves into the makings of a serial killer. Thomas Harris gives the reader an understanding of Dolarhyde’s mindset when committing his horrific crimes by detailing the abuses the killer suffered as a child (Sexton). Harris takes the reader from the infant born with a cleft palate so disfiguring he was left to die through the cruelty of a childhood that included abandonment, a mean and mentally unstable grandmother, and taunts from his stepsiblings. In doing so, the author provides significance to some of the killer’s actions (Cowley). This research paper will examine the underlying psychopathology of serial killers that often stems from abuse in childhood, turning the human into the monster. Red Dragon begins with the FBI and the police on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whom police have nicknamed the Tooth Fairy because of bite marks left on victims. The public is duly alarmed as the...
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...Do you know what a Komodo dragon is? A Komodo dragon is an animal located on the Indonesian Lesser Sunda Islands. A Komodo dragon eats a lot of food. A Komodo dragon is also really big and heavy. The Komodo dragon is a reptile. The Komodo dragons is a reptile. According to National Geographic, the Komodo dragon can live up to 30 years. The Komodo dragon can grow up to 10 feet. According to Ruth Bjorklund in the book Komodo Dragons, they can weigh from 150 to 300 pounds. Komodo dragons are also cold-blooded. A Komodo dragon’s strongest sense is smell. The Komodo dragon eats meat. Did you know that Komodo dragons are cannibals? Komodo dragons are carnivores. According to Ruth Bjorklund in the book Komodo Dragons, they mostly eat...
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...Dungeons & Dragons – a Means of Education By Ken Wilson Ms. Julia Ray English 112 – 21H March 26, 2012 Thesis Statement Do to the large amount of reading, comprehension of rules, mathematical calculations, development of strategy, and use of imagination, creativity and teamwork, the game is also a means of education. Keyword Outline I. Dungeons & Dragons A. Purpose 1. Rule books 2. Players B. Computer users II. Misconceptions C. Cause of suicide / murder 3. Research of Concern 4. Conclusion D. Relating propaganda III. Support of Thesis E. Educational benefits 5. College graduates 6. Personal experience F. Conclusion Dungeons & Dragons – a Means of Education Many people think that the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons is an evil game of devil worshipping, the cause of teenage suicide, or a distraction from education. I have found, through personal experience and research, that none of the above are true. In fact the game is designed around the premise of role-playing heroes. Do to the large amount of reading, comprehension of rules, mathematical calculations, development of strategy, and use of imagination, creativity and teamwork, the game is also a means of education. Dungeons & Dragons, created by Gary Gygax, was the first role playing game, and is what started the roleplaying industry. The game was introduced as a means...
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...Mendanbar’s sword is missing?! In the fiction book entitled, Calling on Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede, Morwen and her friends, Telemain, Cimorene, Brandel, Killer, Scorn, and Trouble go on an adventure through and beyond the Enchanted Forest to find Mendanbar’s, the King of the Enchanted Forest’s, sword. They find that the sword is missing when they first go to figure out what caused Killer, a rabbit, to turn into a seven foot, eleven inch, blue donkey with large wings. When they found that Killer had eaten a clover patch that had been invaded by wizards, they decided to inform the King and Queen about it. Starting from the beginning, knock! Knock! Knock! Morwen encounters a visitor. It was Chairwitch Archaniz. She came to tell her about the complaints the Deadly Nightshade Gardening Club has been getting...
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...Feb 24 14 Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd. announced consolidated unaudited earnings results for six months ended Dec. 31, 2013. For the period, the company reported sales of RMB 14,713,844,000, operating profit of RMB 1,759,379,000, profit before income tax of RMB 1,213,999,000, profit for the period of RMB 982,678,000, profit attributable to equity holders of the company of RMB 972,602,000 or RMB 0.21 per basic diluted share, net cash generated from operating activities of RMB 1,500,859,000, payment for property, plant and equipment of RMB 1,456,766,000 compared to the sales of RMB 14,725,654,000, operating profit of RMB 1,647,722,000, profit before income tax of RMB 866,773,000, profit for the period of RMB 677,151,000, profit attributable to equity holders of the company of RMB 658,469,000 or RMB 0.14 per basic diluted share, net cash generated from operating activities of RMB 1,765,646,000, payment for property, plant and equipment of RMB 2,883,676,000 for the same period a year ago. The directors of company recommend the payment of an interim dividend of 2.0 RMB cents against 2.0 RMB cents per ordinary share a year ago, totaling approximately RMB 93,324,000 for the period against RMB 93,258,000 a year ago. Such interim dividend has been approved in the meeting of board of directors of the company on 24 February 2014, which is expected to be payable to the shareholders by post on or before 18 July 2014. The dividend will be payable to the shareholders whose names appear...
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...Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon CHIN 1088 12/15/2015 Fang 1 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Let’s look back to the title of this essay. Yes, it is the very film’s name that I would like to talk about. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was released in China in 2000, and directed by Ang Lee. I believe that lots of people are not unfamiliar to this person. Ang Lee was born on October 23, 1954 in Taipei, Taiwan. His titles are not only a film director, but also producer and screenwriter. Early year, he attended the National Taiwan College of Arts, where he graduated in 1975, and then relocated to the United States, where he studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and New York University. Ang Lee made his directorial debut in 1992 with Pushing Hands and earned Academy Award nominations for his next two films, The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994). His later films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant, and for which Lee earned an Academy Award nomination for best picture; The Ice Storm (1997); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), for which he received four Oscars, four BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award for best director; and Hulk (2003). He also went on to direct Se, Jie (2007) and Taking Woodstock (2009). In 2006, he became the first Asian to win an Academy Award for best director, for his film Brokeback Mountain, a small-budget, low-profile independent film based...
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...How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated action fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox, loosely based on the book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. It is the sequel to the 2010 computer-animated film How to Train Your Dragon and the second in the trilogy. The film is written and directed by Dean DeBlois, and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller and Kristen Wiig with the addition of Cate Blanchett, Djimon Hounsou and Kit Harington.[4] The film takes place five years after the first film, featuring Hiccup and his friends as young adults as they meet Valka, Hiccup's long-lost mother, and Drago Bludvist, a madman who wants to conquer the world. DeBlois, who co-directed the first film, agreed to return to direct the second film on the condition that he would be allowed to turn it into a trilogy. He cited The Empire Strikes Back and My Neighbor Totoro as his main inspirations, with the expanded scope of the The Empire Strikes Back being particularly influential. The entire voice cast from the first film returned, and Cate Blanchett and Djimon Hounsou signed on to voice Valka and Drago, respectively. DeBlois and his creative team visited Norway and Svalbard to give them ideas for the setting. Composer John Powell returned to score the film. How to Train Your Dragon 2 benefited from advances in animation technology...
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...The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The 2011 adaptation, by David Fincher, a director known for making fast pace thrillers prefers to convey the important parts of the movie through silence. For describing the locale and scenes In the book every scene and locale is explained thoroughly through the means of words. But in the movie the Director chooses silence over words and gives the viewer opportunity to frame things in his mind on his own way. Right at the beginning of the movie silence is used to show the locale of where the events of the story take place. The scene of winter season, snow all around, the sound of the freezing wind blowing was enough to tell about the locale. The decorated houses, the happiness prevailed spoke for the Christmas season and the on goings of the millennium. When Blomkvist visits Henrik’s house for the first time there is a considerable pause in the scene just to give the audience a view of the place where Blomkvist was about to go. The silence explained his feelings, his perplexion at that moment. In a similar fashion the happenings of the bar where Lisbeth goes at the beginning were explained just like that. Henrik’s flashbacks were a great source of information. They spoke a lot about the island, its inhabitants and the happenings of the past. Through those flashbacks the entire Vanger family was introduced. Blomkvist’s early morning strolls, Lisbeth’s wanderings also proved helpful in adding a different prospect to a scene’s use. To give...
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