Number of the Beast

elephant was a very real, extremely dangerous threat in the 1930s. This particular elephant had trampled town after town, and mauled several helpless victims; it had created mass terror. If any human did the same thing, the human would be Public Enemy Number One, and be killed. Why should an elephant have a different fate? “He was lying on his belly with arms…

and since it was a whole new world for them they didn’t know where to look for anything. In (Doc C) it states that there were plenty of predators that the people from the new world had to worry about. “There being endless Numbers of Panthers, Tigers, Wolves, and other Beasts of Prey” such as humans being prey and predators. Since they didn’t have any automatic guns to hunt until the late 1800’s so they may have used bow and arrows. These are the main reasons why It was hard to settle in Charles…

It is easy to understand the idea of masculinity and femininity even as a young child. It is very clear that the media we consume contributes to and is a reflection of how we think and function as a society. What is interesting about children’s movies is that there truly is such a wide variety of films; different genres, characters, and morals/themes. The majority of these films have subtle lines or details that convey themes masculinity or femininity. Some films are more subtle than others,…

Ephesus: Historical-Cultural Background Situated on the west coast of Asia Minor, Ephesus was the capital of the Roman province of Asia and one of the most influential cities on the main trade route from Rome to the East. (Metzger, 207). The city stood upon the sloping sides and at the base of two hills, Prion and Coressus, commanding a beautiful view; its climate was exceptionally fine, and the soil of the valley was unusually fertile (Banks). Ephesus lay at the mouth of the Cayster River and…

Eva Timat Medusa, transgender, and former banker claims to be the first and only person to have her nose and ears modified to resemble a dragon. Tiamat with her forked tongues, scales (on her body), green eyes and horned forehead calls herself as the 'Dragon Lady.' Eva Timat Medusa, 55, a former banker was born as Richard Hernandez in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Eva Timat Medusa was born as Richard Hernandez in Maricopa County, Arizona. Richard was formerly a white collar employee who…

Even though the USDA has regulations that must be met by the meat industry, for the most part these regulations are poorly enforced since the number of available inspectors is fairly small. As a result, the meat industry continues to confine animals to terrible conditions. In In the Belly of the Beast by Rolling Stone, an animal rights activists/investigator Cody Carlson compiled footage of the horrors that commonly occurred at factory farms. In one such case Carlson released…

We know what happened in history by the evidence, whether it be written journals, documents of business transactions, oral tradition, or the physical evidence of bones, pottery, and weapons. This evidence does not lie, however, it does not necessarily tell the whole truth. Because bias can change the lense through which we see facts, factual history comes from a well-rounded point of view and includes accounts from opposing sides. Because it emphasizes European sources and leaves out Native…

music transformed, while certain characteristics disappeared for good, certain traits from an older era would reemerge from time to time. This is something that can clearly be seen when comparing the Concerto for Two Violins in G Major and Symphony Number 10. Although one may not think it, while these two piece certainly are very different from one another, they also have some striking similarities. The first piece for this comparison is the Concerto for Two Violins in G Major, which was written…

they had borrowed, others were taken to slavery by the government because they were not able to pay their taxes and there were also cases of poor people selling their children as slaves to richer neighbors. With the growth of the Roman Empire, the number of slaves grew rapidly. The Roman generals sent home thousands of captured soldiers to be sold as slaves. The demand for slaves in Rome grew during that period and as more men were needed for the army to extend and maintain the empire, there…

islands. The colonists were almost oblivious to the fact that a large number of slaves were living in misery and dying, suffering from new diseases, struggling with language and culture. As the pieces are gather historians have noted that in South Carolina. It is believed that between 1650 mad 1730 at least 50,000 Indians were exported to the Caribbean’s outpost. Between the 1670 and 1717 Indians were exported in larger numbers that the Africans, in the southern coastal regions entire tribes…