Pages tagged with Hero
A hero or antihero, however remarkable he is, doesn’t make a good movie. Oblivion was about Tom Cruise and Iron Man 3 was about Robert Downey Jr.
Someone that is a true hero in more ways then one. This poem is about my uncle Bill Tait who past away of cancer in 1998.
This poetry-essay explores the powerful impact of sacrifices made by Great Inspiring Souls who faced extraordinary circumstances and persevered.
South African former president Nelson Mandela was admitted in hospital two days ago, now he is feeling better.
Every dog has its own day is a well known proverb. Pumpkin has its own National Day. America celebrates National Pumpkin Day on 26 October.
Technology is bringing us together in a tighter embrace by the day. Shakepeare's words ring true - all the world's a stage. We have to lend our shoulders for positivity to triumph as technology and progress give negativity too the power to upset our apple cart in no time!
In childhood, everyone has many heroes. The first hero of a boy in his childhood days is none other than his father himself. To him, his father knows everything; his father is all-powerful to do anything in this world. As he grows, he finds other heroes.
A hero is someone who performs heroic acts. A heroic act being an action showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort. I like to think of a hero as being a man (or woman) who does what a man (or woman) has to do when the need a...
The Song of Achilles, written by Madeline Miller, is the winner of The Orange Prize 2012. A beautiful story of love, mythology and violence all rolled into one entertaining novel. This is a review from my point of view as a lover of everything to do with Greek Mythology and the Ancien...
Home to a billion, India is the land of congested roads and overcrowded trains. With a humongous population, diversity presides in every nook and corner of this second most populous country. Diversity can be a pain in the rear. Sometimes people unite, sometimes they divide. Sometimes ...
This page is based on a paper I wrote last year for my advanced writing class. The assignment was to describe our hero. With the passing of Ray Bradbury, I felt it was time to share it.
~come flyin’ around the corner~ridin’ your bad-ass machine~there’s a government plan~an eighteen wheeler u-turning~you twist your head~to tell your Harley baby goodbye~white line~white linin’~ hundred dollar bill~never know what happened next~
This short article is dedicated to the healthful ways Garlic affects us, and how it's been used in the past.
Some men are different from the rest of us. You meet them only once or twice in your life, if you are lucky. I met one such man not knowing anything about him. Years after I knew him I remembered his name almost by inspiration and sought information about him. What I learned was surpr...
Some men are different from the rest of us. You meet them only once or twice in your life, if you are lucky. I met one such man not knowing anything about him. Years after I knew him I remembered his name almost by inspiration and sought information about him. What I learned was surpr...
The Skillet Steed - the legendary creature of folklore - meets an insidious orangutan that doesn't take very kindly to benevolent deeds. Read to find out how the Skillet Steed faces this challenge, and shares a deeper lesson about grace when faced with people that just don't like you ...
John Milton (1608-1674) towers over all his contemporaries.His conception of poetry grew fervently didactic;it was to be "doctrinal and exemplary to a nation"and "of power beside the office of a pulpit,to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility,t...
A tribute to my favourite superhero. He is passive and depicts both darkness and light... He is the Batman.
Short story where young girl is killed, assumptions are made and correct killer is found with help from a dog called Charlie!
A new generation, a different mindset. Should we not have all that we want? Were we not promised that the future would be easier? Welcome to the present. Welcome to the future.
Moustache is the beauty of grown-up men. Media is more particular, at least in India, about the moustache of their heroes and villains.
