Yasuo – The Unforgiven “You’re a sword without a sheath, Yasuo,” said Yone. Looking intently into Yasuo’s eyes. “I don’t need words of the wise, from you, brother,” replied Yasuo. Both men were sat across from each other, restless expressions met. Conflict was arising as the nearby nation of Noxus was planning to invade the brother’s homeland island, Ionia. Noxus was a faction of chaos, violence and greed, while Ionia stood for peace and balance. War with them was inevitable. “I don’t think you understand the situation to its degree, Yasuo,” Yone muttered. “Ever since you have mastered the legendary wind technique you have forgotten what it means to be an Ionian pupil.” “What if I want to be more than just a pupil, Yone?” said Yasuo. “Mastering the wind technique has consumed my entire life, I need to use it to fight off Noxus.” …show more content…
Suddenly Yone pulls out a pouch from his side. Yone empties the sack into his own hands, revealing a small seed. “This seed represents you, Yasuo,” said Yone. “You must be patient, and allow yourself to grow to become something great as this seed will.” This is one of Ionia’s most compelling humility lessons. Yasuo looks up at his brother and takes the seed from his hand. “You must guard an elder, Yasuo, not fight.” As soon as the words reached meaning to Yasuo, he hesitantly nodded, and sighed. “Thank you, brother,” said Yone. “Now we must not waste time, the invaders will be here soon.” Yasuo nodded quickly, still processing the humility lesson. The legendary wind technique Yasuo had mastered was something no one else had been able to learn since the great ancients of Ionia. Yasuo has the ability to control the wind and air around him seemingly bringing life to it, but only with his sword, his wind blade. The techniques are also limited, only a few were available for Yasuo to
In Jack Whyte's novels, he develops his characters effectively, sparking the interest of the reader. In The Skystone and The Singing Sword, one of the characters that Whyte develops well is Caius Britannicus. Throughout these two novels, Britannicus' development is seen through the eyes of Publius Varrus, the main character, and Britannicus' eventual lifelong friend. From the very beginning of their friendship, Publius recognizes the qualities of Caius as a person, and as a leader, and describes them in The Skystone when saying, from the outset of our relationship Britannicus invariably treated me with military correctness, slightly warmed by courtesy and consideration. I found him to be just, temperate, and dispassionate in his dealings with the men under his command. But he could be awesome in his wrath when provoked by incompetence or malfeasance. A rigid disciplinarian, he was implacable once he had decided that punishment was in order. And never, at any time, did he show any capacity for suffering fools gladly(37).
...titutions under duress. 'That's my trouble, you know,' Yossarian mused sympathetically, folding his arms. 'Between me and every ideal I always find
Aeneas witnessed, for apparently the first time in his understanding, the horrors of war and the vile nature that it brings out in men. He calls it an `inhuman shuddering" because the act he has just witnessed is so far from the realm of decent human behavior and it causes an equal reaction.
After the encounter with Polyphemus, the squadron end up in the realm of Aeolus, the master of winds. Aeolus warmly welcomes Odysseus and his crew and showers them with gifts, among these gifts there is a sack containing the winds from each direction. Odysseus then frees the West Wind to speed them home. Nearing the coast of Ithaca, the crew became curious of the what the sack contained so “they loosed the sack and all the winds burst out” and sent the ship back towards Aeolus’ island(10.52). Odysseus’ crew succumbs to temptation and opens the sack unleashing the other winds. They are then blown away from Ithaca and back to Aeolus. Now instead of the journey ending, they need to find some other way home because Aeolus believes the gods cursed the crew and would not offer any more aid. The crew then rows to Circe’s island where “she enticed” them to stay “and there [they] sat at ease, / day in, day out, till a year had run its course” (10.515-16). The crew do not resist the temptation and put off their journey home. They end up spending a whole year at Circe’s island making no progress on their journey. Once they finally left Circe’s island they sailed towards Ithaca but encountered fierce winds that forced Odysseus and his crew to make landfall on Thrinacia. Here the cattle and sheep of the Sungod Helios resided. Odysseus then warns his crew to not harm the cattle and sheep, but the crew, running out of provisions, “drove off the Sun God’s finest cattle” and slaughtered them (12.380). Even though Odysseus warns the crew to not harm the cattle, the crew fails to resist the temptation and slaughtered the cattle nonetheless. Helios, enraged that his cattle were killed, prompts Zeus to punish the crew. Zeus agrees, destroys Odysseus’ ship, and kills the crew. Odysseus is spared by Zeus because he did not harm the cattle. This leaves Odysseus
While it may be easier to persuade yourself that Boo’s published stories are works of fiction, her writings of the slums that surround the luxury hotels of Mumbai’s airport are very, very real. Katherine Boo’s book “Behind the Beautiful Forevers – Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity” does not attempt to solve problems or be an expert on social policy; instead, Boo provides the reader with an objective window into the battles between extremities of wealth and poverty. “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” then, exposes the paucity and corruption prevalent within India.
Ichiro Yamada is the very epidemy of what it means to be alienated and disconnected in post world war 2 united states. Ichiro Yamada The son of Mr. Yamaha a heavy drinker and Mrs. Yamada who is as Japanese as an American can be shown through the book that he is disconnected with the world around him. Ichiro A No No boy becomes alienated because he answered no to when he was asked whether "Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty wherever ordered?”. After rejecting the army, he also in the eyes of many Japanese Americans became a traitor by answering No to "Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States from any or all attack by foreign or
The fighter plane circled overhead leaving a steady white stream of fuel behind it in the blue sky. A straight line of bullets cascaded down on the beach in our direction. My father and I desperately searched for cover. Down the beach a flock of seagulls were relaxing in the baking sun. My father grabbed his umbrella and sprinted after them cawing frantically while waving his umbrella about. The birds, obviously frightened, splashed out of the sea-foam that created the salty aroma surrounding us and took to the sky, all in sporadic directions. as the plane circled back again, the pilot was caught by the crossfire of the birds my father had offered up. His plane sputtered and spewed black smoke as it fell like a boulder into the cliff above, fantastically blowing up in a heap of fire and a final billow of smoke. I turned around dumbfounded at this recent series of events and met my father’s gaze. “I suddenly remembered by Charlemagne.” He said “Let my armies be the rocks and the trees and the birds in the sky.”
In Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina, neighborhoods symbolize limits that have to be overcome. On Piddy’s first day of her new school, when she steps into the cafeteria, she notices that there are different neighborhoods- the latin kids have a group of tables, as well as the asian kids, the black kids and the outcasts. In terms of geographical neighborhoods, Piddy’s friend Mitzi moves to get away from the bad neighborhood. Also, Yaqui, who bullies Piddy, lives in the Bland which is thought of as a neighborhood for nobodies.
“I was obliged to memorize the wanderings of a hero named Aeneas, while in the meantime I failed to remember my own erratic ways. I learned to lament the death of Dido, who killed herself for love, while all the time, in the midst of these things, I was dying, separated from you, my God and my Life.
An analysis on how Ishiguro alludes to underling circumstances at Hailsham in the book “Never Let Me Go”
In the beginning, without a clear background except his origin the “nameless” hero is simply driven by his sole goal, to kill the emperor. “Nameless” swordsman’s entire life learning martial art skill and sharpened the precision incision swordsmanship for ten years has made him possible to carry out the task. With his well-trained skill, he convinced the three highly trained martial artists, Sky, Broken Sword and Flying Snow to abide with his endeavor.
The Tale of Kieu is the most popular and adored Vietnamese literary work to date. It is a beautiful epic poem composed by Nguyen Du. The epic tells a breathtaking story of the woes of a young girl named Kieu. Through the life of Kieu, Du explores the concept of how much of our lives are preordained by fate or the cosmos, and how much is free will. From beginning to end, readers are captivated by the main character’s misfortune, resilience, and strong moral character. The Tale of Kieu is a riveting read that will challenge readers to think deeper about concepts such as fate, destiny, and karma.
While mortals do not unjustly complain about their fates, they fail to acknowledge that they are also responsible for their ill fate, as mortals themselves, possess a sizable degree of control. There is little doubt that Odysseus and his crew are unlucky, but had it not been for their brash decisions they would have reached Ithaca much sooner. After Od...
There are very few honest and courageous people in the world. Honesty is the fairness and uprightness of a person when dealing with truthfulness. Someone who is courageous is someone who is brave and characterized by having a lot of courage. One who has the courage to be honest is someone who can achieve the highest glory and praise from those who surrounds them. In “The Seed,” there is a young man who shows the people in his community how just being honest made him receive the highest amount of authority. During the “The Seed,” the young boy was called along with all the rest of the boys in his kingdom, to meet with the emperor. The emperor made an announcement that he will be stepping down and finding someone else to take his place. For the choosing of that special boy, the Emperor, without telling them, gave all the boys boiled seeds; telling them to come back in a year. All but one boy came back with full grown trees and that was because they lied and switched their seeds. Well the one boy who came without a tree, held an empty planter in his hand thinking he was the joke of the kingdom. When in fact, the king was looking for someone who would be trusted enough not to switch the seed. The young man became emperor for having the courage to be honest and trustworthy. Some may wonder why the story had to be explained. During this story the main lesson was that “If you plant honesty, you will reap trust (The Seed).” In America today there are not many people who are honest, trustworthy or even courageous.
I learned of my father’s identity for the first time after I heard my mother, Penelope--queen of Ithaca--, speaking to one of our servants about him. Later that night, I had asked her about him--one of many times though--but this time… something was different. With tears in her eyes, she finally told me about my father. “He left to fight the war against the brutes of Troy. He said that he would not be gone long, that because the gods were on our side, that they would bring us victory. That was twenty years ago, the war was over seven years ago, and still no word from your father, his men, or the gods.” After she told me this, she pulled the soft, silky sheets up tightly around my neck, put her finger on my nose, and whispered quietly, “There