… Greek poet Homer. It is a classic story that focuses on the main character Odysseus and his journey home to Ithaca after the end of the Trojan War. In The Odyssey, Homer portrays Odysseus as a well-balanced individual. In Homer’s time, the Greeks…

… It mentions one bird – the Chasida – which does chessed for its own species. Rambam says that the reason why certain birds are tomay is because their nature is evil and their midot is harmful. It is possible, therefore, that if people eat it, the…

… have had their lives taken in over 22 incidents, and hundreds of others injured between April 1999 and April 2001 (Hunter 2). In reference to violence, Richard Riley, the Secretary of Education says, “[Violence] has turned many of our classrooms…

… by the Canadian short story writer, Alice Munro in 1968. The story is about a young girl who struggles against society’s ideas of how a girl should be, only to find her trapped in the ways of the world. The story takes place on a farm. The narrator…

… written during the Anglo-Saxon era (approximately 700AD). The Anglo-Saxons admired epic heroes who upheld the ethics of their society through exemplary leadership, loyalty, strength and bravery. These epic heroes prevailed over insurmountable…

… that stems from being born into a particular religious community, speaking a particular language, or even a dialect of a language, and following particular social practices, which is called primordialist perspective. In other words, it is an aspect,…

… of flour to many of the foods we eat. It seems so common, and abundant. However, Flour is one of the most important ingredients in baking. Another thing many people do not realize is that there are many different types of flour. The difference betwee…

… fiction, there are few new and innovative writers, and not often are new styles developed. In the styles of Leon Uris and James Michener, two prolific modern historical fiction novelists, usually the main characters are chronicled over a short…

… the two young lovers’ fall in love at first sight. They had no idea who each other was until their friends told them they were son and daughter of two feuding families. They did not realize some of the problems they would face until they found out this…

… by William Hazlitt 1817 This is that Hamlet the Dane whom we read of in our youth, and whom we may be said almost to remember in our after years; he who made that famous…