Orphan Boy and Pandora's Paragraph

Curiosity, a main theme from an African and Greek myth, Orphan Boy and Pandora, demonstrating that the result of people’s curiosity often cause changes, sometimes good and bad. In orphan Boy, the old man’s curiosity took control of him and it affect his decision to follow and look when the orphan boy did his magic. As a result of this he lose the orphan boy, his only friend and family. This leads to a change to the world, it receive punishment and the old man was lonely again. Pandora’s curiosity to open the box from Zeus, who seeks vengeance on human and Prometheus by using Pandora, unleash evil on earth. This antecedent changes humanity, now poverty, illness and famine spreads on earth. Although one good thing came out, Hope, humans only salvation. Both of these myths shows bad changes, which made me think "did people back then was warning us the danger curiosity can holds?". It's true that we can't see the results of our action and path that we chose, nor our future.

1st picture-

source:http://artist2.deviantart.com/art/PANDORA-81547029

artist: ?

I chose this picture because of the foreshadowing details. For example the box has green fouling inside it, which is the evil that is kept inside.

3rd picture-

source: http://cyril-helnwein.deviantart.com/art/Pandora-s-Box-71282368

artist- Cyril-Helnwein

I chose this picture because it represents Pandora's curiousity. In the picture, she is bending over and was beginning to open the box. I like how the artist chose the color and the lighting. Although evil was supposed to come out of the box, this was the last one that came out, hope.

ahh maa lee aa

Seasons change and so does my hatred and love for my name. I have my bright months and cold months. Spring and summer, a time when the sun hangs in the sky, creating a warm aura that warms the heart. Winter, a cold month, harsh and dangerous in some places. My name also seems like a wide ocean. It would take days and weeks to swim across, just to pronounce and remember my name right.
I have never think about what my name means or where it comes from. Until I was nine when my brain automatically change from a 2nd grade mind to a nine year old mind. Why did my parents named me that? What does it means? questions starts to flow around and around. The questions ran around my brain, thirsty for an answer. I couldn't give the answers they seek because I didn't know it either. My mind was jammed with questions, I thought they would disappear and that I would move on but the curiosity was planted in my brain. I gave up with a sigh and decide to ask my mom. Finally, poof! the questions and curiosity was no longer lying around in my brain. The answer was that my name, Amalia, comes from an Arabic word, 'Amal' meaning generous. Also it comes along with a tiny description that says I like doing good deeds. I begun to like my name :)
Winter comes along carrying the cold and frigid sky that changed the atmosphere. On one normal school day, a boy in one of my classes started calling me 'Malaria'. Amalia, Malaria,, I guess they do rhyme which maybe was the reason he found that name. I don't know the real reasons why he started calling me that, I wish I have the power to read minds, hehe. I don't like being called a disease, would you want to be called a disease? if yes, there is something wrong with you (just kidding but seriously?). The sound of it is like an injured animal, screeching for help. That's what it sounds like when it pass my mind. The point is that now his friends starts calling me 'Malaria' too. I guess my plan now is to ignore it, someday they're going to get bored of it and stop (or not).
Spring overtook winter, changing the chilly atmosphere into the warm feeling that we recognize. This time of the seasons is where it seems that I appreciate my name. My name is quite unique in it's own ways. Outside of my name lies my personalities while deep inside held my true feelings. I like the meaning behind my name but somehow when I searched my name meaning, the website shows me that their meaning and the meaning that my mom told me was different. My name came up lots of times, I found out that I have 12 origins. From Hebrew to Latin, most of them had similar meanings like hardworking and striving. I guess I like these meanings but work? labour? indrustrious? how does that fit me, did my mom wants me to work? puzzled and shocked, I started to think. Hmmm... I think that maybe just maybe my mom did want me to work but not to overwork. But I also think that when my parent's was deciding to name me, they were thinking of the arabic names. Hopes, aspirations and wishes, when I think about that, I feel lucky that my parent's decide to name me, Amalia.

Common Elements in Creation Myths

In the past, people everywhere had the same curiosity that steer them to search for answers. Their curiosity was how the universe, the world and us seemed to exist. That is why they invent 'creation myths'. Earth diving, birth and the gods leaving are some of the themes that were at the center of many creation myths. This was an astonishing results because the distance between these different cultures that had similar themes were far away from each other and back then, travelling was not as easy at it is now. In North America (the native Americans) and the Africans creation myths had the same theme, which was earth diving. This was unusual since these two different cultures had never meet with each other before and yet they had the same theme in their creation myths. They both believed that there was a world above and below and that Earth was in the middle, so how everything came on earth was that the first beings fell down or climb up on Earth that starts it all. A Chinese myth, Phan-Ku and a french Polynesian also called a Tahitian myth, Ta-aroa the creator reveals the next common theme. The theme was called birth. Many creation myths from around the world had this theme as well because of the idea of a start in life, like picture how we, humans, exist. We didn't start the way we were now in fact we start being in our mom's belly then our mom gave birth to us. Phan-Ku and Ta-aroa was born from an egg, grew up and created Earth. The gods leaves was another theme that shows up in some creation myths like Phan-Ku and Tiahuanaco. In these myths, they mentioned how when the world was at last complete, the gods or creators leaves. In Phan-Ku, the reason why he leaves was because he was tired after completing the Earth and rest which cause his death. In Tiahuanaco, there was no explanations of why he left but it did mention that he leaves after he had created everything we could find on Earth. Phan-Ku, a Chinese myth and Tiahuanaco, a South American myth, can you believe that they had the same theme even though the distance between these two countries were far away from each other? it is such an incredible connections between them although they've never met. This concludes that different cultures from around the world have lots of similarity behind their creation myths which means that even far apart people could think alike in relation to their understanding and explanations of how the universe, the world and us exist.

Why I Have Chosen This Quote?

There is millions of journey quotes to pick from, so why did I chose this quote? While looking through the quotes, this one seems to stick out from the rest. For me I think it's unique and yet true. What I like about this quote is that its simple and I like the meaning behind it. Every journey, fiction or non-fiction, has to end at one point but the journey itself is what counts at the end. It means that the main characters or the protagonist gained new experiences and a new level of knowledge at the end of the journey. The journey towards the destination is important as well but to get there with the obstacles and the struggle to do beyond what they're capable of, is what matters most. In the journey, there's always obstacles for the protagonist to stand face to face, to solve them in order to continue on. As they solve them, they gain that new knowledge and experience. This quote also seems like a piece of puzzle that fits perfectly with my book. These are the reasons why I have chosen this quote.