Pandora`s Box-

n the early days of the rule of Zeus and the other Olympian gods, following on from their success in the Titanomachy, the two Titans, Prometheus and Epimetheus, were charged with creating life forms to inhabit the earth. This task the two brothers completed through the use of clay, and Epimetheus named all of the creatures and gave them individual characteristics. He ran out attributes though by the time he came to mankind. Thus Prometheus went amongst the gods and stole characteristics which he gave to man. He also stole the gift of fire from the workshop of Hephaestus, the blacksmith to the gods. Thus mankind was able to thrive and celebrate a carefree lifestyle.

This act of Prometheus, added to previous misdemeanours angered Zeus, and so he sought out his own form of retribution. This retribution though was not straightforward, and began with Hephaestus creating the first woman out of metal. Zeus then breathed life into her, and the other gods gave her other gifts. Some of the gifts are thought of as being good, with the likes of beauty being given by Aphrodite; persuasiveness by Hermes; as well as intelligence and grace. There were though other gifts that are considered less positive, with Hermes also giving the gifts of cunning and the ability to lie, and Hera provided curiosity. The provision of these gifts resulted in the name of Pandora, being given to the first woman, Pandora meaning "all-gifted".



Once perfected Pandora was then given to Epimetheus to be his wife. Epimetheus, had already been warned by Prometheus about accepting gifts from the gods, but still was a willing recipient of Pandora. This is where the term Pandora's Box commences, and within the household of Epimetheus was a large jar that contained all of the characteristics that Epimetheus had not found a suitable host for when he had been moulding man and beast. Other sources do say that the jar was a wedding gift from Zeus, but no matter where the jar had come from, Pandora was explicitly warned by Zeus, that to remain happily married she was never to look into the jar.

The marriage was a happy one but the curiosity that Hera had instilled in Pandora was slowly taking over. Eventually Pandora could not resist the temptation that was overcoming her, and so she released the jar's lid. At once all of the evil and bad characteristics instilled in it escaped. This meant sickness, suffering, diseases, war, hard labour, jealousy, greed and hatred escaped to make their way into the world. Pandora though tried desperately to close the lid of the jar, but by that time there was only one thing left in it, and that was Hope. With evil in the world, the easy life of mankind was over, and life was now a struggle where there was hard work involved just to survive.

The actions of Pandora, as well as releasing evil into the world, also ultimately caused the destruction of mankind. Some tales tell of how mankind became so evil, and so repulsive to the eye of Zeus, that he sent a flood to wipe out the whole human population. For nine days and nine nights the rain fell and the world was flooded. Zeus though had not totally given up on the world, and gave the task for replenishing the world to Pandora's daughter, Pyrrha, and her cousin, Deucalion, the son of Prometheus. Pyrrha and Deucalion built an ark to save themselves and the animals, and after the floods had subsided repopulated the world by throwing stones from which man and women were born.

The story of Pandora's box may be a story of despair and the release of evil, but it is a story which shows that no matter what the situation there is always hope left.

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -

“Hope” is the thing with feathers-
By Emily Dickinson


“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me

The author is Ellen Hopkins

Glass is a book that ill recommend to an older crowd just fir the fact that it is so graphic. Kristina is a 18 year old girl whom has to deal with a terrible addiction to meth. She deals with this while raising her little baby . SHE constantly thinks and wishes that she would be able to get high. But living with her mother and having to raise her baby. She eventually does find a way to get high; by selling drugs with the Mexican mafia
Glass is a really good book in my opinion. The way that is written makes it an easy read yet its a read that gives much details. Yeah its a book for a more older age but i recommend this book to anyone from 13+ jus because its a good book to read . i promise you will NOT regret reading it.
I choose this book while i was in BarnesAndNoble book shopping. When I saw GLASS in the store it grabbed my attention because of its cover. I also choose this book because i read the first book Crank. To my surprise Glass was twice as better than crank; but i recommend if you were to read glass you must read crank.
The Genre of the book is Realistic fiction. It is realistic fiction because the situations that Kristina deals with in the book can CLEARLY happen in real life. The plot of the story grows as Kristina falls more into her drug addiction. in the beginning of the story Kristina at first was cooperating and not using drugs and focusing on raising her baby. But it all changes when she meets her old friend from high school; a total meth junkie. That is when Kristina starts falling again for the monster. she looses everything she has. Eventually she even tries to rob her own house. What does this show you? drugs will get NO WHERE. Kristina unfortunately ends up in jail... Pregnant.

I give GLASS ★★★★☆ ( 4 out of 5 )
Link to CRANK

http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/Info_32150.asp

what happend?

i stopped. i finished. i threw it away and forgot about it.
why you so obsessed with me.
i don't e v e n like you!
like vallese a buscar oficios.
jealous? like leave em a l o n e.

with us ; i wanted it to work but i guess it never did.
he was my man
my best friend
my diary
my erthanqq.
Pero viste. que hiciste me cojiste de chiste y ahora andas sola y triste.