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The Lord Of The Flies

... the shell has the power to talk. The conch shows how people use objects to give power, like a crown, sceptre, or other thins that show who has power. We also learn that objects don’t really give power when people choose not to obey it, like Ralph’s conch. The pig’s head, or Lord of the Flies, is an important object. To Jack it is a sacrifice for the beast. This object shows that people will make religions and rituals to control their world, even when what they think is not true. is also a symbol of Satan, or the Devil. When Simon talke ...

Number of words: 809 | Number of pages: 3

The Ironies Of 1984

... are remembered ("Memory"), but it's actually an incinerator. The next example of irony comes when you learn about the departments of Government in Oceania. The Ministry of Truth is actually the maker of lies for the history books, the Ministry of Love discourages love, and the Ministry of Peace is actually quite violent. The final example of verbal Irony can be seen in the name of the leader of Oceania, "Big Brother." The concept of a big brother is one whom is older and wiser and helps the "littler siblings" -- this not the case with 1984 ...

Number of words: 421 | Number of pages: 2

Good Versus Evil: Wars In A Separate Peace

... battling a never-ending fight. Not necessarily battles like World War II or even a common street fight or family feud, but battles with mind and emotion that everyone must deal with. One such battle is that in which Gene deals with throughout the book, the battles with Finny. We learn as the story begins that Gene and Finny are best friends. They go almost everywhere together and they even share a room at their school. We enter the story at what is called a "summer session" which could be described as today's equivalent of summer schoo ...

Number of words: 1266 | Number of pages: 5

Another Antigone

... because this is a "Humorous Distillation," the tone of the play is lost. Instead of being a dramatic play about obeying a higher law, it is a comical, rhyming poem about what happened. This may cause it to lose the impact it had. Sargoff reduces important and pivotal points in the story to a sentence such as, "Creon wilts, and tries to bang a U-ee." This sentence does not tell of Creon's attempt to repent for what he! has done by burrying Polynices and then going to free Antigone. Even if Sargoff gets all of the plot across, that is not e ...

Number of words: 515 | Number of pages: 2

The Changing Of The America Through Literature

... both era’s, the antebellum South, and the Jazz Age or also known as the Roaring Twenties. Twain wrote stories in order to teach people lessons. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn dealt with slavery, greed, racism, and senseless violence. The time period that Twain wrote about was his own, the middle 1800’s before the Civil War. He was able to see all the destruction firsthand that the people were doing to their lives. He was able to explain these life lessons that had to be learned by his readers in entertaining stories that had the a ...

Number of words: 1401 | Number of pages: 6

Sphere

... meet by Captain Barnes the leader of this project. I found out I wasn't the only specialist called out on this project. He also called out a marine biologist and science professionals. I started to think that this wasn't just any airline crash. I knew something was up. Later Barnes called a meeting where I learned that we were all here for reason. Barnes told us that a UFO crashed. I was skeptical at first and didn't believe it. Then bares said we are going to go down and take a look at it, I thought this meant them but a few hours later I ...

Number of words: 1701 | Number of pages: 7

Billy Budd - Criminal Without

... Billy were his schoolboy features, with blond hair and blue eyes. His suave looks caused some people to refer to him as “the handsome sailor”(16). Most often sailors were scurvy men, quite often with diseases, who made no effort to uphold a handsome appearance. With his tanned complexion and sound build he resembles Hercules, one of the flawless Greek Gods of mythology (17). Billy’s full name is William, but the sailors felt that the childish name, Billy, was more appropriate. Commonly only young innocent boys hold the name Billy, bu ...

Number of words: 1334 | Number of pages: 5

Accounts Settled: A Review

... Gordon had to face himself and nature. The rising action started when Gordon had a sense of fear as he went into the valley. The, the porcupine stole his food and Gordon was going to kill it but remembered an old woodsman tale that it's bad luck to ill a porcupine. Gordon then goes to bed, hungry and it took him awhile to fall asleep. He later wakes up to find a cougar ready to pounce on him. The cougar dose not strike yet because it is waiting for Gordon to move. Gordon knows better and stayed in the same position for what see ...

Number of words: 420 | Number of pages: 2

Symbolism In The Great Gatsby

... of a moving cat wavered across the moonlight, and turning my head to watch it, I saw that I was not alone--fifty feet away a figure had emerged from the shadow of my neighbor's mansion with his hands in his pockets . . . (p. 21) Being the absolute mystery that he is, Gatsby is this "silhouette of a moving cat," and lives his life this way. As this quote shows, Gatsby emerges from the shadow to reveal himself to Nick (who is one of a very few amount of people that he confides in with the truth of who he really is). Whether Gatsby is thr ...

Number of words: 452 | Number of pages: 2

Milton's Presentation Of The Fallen Angels

... dungeon, to take a flight throughout history, giving his own point of view. It is thus that Books I and II of "Paradise Lost" are so unique, as the alternative, and less-frequently explored world of the devils, is probed in such a fascinating manner. Milton uses the story of the fallen angels to open out on numerous eras, civilisations, myths and stories, allowing him to convey his own perception of the world's history, as the reader is guided through various points in time. Before we are introduced to the individuals, Milton depic ...

Number of words: 1981 | Number of pages: 8

The Things They Carried: Necessities

... ammunition. All of these items were carried for two simple reasons, to survive, and to kill which was of course their job. Next, the things that each individual chose to carry, for many of the men , these items were things that they personally believed that they could not live without, but to others would be unnecessary for survival. For First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross it was pictures of Martha, and also letters from her whom he loved unrequitedly. Another example and proof of irrelevance to survival was Ted Lavenders six or seven oun ...

Number of words: 351 | Number of pages: 2

The Realization Of Passion In Jane Eyre

... growth of the human spirit by contrasting passion with reason. By my interpretation of the novel, Bronte suggests that in one's life time, they will encounter a number of people and experiences that will arouse enough emotion in them to have the power to change their direction in life. St. John Rivers plays one of these life determining foils to Jane Eyre. His confidence, devotion and reason intrigue Jane almost enough to silence her inner passionate spirit , but it is the forces of nature that prove to be stronger than human will. The life ...

Number of words: 1219 | Number of pages: 5

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