... of civilisation, shelters, and most importantly to keep the fire going, in hope that they will be rescued and return to humanity. " But I tell you that smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one (Golding pg .75)" Jack on the other hand, does not care about making homes, only about hunting. When Jack is the leader, evil takes over and all good is destroyed. Under Jack's power both Simon and Piggy are killed. Just the two characters decisions clash, so do their personalities. Jack is unkind, caring about no one but himself and how he can benefit. Jack simply wants to hunt and have a good time. He makes fun of Piggy, humiliating hi ...
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... stories themselves may differ considerably from region to region, the basic underlying theme has always been identical. With the coming into being of written word, these stories could now be put down for people to read and serve as a reminder of their folklore. Not only to them, but to future people who come to read these documents. We have been lucky in the fact that over the last few hundred years, we have recovered many works from all over the world, dating back through years that had been long forgotten to many of us. In a great many of these works we have come into contact with many tales of heroism and the fight between good and evil. Just as the heroism in th ...
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... Montag think of a time when he was a child during power failure, and he wishes it not to end. In Montag's second meeting with Clarisse, the two of them find a dandelion and Clarisse tells Montag of rubbing it under his chin. Clarisse explains " If it rubs off, it means I'm in love "(22). Clarisse rubs the dandelion under Montag's chin and Clarisse remarks "What a shame, you're not in love with anyone " (22). Montag thinks that he is in love, but realizes that he is not in love and not at all happy. In the third meeting, Montag begins to feel that he has known Clarisse forever. Montag states " You make me feel very old and very much like a father " (28). Cla ...
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... “a superb necklace of diamonds” from her friend Mrs. Forreister, making herself the most beautiful woman in the party. She spends a wonderful time there, “danced joyfully, passionately, intoxicated with pleasure, thinking of nothing, but the moment, in the triumph of her beauty, in the glory of her success, on cloud nine with happiness made up of all the admiration, of all the aroused desire, of this victory so complete and so sweet to the heart of any woman.” After the party, she discovered her necklace was lost. Since then, things change. There are no more beautiful words to describe Mrs. Loisel, no more daydream and no more fantasy worlds. She struggles for ...
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... as well. Just because they are looked down upon by society that still does not stop them from enjoying what has been provided for them. Society itself which is supposed to be good is actually ignorant. They wrongly treat the monster on the assumption that he actually is a monster. They scorn, attack, and shun the monster just because of his outward appearance. This is not justified by anything except his demeanor. They are also afraid of it because they are afraid of things about which they no nothing. Society also unjustly kills Justine because she is the only person that could have possibly have done such an evil act. They again wrongly label Justine as th ...
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... a comment on this subject, as his portrayal of Macbeth’s gradual deterioration clearly leads to the reader’s understanding of the dangers of illusion. In fact, even before the appearance of the main character, the prevalence of this theme can already be noticed in the first scene, through the obscure and deranging apparition of the three witches. In effect, the three “Weird Sisters” are the generators of Macbeth’s illusions, and it can already be seen that the source of these predictions cannot be entrusted. More specifically, we first see the witches preparing “to meet Macbeth” in the midst of a stormy weather. This am ...
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... into my mind a meaning which is opposite that of a title like "Death of a Moth". This happens for one reason: Right away I notice the difference in phrasing. Woolf uses the word "the" while Dillard uses "a". Why is this do you think? "The" shows a distinct moth and a distinct death, it shows a significance for both. Yet "a" leaves both fairly ambiguous, showing that neither death nor the moth is very significant. In my mind this shows something of Dilliard's feelings about life. From this title alone I deduce that Annie Dilliard doesn't think much of anything in life is very important. However, Woolf shows a sort of respect or understanding of death and the moth ...
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... spent a lot of time there in the past as well. Christine was not one of those people who were sick all the time, but she was someone who had gone out a lot of the time with her friends and drank. The drinking was the reason that she was in the hospital. It never once showed Christine as being happy, she was always in a bad mood, and never really seemed to be pleased with anything. Towards the end of the book we find out that Christine is going to kill herself. The reason for which she decides to take her own life is that there is nothing for her to live for, nothing that she had made for herself. Christine had done nothing in her life time worth enough to li ...
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... proceed to Florida, and ironically, they confront the fugitive in a strange twist of fate. In another instance, the grandmother insists on taking her cat on vacation with her and her justification for having to take the cat is that the cat could brush against on to the burners, turn them on and suffocate himself. The cat, is in fact, the perpetrator that causes the accident and near the end of the story when the family meets with foul play, the cat is the only survivor. Irony again is presented when they are driving. The grandmother cautions Bailey about his driving and it so happens they have an accident. As soon as the grandmother talks Bailey into taking a turn t ...
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... died in New York City on December 20th 1968. Sinrod 2 A constant theme in our story is the suffering of humans. As F.W. Watt says, (The primary impact of The ...is not to make us act, but to make us understand and share a human experience of suffering and resistance.) Steinbeck shows us that his characters, as well as all people must endure suffering as human beings. Humans suffer due to many factors. Religious suffering is one factor which is self imposed. (When we first see Casy he is explaining to Tom Joad how he left preaching, not merely because of the lusts that plagued him, but because religious faith as he knew it seemed to set up codes of behavior which d ...
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