O-ring

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 50 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Lord Of The Flies Eulogy

    • 612 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Since its publication after World War II, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies has gained a great amount of attention and success. The story is about a group of British boys that are deserted on an island after a plane crash. As the story goes on, the boys are stripped of their civilized selves, which later brings conflict. The content of the book is chillingly realistic, disturbing and honest, both its human and literacy value remain meaningful. William creates an accurate imitation of human…

    • 612 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    whom he is quite fond of. There is also a very powerful ring included in this story that Froddo Baggins, a hobbit of the Shire who inherited Sauron's Ring from Bilbo Baggins; undertook the quest to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom. Boromir becomes overwhelmed by the evil influence of the ring. During, their quest to Mount Doom, Boromir wanted the ring for himself because of the power it could afford him. Because of this urge to get the ring, Boromir follows Froddo into the forest. Boromir…

    • 496 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This incident, in Chapter 5, marks a dramatic moment in his adventures, for the ring confers powers of invisibility on whomever wears it. Bilbo encounters old Gollum, a slimy, murderous creature who kills and eats Goblins and others who stray into the cave. They exchange riddles, and Gollum discovers that Bilbo has the ring, which is Gollum's favorite possession. At the same time, Bilbo puts on the ring and discovers its magical power. Pursuing the invisible Bilbo, Gollum inadvertently shows…

    • 1189 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Hobbit

    • 896 Words
    • 4 Pages

    get advice from the great Elf Lord Elrond. When they find shelter in a cave during a snowstorm goblins capture them. Walking through the tunnels Bilbo found a strange ring on the ground. Later on, he encounters Gollum, a weird whining creature who eats goblins and fish. He wants to eat Bilbo, but he disappears when he uses his magic ring, which turns him invisible, and he uses it to escape from Gollum and flee. He finds a tunnel leading out of the mountain; the dwarves and Gandalf have already…

    • 896 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The story of the Hobbit, and bilbo baggins.It stats with the jeoney and were he is now and how he had got to safety with all his new friends. The small dwarf was in his small hobbit hole and not a nasty one, no it was a warm and dry hole that was safe and homey. But one day it wasn't as quiet and peaceful as he liked it no there was a lot of noises and many more dwarves and on wizard.And they all had him on a long advanstar were it lead Bilbo to where now with all the wizard and dwarves,…

    • 359 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    Unfortunately the three-book series is banned by certain school districts, and I would have to tread carefully to introduce The Lord of the Rings to a classroom. This is a classic that has regained popularity time from time again, but a teacher has to remain cautious just in case a parent is not in agreement in letting their child read this. I believe The Lord of the Rings does have a right to be included in the school curriculum. The Sunday Telegraph states the trilogy is “among the greatest…

    • 1504 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The literary novel Lord of the Flies is an allegorical text that is complex and identifies common day issues through the eyes of its author William Golding, who had experienced the horrors of WWII. Golding created a story where a large group of British boys crash land on an island and are stranded. In the beginning, the boys try to stay civilized by selecting a leader and following that leader and a direct set of rules. Ralph one of two-man characters was chosen as leader. His rival Jack…

    • 1278 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Choose one theme from the text so far, and discuss how it has been displayed by the author Ever since the beginning of time, in every species, there has always been the process of natural selection, wether it is someone who can't run fast enough to escape a predator, or someone that is dumb enough to drink and drive then get in a car crash. Society has been trying to take away the process of natural selection, but when Golding puts these boys in a savage habitat, the separation of the weak and…

    • 789 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Beowulf Alternate Ending

    • 2397 Words
    • 10 Pages

    "You will NEVER be able to reclaim that mountain, stupid dwarf!" The elf fumed, his eyes glistening with malice as he clutched the armrests of his throne in anger. "What are you even thinking? Marching into Erebor with a handful of over-the-hill dwarfs and mere tod-dlers to face Smaug? I will not allow for your stubbornness to re-awake that dragon to bring death and destruction over all Arda! If you don't give in, you and your people shall rot in my dungeon. Your case is lost, dwarf!" "And so…

    • 2397 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    “There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed” ~Mahatma Gandhi. Take a glance at the world around us, our society now consists of grounds of greed and avarice. Individuals have other dreams regarding social life, money and aesthetics rather than focusing on relationships, respect, reputation and trust. The world can’t provide any more than our necessities: nature, food, fresh water and oxygen, yet people ask for more. In addition, around a year ago researchers had a…

    • 1689 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Page 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
    Next