A World Lit Only by Fire

boys chase each other with spears, their faces painted, hair long, and the naval officer describes them to look like savages. If the naval officer did not find them then, they would have most likely have killed Ralph. Ralph is the only one who cares about keeping the fire lit, in hope of rescue. With Ralph dead, the boys probably would not have been rescued, and they would die on the island; their society dying. In today’s society, there are many divisions among different groups of people.…

We are sad because we will never see the earth again. We tried to build that place up so there will be no evil in the world, but we had to leave all our hard work forever. The dates are there because those are the times when each animal was on…

The end of this World War will be something he will never forget. When John was nine, Helen had her third baby, a girl they named Sue. John’s face lit up with excitement for his new little sister to mess around with. Sue and John always gave each other a hard time, John would sometimes pull on Sue’s toe and she didn’t like that. In…

defines symbolism as: “A representation; an object used to represent something abstract” (485). An author will frequently benefit from the use symbolism by creating an object that embodies an aspect, a feeling, or an idea. William Golding uses a signal fire, a pair of glasses, and a conch in Lord of the Flies to create magnificent symbols that are crucial in understanding the morals of the characters, as well as truly comprehending what the themes of the novel are. Shakespeare uses Yorick’s…

there is an ever-present theme of Savagery, more specifically how human nature overrides any sort of mannerisms or propriety that the boys were taught and the way that savage nature has brought them to do things that someone who is used to the “civil” world might consider primitive, savage, and violent. The first five chapters give many examples of occasions in which the boys behaved in an uncivilized manner. After the boys have settled and understood what their dire situation was, Ralph comes…

In the 1930’s, women around the world were evolving into important members of society. Amelia Earhart was one of the key figures in history for representing the growth of female involvement in a male run industry. Amelia was a famed pilot, author, editor, activist, and overall influential character in not only American history but in the history of the world. Amelia Mary Earhart, born July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas, was inspired one day when at an aviation expo a little red plane flew right…

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scanned the battlefield. He motioned to me to stay with the tank (what else would I do? Members of the SS such as him epitomise Hitler’s master race, that is they are blonde and dumb), before heading toward a shell-hole some metres away. Machine-gun-fire erupted around our position, hitting him in the back. He cried out in agony, his progress now more of a stagger, as if in slow motion, his breathing laboured and gasping. His gnarled hands clawed desperately at the alien objects in his back…

A chain of five events occurred in 1900’s that would lead to World War I otherwise known as “The Great War”. The five events made an acronym known as MANIA: Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination. Militarism was the creation of armies, was the biggest problem in Germany, and other countries followed to have the strongest military. Alliances were a problem, but the main problem about them was secret alliances. Nationalism was a pride in one’s country and people were…

the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technology, moral, or totalitarian control" ("Dystopias"). When a community is thought of as a dystopian society, that population "is an illusion of a perfect utopian world" ("Dystopias"). In Fahrenheit 451, the society setting that Bradbury has created is an example of a dystopian society through the way the people and government decide to function day to…