Beautiful Mountain

The archetypal settings used in the book influence the events negatively by describing the ocean, the mountain and Castle Rock. Golding uses the ocean to convey his message that the island isn’t safe. For example, on page 10, “Within the irregular arc of coral the lagoon was still as a mountain lake-blue of all shades and shadowy green and purple.” Even though the lagoon is portrayed as beautiful, the irregular arc and shadowy nature of the coral is dangerous because the children don’t know…

"In wilderness is the salvation of the world."(Leopold 2) This quote from "Thinking Like a Mountain," supports the fact that author Aldo Leopold believes an ecosystem needs to be balanced in order to grow and be stronger. Similarly, in the documentary Cold Warriors: Wolver vs. Buffalo, director Jeff Turner explains that the world has beautiful places with high valleys, canyons, and stunning forest. We should watch and learn from Nature. For this, and other reasons, Aldo Leopold would feel…

can have no worries. The Pyrenees Mountains are like no other place on earth and they are home to multiple objects and is a grand place for a extraordinary vacation. There are countless activities that people can participate in to make a vacation one to remember. The Pyrenees Mountains are home to a good deal of considerable things that many people travel from all regions of the world to come catch sight of. Several of the activities that are done in these mountains are known all throughout the…

White hot lava bubbles as the beast shakes, it awakens. Ash falls from the sky as heat crawls down the mountain. The volcano erupts. Many people don’t know much about volcanoes, only that lava comes out. There are many different types of volcanoes, but all people think of or see when the word volcano comes up is death and destruction. However, volcanoes can help living things, and they can build as well. No matter where you live, volcanoes effect you. The question is, how? Volcanoes can…

This image shows the calmness of Lake Erie. The Lake is part of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes began to form at the end of the last ice age as retreating ice sheets carved basins into the land and they became filled with the melted water from the glaciers. This feature is unique because it is the warmest of the Great Lakes, but it also freezes over more than the rest of the Lakes. The lake was also a big battle site of the War of 1812. The image shows the thundering Niagara Falls (both the…

billboard with an all white family advertising their beautiful people and no bad neighborhoods. Second, a KFC commercial that aired in Australia as a cricket survival guide. This ad portrayed one Australian male surrounded by many African-Americans, he states “need a tip in an awkward situation,” this is when he holds up a bucket of chicken and the crowd goes silent because they are now eating the chicken, he then says “too easy.” Last ad, is a mountain dew internet ad that…

Montjuïc Mountains and take a cable car ride with an aerial view of Barcelona. Head back to Barcelona and walk the famous Ramblas Boulevard of Barcelona, a pedestrian mall full of shops and restaurants. Take a train ride to Montserrat Mountains, tour a Spanish Village and taste liquors of Monterrat. Another stop on our tour is the Gothic Quarter, the heart of the old city of Barcelona. There is a mixture of historic buildings and modern bars. And an evening walks on the beach with beautiful…

High in the Peruvian Andes lies the Inca civilization of Machu Picchu; believed to be a royal estate for Emperor Pachacuti. Temples, small pools, fountains, and strange alters cut from granite are found here, with no wall of defense. The beautiful city was constructed without iron, the wheel, or even a written language. One would think that those artifacts are crucial in the process of building anything. They did, however, have a calculating system; quipus. Quipus is knotted string/ rope that…

the Andes Mountain range, is a highly desirable tourist location (Damon 7). Shrouded with mystery and an eerie air, its discovery, exploration, and significance have been both researched and debated upon. Near the edge of the Amazon Basin, it sits atop the mountain as a testimony to the Inca’s architecture and art. Efforts are made to protect this highly significant city frozen in time (UNESCO 8). Discovery In July of 1911, Hiram Bingham discovered the ruins of an Inca city in the mountains.…

temperatures all summer long, it has been an endless hot miserable season. Many experts predicted there would be massive wildfires this year and they were right. Up and down California, there have been fires including some of the places I have visited for mountain bike races or just to ride. The fire in Northern California has burned everything in it's path. At least 400 homes so far have been destroyed and the fire has displaced more than 60,000 people and counting. The counties of Lake,…