Fog

thick fog engulfed London from December 5 to December 9, 1952, it mixed with black smoke emitted from homes and factories to create deadly smog. This smog killed approximately 12,000 people and shocked the world into starting the environmental movement. Overview of the Great Smog of 1952: When a severe cold spell hit London in early December 1952, Londoners did what they usually did in such a situation; they burned more coal to heat up their homes. Then on December 5, 1952, a layer of dense fog…

gave into material gain, and this led his to become evil. Joseph Conrad uses Kurtz to perfectly personify evil, and the barbaric mentality that comes with evil. Another representation of evil is fog. Fog is not clear, it does not reveal everything, and it distorts many things. Joseph Conrad uses fog to trap Marlow and…

The silhouette looked like a monster as it advanced, screeching and snorting as it went forward. Looking at the creature appear and disappear through the fog, Andrew remembered the beast. It was the same creature that had killed his parents, screeching and snorting just as loudly as it was now the Bulbous Devil. The memory of his parents flashed before his eyes. He saw the fear in his father’s eyes as he…

As the day began a slimmer of light pierced his eye and as he awoke covered in sand and scrap. Wilson had looked around and saw that he was surrounded in a deserted wasteland of water and left ashore with the remains of his shattered boat. As Wilson arose he looked at the remains of his boat. And saw a glimmer of light bounce off a small rusted red trunk. Wilson came to the trunk and with a loud creek the trunk opened. The trunk held a hatchet with rust around the edges along with the tool came…

climate? During an eruption there is often a lot of rain, lighting, and thunder. This happens because all the ash particles that are thrown up into the air are good at collecting water droplets. Another problem is that it forms in a fog or volcanic fog. If the volcanic fog only gets into the troposphere it gets washed away with the rain. Most of the particles that come from volcanoes and go to the atmosphere cool the planet by shading incoming solar radiation. The cooling effect can last up to…

The Unity of Effect in “The Man of The Crowd” While studying the works of Edgar Allan Poe, I was introduced to the “Philosophy of Composition” and the concept of Unity of Effect. I found it intriguing that the author is supposed to know what type of Unity of Effect they will convey before everything else such as the title, characters, place, setting, time, etc. My goal in this essay is to illustrate how Poe used a mysterious and curious tone to achieve Unity of Effect in “The Man of The Crowd.”…

Huckleberry Finn, knew that many people who were known as outsiders were on a quest to be free from society, one example being the slaves. Throughout the novel, symbols of independence comes up frequently, such as the raft, Mississippi River, and white fog. In general, when individuals are running away they need type of transportation to allow them to go from point A to point B. During the course of…

head, softly fenced in with crimson cloth and curtains, addressed by a large advocate with great whiskers, a little voice, and an interminable brief, and outwardly directing his contemplation to the lantern in the roof, where he can see nothing but fog.” (Dickens, Page 14) Dickens uses words such as “he” and “his” to describe the High Lord Chancellor and his…

How the Ward is run is a clear clue to Kesey's questions of sanity, one reason is the Big Nurse Ratched who is the unofficial controller of the ward. Over the years, she manipulates and twists the patients against one another in group meetings that give little to no help to improve any mental illnesses they have. Her own abuse to her prowess shines throughout the novel such as, by the denial of fun activities that can improve the patients. Kesey shows a large symbol of irony as well with Nurse…

girl by the name of Rosaura is “invited” to her “friend’s” party but in reality Rosara was never invited as a guess. In Ray Bradbury's “The Fog Horn,” a monster of sorts emerges out of the water after hear the sound of its kind, it longs to be with another of a kind and becomes enraged with the fog horn and decides to destroy the lighthouse for good. In “The Fog Horn,” Bradbury images illustrates how the types of powers can impacts lives while Heker’s “The Stolen Party,” depicts the power of…