House of Lords

English Speech; the Individual Experience in the Happiest Refugee by Anh Do Good morning/ afternoon Mr Ostrowski and fellow classmates, What if you were completely stranded without any water, food, but next to all of your closets relatives on a boat so small you could feel other people breathing? Well, this is exactly what Anh Do experienced at a very young age, however still has a vivid image of it. The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do is one of the most intriguing and adventurous auto biographies,…

Lord of the Flies The book “Lord of the flies” by William Golding is about a group of boys who are stranded on an island after their plane was, tragically, shot down. While they are on the island, the string that connects them to the outside world, and who they really are inside, is stretched to its limits and, eventually, severed. Without an adult figure present, they decide that they need someone to take charge. The kids end up taking a vote which gave this position to Ralph. With the weight…

The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding showcases how society can be destroyed by one simple thing. In the novel, that one simple thing that contributes the most to the deterioration of the civilization on the island is the pig hunt. The three stages in which the civilization deteriorates are as listed: the idea of pig hunting is proposed to the boys, a small population of the boys get obsessed with hunting, and finally, almost all of the boys are dedicated to hunting, but instead of…

Joseph Campbell defined myth as "other people's religion." However, he also said that one of the basic functions of myth is to help each individual through the journey of life. The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative identified by Campbell. All stories consist of common structural elements of the twelve stages that composed in The Hero’s Journey. Star Wars, by George Lucas, is an excellent movie. This movie is filled with original and mythic patterns. The ideas represented in the film are…

The Maze Runner by James Dashner started off by Thomas the main character who wakes up in a metal box, he doesn't remember anything about his past, except his name. When he steps out of the metal box he finds himself in a strange place called the glade. There are about 50 other boys who've come to the glade who are also known as the gladers. He then meets the leader of the gladers, a boy named Alby and another boy named Newt. Then there's Chuck, the last one to come to the glade who becomes…

Upon arrival, Ralph and Roger both had very quiet personality traits. Roger “... kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy.” Golding (22), while Ralph shared a similar tendency during his arrival: “His mouth was tight. He put back his hair very slowly... Forced his feet to move until they carried him out onto the neck of the land” (20). There is a small foreshadowing of Roger’s questionable outcome for his stay at the island in the way Goulding describes his “...inner…

Ralph and Piggy show their unique personality traits in this chapter, which causes them to do actions that are irrational or well thoughtout. Piggy shows his bravery and maturity, while Ralph shows his passion and irrationality. To begin, Piggy was very courageous and showed his maturity when going after Jack. For example, when he proposed the plan to the others he spoke with such fluency that I believed in him. Even though he was scared and trembling when he finished, his bravery shocked me.…

It's January 2, 1994; the air is freezing as he breathes it in, and the sun seems to have forgotten to come out this morning. As the snow whirls around the frigid air under the dark sky, the 21 year old lawyer, Sean finally reaches the door of the airport. Sean, who has spent the last week in France for a vacation before the holidays, is exhausted and longing to be home with his family back in Chicago, Illinois. Sean got to the baggage and security lines around 6:30 this morning, completely…

In the novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, the author effectively uses various themes to weave the story together. One interesting theme he uses is human capacity for evil. Two characters, Jack and Ralph, have the same ambition, yet try to achieve their goal using different methods. Jack is wealthy, bossy, opinionated and uses his intelligence to deceive and manipulate others. For example, Jack says to the group "Tonight we're having a feast. We've killed a pig and we've got…

Imagine finding a door that leads to a faraway magical land that no one else even knows exist. In his fiction book the Chronicles of Narnia the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis takes us through such a door and into the land of Narnia. His book leads us on a magical adventure filled with courage, strength and hope. Reminding those that follow along with his adventure to never give up hope and that you can find courage and strength from all those around you. C.S. Lewis was a Fellow…