House of Lords

“ “Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.” ( Stephen King). The Hobbit, written by J.R.R Tolkien and directed by Peter Jackson, is about a creature called a hobbit. This hobbit’s name is Bilbo and he goes on a demanding adventure with a group of dwarves ,to steal what is rightfully the dwarf leader, Thorin . Bilbo ends up facing near death situations, fighting nasty creatures and, makes a few friends. Jackson's version of the Hobbit,…

back to a proper civilization. In the 1950’s an author named William Golding read that story and believed that that wouldn’t be what would happen to a group of boys with no adults, so he wrote his own take on the story in a novel called Lord of the Flies. In Lord of the Flies a group of boys are stranded on a lively island rich in the resources that they need to survive and because one of the boys has a father with some significance in the Navy, they also have a potential to be rescued quickly.…

The book Lord of the Flies was driven by what Author William Golding considered to be human evil. Human evil, involves the examination of human nature and the causes, and effects of evil. It also demands for an observation of the methods that humans use to fight off evil, and whether the methods used are effective. Golding uses characters from Lord of the Flies such as Simon, Ralph, Piggy, Jack, and of course The Lord of the Flies to explain different ideas of evil throughout the story. For…

SANDLOT OR SANDNOT? A movie set during the early 1960’s in California , The Sandlot is a light hearted family baseball comedy tweens and kids would love. The movie is based on a new kid moving into town who makes friends with the boys in his neighborhood by being picked up on their little neighborhood baseball team. At first the young boy was rejected by the other boys because he didn’t know how to play baseball like all the other ones and didn’t know all the facts and famous ball players like…

In Lord of the Flies, there has been a plane crash and boys are left stranded on an island in search for help. Theses boys must create their own society and have it be successful if they want to survive. The author uses language regarding the weather on the island to symbolize the changes in the character’s attitudes and the underlying tension that builds throughout the book. Throughout the book the weather progresses from light to dark and then to light again. The changes in weather and the…

What kind of titles leave an impression on readers? Well, most authors would say titles have to be memorable and pull the feel of the whole story into one idea in order for them to make an impression. They also have to be a symbol that the reader can ponder. In the book Unbroken, the title relates particularly to the main idea of the story. This book is about a man named Louis Zamperini who was taken to a prisoner of war camp run by the Japanese during World War II. It follows his experiences…

The life of Jesus is revealed in Lord of the Flies by William Golding within Simon. Good and evil being shown by Simon and the hunters. Simon is one of the boys who is stuck on an island during World War II. Simon bestowed love to everyone around him and he was killed trying to show the truth about the beast that was on the island. Jesus considered the children like they were his own and Lord of the Flies demonstrates Simon the showing the most respect and care to the littluns. In the…

fleeing, or fighting. So what happens when humans discover a fear they can’t fight or flee from? Perhaps they fear something that keeps them from feeling safe or having a sense of normal? Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is an allegory illustrating what happens when fear interrupts our sense of normalcy. In Lord of the Flies, twenty to thirty boys are stranded on an island without adults, and as soon as they all gathered together, the boys began to try to make their lives similar to the…

expression with society. Interaction with others creates a sense of belonging, intimacy and support for an individual. Without the imperative social skills, one’s decisions would be inane, and they’d be incapable of expedient reasoning. Throughout Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, characters suffer different forms of isolation. An individual can suffer from both self-inflicted and forced isolation throughout time, however,…

Leadership on the Island In the novel, “Lord of the Flies,” A group of boys get stranded on an island after their plane crashed. There was a group of choir boys, a group of of young boys who are called “Littluns” and a very smart boy named Piggy. Like in any group, there had to be a leader. A leader has to be strong and demand respect. A leader also needs to stand his ground and believe in himself. Everyone voted Ralph as the leader but the group of choir boys already voted for somebody else. A…