Law and Chaos

Masks of Chaos and Evil “He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint and could look at each of them in turns.” (140) Throughout the course of the novel, it is apparent how the characters change from young innocent boys into murderous savages while stranded on an isolated island. These boys are no older than 14, but everyone, no matter how young, has an inner beast. Some people, like the boys in the novel, allow that beast inside to temporarily come out when they feel there will be no punishment. In William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies, facepaint is symbolic of chaos and evil that erupts because of the loss of morality while being concealed behind the self-assuring “masks” of society. The characters Golding portrays…

the universe and mankind began. In the Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the creation of mankind was looked at from a completely different approach than Hesiod’s. The definition of Hesiod’s Theogony is about “the births of the gods”. For Hesiod he states “ In truth at first Chaos came to be”, is something that lacked a sense of order; for mankind. The Definition of Metamorphoses is, striking changes of form and structure into another. Which shows that Ovid believed mankind was formed by something and…

Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Buddha, once said, “Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.” Problems and turmoil are parts of every society and community. Some say that chaos creates a certain type of beauty within someone. One play that follows the rule of chaos very well, is Arthur Miller's, The Crucible. This play, which is based in 1600’s Salem, shows readers what mass hysteria can do to a group of people. This play has many unique characters with many…

A Dance Between Super's Theory and Chaos Theory In the lives of many we live by order and chaos. One helps us up while the other pushes back down when least expected. Donald Super's theory is clear concise and gives step by which a person will progress through life in their career. However; Chaos theory is a slew of random factors that can change the outcome of our situation and they happen every second. Each with their strengths and weaknesses a yin and yang of the modern age, these two…

they are away from equilibrium, stable, state. At this state, members of organization have freedom to experiment new things and this disorder can feed new discoveries. Adaptive Tensions: The theory assumes that small changes are likely to be amplified by positive actions and result in unintended radical change. It is like Lorenzo’s butterfly effect. Adaptive tensions are drivers in this flow state amplifying initial conditions to cause a major change. Emergent, Self-Organization: Moving away…

Chaos… This simple word has an immensely negative connotation. It can be used jokingly, but true chaos is something no one wants. This same negative connotation is transferred to Eris, the goddess of discord. Eris’s nature made others keep their distance from her or use her for revenge on others, but she simply wanted to be free of the discord she was doomed to always carry. Eris is the goddess of chaos and the personification of discord. She is even said to delight in human bloodshed. Because…

Not only are there two commas forcing the reader to pause, but the enjambment in the lines creates a short unnatural pause between clauses. The consonants play a similar role, the transition from the r in never to the s in slowing is difficult, as is the case in the phrase ‘knowing [pause] the’. The pace of the lines has no correlation to the action that it claims. The tone of this poem is rather gloomy, the figure in the poem has no hope, claiming that people “might as well take a leap and try…

“I have so much chaos in my life, and it’s become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong,” Says Tom Welling an American actor, producer, director, and model. As most people clearly know, life is hard rough road that likes to turn everyday life on its head. Chaos might occur when parents’ divorce, when a death of a love one comes out of nowhere, or when something…

The universe is ever-expanding and constantly growing. The world relies on systems, structures, and patterns-- in which explanations and interpretations are often sought after. Mathematics becomes the solution and discovery that humanity seeks, in which it then can elaborate on the unknown, mysteries, and the incomprehensible. The existence of mathematics is a subtle thing; functioning quietly throughout our daily lives. Moreover, mathematics weaves itself within various aspects of our natural…

of time describing the setting his characters inhabit. The descriptions are so in depth and thoughtful that the houses and buildings almost become characters in their own rights. This attention to detail comes from McEwan’s use of setting in reinforcing the central themes of Atonement, such as love, pretence and order and chaos. Although he used many techniques, descriptive language, personification and intertextuality, to convey his ideas, it is the use of setting that reinforces those far…