Lord Voldemort

“I just need you to believe me.” Daniel Fights a Hurricane and Take Shelter illustrate the story of two hypersensitive men, Daniel and Curtis, who constantly have visions and difficulty distinguishing between reality and imagination. While Daniel’s experience is elaborated by Shane Jones from three perspectives - the first person perspective (“I”), the third person perspective(“he”) and Daniel’s wife Karen’s perspective, Curtis’s is illustrated by Jeff Nichols from just the first person…

Maybe you’ve seen the television show Survivor where people face this problem. The book, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding and the show Survivor have many similarities with one difference. In both Lord of the Flies and Survivor there is a chief or leader of the group. This individual has a lot of control over how the group acts and thinks and typically ends up abusing his or her power. In chapter nine in Lord of the Flies, Jack abuses his power and controls Henry’s actions. “‘Give me a…

The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding tells the story of man’s inhumanity to man. In the midst of a raging war, a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys from Britain is shot down over a deserted tropical island. The boys elect a leader, hoping for an ounce of leadership and maturity. At first the boys enjoy their freedom, roaming around the island, swimming, and having a good time. Everything works out until the fun gets out of hand. The boys get swept into the world of hunting and…

The conch represents democracy and civilization. It acts as a government symbol, one that keeps everyone together and have an identity and not be torn apart. At the beginning of the book, the conch gathered the children and created unity. When one of the boys had the shell it was their turn to speak. With the conch, everyone had an equal say to speak their truth. It helped organize the children and gave them all responsibilities. Also, at the start, meetings ended with a common understanding and…

an island, how would you survive with a conch, a pair of glasses, and fire? Would a conch help you? How would a pair of glasses be used besides to assist bad eyesight? How else can a fire help you survive besides creating a smoke signal? In the book Lord of the flies, the author, William Golding, writes about a dozen of young boys who are stranded on an island. They find what they can and do what is necessary to survive. The boys depend on a conch, a pair of glasses, and fire to survive on an…

William Golding uses several literary device like symbolism and repetition throughout the chapters 7-12 to illustrate that our children need authority so they can act appropriately and convey a chaotic tone. Ralph who was the chief at the time, blew on the conch and the kids would appear to listen to what he had to say. Well, now things are different, the tribe has split apart and now they are fighting each other for their lives. However, after all the fighting, they managed to get saved on…

get through my classes. I was in an honors class in 9th grade, and I was so excited to read some “college level literature” as the teacher had described. I expected something amazing such as “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville but the teacher assigned “Lord of the flies” by William Golding. I was so excited I immediately dove into the novel, I read it cover to cover, twice. I tried to love the book as passionately as my teacher had, so it would live up to my expectations of a “college level novel”…

lives in a swamp, isolated from a village and it’s people. He is first introduced as an isolated and angry ogre, who spends his time alone in his swamp or terrorizing local villagers. His beloved swamp is then invaded by fairytale creatures because of Lord Farquaad, who says he will only remove them if Shrek saves a princess named Fiona. Fiona is trapped in a tower, guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. So, Shrek and a donkey set out on a journey to save princess Fiona and reclaim the swamp. Shrek…

Within “The Lady of Shallot”, James R. Kincaid argues that through the contrasting elements of fiction and reality, negative results occur as a means of drawing attention to the perpetual uncertainty within Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, “The Lady of Shallot”. This level of ambiguity is emphasized within the text through the Lady’s lack of agency, causing the events of the poem to be enacted on her rather than through her own devise. Kinkaid pushes forth the idea that the text removes the Lady’s…

The best leader for the island would be Ralph. He would be the best because he is very active both physically and mentally. He is always thinking of something to do, and not just sitting around and waiting until something major happens. In the book it says that Ralph was found a conch shell. He started the tradition on the island that when the shell is blown everyone groups up. This shows that he has leadership and knows how to run, and make rules. In the story the kids on the island have a…