Lost-wax casting

Have you ever been terrified by a beast that might be yourself? In the book Lord of the Flies there are a group of boys that are on an island and they had to evacuate from their school because there was a war going on. Their plane ended up crashing at this island and now they are stuck there. The boys started to hear things at night and see things at night and they thought that there was a beast around. The boys all thought different things about the beast; they thought there was a snake thing,…

pain of Icarus as he falls from sky and faces his death. No one pays attention to the falling boy and he falls like a tiny insignificant splash in the water. Icarus was flying happily in the sky under the sun then the hot rays of the sun melted the wax of his wings and he falls into the sea like a splash. The young boy fell into the sea and…

Evil is profoundly immoral and malevolent, mankind means human beings considered collectively; the human race. Lord of the Flies starts when a plane crashes on to an island, only leaving about 25 English boys, ranging from ages five to twelve. The boys struggle to form a civilization. The evil that is naturally in mankind stops them from forming a peaceful society, many things go wrong because of disagreements between the boys. The evil present in mankind is one of the main themes in William…

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…

Contemporary TV: This Is Us This Is Us is a new NBC show that premiered on the 20th of September of this year and International Business Times reporter, Caitlyn Hitt, summarizes the beginning of the first episode with, “It centers around five people — one couple, two siblings and a big wig trying to discover his roots [who all happen to be celebrating their 36th birthday]”(Hitt). This Is Us fits into Jason Mittell’s definition of “narrative complexity” through its unique use of operational…

A group of the boys were designated to tend to the flames to signal any potential saviours, yet they ignored this order completely and ultimately lost an opportunity to be rescued. “‘ I was chief, and you were going to do what I said. You talk. But you can’t even build huts - then you go off hunting and let out the fire-’ He turned away, silent for a moment. Then his voice came again on a peak of…

Jack uses the head to help his littluns not to frighten to it. Equally important, the pig’s head is circumambulated by flies illuminating that for sacrificing to the beast and this situation becomes the name of the story. This quote expounds that Ralph feels guilty that the innocent boy dies because of him. He mentions about God and he thinks that God can help him to go back home safely and can pass through this bad situation. Additionally, Piggy and Ralph also are caught that they did the…

Daedalus is a famous sculptor . His sculptures were so life like it was as if they would come to life . He was also a renowned architect . Daedalus has a nephew named talus he was a lot smarter than Daedalus .Talus was an inventor . He created the saw while walking on the beach one day , and the compass by just putting a stick in the ground. Daedalus got jealous . He got so jealous that one day he pushed talus off a cliff and he fell to his death . Daedals got so depressed because had done…

evident when the boys elect “[the boy] with the shell” as chief (22). Through this, the conch is shown a symbol of order since it is used in this way to elect a leader. Its use as a tool to call the boys also shows how “order” can help those who are lost. As time passes, the conch is used to call the others to a meeting and “to have ‘Hands up’ like at school” to signify who has the right to speak (33). The boys use the conch to keep themselves in check, and when the conch is present, order is…

Poem Analysis Question 1 The poem Musée des Beaux Arts (1940) by W.H. Auden is about the contrasting issues in people’s experience in daily life. While others are suffering or distressed, others are celebrating or going about their usual life activities. The poem has a set of characters or groups of people who are suffering and a different set comprised on people in a completely different life situation. It says that “when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting for the miraculous birth,…