Ring-tailed Lemur

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, many events occur in the novel where evil prevails in the minds of the tribe. The loss of innocence becomes greater and exposes young children to the "real world", where good and evil exists. Simon’s encounter with the Lord of the Flies is one of the major evil forces in the novel. Jack’s desire to kill only influences the rest of the tribe to become more like savages and run wild. Finally, the tragic death of Piggy is a result of the children assuming…

“The escape of the prisoner” not “The flight of the deserter” (Tolkien “OFS” 79). This is how J.R.R Tolkien describes escape as one of the four main functions of fairy stories. With this, Tolkien suggests that the reader should be using fairy stories to escape the situation that they are born into; however, he disproves of readers using fairy stories to escape their responsibilities (“OFS” 79-80). A sub-creation is a secondary world that the mind can enter. It is extremely difficult to achieve…

and stay in the Middle Earth; however, the master ring that rules all of the Elven kings, Dwarf lords and Mortal men, falls into the hands of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. The power of the ring corrupts the simple life of Bilbo, so Bilbo’s wizard friend, Gandalf, stops him, and let Bilbo’s heir, Frodo Baggins, to go on a quest,…

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT Book 1 1. Author/Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney 2. Title and date of publication: The Tortoise and the Hare, published on 10/01/2013 3. Genre of the book: Traditional Literature 4. Format: Picture Book 5. Award(s): None 6. Summary of the book: The tortoise challenges the hare to a race. He tells him that he can beat him in a race. At the start the hare shoots off and is in the lead, but the tortoise throughout the whole story says that slow and steady will…

There are a lot of similarities and differences between Lord of the Flies and Maze Runner. The characters think similar and they also have the same goals. Also there are similar situations in the stories. There are obviously a lot of differences between the two because they are written by different authors. The main differences are the ages of the boys, Teresa, and the beast and the grievers. Although they are different stories and the details are different, there are a lot of similarities like…

The Golem by Avram Davidson is a retelling of a Jewish folklore with a twist that makes it stand out from other science fiction tales. Evident from the title of the story, the story starts with the appearance of a golem at the porch of an old couple’s home. The old couple – Mr. and Mrs. Gumbeiner – react very calmly to the situation, unlike how characters usually react in science fiction stories when they encounter a monster-like or alien-like being. Their indifference towards the golem and the…

The novel is a humorous fantasy, written in the tradition of a boy’s adventure story. In this novel, there are two major characters, Tom sawyer and huckleberry Finn. The novel remaining his childhood, from this childish viewpoint, the pupil world appears rather foolish. For examples social institutions, education opposed their behavior, because the people want to live like them. Tom’s fortunes swing between the two and his sprit follows suit. There are two distinct types of language, the…

Have you ever imagined if you crashed on an island and you had no way of leaving, what would you do? When a group of boys was put in this position in The Lord of the Flies they ended up losing their morals and personal beliefs and ended up becoming savages. In the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, William Golding uses the conch to represent how the boys consciously and unconsciously, give the conch power, and bring a sense of authority and civilization. In the novel The…

Three Dozen at a Time “Not all those that wander are lost.” said by J.R.R. Tolkien. This quote refers to hunting because you are out in the middle of nowhere and people will think you are lost. Decoying and jumping waterfowl are similar and different in many ways including time, effort, and amount of equipment The time put into waterfowl hunting differs from decoying and jumping waterfowl. When decoying waterfowl you will need to have time to get to the pond you are going, setting up decoys…

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…