Silent Hill

Webster’s definition of ambition is “a particular goal or aim; something that a person hopes to do or achieve.” Having ambition is needed, but when ambition and greed are placed together it can lead to much destroyed end. In Williams Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the leading character shows a tragic flaw that will result in his downfall. Macbeth’s tragic flaw was his ambition. Macbeth 's vaulting ambition, though it is what brings him to his height of power, is also what leads him to his downfall.…

that is situated in France, about 150 miles away from France (The American Battle Monuments Commission). According to a New York Times columnist Richard Rubin, who visited the forest for research purposes, the land is composed of rocky ridges, steep hills, and narrow valleys, making it highly valuable to the French Army for battle tactics. But, in early August of 1914 the German Army invaded the land and seized it from the…

Margaret Atwood uses a variation of figurative language to reveal the underlying sexual and manipulative ways of the Commander’s desires. In the Handmaid’s Tale, Gilead is a society where power is imposed entirely from the top. Atwoods characters demonstrate that even if substantial power is taken away from them, they will find a way to manipulate others. Atwood compares positional power to warfare and animal confrontations and emphasizes reward power with sexual language. Figurative language is…

for me. Her drive and passion to help others before bettering herself is what makes her who she is. The loss of selfish, but the compassion in her tone of voice when she told me this November 30, 2015. I will never forget. All the memories of her silent but beautiful laughter never afraid to smile and show off her 24k gold tooth. Who is Shamicka Batts? Back in 1978 there were not too many rules for my mom growing up. She lived with her mom…

Thumbelina was silent and sad, and the swallow could see that something was troubling her. Please tell me why you are unhappy. I will help you. Thumbelina told the swallow all about her adventures and troubles, and about how she didn't want to marry the rich old mole.…

Where were their voices of support when tired bruised, and weary Negro men and women decided to rise from the dark dungeons of complacency to the bright hills of creative protest?"(Paragraph 9 lines 4-6) In Kings Letter he uses rhetorical questions to point out the irony of the churches that were supposed to fight for justice but were silent about racial inequality. King asks the questions that make the wheel in your brain start to turn as you are thinking about why racial injustice and why…

Vern Mason arrived at Shepherd’s Bend at exactly two o’clock. He knew this because five minutes prior, he had fumbled in his coat pocket and inelegantly opened the stop-watch that belonged to his father, and his father before him. Edgily, he tapped his thumb on the dusty glass that protected the tiny hands ticking in his palm. There was no shade in the rocky terrain that sat above the bend, and the Arizona sun hammered down on his back. What time the man would come, he didn’t quite know. He…

with a strong light behind it, to ensure that the children’s expressions could be clearly viewed. The silence in the scene serves to amplify the children’s confusion and the eerily unnatural feeling of a room of people being completely and utterly silent. This scene is one of the most memorable and haunting scenes throughout the entire movie, with it’s clever use of elements and obvious display of clashing cultures, it is clear to see how the children truly struggled for the survival of their…

new; and happy for the lovers that their love will last forever, unlike mortal love which only brings frustration. He sees a sacrifice on the urn and asks about the people coming to it in the following stanza. However the town of these people remains silent and no one can tell him their…

The book I will be reviewing is called ‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson discussing the use of pesticides and why it’s so bad for not only plants but us too. Carson’s main goal is to tell us of the hidden dangers pesticides have on our ecosystem. Carson her main argument is that pesticides are way to lethal to be used and provides examples of how the use of pesticides can easily get out of hand and harm all living organisms. In the beginning of her book, Carson describes a town in the heart of…