Smoke Signals

Simon, always ready to help out, sensitive to the power of evil but not afraid to stand up to it, is perhaps the strongest representative of the forces of good in the story.” (Themes and Construction: Lord of the Flies) For example, they build the signal fire on top of the mountain to help them get rescued, as well as building shelters for everyone to sleep in and take shelter from the rain. These are all signs of civilization and sticking to their morals, as opposed to Jack’s primal nature in…

“On walls and windows and bins and cars all around the rubble pile, New Yorkers have left messages in the grainy dust. They are expressions of anger, love, despair, and patriotism, a form of contemporary poetry that will last not nearly as long as the memories” (Time Wire Reports, 2001). On September 11, 2001, tragedy struck the Twin Towers of New York City, and the citizens of America knew that every moment would forever be imprinted in their minds and history. The attacks could be seen from…

the body, most commonly the digestive system. Not only are x-rays found in medicine, but they are also found in airport terminals. X-rays are used in baggage scanners to scan passengers’ luggage. Smoke detectors also use elements of radiation to distinguish a change in the air due to the presence of smoke. Another main benefit of x-rays is their use in astronomy. X-ray instruments have been launched into space due to the inability of x-rays to penetrate Earth’s atmosphere. In doing so,…

The first six chapters of William Golding's Lord of The Flies investigates the distribution of leadership throughout the batch of boys stuck on the island. The main leaders, Ralph and Jack, are both goal oriented, decisive, and empowering. Although they both are capable to lead, their points of view on the situation at hand are conflicting to one another. Ralph is focused on shelter and rescue while Jack is looking to hunt and play rather than finding a way off the island and back to…

time, they got a glimpse of the amazing island they were on. “Beyond the hollow was the square top of the mountain and soon they were standing on it” (page 37). It was decided that the fire would be at this point in the mountain. This mountain has smoke rising from it for most of the book, and its purpose is to have higher ground for a visible rescue…

Savagery Taking over Civilization in Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, develops the battle between civilization, and savagery. The battle between civilization and savagery keeps on growing as the boys are starting to ignore rules, and lose hope of going back to civilization. Lord of the Flies, is about a group of boys, with no adults, that crash onto a deserted island. As the boys try to survive, a boy named Ralph is elected chief, and they try to survive. The boys set…

civilized. He never lets go of the hope of being saved. Piggy symbolizes knowledge. Piggy is the one who knows how to use the conch shell when he and Ralph find it at the beginning of the story. Also, his glasses are the reason they were able to start the signal fire. When Piggy is killed, knowledge and reason are lost on the island. “What was the sensible thing to do? There was no Piggy to talk sense.” When Ralph is alone and all the boys are against him, he thinks of Piggy and wonders how he…

this unhealthy habit can be quite the challenge. One of the main reasons smokers keep smoking is nicotine. Nicotine is the chemical in cigarettes that makes you addicted to smoking. Over time your body gets used to having nicotine – the more you smoke‚ the more nicotine you need to feel normal. When your body doesn’t get nicotine, you may feel uncomfortable and crave cigarettes. This is called withdrawal. It takes a time to get over withdrawal. Most physical symptoms go away after several days…

The truism many hands make light work applies to this group. When they bought into Ralph’s philosophy that making a fire with smoke could help signal ships that were passing, they all worked toward the common goal of creating a giant fire. However, when the boys were building huts, quite a few of them got distracted and did their own thing. This hampered their progress to make the island…

particularly damaging the brain. One of the main benefits that people get from smoking marijuana is relaxation. People with anxiety, and chronic diseases such as cancer smoke the herb to be able to eat and relax. But what happens is that each time that smoke the drug, it takes a toll on the person's brain. So the more that people smoke the substance, and more risk they have for brain damage due to prolonged use. There have been many studies made on the effects of marijuana…