many of the constructions of the trader camp still burned brightly and energetically. At first glance it was almost like the area had been hit with a flamethrower or fire spell. Yet, these flames were not created by any weapon made by the hands of man - the attack had come swiftly and with no warning, only the silent gust of air a signal before the trader camp…
FRIAR Romeo, come here, you terrified man. It seems that you are married to disaster and pain. These things seem to love you. ROMEO Father, what’s been decided? What is Prince Escalus’ final sentence? What misery am I going to be informed about right now? FRIAR You are too familiar with hearing bad news. I am here to tell you some good news that has to do with the Prince's doom. ROMEO What is the Prince's doom, is it of a lesser doom than the end of the world? FRIAR The prince is taking back…
upper class citizens of the novel. To contradict this thesis, there are many examples from the first two books, ‘Recalled to Life’ and ‘The Golden Thread.’ The aristocrats are depicted as awful people…
School is closed for the season, and boys spend most of their time flying kites. One day Amir’s father takes Amir and Hassan to buy a new kite from an old blind man who makes the best in the city. However, the highlight of their winter is the annual kite-fighting tournament,. When a string is cut, the losing kite slowly falls to the ground, and a boy called a kite runner chase the kite across the city until it…
burial." Her father and the police didn't move a muscle but instead watched. There was nothing they could have done at this point, and they didn't want to contribute a thing to what was going on. Instead, they busied themselves with the bleeding golden rabbit on the ground... I passed by the parts room where I found a large piece of scrap metal. This was perfect. I carried both her body and the scrap metal outside, soon finding myself in the empty lot between the repair shop and the pizzeria.…
"I know, I know. You're afraid of making mistakes. Don’t be. Mistakes can be profited from. Man, when I was younger I shoved my ignorance in people’s faces. They beat me with sticks. By the time I was forty my blunt instrument had been honed to a fine cutting point for me. If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you’ll never learn" (Bradbury 104). The words of Professor Faber in Fahrenheit 451 shed light on a society where being politically correct is the only option. Fahrenheit 451…
Also, the audio of the toad and Pale Man scenes help intensify the story. The audio elements accentuate the monstrous characteristics. When Ofelia enters the tree, she is breathing heavily. There are ambient noises from the bugs on the frog’s skin (Del Toro). Also, there is ambient noise at the beginning of the Pale Man scene. When Ofelia walks, her shoes hit the floor. In the distant, babies scream as the portraits of slaughtered children are shown. The cracking of firewood is audible when the…
“Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer). Atticus Finch is an attorney in the county of Maycomb and the father of the protagonist, Scout, and her Brother Jem. He is a utilitarian who believes one should always live…
growth, my boots smashing leaves underneath. Briars prick at my skin as I pursue the beast deeper into the woods, the dark creature only paces away from me. I scramble for my gun, shouting for my sister Jane to back me up as he dashes deeper into the trees. "Jane, hurry the fuck up!" I hiss, skidding to a halt to aim my gun at the creature, "I'm taking the—fuck!" With a loud gasp, I'm thrown into the bushes by a large beast. It growls, spitting slobber on my face. Its red eyes glow with…
fingers slide round her phone as she listened to what the police had to say. After the word dead was mentioned, her knees weighed heavy and gave way as she dropped down, like she was shot. Even as a ghost, you would think you wouldn’t feel anything but man, when she dropped, I felt as though I was being weighed down. Her emptiness filled the room and seemed to have sucked up my energy along with it. Not a single tear had fallen. She was too tired and the pain was too much that she couldn’t. Not…