is the Hunger Games series an action-packed, epic love story (still better than Twilight), adventure novel, it is also a prime example of an allegorical story. In an allegory novel, literary devices such as characters, setting, and other symbols are used to represent a literal and figurative meaning. In the Hunger Games, the Capitol is a utopian city where the wealthy and powerful reside. In relations to the real world, the Capitol represents Hollywood. Similar to the Hunger Games, Lord of the…
to the environment than one of an adult. They are more likely to learn new patterns of behavior since their brain is still developing. When we were kids, we unconsciously reflected the behaviors similar from our parents, siblings and other kids we used to hang out with. We did not only mimic the people we saw in real life but also popular characters that caused admiration to us like the ones in the TV shows, movies or comics. Also, our behavior was a mere reflection of the nation and the…
Societal Savagery There is an evil, from immoral actions and villainous desires, possessed in all beings. Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is a complicated and allegorical novel that suggests this theory. When a plane is shot down after being mistaken for a military craft, the school boys that survive the crash are forced to create civilization on an isolated island. With the outside world engulfed in war, two boys, Jack and Ralph, attempt to bring order to the island. This becomes…
my Associate degree. However I will continue my education to get my bachelors degree so I can have the knowledge when I start applying for dentistry school. By going to college it will not just give me the knowledge, it will give me a lot of other good things such as; being responsible, arranging my time, and becoming more…
I wake up every morning with a 100% guarantee I am good for the day. My clothes are always clean and food is always cooked. There is always advice, wisdom, and care awaiting my all the time. My Mama has never once failed to miss a second of my life. A mom is the only thing in the world that has been through everything. From your birth, to when you graduate to and from college, till the day you get married. She gives you more than she gives herself. She wants better for you than herself. She…
I believe that bad things happen to good people. Better yet, I believe that terrible things happen to the most innocent of people. Nothing bad ever happened to Hitler; the millions of innocent jews he killed did not deserve their gruesome deaths. Orphans as young as children do not deserve a life without a parent to guide them through it. A lot of times I ask myself, Why? Why do things like this happen to good people, why don 't I ever see bad people suffering? A lot of times I turn to God and…
doing what exactly but that didn’t hurt us. We just sort of shelved off roles as they came up. In the beginning Isaac, Paul and Matt did research while Husna and I led a discussion on how to lay the project out. We also commented on what we felt were good points to cover from each article or website that the boys found. No one was ordered to do anything in our group; we all were great about stepping up and volunteering. That’s mainly because I think we all enjoyed this type of work and were…
firing squads. Very few Jewish people actually made it out of these camps but are forever reminded of them by a number tattooed on their arm. Hitler is considered one of the most evil men to ever walk the face of the Earth. While Stalin and Hitler used physical force to get their point across, there are other ways to make a human listen and obey every command. Attacking the mental state can quickly change a person’s…
advantages of a good school, and parents who know where they need to go for them to become a doctor, an engineer etc. Children unless they highly motivated may not research or take classes or go to college so they can gain more education to succeed. Gladwell’s audience is anybody who is interested in why some students fail…
wondered how the victims were able to be manipulated so easily. How could they not see the evil in front of them? I realized that people were much more complex. His followers thought he was just plain, white whipped cream, the embodiment of the common good. However, he was the black, bitter licorice, twisted in all sorts of…