We Didn't Start the Fire

unhurt. The boys have a fresh water section in the island for a supply of fresh water for all their activities and drinking. The boys have a stable food supply of fruits and pigs. The boys also have access to fire and are able to cook their meat on the fire. The core elements of the boys start to show when they all gather and are able to elect a leader. The island is very…

human nature. Jack represents dictatorship, evil, violence and savagery. The narrator describes Jack as, “[...] tall, thin, and bony; and his hair was red beneath the black cap. His face was crumbly and freckled, and ugly without silliness.”(20). We learn that Jack is one of the older boys on the island. Jack’s aggressive nature makes him a very good hunter. Jack is the main hunter of the group, but in chapter 1, Jack has the opportunity to kill a piglet. Surprisingly, he hesitates and the pig…

TWELVE Ascending From Cinder Over breakfast, which consisted of loaves of wheat bread and different shades of blueberry jam, we discussed our plan for the day. It was to be a kind of search, for the captains’ ship and then the dragons. I wolfed down my food, anxious to get started and by 9:00 a.m. Sirethiel time, we’d thanked Raven for her hospitality and left the castle. We headed west for a set of golden ridges on the other side of the palm trees, but veered off toward what looked like a tiny…

Everglades after shortly taking off from the airport. It crashed as a result of a fire in the cargo compartment caused by improperly stored cargo, killing all 110 people on board. The aircraft had suffered a number of incidents in the past two years prior to the crash, which included aborted takeoffs and emergency landings. On the afternoon of May 11, 1996 Flight…

Jack London, a substantial American, author was replete with venture and erraticness. He grew as a destitute child, but that didn’t block his future as a great author. He dropped out of high school, started enduring bad habits, and got arrested for vagrancy. London, an author of many short stories, novels, and fiction writing, was a prodigious author when it came to his writings. “In his brief life, London sought adventures in the far corners of the world, from the frozen Yukon to the South…

“There is no loneliness sadder than a man without friends. The lack of friends makes the world seem like a desert.” -Francis Bacon. My grandma was diagnosed with dementia in the year of 2010. This was hard at the time, however, even a diamond starts off in the earth’s mantle burning and under so much pressure. Like a diamond, which shines brightly after going through trials, I also grew and learned from this journey. At this time, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. My grandma was a…

Showing one’s appreciation can mean the world to some. Yet when such opportunities become frequent, or are practically scheduled like clock-work, we tend to forget to express our appreciation over time. It is only by looking back in hindsight do we realize we may have come off as ungrateful. In Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays,” the strong use of imagery create a heavy yet detailed atmosphere. Throughout out the poem, the speaker uses various degrees of imagery to help bring the reader…

With this fact, how could it be possible that one of Michigan's biggest cities, does not have safe drinking water? Flint's water crisis didn’t start from just one problem, it started from several, so who do we have to blame for the crisis? The DEQ. The DEQ is to blame for the crisis because they were shown the facts by a doctor, but they dismissed it. They didn’t want to spend the money on new pipes, so they tried to ignore the fact that it was there. They should’ve thought of the people they…

platoon comes under fire.” CBS , Mar. 1970. The CBS video begins with the American soldiers hiking through the jungles looking for a “elusive enemy”. The video continues telling how each of the soldiers plans for the future and how this war has effected them. “Blue didn't want to come to Vietnam and he much rather be a business man than a soldier” helps to show that this war was not something everyone wanted. The footage then shows the platoon taking fire and returning fire. A soldier known as…

which life or death would be their only options. This, is Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Life was represented, for them, by the evolving symbols that benefited them tremendously throughout their journey. Those symbols being the conch shell, the fire, and Piggy’s glasses that develop and change drastically throughout the novel. The first symbol that was introduced in the novel, and begins to become important and change is the conch shell. Throughout the beginning of the novel, Ralph uses…