We Didn't Start the Fire

This narrator is quite reliable because they’re not biased against certain characters and we can see the story unfold without a filter. I think the main theme in Lord of the Flies is civilization. In the beginning, Ralph and Piggy finds a conch shell, and that is what they use to call “meetings”. During those meetings they assign different people to do different things, such as a chief, hunters, fire-tenders, hut builders, and multiple other assignments. As the story unravels, the readers…

the night sky, like a vortex of fire. I could hear wind whistling, the leaves rustling, flames flickering everywhere, and then, to myself, quietly humming a bittersweet rhythm. I’d always asked myself this question, if I was one of the elements of air, ground, fire, or water, which one will suit me the most. Everyone would tell me that my personality was like fire, burning and hot-headed, and I had to say, I agree. I’m not afraid of fire. I could sit right next to fire, if I felt like it...…

between civilization and savagery in three key moments: when the signal fire is let out and a boat passes by the island, when Jack leaves the…

settled and understood what their dire situation was, Ralph comes up with the idea that they should have a way to signal ships that might be sailing nearby in hopes of rescue. “We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire.” Ralph seems to think that “the Queen has a big room full of maps and all the islands in the world are drawn there. So the Queen’s got a picture of this island”. He is…

come to my apartment to workshop each other’s writing…we finish our collaborations in the early hours before…

Emily Anderson up till now my life has been as normal as someone’s life could be… I thought. Let me start at the beginning I’ve lived in Wisconsin my whole life until a year or so ago I moved to California pretty normal so far isn’t it. My three best friends are Isabella, Rachel, and Nicole. We are all in the seventh grade and go to the same school. We were just average kids attending middle school, and we still would be if Vena hadn’t messed everything up but that’s not important right now.…

Would you rather live a short life with freedom and choice or a long life without either? Montag is a law-abiding firefighter. Firemen don't put out fires; they set fires to books or houses with books in them. Throughout the novel, Montag starts changing until he is a new person. He changes his whole life to one belief. The belief is that books should be read and the knowledge should be shared and known. The main factors that changed him were the meeting of a young girl named Clarisse and the…

contempt with his life and never questioned anything, until he met Clarisse. She made Montag realize things he had never thought about. In the book “Fahrenheit 451” Montag learns that his perfect world is corrupt, he goes through a series of changes and starts to realize and question all the imperfections and flaws in the world. First, when Montag returned from work he always had the feeling of someone waiting for him, and then he met Clarisse. After having an interesting conversation with…

kicked it and hurt his foot and screamed, “Dang, that thing is hard.” It felt like he just kicked a piece of metal. The old man told the object, “You want be tough, oh I’ll show you tough.” The next day, he decides to try his driller. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. Next, he tries to lift up the rug using his bare hands but it felt like the object was attached to the rug on the floor. The man remembers that he has a welding machine he got for Christmas that he has never used. He finally…

Polaroid that she had sent me a few months ago. As I was looking Chuck asked me, “how is she doing?” Frankly I didn’t know I hadn’t talked to her in years this is something that she sent to my parents after she left me because she was getting lonely while I was away at war. “Yeah, she’s...good,” I replied uncertainly. “Well that is good,” he replied. While I was looking at her picture I hear gun fire. Then *BOOM* a torpedo hits the port side of the ship, I am sent flying out of my bunk Chuck was…