...Lord of the Flies - Essay Lord of the Flies explores the fact that children are savages by nature and without adult guidance or supervision; the entire idea of this would turn completely upside down. The novel ‘Lord of the Flies’ is written by William Golding shortly after the end of World War II. The novel tells us about a group of English boys who are stranded on an island during the period of war. They discover that the island is inhabited and therefore, they attempt to create their own society in order to sort things out while waiting for rescue. However, as time passes, things begin to spiral out hand and get out of control. This is because they are extremely young and plus, there are no adults to guide them on the island. In the end, although they are rescued, everything is in vain since they have lost most of the important things in life including their civilised way of life. The event clearly shows that children are not innocent as they are savages by nature. When the story begins, Jack and Ralph are such civilized lads that they don't even know how to start a fire without a match. For example, "Will you light the fire?” (Chapter two) This shows that back in England the boys had everything served to them on a plate. The main character in this novel, Ralph is described as having an ‘athletic’ figure and ‘handsome’ in some way. As the main leader and the main model of order and civilisation in the novel, he dedicated himself to convince all the other boys that they are...
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...Ashley Brown Mr.Everly English 10B 4/17/1 Lord of the Flies: Characterization What is good characterization? Characterization is the way an author presents and develops a character to make them believable. This essay will focus on three believable characters. One of the believable characters is Ralph. Another believable character is Jack. The last believable character is Simon. Because William Golding wanted believable characters, he made Ralph round and dynamic, Jack flat and static, and Simon round and static. One interesting character is Ralph. For example Ralph is a round character because he has multiple traits. Sometimes he borders on savagery, and sometimes he acts civilized. In chapter 2, the children are setting to get rescued. During the conversation, Ralph tells the boys, “We ought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that’s a meeting. The same up here as down there”(42). This shows that Ralph wants to be civilized, but he had times where he was savage too. The best example of Ralph’s savagery is where he helps kill Simon later in the book. Moreover, Ralph is dynamic because he changes throughout the novel. Early in the novel, Ralph is carefree and happy person. By the end, however he becomes very sad and guilty. At the end, Ralph was about to be killed by Jack, but was saved at the last second. This brought a lot of emotion. Ralph cries because he knows that man is not innocent or good, and he cries because Piggy has died (202). Ralph changes...
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...a person who changes over time, usually as a result of resolving a central conflict or facing a major crisis. Most dynamic characters tend to be central rather than peripheral characters, because resolving the conflict is the major role of central characters. * Static - A static character is someone who does not change over time; his or her personality does not transform or evolve. * Round - A rounded character is anyone who has a complex personality; he or she is often portrayed as a conflicted and contradictory person. * Flat - A flat character is the opposite of a round character. This literary personality is notable for one kind of personality trait or characteristic. * Stock - Stock characters are those types of characters who have become conventional or stereotypical through repeated use in particular types of stories. Stock characters are instantly recognizable to readers or audience members (e.g. the femme fatale, the cynical but moral private eye, the mad scientist, the geeky boy with glasses, and the faithful sidekick). Stock characters are normally one-dimensional flat characters, but sometimes stock personalities are deeply conflicted, rounded characters...
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...The Rime of the Ancient Mariner BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Argument How a Ship having passed the Line was driven by storms to the cold Country towards the South Pole; and how from thence she made her course to the tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean; and of the strange things that befell; and in what manner the Ancyent Marinere came back to his own Country. PART I It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. 'By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.' He holds him with his skinny hand, 'There was a ship,' quoth he. 'Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!' Eftsoons his hand dropt he. He holds him with his glittering eye— The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years' child: The Mariner hath his will. The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone: He cannot choose but hear; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner. 'The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared, Merrily did we drop Below the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top. The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon—' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon. The bride hath paced into the hall, Red as a rose...
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...The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and was published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Modern editions use a later revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss. Along with other poems in Lyrical Ballads, it was a signal shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner relates the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a long sea voyage. The Mariner stops a man who is on the way to a wedding ceremony and begins to narrate a story. The Wedding-Guest's reaction turns from bemusement to impatience and fear to fascination as the Mariner's story progresses, as can be seen in the language style: for example, Coleridge uses narrative techniques such as personification and repetition to create either a sense of danger, of the supernatural or of serenity, depending on the mood of each of the different parts of the poem. The Mariner's tale begins with his ship departing on its journey. Despite initial good fortune, the ship is driven south off course by a storm and eventually reaches Antarctica. An albatross (symbolizing the Christian soul) appears and leads them out of the Antarctic but, even as the albatross is praised by the ship's crew, the Mariner shoots the bird ("with my cross-bow / I shot the albatross"). The crew is angry with the Mariner, believing the albatross...
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...The Plan The movement of Lord Cornwallis with his 5000 troops, aboard 53 ships, from England to Brunswick Towne (Old Towne), North Carolina, was supposed to be a military secret. The linkup of the 84th Regiment of Foot with Cornwallis’s troops was also supposed to be a military secret. The problem was that true military secrets in the colonies were as rare as a virgin in a New Orleans bordello. There were Patriot Spies. There were Loyalist Spies. There were spies that worked for both sides. As long as the Yankee Dollar or the King’s Shilling were paid out, military information could be had! It was in the first part of February, when a courier from the Colony of Massachusetts brought the news of the British Plan to New Burn. Colonel Alexander...
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...The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain From The Saturday Press, Nov. 18, 1865. Republished in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches (1867), by Mark Twain and published by Harper & Brotherstest In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler, and inquired after my friend's friend, Leonidas W. Smiley, as requested to do, and I hereunto append the result. I have a lurking suspicion that Leonidas W. Smiley is a myth; and that my friend never knew such a personage; and that he only conjectured that if I asked old Wheeler about him, it would remind him of his infamous Jim Smiley, and he would go to work and bore me to death with some exasperating reminiscence of him as long and as tedious as it should be useless to me. If that was the design, it succeeded. I found Simon Wheeler dozing comfortably by the barroom stove of the dilapidated tavern in the decayed mining camp of Angel's, and I noticed that he was fat and bald-headed, and had an expression of winning gentleness and simplicity upon his tranquil countenance. He roused up, and gave me good-day. I told him a friend had commissioned me to make some inquiries about a cherished companion of his boyhood named Leonidas W. Smiley--Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley, a young minister of the Gospel, who he had heard was at one time a resident of Angel's Camp. I added that if Mr. Wheeler could tell...
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...Chariot races took place between different teams with each team being financially backed by different groups. Intense interest of Romans in this particular sport often resulted in clashed between fans of each team and even caused political uproar. The drivers were most likely slaves and if they were skilled enough at driving chariots, it could buy their way out of slavery. Chariot races were held in a circus. Originally, there was no building, just a flat sandy track with markers; the spectators would have to sit on the hill slopes surrounding the track. Over time, the area developed into a wall-maintained stadium with starting gates at one end and an arch at the other, surrounded by stands, made of wood or stone, on three sides. By the time of Augustus, the building was 620 meters long and about 140-150 meters in width and had a seating capacity of 150,000...
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...sure the meeting with these angels was not of this humanly world. I ride a road bicycle quite a lot. I used live out of town so my rides either headed back into town or way out toward the middle of nowhere on the highway headed to the next town. The highways of New Mexico are usually sparsely traveled. On this particular day, I was battling a headwind and it was a bit of struggle. I couldn't wait until I got out around 10 miles because the 10 miles home would be fast with the wind on my back. About 3 miles from home, I came up to the top of a small hill and noticed a white mini-van about 100 feet down the other side of the hill. As I approached it, I noticed that the young man standing next to the van had taken a badly deteriorated flat tire off the van and had his spare laying next to it. There were rubber and steel belts all over the place as the blow out appeared to be sudden and dangerous. I stopped and asked the young man if he needed help. He had a kind face and as I got closer I noticed he had a young wife and a baby in the van. It was windy and hot and they looked like they could use some help. The man told me that he had a blow out and that his spare was no good. I offered him the use of my cell phone, but he told me he wasn't from around here and had nobody to call. His license...
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...The Lake Poets The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge hone his craft. Troubled by debt, though, he left Cambridge in 1793 and enlisted in the 15th Dragoons, a British army regiment, under the alias Silas Tomkyn Comberbache. After being rescued by his brothers, Coleridge returned to Cambridge, but he left again, in 1794, without having earned a degree. That year, Coleridge met the author Robert Southey, and together they dreamed about establishing a utopian community in the Pennsylvania wilderness of America. Southey, however, backed out of the project, and their dream was never realized. notable quote “No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.” fyi Did you know that Samuel Taylor Coleridge . . . • developed a fascination with the supernatural at age five? • was known as a brilliant and captivating conversationalist? • was the most influential literary critic of his day? • liked to write poetry while walking? Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772–1834 Samuel Taylor Coleridge is famous for composing “Kubla Khan” and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” considered two of the greatest English poems. As a critic and philosopher, he may have done more than any other writer to spread the ideas of the English romantic movement. Precocious Reader The youngest of ten For more on Samuel Taylor Coleridge, visit the Literature Center at ClassZone.com. children, Coleridge grew up feeling rejected by his...
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................ p. 81 Scene 4 .................................... p. 84 Act 4 .................................... p. 92 Scene 1 .................................... p. 92 Scene 2 .................................... p. 93 Scene 3 .................................... p. 95 Scene 4 .................................... p. 97 Scene 5 .................................... p. 100 Scene 6 .................................... p. 108 Scene 7 .................................... p. 109 Act 5 .................................... p. 116 Scene 1 .................................... p. 116 Scene 2 .................................... p. 127 Dramatis Personae CLAUDIUS, king of Denmark. HAMLET, son to the late, and nephew to the present king. POLONIUS, lord chamberlain. HORATIO, friend to Hamlet. LAERTES, son to Polonius. LUCIANUS, nephew to the king....
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...Home Page Title Page LORD OF THE FLIES Contents Page 1 of 290 Go Back Full Screen Close Quit Home Page Title Page LORD OF THE FLIES Contents a novel by WILIAM GOLDING Page 2 of 290 Go Back G LOBAL V ILLAGE C ONTEMPORARY C LASSICS Full Screen Close Quit This e-book was set with the help of KOMAScript and LaTeX Home Page Title Page Contents Page 3 of 290 Go Back Full Screen Close Quit Home Page Title Page Contents Contents 1 The Sound of the Shell 5 2 Fire on the Mountain 42 3 Huts on the Beach 65 4 Painted Faces and Long Hair 80 5 Beast from Water Page 4 of 290 106 Go Back 6 Beast from Air 134 7 Shadows and Tall Trees 155 8 Gift for the Darkness 177 9 A View to a Death 207 Full Screen Close Quit 10 The Shell and the Glasses 221 Home Page 11 Castle Rock 242 12 Cry of the Hunters 262 Title Page Contents Page 5 of 290 Go Back Full Screen Close Quit Home Page 1 The Sound of the Shell Title Page Contents The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead. All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat. He was clambering ...
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...The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe From the Quarto of 1604 Edited by Rev. Alexander Dyce THE TRAGICALL HISTORY OF D. FAUSTUS. AS IT HATH BENE ACTED BY THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARLE OF NOTTINGHAM HIS SERUANTS. WRITTEN BY CH. MARL. 2 In reprinting this edition, I have here and there amended the text by means of the later 4tos,--1616, 1624, 1631.—Of 4to 1663, which contains various comparatively modern alterations and additions, I have made no use. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. THE POPE. CARDINAL OF LORRAIN. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. DUKE OF VANHOLT. FAUSTUS. VALDES, ] friends to FAUSTUS. CORNELIUS, ] WAGNER, servant to FAUSTUS. Clown. ROBIN. RALPH. Vintner. Horse-courser. A Knight. An Old Man. Scholars, Friars, and Attendants. DUCHESS OF VANHOLT LUCIFER. BELZEBUB. MEPHISTOPHILIS. Good Angel. Evil Angel. The Seven Deadly Sins. Devils. Spirits in the shapes of ALEXANDER THE GREAT, of his Paramour and of HELEN. Chorus. Dr. Faustus Christopher Marlowe 3 Enter CHORUS. CHORUS. NOT MARCHING Mars did mate the Carthaginians; NOW in fields of Thrasymene, Where Nor sporting in the dalliance of love, In courts of kings where state is overturn’d; Nor in the pomp of proud audacious deeds, Intends our Muse to vaunt her heavenly verse: Only this, gentlemen,--we must perform The form of Faustus’ fortunes, good or bad: To patient judgments we appeal our plaud, And speak for Faustus in his infancy. Now is he born, his parents base of stock, In Germany...
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...Home Page Title Page LORD OF THE FLIES Contents Page 1 of 290 Go Back Full Screen Close Quit Home Page Title Page LORD OF THE FLIES Contents a novel by WILIAM GOLDING Page 2 of 290 Go Back G LOBAL V ILLAGE C ONTEMPORARY C LASSICS Full Screen Close Quit This e-book was set with the help of KOMAScript and LaTeX Home Page Title Page Contents Page 3 of 290 Go Back Full Screen Close Quit Home Page Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Sound of the Shell Fire on the Mountain Huts on the Beach Painted Faces and Long Hair Beast from Water Beast from Air Shadows and Tall Trees Gift for the Darkness A View to a Death 5 42 65 80 106 Title Page Contents Page 4 of 290 Go Back 134 155 177 207 Quit Full Screen Close 10 The Shell and the Glasses 11 Castle Rock 12 Cry of the Hunters 221 Home Page 242 262 Title Page Contents Page 5 of 290 Go Back Full Screen Close Quit Home Page 1 The Sound of the Shell The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead. All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat. He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like...
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...Work reproduced with no editorial responsibility The Steppe Anton Chekhov Notice by Luarna Ediciones This book is in the public domain because the copyrights have expired under Spanish law. Luarna presents it here as a gift to its customers, while clarifying the following: 1) Because this edition has not been supervised by our editorial deparment, we disclaim responsibility for the fidelity of its content. 2) Luarna has only adapted the work to make it easily viewable on common sixinch readers. 3) To all effects, this book must not be considered to have been published by Luarna. www.luarna.com The Story of a Journey I EARLY one morning in July a shabby covered chaise, one of those antediluvian chaises without springs in which no one travels in Russia nowadays, except merchant's clerks, dealers and the less well-to-do among priests, drove out of N., the principal town of the province of Z., and rumbled noisily along the posting-track. It rattled and creaked at every movement; the pail, hanging on behind, chimed in gruffly, and from these sounds alone and from the wretched rags of leather hanging loose about its peeling body one could judge of its decrepit age and readiness to drop to pieces. Two of the inhabitants of N. were sitting in the chaise; they were a merchant of N. called Ivan Ivanitch Kuzmitchov, a man with a shaven face wearing glasses and a straw hat, more like a government clerk than a merchant, and Father Christopher Sireysky, the priest of the...
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