The novel Forgotten Fire, by Adam Bagdasarian is about a 12-year-old boy named Vahan Kenderian. His father is a successful lawyer who believes that Vahan needs to build a better character. This book takes place during the Armenian genocide. When Vahan is separated from the rest of his family, he has to rely on the kindness of others in order to survive.…
Richard W. Wrangham is a Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. He had a long term study in Kanyawara chimpanzees and he was well known for his work in the ecology of primate social system. The book Catching Fire refers to the activities of our human ancestors when they began to use fire to practice cooked diet. Although the topic is pretty academic, but Richard used simple sentences and words to explain his ideas well. Yet the proof is still preciseness with provided evidences, and the conclusion is convincible. Hence, this source should be trustable.…
Fire is one of the many symbols represented in Fahrenheit 451. Fire can be observed as both renewal and destruction. The biggest reference to fire is at the end of the novel when Granger explains to Montag the meaning and existence of the Phoenix. Granger explains that every few hundred years, a Phoenix will appear and burn himself to ashes. The Phoenix would then spring out from the ashes to be born again. Granger compares this reference to mankind and how it destroys himself, only to be rebuilt. The Phoenix is a symbol of renewal.…
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness is an autobiography by Susannah Cahalan documenting her month-long stay in a hospital, where later she had no memory of being. Before her hospital visit, Susannah found two red bumps on her arm, but being in New York City, she assumed that they were bedbugs. She became obsessed with the idea that her apartment was infested, but an exterminator confirmed that she didn’t have them.…
In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee, there are many symbols. Lee puts many examples in her story that alludes to a major theme about political and social injustice. She attacks the 20th century issues and attempts shine a brighter light on it. There are plenty of quotes in the novel that have a symbolic meaning. The symbols in this book has a greater meaning behind it than ever before.…
To begin, the main character Katniss Everdeen survives the life obstacles of providing for her family and surviving the Hunger Games. Katniss first obstacle is…
I can’t fathom how destitute and depressed the slaves were. Can you imagine what the slaves must have heard at night while locked in the basement? Or how they must have felt when their fellow conspirators, who may have played a more minor role in the revolt, were sentenced and then burned or roasted alive? I have been doing some reading in the Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, 1675-1776 that you had been telling me about.. I read about how City Hall had only recently been “updated” with better security. What a joke that is! They didn’t have security in that jail. I read an account about the new measures which consisted of wood studs and plaster. The plaster could not stop whispers from echoing the rooms. Either their plaster was much stronger than that of modern society or these new “cells” were not secure at all. Or maybe this shows the swiftness that the courts had in those times. Maybe the walls did not need to be better because the people locked inside would not be in them long enough to bust through. I read through several court proceeding notes and the majority of those accused were sentenced within a week. There was even an account of a young slave boy who was arrested and charged with being a runaway slave. The unique story of this boy was that he was arrested in the morning, charged in the afternoon, then publicly whipped…
In “Fahrenheit 451,” firefighters rush to homes and start fires, rather than prevent them. Ray Bradbury’s story depicts a futuristic society where fire has become the matter of a significant dispute. On one side, fire is seen as almost a cleansing tool used to purify the thoughts of ordinary citizens by protecting them from reading “dangerous” works of writing by burning all copies of forbidden books. The government tells its people that reading books would be terrible for the common good but truly know that allowing people to read books would lead to the people’s questioning of the government’s authority. From an opposite perspective, however, fire is a destructive tool used by the government to…
In the fictional novel, The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, a girl named Katniss has to fight for her life in the 74th annual Hunger Games. The book focused on Katniss volunteering to be in the Hunger Games and her journey to the arena. Also, it focused on her battling to win with her partner Peeta after a rule change allowing both to win. The three topics addressed in the exciting book are characterization, conflict, and themes.…
Ray Bradbury’s protagonist in Fahrenheit 451 revels in seeing things eaten and things blackened by fire. His name is Montag and his world is immersed in flames from the outset, with a blaze so bright before his kerosene spitting python that it blinds. He breathes in fire beneath a flameproof jacket, his burnt-corked countenance expresses fire with a permanent grin “driven back by flame,” while his perfume is the overwhelming stench of kerosene. His existence hinges upon fire so thoroughly that his experiences are defined in its terms. Clarisse, on the other hand, lives under moonlight, atop the grass, and in clothes of white as she radiates fragrances of apricots and strawberries while the wind…
Fire aids humans and helps them survive by providing important benefits. By producing heat and light, fire offers protection and the ability to prepare safe food and water. The gift from Prometheus, fire symbolizes raw power and offers proof of the human ability to shape the world. Although fire has no subconscious, it has a will of its own, and can therefore be considered human. In Lord of the Flies, Golding personifies fire as a figure of authority in order to demonstrate how power can be used to create chaos or achieve order. Fire transforms from a tool and emerges as a character with the authority to restore the boys to civility as well as the destructive capability to force the boys to regress to a savage state.…
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She uses the symbol of the mockbird to represent two of the main characters. Atticus says, “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” The author uses this quote to introduce Tom Robinson. Tom represents the mockingbird because he was falsely accused of assault and put away in jail. Tom was a kind innocent person that only brought good to the world, and when he was prosecuted it was as if they killed a mockingbird. Miss Maudie then explains the phrase said by Atticus, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except for make music for us to enjoy, they don’t eat up people's gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. Thats why its a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Harper Lee also uses Boo radley as a symbol of the mockingbird because Boo has been secluded in his home for most of his life, the town folks made rumors that Boo was crazy, mental,and psycho. Boo is a mockingbird because when he killed Bob Ewell it was to protect the children and telling the town of what he did would only add ges to the fire. The author used the symbol of the mocking bird to introduce…
“The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin was an interesting and very well written book. I found James Baldwin’s account of being black in America to be very honest and blunt. I related a lot with James and his relationship with the Christian Church. I understood his conflict with what he had been taught all his life to believe. I also in some ways felt like James was speaking to me as I was reading his letter to his nephew.…
Katniss defying President Snow and standing up for herself causes some of the districts to wants to fight against Snow. After seeing how one person affected Snow, they saw a chance to take back Panem. Some people in these districts have been conforming so long they have now begun to agree with President Snow. The people disagreeing in these districts cause fights, and relationships to end. At the beginning of The Hunger Game Catching Fire, Katniss while touring the Districts, visits District 11, which was the home of Rue (Lawrence, 2013). The people of this district start to rebel against the peacekeepers just from seeing her and hearing what she had to…