there‚ for once‚ were clouds‚ great bulging towers that sprouted away over the island‚ grey and cream and copper-colored. The clouds were sitting on the land; they squeezed‚ produced moment by moment this close‚ tormenting heat. Even the butterflies deserted the open spaces where the obscene thing grinned and dripped. Simon lowered his head‚ carefully keeping his eyes shut‚ then sheltering them in his hand. There were no shadows under the trees‚ but everywhere a pearly stillness‚ so that what was real
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Victor’s death: Usually death is symbolic for negative things‚ such as loss. In this novel‚ Victor’s death represents finality. Throughout the novel‚ the Creature made his creator miserable by killing those close to him. When Victor died‚ his misery left with him. His death also marked the end of the chase between the Creature and Victor. Victor chased the Creature around Europe until the Creature led him back to the Antarctic‚ where he died. Shelley used this symbol to show how death is not always
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conch‚ tell time by the sun‚ and create a signal fire “’I’ve been thinking‚’ he said‚ ’about a clock. We could make a sundial. We could put a stick in the sand‚ and then—’” (pg. 67). Not only‚ but Piggy is realistic when it comes to being on the deserted island‚ "Did you hear what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? They’re all dead." (pg. 9). Ralph‚ another main character‚ wishes he was just as intelligent as Piggy‚ "Piggy could think. He could go step by step inside that fat head of his‚ only
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Italian writer of the time wrote on how the plague split up society: "The scourge had implanted so great a terror in the hearts of men and women that brother abandoned brothers‚ uncles their nephews‚ sisters their brothers‚ and in many cases wives deserted their husbands. But even worse... Fathers and mothers refused to nurse and assist their own children." (Rond‚ McNally‚ pg 420) Death tolls went as high as 20-25 million in Western Europe‚ 4 million in Southwest Asia‚ and 35 million in China. A Welsh
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Forever One: A Man and the Night Nighttime can only mean that a storm is brewing. Whether it be a hurricane making landfall the next morning‚ or a crime about to unfold‚ one can be sure that an explosion of major consequences will take place. Or maybe a man is just wallowing in his sadness‚ as illustrated in Robert Frost’s poem‚ “Acquainted with the Night”. Frost uses negative‚ cloudy‚ dark imagery and universal symbols of sadness to describe the unsettled mind and heart of the speaker.
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narrator expresses the deepest desires of the beautiful instrument when he describes the “warm southern sands/Desiring white camellias” (19-20).This is significant as for the reason that flowers as stunning and purifying as camellias cannot grow in deserted areas such as the hot blazing waterless desert. Henceforth‚ the narrator can tries to convey the feeling that he may want something he cannot have. Therefore‚ the guitar weeps the heartfelt emotions through the monotonously rhythmic sound. Life
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which focal point we utilize. Taking a gander at the First Emperor of Qin is itself a lesson in looking‚ in observing us seeing him. Initially‚ there is the self-anticipated picture of the Qin ruler‚ a picture now being remade through the things he deserted running from earthenware warriors to mountain engravings. Second‚ there is the focal point ground and cleaned by Sima Qian‚ the amazing historiographer who carried on a century after the First Emperor. For him‚ the First Emperor wasn’t the organizer
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Before the Civil War‚ the Northern and Southern cultures were accepted. By the 19th century sectional antagonism began to slowly decrease from the disagreements and disputes leading up to the Civil War. This made the United States truly ‘one nation.’ Slavery being the main cause of the Union‚ began to influence a good outcome. Some people thought the Civil War should not cause any sectional antagonism. From Lincoln saying “we are not enemies‚ but friends. Though passion may have strained it must
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chronological organization of this piece moves from confused to reflecting to understanding as the author reflects back onto his past. In the beginning‚ the man encountered his “first victim” which was a “white woman” that happened to also be walking “on a deserted street in Hyde Park.” Even though more than a decade has passed since this event‚ the author still looks back to the time where society has
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writing this chapter in the first person‚ it intrigues the reader to carry on reading and makes you think of some many questions throughout this. For example why did Hassan ring him up? What happened in winter 1975? Why has he been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years? This makes it exciting‚ and makes the reader want to read the rest of the of the book. At the start of chapter one the author says: ‘on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975’ and at the end of the chapter
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