Descriptive Essay On The Beast

Images can have a powerful effect on the way a person perceives a story. It can be the line that connects two dots together and adds a visual emotion to just a plain text. Matt Ottley’s multimodal text, Requiem for a Beast, uses illustrations, music, text and changes in point of view to highlight the major themes that develop throughout the text. Themes such as reconciliation and the Stolen Generation are explored and the hardships that the Aboriginal people endured are present as well. The Stolen Generation is interpreted as a time when Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their homes and then taken under custody of the Australian Government.

Objects in the garden that reflect the reality of the lot and not the fantasy of the garden are not transformed into bigger than life images, but silent, unseeing objects. Abandoned cars, weeds, and rotting wood close their eyes and sleep. Sleeping, these objects are hidden, unable to see themselves or others in the garden. “ worms blind and afraid of the light” and “ spiders” hide under the surface of the garden, unable to see the reality of the lot (paragraph 4).

The reek of death hangs in the air throughout the land. Filling the mouths of those who lived in this abandoned land was the taste of burnt garlic. The screams and cries of terror undistinguishable between beast and human fill the ears of the last ones living. The sky, which was lit by the glow of fires, is grey and empty. Decaying bodies and

The devastation of soil, natural habitat and the destruction of mass farmlands all caused by the notorious feral hogs that has become nature’s neighbor that we have all come to despise. Today I would like to discuss how this resilient species has impacted the natural environments, and how their population is soaring in numbers; and last I would like to propose solutions to address the current issues were are facing and how to manage them.

As the story went on Simon had found a World War 2 pilot “ He finds the airman, rotting and fly-blown” (Document E) . All along the kids were worried about a dead pilot thinking that it’s a beast coming after them. But little did they know that it was something much worse. Next Simon “Then he sets off, weak and staggering, to tell the other boys that the beast is human” from Document E, he was so close to telling* the real truth. The kids would have never guessed what the beast is.

The farmhouses looked terrible - the dust was deposited clear up to the window sills in these farmhouses, clear up to the window sills. And even about half of the front door was blocked by this sand. And if people inside wanted to get out, they had to climb out through the window to get out with a shovel to shovel out the front door. And, ah, there was no longer any yard at all there, not a green sprig, not a living thing of any kind, not even a field mouse. Nothing (qtd. in Press 32).

Krakauer uses the symbol of a beast in Into the Wild to reveal that as Chris’ journey continues his inner beast continues to develop. To begin, the beast reveals Chris is “strong in Buck” (Krakauer, 38). As a form of resistance a beast will buck; it does not worry about who it may hurt but just kicks, throwing a rider off its back. In the same way Chris does not agree with society so he bucks and runs away, he had “an uncanny knack for making a buck” (115) “there was no way to stop him” (118) his leaving was “one abrupt, swift action… completely knock[ing] them [his family] out” (64). This is significant because this symbol reveals Chris rejects society and thus leaves his family to fuel his own desires. Just as a beast will buck to resist its master

“There were orchards, heavy leafed in their prime, and vineyards with the long green crawlers carpeting the ground between the rows. There were melon patches and grain fields. White houses stood in the greenery, roses growing over them. And the sun was gold and warm.

The rain kept on hitting the top of my car as I drove down the old road, like how a woodpecker pecks holes into trees looking for bugs. The town of Tahlequah had really changed since I saw it last about 40 years ago. There were paved roads now and a bigger school. The small shops I remembered were now big Sears and Target stores. Busy people walked on sidewalks trying not to get rained on, and cars drove on, with so many miles to go. As I got farther out and the buildings started to trickle out into countryside, I noticed a new sound that rose above all the rest.

In mythology, monsters provide a challenge that humans must overcome. Heroes try to gain fame by defeating them and townspeople are afraid of them. Monsters spread fear for men to conquer. They give the opportunity for heroes to prove themselves. According to Mr. Thomas Bullfinch, “monsters are unnatural in proportions and parts and are employed for the injury and annoyance of men (Bullfinch 1).” Monsters do have strange parts and a common purpose. In Greek mythology, monsters have striking similarities. They fall into distinct categories based on form and duty. Monsters may be part snake, lion, or human. Some have multiple heads. Most monsters’ duties include guarding something for another being. Other monsters have no responsibilities

Movies can be dark. They can be devastating. They can be tragically sad, painfully colorful. Bright, burning, scarring. Yet, despite all that a movie can illustrate, movies made for the masses have boundaries on tragedy. They cannot show child rape; they cannot show a girl’s limbs being hacked off by a young boy. These images, while understood as descriptive writing in books, mark the edge of what viewers can subject themselves to in film. Film images can be ingrained in minds forever, while our imagination of similar scenes often remains a hazy, shifting, jumble of movements and face. As director of Beasts of No Nation, Cary Joji Fukunaga chose to make changes to the book through the inclusion of small additional scenes before the war, the added character of a big brother, and an additional final scene, to illustrate a version of Agu unseen in the book and in turn make the story more palatable to the average moviegoer. These changes, while they do not alter the general plot, give the story a more appealing trajectory.

Majestic, noble, and brave, this famous iconic wild animal on the planet has captivated the people since the beginning of time. They are most feared by other animals thus, known as the king of the jungle – no other than the lions. Member of the genus Panthera, the lion is one of the big cats in the Felidae family. A lion’s head and body size average about 4.5 to 6.5 feet and tail of about 26 to 40 inches in length. A lion also weighs about 265 up to 420 pounds and a size relative to a 6-foot human. These mammals are also carnivores. Lions have always seen hunting in groups called pride. While lions generally avoid a full-grown elephant, lions still prefer their preys large like the zebras, buffaloes, and giraffes. Poised as the top animal in the ecological pyramid, lions have strong physical qualities, fascinating reputation, and an unfortunate decreasing number of population.

Yet were being held down, giving a silent rhapsody of joy and grieving. Along the way fallen timber accompanied thickets of weeds. A lazy mist hazed my vision, making the horizon seem like one from a story book. The area was imperturbable, as if it was keeping a secret hidden deep within itself.

The sun was still below the horizon but the clouds above the mountains were tainted the color of pomegranates. Around me the shadows seemed empty. I tried not to look into the brush as I walked down the driveway. I had stopped before, looking to see the back of the shadows; staring hard, only to have them retreat from my eyes indefinitely. Invisible birds called from within. Their sound followed me down the driveway and onto the road.

Before becoming a child soldier, children go through a process that seems to desensitize and break down their moral fiber. When faced with the situation of being a child soldier many are not given a better option then to choose to conform to the aforementioned lifestyle or die. This situation presented itself to Agu, the protagonist of the film Beast of No Nation. After losing his father and brother through murder by the government soldiers, he was left with being an orphan alone in the jungle to fend for himself. Thus causing Agu to be captured by a rebel group and recruited as a child soldier. However, how does a normal child turn into a killer?