Graveyard Book Themes

Elephants were introduced to the circus in the 19th century, the most famous was Barnum’s Jumbo, the largest elephant in circus history. Nowadays, however, animals have been removed from the circus due to complaints of animal cruelty and potential endanger of the audience. While the animals appear happy as they perform their routines, animals have been known to break away from their trainers and run loose; consequently, they can be targeted as a threat to the audience and members of the circus. Winner of the 2008 Keene Prize for Literature, “Elephant’s Graveyard” by George Brant bases his script on a true story and the events of a circus and an elephant during the year 1916 in Erwin, Tennessee, through the interpretation of eye-witness accounts of the collision of Sparks Circus. Such performance

The Graveyard book, written by Neil Gaiman is a stupendously well-crafted book detailing the life of Nobody Owens, or Bod, a boy whose family has been ruthlessly slaughtered. Bod crawls to the graveyard next to his house, where the inhabitant ghosts take him in and adopt him, where he lives until Bod decides that he wants to live with his own kind: the living. While it is true that all books open up worlds of literature, no book does it better than the Graveyard book of leaving you with an utterly unforgettable experience you will never find in any other book. The Graveyard book accomplishes this task thorough it’s exhilarating, hard-to-put-down nature, it’s age appropriate writing style, it’s inspirational plotline, and lastly, it’s extremely creative ideas and various concepts found throughout the book.

Isolation is a very important theme in The Graveyard Book because from the very beginning of the book Bod was isolated from living begins and the world be was born in. From this isolation Bod learned many

The theme in Poe’s short story, “The Premature burial ‘ is one of extreme fear and its effect that it can have on the human mind and the resulting quality of life. The main character narrates the story in first person and suffers from an internal conflict because he is subjected to an unusual disease he tells us, “for several years I have been subject to the disorder which physicians have agreed to term catalepsy.” So he sporadically becomes catatonic, which leads him to develop a fear of people assuming that when he is in this state, he is dead and therefore they might mistakenly bury him alive. Consequently, he persuades his friends to promise to check whether he is alive or not and asks “that under no circumstances they would bury me until

Have you ever felt like you are living in a world where humanity isn’t at its best? Have you ever felt mixed emotions by watching a TV show? Is it possible for a show to represent love, hate, anger, drama, pain, sadness or even cause you a sense of distress? The Walking Dead is the perfect show to make you think about how people act in different situations in life and shows us what type of people these circumstances can create. The show is based on a post-apocalyptic time where the existence of humanity is near its end. The Walking Dead represents themes of fear, betrayal, sacrifice, hope, leadership and, the conflict between good and bad. Some aspects of the show such as the character development and how, psychologically, the characters tend

The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, is about a boy whose family was murdered by a mysterious man Jack. This boy, now named Nobody “Bod” Owens, was taken under the care of the people of the graveyard, spirits of those who had died and were buried in this graveyard, and had Silas - a man who was neither dead nor living - become his guardian. It is here in the graveyard in which Bod grows up and visits many strange places and people, including the place of the Indigo Man, the Sleer, the ghoul gate, and a witch. It is from these experiences in which Bod develops throughout the story, learning about the dead and trying to fit into the living, exploring the reason why the men Jack had killed his family and is still after Bod. The setting of the graveyard in the book The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, plays an important role, shaping Nobody Owens through his experiences, education, and as his home.

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” was a quote once said by one of the godfathers of horror novels Stephen King. Which is exactly what this essay will be about, the man himself. We’ll learn about his life, from his birth to childhood, even adulthood. Now you may be wondering, why this guy? Well I don’t know if you know it or not, but Stephen King has made quite a mark in pop culture history with his novels and such. So, buckle up and get ready as we get into the life of Stephen King.

Have you ever wondered what the author of the graveyard book does to make the book so good? First in the graveyard book there are many ways that the author turns something dark into humor. Almost in every other paragraph there is one. This book is full of them, and I belief that is one of the reasons that this is such a great book to read. One good example that many people do not think about is Bod. Then the name that the main character is given from his care givers is actually a way that they make funny that is truly a serious name. He was given the name Nobody because he has no family which is a very serious thing, but the author ends up making it a very funny name. Another example is on page forty when the girl makes faces and Bod was

In Stephen King’s “The Boogeyman,” a man discusses to his psychiatrist how his three kids got horrifically murdered by a monster in the closet. Published in 1978 in The Night Shift, the short story describes how three innocent children die in the hands of a monster named “the boogeyman”. The literary elements of the story work to enhance the descriptions of how the kids got murdered to terrify the readers and make for a fantastic read. Throughout the story, a man retells the events of how each of his children died. The man, Lester Billings, claims that his children did not die from accidents but from cold-blooded murders.

The preeminent scene in Neil Gaiman’s,“The Graveyard Book” is the opening scene that sets off a consequent chain of significant events. Gaiman begins the chapter by setting an ominous tone and then he describes a suspicious scene and man, indicating the massacre of a family. Only one member of this family escaped the bloodshed by crawling out of his crib and hiking up a hill to the nearby graveyard. In the midst of a hot pursuit between a baby and a madman, mysterious identities at the gates of the graveyard intervene: protecting the infant boy. In fact, these enigmatic characters are the residents of the graveyard: all people from the dead. Aware of his loss, they decide to adopt the boy to defend him from further

New York City, also known as the Big Apple, is an ideal fantasy getaway for any person. There are several activities to indulge in, in this city, which would be ideal for any sort of enthusiast of any field. Here, there are incredible bakeries, underground symbolization shows, historical buildings, and of course the very famous Broadway. However, equally amazing are the secretive and (a tad) eerie places that are existent in this beautiful city. Let us now take a look at the top 5 freakish places in New York City...

Fool or monster, which are you? Unsure? Well, look to your left, look to your right. See the absent minded window shopper drooling blankly. See the malicious eyes that blast a man with scorn as he trips over himself to silence his phone. Take your pick because chances are you are either the flesh devouring corpses of Hollywood fiction or the cliché idiot who panics at the critical moment and becomes dinner for the former. You may be unaware of this, but every single piece of zombie literature propels the theme that you are either the predator ranging for your next meal or the prey grinning amicably till you are consumed.

Next morning, Mia sees Julie’s text that the notes are inside her gym locker, so Mia can get them anytime. Before visiting Julie, Mia stop by at MR. FAN’s herbs & psychic readings to ask him about the character that she cannot understand. This is where Mia got her puh-sa, a jade pendant which protects her from evil spirits. Since he’s blind, Mia uses her finger to write characters on Fan’s arm. After she finishes the last stroke, Fan frowns and warns her to not get involve with the Liao Zhai, the Book of the Dead. He demands her to destroy the book, but she ignores it and runs away. Then, the pair of eyes appear and Fan’s arm starts tearing its way out from the inside.

Once upon a time there was a child named Nobody. Why would his parent name him Nobody? Bod’s true parents never actually mention Bod’s name. The author of the Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman decided not to divulge Bod’s name for this reason; Bod’s original name would have no connotation in the tale. If Neil Gaiman had named young Bod, Fred, would it have changed the story? Presumably not. The graveyard-folk would not known his name, so they still could have named him Bod. Even if they had known his name, the ghosts said his name guarded him. Would not they still have changed Bod’s name? Bod’s original name doesn’t have an extensive reaction on the story, so that was a potential reason why Neil Gaiman just left it out all together. Bod, even though

In The Graveyard Book the main character is Bod. He is a young, budding boy that lives in a graveyard with ghosts that took him in as their own. Silas; one of the main caretakers for Bod is very comparable to Margot; from the book To All the Boys I Loved Before. Margot is a teenage girl that lives with two little sisters in a suburban town. You might think that Silas and Margot don’t have anything in common, but surprisingly they may have more to relate to then you might think.