Bartram And John Marcher's The Beast In The Jungle

Jane also loses her footing, but she is pulled back by a rope. After coming to a resting point, the expedition party is bewildered by an ape call they hear in the distance that is distinctly human-like. They soon meet the source of the sound when Tarzan uses his jungle call to save them from an attack by threatening hippopotami. Tarzan, who understands no language, then carries the screaming Jane to his treetop home, where she gradually loses her fear of him and the apes who live in the trees. Later, while Tarzan has left Jane to search for food, Harry and James rescue her, but not before Harry shoots an ape that he believes is a threat to Jane. Tarzan witnesses the killing and follows the expedition to take revenge on them. After drowning one of James's African guides, Tarzan recaptures Jane and then, with the help of an elephant, engages an attacking lion in a fight. The elephant carries the defeated and unconscious Tarzan to safety and then calls Tarzan's apes to summon

He punishes himself when he declares that he would not allow the killer to rest in peace. This same ignorance and arrogance causes him to lash out at those who are innocent and only wish to help him. When Tiresias, the blind prophet, arrives upon Oedipus’s calling, he refuses to divulge any information on the murder, causing Oedipus to become enraged. The one he called a “great mystic...intuitive,” and “didactic master of the finite and the infinite” not a moment ago, he now calls a “purblind man” and a “night-hatched thing.” Caught up in his own supposed greatness, Oedipus accuses both Tiresias and Creon of treason without thought. He believes that they hatched the plan to have Laius murdered, and now desire to do the same to Oedipus. Ignorant of his past, Oedipus expands his pride and closes his ears to all voices of

Jack stating to the boys there are several beasts on the island creates more fear in the boys which is slowly feeding the boys fear.It leads into lust and desires.Since there is the rage in the boys, they will kill whoever, Jack states are the beast.Simon was the truth however, he was killed by the boys.Since Simon knew the beast is not a creature on the island it's the beast in the boys.It is being fed by Jack to the boys slowly each and every day.Simon wanted to know the beast is the fear in the boys.However, Simon is killed since it wanted to enlighten the boys with truth.Which is an advantage to Jack since the boys listen to whatever Jack states and his desire to be the leader is getting fulfilled.Moreover, Jack is trying to become and dictator and create fear of him in the boys.He wants to rule the island and wants no one to question his decisions.Therefore, in order to create fear among the boys and not question his decisions, Jack decides to “whip” Wilfried.Jack beats and leaves Wilfried in a bad condition for no particular reason.However, after beating Wilfried Jacks motive is fulfilled.The beating creates fear in the boy's mind and no one questions Jack for his actions.All the boys stay away from Wilfried and concentrate on what Jack has to say.Everyone begins to obey Jack and follow his orders since they are afraid to question his decisions.Moreover, Jack keeping the beast alive will help him stay in power and do as he pleases.Jack beat up a boy and no one questioned.Which will never be accepted in a civilization?However, it is accepted on the island since Jack successfully turns the boys into savages.The beast being alive helps the power stay in Jack's hand, boys turn into savages and begins to support Jack.Whereas, before the beast had come to life, all the boys believed in Ralph’s philosophy of civilization and order.Therefore, Jack needs to keep the beast alive to make sure his voice is heard and orders are

There is an absence of men in the novel. James is one of the few men seen throughout the story and because of this, the story suggests that he holds a lot of power. He is a difficult character to understand because his true intentions and feelings are hidden beneath what is being portrayed on the outside. James begins as someone who is displayed as positive, respectful and loving of women, but as the story progresses, it is revealed that he views women more as a sexual object or a slave to men. He tricks the reader into believing that he values and considers women as equals to

“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” Proverbs 27:17. In the book, The Sign of the Beaver the main character was a thirteen year old boy named Matt, who had no idea what he was about to encounter. He was left to look after and take care of the cabin, which he and his father built in the dark woods for their family. After Matt and his father finished the cabin, his father left him alone and went to Quincy to pack up the rest of their things and their family. While in the woods, Matt had the great pleasure of meeting Indians. One of the Indians Matt met was called Attean. He was a strange boy, but Matt never knew that his relationship with this strange Indian boy would change his life. Matt and Attean’s friendship was beneficial because, first Matt learned patience and kindness, so did Attean. Second, Matt would have been lonely, and lastly Matt wouldn’t have survived without Attean.

Not only is he left alone but he also must learn and adapt to the cruelty of the human world. The monster is left to figure out what feelings are, what fire is, what hunger is, etc. He approaches humans and they fully reject him in horror. They throw rocks and fire and he is forced to be alone, scavenging nuts and berries and hiding in the woods, only traveling when he cannot be seen. Every experience he has had with human beings has been awful and incredibly discouraging. As time progresses he stumbles across a cottage in the woods and he begins to watch a family of three: father, son, and sister (and eventually another woman). It is here that the creature learns what goodness is, what love and family is. He learns to speak English and he reads many novels such as Milton’s Paradise Lost to gain knowledge about his world, a similarity he has with his creator . But he also hears hears stories of the horrible things humans can do and he does not quite understand why or how at this point. From here he develops the feeling of loneliness and just wants to be a part of a family. “The more I saw of them the greater my desire to claim their protection and kindness; my heart yearned to be known and loved by these amiable creatures…” (Shelley 145). He wants someone to love and care for, he wishes for that love and care in return. He does not want to be cold in the woods rejected by any who sees

With being so riled up, when Simon returned to the group, Jack, along with all the other boys, began attacking Simon as if Simon was the beast living upon the island. Simon was “...was crying out against the abominable noise, something about a body on the hill...At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to [Simon] struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws” (152-153). After Simon was beaten to death, Jack and the boys “...could see how small the beast it was; and already its blood was staining the sand” (153). Jack was aware that Simon was not the beast—he was aware that he was attacking another human. However, because of Jack’s love for blood, he did not see Simon as a human with value anymore; he just wanted to kill. Being strayed from society has given Jack the chance to live with no rules. Thus, his obsession in hunting is not being held back, allowing him to become desensitized to violence and to lose his morals. He no longer wanted to be rescued, but instead wanted to have live the excitement and thrill of hunting on the

The simile compares Norton to something you're already familiar to, to help you understand his character more. Another example of figurative language in the novel is when John says to Lorraine “you’re a little schizo today aren’t you?”. Here the author uses a metaphor to describe the character Lorraine. In this dialogue the character John compares Lorraine to a small usually loud dog to help the reader depict how small and angry Lorraine is in this particular part of the story. The final example in the novel The pigman where the author uses figurative language to describe a character is when John describes Ms.King by saying “... the way she always laughs a little when she talks to me and says i’m such a card.”. This is another example of the author using a metaphor to describe a character, this time it is describing John. In the quote Ms.King calls John a card. By comparing John to a card it shows that Ms.King finds John charming. The use of dialogue also explains that ms.King is not up to date, using old terminology from her time. In the novel the Pigman the author Paul Zindel uses figurative language such as similes, metaphors, and dialogue to describe characters and help the reader relate to them

Upton Sinclair was the author of a book called "The Jungle". His book was designed to bring light to the conditions of those who canned meat in Chicago, but his foul descriptions of the unsanitary food, and the vile slaughterhouses resonated with his readers much more.

“Come then, my seer! Tell us: of what consists your qualification? Where were you when the Great Bitch, that Sphinx who sang her deadly puzzles outside this city and who needed the art of a genuine seer to answer those puzzles, where were you then? Why did you not save the city then? Where were your gods then? Where were your birds? It was I! Yes I, Oedipus, who knew nothing of such things who shut that monster’s mouth; not by magic or by signs of birds but by my own brain. So! Here you are, now! Intending to send me away from here, hoping to hang around Creon’s throne! For this outrage, Teiresias, you shall pay with tears; you, Teiresias and he, the chief plotter. And were it not for your advanced years,

The first factor in determining Mayella’s power is her gender, female. Although men were always in charge at this time, women had the power to influence men emotionally. In the southern United States, respecting women has always been a large part of the culture. Men would likely feel the need to “defend” her

Mayella is a female, which is considered the “weaker sex”. She makes other people feel

Being a woman of color comes with many adversaries whether it being exclusion from conversations of feminism, micro aggressions or backhanded compliments. Many people blatantly disrespect black women by giving them backhanded compliments. A backhanded compliment is a comment made which is disrespectful in the same sense, it's supposed to be a compliment. Being a girl of darker complexion you hear many different hurtful comments. The most common one is “you're pretty for a dark-skin girl” as if dark skin automatically makes you unattractive. Another very rude one is “I don't usually date black girls but you're different”. People may think this will make women of color feel “special” when they make this disgusting remark but it does the

Lonely and homeless, Oedipus arrived at Thebes, which was beset by a dreadful monster called the Sphinx. The frightful creature frequented the roads to the city, killing and devouring all travelers who could not answer the riddle that she put to them: What walks on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening? The answer was a human being, who in infancy crawls on all fours, in adulthood walks upright on two legs, and in old age uses a cane. When Oedipus solved her riddle, the Sphinx killed herself. Believing that King Laius had been slain by unknown robbers, and grateful to Oedipus for ridding them of the Sphinx, the Thebans rewarded Oedipus by making him their king and giving him Queen Jocasta as his wife. For many years the couple lived in happiness, not knowing that they were really mother and son.

If it has not been for the Shepard sparing his life and giving him to Polybus to raise as his own Oedipus would have died. Man walks on 2 feet when he has matured. This is a metaphor for Oedipus when he reaches adulthood and leaves Corinth to escape the oracle. Oedipus meets up with a band of travellers and in a rage kills them. Inadvertently Oedipus has killed his own father. Oedipus then answers the riddle of the sphinx and becomes king of Thebes. By becoming king of Thebes he marries Jocasta the Queen of Thebes and his own mother. Many years later after bearing children with Jocasta a plague kills many of the inhabitants of Thebes. Oedipus is told by the gods to find the killer of Laius. He is very diligent in the inquiry and finally comes to the horrible truth that he himself is the murderer. Jocasta kills herself at the horrible realization that she has