Noah Carraways: A Short Story

Matthew dealt out the cards again and placed down the first card. Sarah kept eyes on Matthew's expressions as he put cards in the pile. Matthew started to be more careful and much more thoughtful with every card still thinking that the questions are on the cards.. The siblings got to the point that they each only had one card, and the correct card was Matthew's. Sarah sighed in defeat as if she .

In the passage “Noah Count and the Arkansas Ark”, Gary Blackwood demonstrates narrator’s point of view regarding his family’s lack of education changes over the course of the story by showing how the son sees how the father was right about what he was thinking would happen soon. The people of the town thought that the father was crazy because he started building an ark to save his family and animals that were in his possession. The son was embarrassed by his father because he doesn’t think his dad is doing something that matters to them at all.

Cord yelled donning his night robe and fumbling with the belt, while also scampering to the door bare feet through the living room. The carpet muted his footfalls.

He dressed quickly, gave her a quick kiss on the forehead, before opening the tall white wooden door and closing it shut quietly behind him. The floorboard's creaked underneath his feet as he tried to make his way down the spiral staircase to the kitchen without making a ton of noise. Luke held tightly onto the thin wooden railing and made down the stairs.

A trash can full of old food crashed to the concrete ground as Heath stumbled around and grabbed the wall for support. Duece promptly rushed over and grabbed his companion's arm.

He laughs as he says, “and shows how savage he has become by seeking amusement from such vulgar things. Jack disregards any rules the boy’s setup and leads everyone on the island into savagery and

Jack was waiting for something, he knew. The man was taking deep, uneven breaths. Staring at floor, as if even he couldn’t believe what he had just put on the table.

Spade laughed. His laughter was brief and somewhat bitter. “That is good,” he said, “coming from you.” (Hammett, 57)

He tried to stand but was caught. Glancing down, he noticed his belt was tangled up with hers.

Jack has come to see violence as a tool, helping him to gain power in the tribe. This sentiment is never more evident than immediately after Piggy's death. Jack uses the horrifying moment to solidify his power over the other boys "Suddenly Jack bounded out from the tribe and began screaming wildly. ' See? See?

They jumped into the entrance. The man dumped Emily to the ground, and used his massive hairy hands to pull up the bookcase.

“He was still leaning against the wall. He had been leaning against the wall when I came into the room, his arms down and across his chest.

they found themselves on the ground, Jean felt a man being jerked back towards the ground, like

Once these boys join Jack’s tribe, they are forced to follow his orders, committing heinous atrocities against their former friends in a desperate attempt to avoid the physical punishment Jack inflicts on those who disobey him. Jack rules his subjects through fear and intimidation, and yet lures them in by playing on hidden desires unbeknownst to them. Jack is often shown acting cruel and menacing towards the other boys, however is he also shown as being self-conscious and a bit insecure: “Boys are desperate to distract from their own helplessness and do so by projecting their fear of subjection onto an even weaker

Joshua looked up from his half eaten proto steak and rolled his eyes, “What 's up Jack, is the world coming to an end again?”