Overcome, Or Slowly Destroy?

poetic description, as the launch continues: “The dark red fire parted into two gigantic wings, as if a hydrant were shooting streams of fire outward and up, toward the zenith—and between the two wings, against a pitch-black sky, the rocket rose slowly, so slowly that it seemed to hang still in the air, a pale cylinder with a blinding oval of white light at the bottom, like an upturned candle with its flame directed at the earth.” While her description is based on her personal experience, her flowery

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe we saw how a society of Indian people started to become torn apart by an unknown way of life. Their society slowly started to conform to the westerners way of life. Many of the people living in this village began to question their beliefs and switch to the westerners religion. This relates to Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko a book about a young man who comes back from a war and has been diagnosed with PTSD . This causes him to go on a journey to try and heal

simply an illusion, that is idealist and unreal. In the novel, Gatsby, a wealthy socialite pursues his dream, Daisy. In the process of pursuing Daisy, Gatsby betrays his morals and destroys himself. Through the eyes of the narrator, Nick,

In the short story written by Stephen Crane, “The Open Boat,” the author provides the reader with a familiar theme of mans never ending battle against nature. Although this conflict is the dominant theme in the story, Crane delves into the perspectives of these opponents and how it shapes the sub-themes, survival and brotherhood, within the story. The four men in the boat struggling against the tempestuous sea cling to the belief that they can dominate these barbaric elements as they are experienced

To build a fire” written by Jack London is more of a primitive survival story where the protagonist tries not to freeze to death. It represents the battle of a man versus the nature. When I was reading the story I could feel my body possessed by the cold temperature just because of the way the author described it. The man was travelling with a dog, which was more conscious than him about the situation that they were living and how arduous it was going to be travelling in such conditions. “The animal

becomes an angry monster starts to kill everyone just because he’s angry. Grendel starts by killing Heorot; Grendel attacked the hall every night for 12 years, killing the ones he didn’t like. Beowulf hears of these attacks and leaves the Geats to destroy Grendel.

Adversity can change a person's life completely for the worse or for the better. Everyone in their life at some point will go through an adverse experience but it is how they persevere and survive that changes a person. In “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty, two snipers are battling for their life in war. In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, a man is fighting for his life as a hunter is trying to kill him. In both of these short stories adversity can be found. In “The Sniper”, two snipers

always know what’s best for them even when they become rebellious at times. Sam and Emma each have brothers whom they love dearly. They each make new friends that slowly in time become family even their past enemies.

“The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream” (“William Golding quotes.”). Fear lives to haunt and torment the person to a point of destruction and can be within everyone. Although a person is able to overcome fear, it is still very dangerous because it affects the person as well as everyone and everything around. In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys are all so overwhelmed by fear that the island starts to recede into a state damaged beyond repair. In this case

Dragons stand as mythical monsters that symbolize evil. They get in the way of our accomplishments, cause chaos, and destroy our future goals. Lethargy represents my own personal dragon. College essays constantly consume all of my energy day by day. Stress levels increase as each application becomes a more daunting task. In order to vanquish this wicked dragon, I must gather up all of my emphasis and concentration in order to complete this important semester of my senior year. Therefore, maintaining