Short Story : Phantom Island

These examples show both the author’s and the protagonist’s challenge to the order of things and the complete belief the character has. The best example of this is on line eight when the king says that he ‘shall not give you the boat’ the man replies ‘with calm assurance’ ‘you will’.

He was taciturn, knowing that if he called for help no one would hear except the sharks circling beneath his dangling feet. Looking down, he saw the monsters attack a large fish coming from the nearby coral reef. Mashing teeth made blood pour from the innocent animal, feeling as if he could hear the gruesome killing despite the crashing waves, a juxtaposition of what would soon happen once he couldn’t hold on any longer. Knowing he couldn’t call out, he began a soliloquy, making a plan for how he would get out of this situation and praying to anyone or anything that could save him. The colloquialism pushed him to try and climb just a little bit higher and he reached his right hand up to grasp the rock

Pain, grief, and heartbreaking betrayals encompass him, and he sees no escape other than death. His “question” is not one of how to assuage his situation or repair the damage that has been done; rather, his reaction is one of hopeless despondency, that the only solution is to end his life (55). He sees only two

When you have felt as though the world is throwing you curve balls every millisecond since you can remember, you tend to grow bitter with the universe; always questioning, “but why me?” Growing up in this home—this family, has, in the long run anyway: been beneficial. However, I did not always believe it could be a good thing to ride the road to hell daily. I used to believe the world was cruel, and that suffering would never come to an end—I was a scapegoat for all of my family’s wrong doings. Today, I see the reason’s behind actions, and I have come to appreciate the fact that I grew up at the ripe age of seven.

On the 21st of February police discovered that a group of drug dealers were manufacturing drugs on a remote island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The group have created a powerful drug that confuses and effects the human mind to be disoriented for an extended period.

“It’s two women adrift in a strange boat of some type, off the starboard side captain.” Mr. Randolph unfamiliar with canoes, having noticed their long, dark hair, exposed faces through his spyglass. “Can’t tell if their sleeping or dead Captain.”

If you are reading this, I am currently coming back home. We landed in one of the Island in Hawaii and we think we are in the Island of Oahu. The sky is clear with the warm sun shining through the tropical trees. People there did not wear proper clothes. We were all sick and most of our crew perished before we got here. The ship had to get repaired and needed to restore resources so we decided to stay on the Islands for a couple days before we head back to London.

I observed the boat like structures emerging from the endless ocean. I concealed myself in some nearby bushes just across the shoreline. Arising from these structures were light skinned settlers. They physically appeared like us except with an unreasonable amount of clothing. Furthermore, they wore knee high boots composed of gleaming limber material; many of them wore metal armor with shining helmets and chest plates. One in particular protruded from the others. He clenched a flag containing an absurd symbol. Furthermore, he proceeded to skewer the ground with the pole until it stood firmly on our soil. The man explained, “I claim this land for the Spaniards!” As I heard these words, I leapt out and confronted them. They stared, astonished by my physical

He was scared, he was suddenly all alone with no one to go to, and no place to call his own. As he continued his journey, his strength gradually deteriorated, he was starving and he couldn't find food or water. Instead of looking for more, he gave up. He walked around aimlessly, not bothering to care about anything. Food, water, rest, nothing mattered anymore. So he just keep putting one leg in front the other. Until, he suddenly stepped in water. He looks up and sees a pond. It was an odd pond, it didn't have any lilypads, it was free of weeds, and the water was clear as

I have found myself stranded. I am on an island and I do not know where I am or what happened. I must search the beach to find anything I can to aid me in my survival until someone finds me. As I walk along the beach, I see something floating in the water. I swim out to retrieve this item, it is a cast iron pot. I continue to walk along the sandy beach, and I stumble over something buried in the sand. It’s a tent, still in its original packaging. I decide to go inland a ways. Though I am terrified of what is in this forest, I must find a place to set up a camp. I find a clearing. It looks like someone has been here before. As I wonder what may have happened to that person, I see a sword sticking into a tree. That should come in handy. It is time so set up my camp, so I begin by reviewing the items I have found.

The skin of his knuckles went pale white when he gripped the bottle. Moving deliberately towards Barnes, he stuck his arm out and Barnes took hold of the glass. Without a word, the young man unclenched his fist and out stretched his palm. Barnes deposited a few coins into the young man’s palm and noticed an indentation of tightly wrapped rope on his wrist. Barnes would have normally made a comment, but under these circumstances he consumed the brandy and exited in search for more. Just outside the door, Barnes experienced a brief epiphany. He wondered what it meant, he wondered what life meant. For so many years after the war he had tried to seek meaning in some capacity but he kept on coming back to the brandy. In the war, he had a purpose given to him by a power higher than his own. When that was stripped of him, a void in his soul had to be filled. He realized now that the void in his soul, his thirst for meaning, is never quenched and will never be quenched, but the temporary bliss and ignorance supplied by the brandy masked his need for meaning, if only for a moment. His thoughts and feelings swirled within his mind for a moment and dissipated just as fast. All that was left was his insatiable need for

The diction of this quote shows how eerily haunting this island is. The use of words like “wail” “darkness” “chilled”

That morning Rainsford woke up almost forgetting what had happened the night before. Almost like he never ended up on on this island. The quietness was creeping up on him like a cat ready to pounce. Rainsford decided to try to find some food to eat since he hadn’t ate for the past three days. As he was looking the the “trophy” room Rainsford saw a something shiny and black out of the corner of his eyes. Rainsford hurried over to the radio to see if it possibly worked.

Most of the people who decide to spend their vacation in an exotic place usually do that to relax and refill their energy supply and, undoubtedly, Bali is a great choice for that. A large number of travelers who visited this beautiful island can confirm that Bali isn’t referred to as Paradise Island without a reason.

Sunday, October 5th 1968, was a bright and sunny day on Insula Floruit. A day when even the dark shadowy parts of the island, were shining and glowing like a burning fire in the night. This was a very memorable day for Todd and Sarah, vacationers from Kansas Missouri, just enjoying their vacation on the most beautiful island they've ever seen. Sarah and Todd found out about the island from a newspaper ad, advertising a new island open for the public, the island was so new neither of the two were expecting the island to hold so many deep secrets. Being two very curious travelers Todd and Sarah were both ready for this crazy new trip. After arriving to the island the two were mesmerized by how gorgeous the island was and how over crowded with people it was. Goofy looking people wearing fruit basket hats , grass skirts down to their knees, and about the ugliest flame flannel shirt. Todd and Sarah didn't notice anything strange happening on the island until a couple days later, when a lot of the people on the island started going missing, it started out as a couple people here and there but as the days disappeared so did the rest of the vacationers on Insula Floruit, not to panic Todd and Sarah scrambled to find out what's going on with the vacationers, they went to stores, the beach, and around the houses but the only people left on the island that they could find were all of the workers, even though everyone had vanished They acted like everyone was still on the island, doing their civil duties and cleaning up empty less messes except it was almost if they were watching you, or some how ended up everyplace you went on the island. Constantly following you, Sarah and Todd started to become really suspicious of the strange things happening on the island, desperate for answer they began exploring the island in more depth going deep into the jungle they were forbidden from. After an hour of walking through the thick jungle Todd and Sarah stumbled upon a big bridge with a huge lab on the other side, from a distance they spotted some of the vacationers being held and forced into the lab by people in white lab coats, shockingly frightened Todd and Sarah run and hide out in the jungle to