Summary Of ' The Strange Beach '

Bruce Dawe is a highly revered and respected Australian who is regarded as one of the nation’s most influential poets. His poem “The Beach” is regarded has one of his best pieces of work and describes the goings on at one of Australia’s most iconic landmarks. His poem laments how important the beach is to the Australian population as he describes a number of different people from different walks of life enjoying it. Through the clever use of poetics devices and technique Dawe has crafted a poem to beautifully represent the Australian beach.

I think I want to take a nice refreshing, cool swim. As I head to the beautiful blue waterfall I notice how full the sky is with pink and orange and the river with blue and green. As we (me and my raccoon and my hummingbird) rip through the waterfall we hit the river and the boat tips over. Then I hear my name being called. It is my over protective father. As I’m walking away from the river I feel like someone is watching me! Well it’s probably nothing. “Pocahontas come here please” Dad said. “I want you to be careful I have heard that there is a group of colonist from England looking for Gold.” Dad added. Yes sir father I’m not going to talk to anyone suspicious that I don’t know.

There is death that strikes to Mick while on a fishing trip and is partially eaten by seals. Lisa’s grandmothers house also catches fire, and because of her old age, she does not escape but dies inside instead. She leaves about two hundred thousand dollars to her granddaughter, Lisamarie as an inheritance. The elements of ghosts and supernatural are highly amplified within this novel. However, Robinson makes Lisa’s connection with the spiritual world seem to be a gift rather than a curse. Lisa is haunted by a little man who could appear to her every time there was something bad about to happen. But Sasquatch also referred to as B’gwus is another creature that was said to be on the money beach, which made the island, have some ambiguity.

The sea looked as though it would sound if struck. Warren gliding away. Sailed out of sight, into the sailing sun. Just like the westerns.” (Proulx 98)

I began to panic, as more and more of the black dots climbed into me, wriggling up my arms like worms in the rain, hurting me more and more. I dug my nails into my body, trying to stratch them out, to no avail. I couldn’t take the pain, the persistent feeling of being stabbed by a thousand tiny needles, pricking harder and harder each time, the uttermost betrayal from my only friends, the only ones who ever knew me. The fishbowl began to crack, like icy roads in the Monday morning rush. I grabbed a knife from the kitchen drawer and began to scoop out the bugs, slowly at first, but then as more began to form, I picked up the pace. Every time I managed to flick one body to the tiled floor, another would begin to crawl up from my toes, coating me in a layer of darkness. My body was numb as lines of ruby appeared on my arms, but my heart raced uncontrollably. Trickles of water slithered down the glass. Slowly, the dots began to fade, almost reducing into mist and floating away, how the trees return to stillness after a storm, as a sea of garnet rushed over me. But this state of relief did not last long- a dark shadow formed in the doorway, blocking all light entering the room. It looked like a shadow; as dark as hell, it spoke words of sin and hate, with a voice low enough to shatter glass. I staggered backwards, and held myself up using the counter behind me. It launched forward, grabbing towards my arms, wrapping around me, choking me in smoke. A waterfall gushed over my face, drowning me. I couldn’t

1700 marks the “Golden Age” of piracy, where the seas and oceans were filled with many of the world’s famous pirates like “Calico Jack”, Edward Low and the notorious Blackbeard (“The Golden”). Although they sound a lot like legends, there is no doubt that pirates have became a part of today’ s media and a famous subculture in style and stories (“Pirates in”). Blackbeard’s story has been influential in the pirate subculture and has been referenced in different kinds of stories, movies and cartoons like Pirates of the Caribbean and One Piece. Blackbeard’s life and legacy is still a heavy influence on pirate subculture today.

Arriving upon a deserted island after a shipwreck with Mr. Grey, Mr. Wright, Robert, Alexander, and Lewis has been an intriguing experience for all parties involved. Before this day is over, however, I shall write down my recollections of this bizarre adventure starting from our arrival. Disembarking from the ruined ship, I searched for and gathered up the men on the beach who had voyaged with me. In a hastily assembled group, Robert quickly denounced us and our situation with his typical stinging remarks. Mr. Grey remained silent with a characteristic look of indifference upon his face through a barrage of criticism by the man who lacked all self-control: Lewis. I quickly deduced that Lewis, with his unrestrained nature, would be deadweight among the group. Ignoring the laughingstock, I

I have never heard an even approximately adequate explanation of the horror at Martin's Beach. Despite the large number of witnesses, no two accounts agree; and the testimony taken by local authorities contains the most amazing discrepancies.

Roaring, the fearsome sea grasped soldiers’ lives one by... one, coating the sea a dense crimson red. I studied the battlefield and heard silent screams? Squeals? Or, was it squirms of tormented ones?

Dover Beach intrigued me as soon as I read the title. I have a great love of beaches, so I feel a connection with the speaker as he or she stands on the cliffs of Dover, looking out at the sea and reflecting on life. Arnold successfully captures the mystical beauty of the ocean as it echoes human existence and the struggles of life. The moods of the speaker throughout the poem change dramatically as do the moods of the sea. The irregular, unordered rhyme is representative of these inharmonious moods and struggles. In this case, the speaker seems to be struggling with the relationship with his or her partner.

What does the language and structure of the opening sequence of ‘On Chesil Beach’, reveal about the two protagonists characters.

This photograph was taken on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2015. It was taken during sunset and as the tide had gone out, revealing a wider coastline. The world-famous beach is manmade and since 1951, over 80,000 cubic meters of sand has been imported to replace sand lost through erosion from heavy rainfall, sea swells, wind and tropical storms.

I walked along the beach. As I was walking I could feel the fresh smell of the beach like it was an air freshener but it also smelled that gave me a tingle in my nose. As I kept walking along the beach I could feel the light breeze coming against me. This fresh air felt warm as I felt like I was sleeping in a comfortable bed. I kept walking in the beach, as I did it felt like an escape to all my problems and also my stress. Beach felt like a solution to all my problems and could be open with anything.

The place where I feel most comfortable is a place where I am calm. A place that is peaceful in its own ways. It is the place to go to get away from all my troubles. It is the one place where I could sit forever, and never get tired of just staring into the deepest blue I have ever seen. It is the place where I can sit and think the best. A place where nothing matters but what is in that little moment. The one place capable of sending my senses into an overload. This place is the ocean.

There are some travelers who see a “paradise” as their final destination; however, it may end up to be exactly opposite of what a paradise should be. This can be seen in Alex Garland’s The Beach. The novel is about several backpackers, Richard, Francoise, and Etienne, who come together and travel to an island community, their paradise, within Thailand. Ultimately, the story portrays the idea of a utopia-like society taking a turn for the worst and becoming a dystopia, something that the backpackers would not have expected. Throughout the story, the theme of a utopia turning into a dystopia could be seen through symbolism such as the “cancer” of traveling and the destruction that it brings.