The Play Developed By The Molasses Flood

The fire is a symbol for hope to be rescued and it also symbolizes destruction. The fire is a signal for the ships to let them know that there is someone stuck/living on this island. If the fire goes out, the hopes of the people stuck would be lost too.

The Hearth and The Salamander, the title of the first chapter, is another symbol. The hearth which provides warmth and comfort and the salamander which is believed to live in fire and not get burned contradict each other. One symbol shows the bad side of fire and the other shows the good side. The salamander was also a symbol on his firefighter’s badge: “He stood in the hall of his house putting on his badge with the orange salamander burning across it.” (19) It was also on the fire trucks he used to make the fires, “They sat there looking out the front of the great Salamander as they turned a corner and went silently on.” (40) Both of these sentences show that the fireman are proud of what the salamander represents, whether it means the same thing or something different, it was important to them.

In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, fire is a recurring idea. Bradbury used the main character, Guy Montag, to present the fire motif throughout the story. Montag, a fireman, had doubts about his career and society. He sought answers and enlightenment to cure his curiosity about the truth in books. He did not have faith in his society, nor did he understand why intellect was so terrible. In his search Montag realized that fire (and books) were not so evil after all. Montag began to see fire in a different light. Therefore, fire, in Fahrenheit 451, represented rejuvenation through cleansing and renewal.

Fire represents a lot of the things in this novel. A woman name Mrs. Schachter was howling, pointing through the window. “Look! Look at this fire! This terrible fire! Have mercy on me!” (pg 25) Elie said him and the other saw a real fire this time. “This time we saw flames rising from a tall chimney into a black sky.” (pg. 28) Elie said they stared at the flames, “We stared at the flames in the darknes, A wretched stench floated in the air.” (pg. 28) And in front of them the the flaming smoke was the smell of burning flesh.

The imagery of fire in Edwidge Danticat 's short story “A Wall of Fire Rising” possesses a very powerful meaning and also continually changes throughout the entirety of the story. Fire was a very sacred thing to have, especially during the time this story has taken place.

For the Fire conveys the themes the violence of nature or survival of the fittest. The Poems theme is displayed through the violent and aggressive descriptive language for example in the third stanza “kookaburra hacks with it’s axe-blade beak”. The language in this quote gives a visual image of the violence in nature that occurs. In the fourth and fifth stanza enjambment is placed to create a sense of violent imagery and emphasise the violence for example “ it’s legs arched; and claws clutching at the air”. In both of the quotes John Foulcher uses alliteration to focus the audiences attention to the more violent words generating further visual imagery.

Finally, Fire can represent hope. Fire creates smoke, a very visual symbol for either rescue or panic. In the case of LOTF, the first is true. With the smoke that comes from the fire, the boys have a small chance of signaling a passing ship and finding their way back home. When the Naval officer comes to rescue the boys, he notices them because of the smoke that has now engulfed the island, “We saw your smoke.” With the hope of the rescue still burning as long as the fire stays lit, the boys have something to survive for. Without the fire, the boys are lost and alone in a hostile world, where it becomes kill or be killed.

You are going to fail more times you succeed so keep trying because success is on its way. To start, the fiction book Playmakers, written by Mike Lupica, is about the rivalry between Ben McBain and Chase Braggs in basketball. Ben plays for the Rockwell Rams and Chase plays for Darby Bears. The author shows us the battles between Ben and Chase and the problems Ben faces such as one of there best players getting hurt. In the book two main themes show. The first theme is never give up and the second theme is treat others the way you want to be treated. These two themes show up throughout the book multiple times.

In Jack London's “To Build A Fire” the story follows a man and his dog in the Klondike and their obstacles of trying to get to the boys which are his compatriots. The story revolves around the winter and how mankind reacts to the wild. The author uses nature to illustrate the poem’s tone by vilifying nature and using it as an obstacle.

Mr. Flood in "Mr.Flood's Party" has the characteristics of a modernist hero. He is an ordinary person that has common experiences which everyday people can recognize. He is uncertain about the future and inherent dignity that allows him to persevere through disappointment. Mr. Flood feels deep loneliness due to experiencing emotional and physical separation from the people of Tilbury. This characteristic is something everyday people can recognize and understand because there are a lot of people that experience isolation. When the narrator says, "There was not much that was ahead of him, And there was nothing in the town below" he is insinuating that Mr.Flood didn't have anything or anyone to look forward to. Meaning he had an uncertain future

It echoes development of pre-historical civilization or Prometheus in Greek mythology. Hereof the using of fire symbolizes the domination over the world more than the method of survival. Aftermath, the monster is ready to march to the next period of self-education, studying language.

When the fire is maintained, the boys want to be rescued. However, when the fire burns low or goes out it symbolizes how the boys have lost sight of their desire to be saved, and how they have accepted savagery into their lives. The signal fire also symbolizes the measurement of the strength of the civilized instinct and hope remaining on the island.

The signal fire, one type if symbol, was made to catch the attention of passing by boats but it overpowers the young boys and brings destruction. At the assembly the conclusion to start a signal fire comes relatively as means of rescue. However, as the feed the fire it is evident that they cannot control it. The fire blazes out of hand and consumes everything, living or not, in its path. When things settle it is clear how overpowering the fire was and how weak the boys were to stop. Its destructive becomes clearer as Piggy states, ‘“-him with the mark on his face, I don’t see him. Where is he now”’ (Golding 46). Here Piggy is struggling and gasping to explain to everyone that the boy with the ‘Mulberry Face’ has been engulfed by the fire. The severity of the situation never dawns on them and he is nearly forgotten by the end of the story, they never speak of the Mulberry boy again. Fire, in the book and out, it very much like a dual blade,

The symbolic meaning of fire is demonstrated throughout the book in many different fashions but mainly it is portrayed as a symbol of life and social order. If

“To Build a Fire” by Jack London is a short story about a man traveling through the Alaskan Yukon to meet up with his friends for lunch. The author keeps the character nameless and refers to him only as “The Man” which is used to show a connection between humanity and nature. The story shows the hardships the man goes through to get to his destination through the Alaskan Yukon, yet unfortunately doesn’t make it. The conflict is a man versus nature theme which contrasts strong and direct relations of the hardships in nature. Throughout this analysis, I am going to explore the conflict between the man and the merciless nature he has to go through before his death.