The Wonderful World Of The Thorny Devil

The tazmanian devil are suffering from a disease called devil facial tumor disease or a (DFTD) and people are destroying their home. 1 The time was noticed the disease in 1996 when it spread 80% of the tasmanian devil population. 1 According to Department of Primary Industries DFTD is extremely unusual: it is one of only four known naturally occurring transmissible cancers. 1 It is transmitted like a contagious disease between individuals through biting and other close contact. 1 The disease attack mature adolescents(witch in the t-devilcase 2 years old). 1 According to Department of Primary Industries In diseased areas, nearly all sexually mature Tasmanian devils (older than

After reading “On Becoming a Better Student” by Donna Farhi Schuster, I started to think about some of the idea she mentioned. I have always been a curious person. I have always wanted to learn more about what I was interested in, but that stopped in high school. Expressing interest in something in high school was not something I did often. I was so overwhelmed with busy work in school that I was exhausted by the time I had time to actually sit down and research something I was interested in.

It is my sincere hope that every student should look forward to coming into the classroom ready for new adventures and a whole new world of information every day. Education continually brings us new adventures just waiting for us to experience its wonder and possibilities. I believe that students, when presented with a wide variety of interesting lessons, can become interested and motivated in a way that they never have before.

the fear of the beast grows, however, it becomes a hell in which fire and fear

The key characteristic that Gary uses to deduce that the Devil was not a regular human is that his “eyes were completely orange”(829). The eyes refer to the common concept of hell being a fiery, hot landscape; furthermore, they incorporate a sense of unease in both the protagonist and readers because of the abnormality.

Krakauer wants the reader to understand that Chris McCandless has similarities and differences with other people who have comparable stories involving Alaska. In chapter eight, Krakauer states common traits between him and four past Alaskan trekkers: “Like Rosellini and Waterman, McCandless was a seeker and had an impractical fascination with the harsh side of nature. Like Waterman and McCunn, he displayed a staggering paucity of common sense”. However, the author also states how McCandless is unique: “But unlike Waterman, McCandless wasn’t mentally ill.

The appearance of the Devil in Hawthorne’s story appears to have “ An indescribable air of one who knows the world”(Hawthorne 2) , power unlike any other human. The Devil’s appearance looked as if he could be Goodman’s father. The Devil confronts Brown on being late Brown explains ”with a tremor in his voice” (2) that Faith kept him back. In King’s short story King uses sensory details to develop a vivid image of the Devil. Gary reminisce about the Devil’s voice “In the dark I sometimes hear that voice drop” decades, after the encounter with Satan. The smell of the Devil’s breath was like sulfur and his skin described as burned matches. Satan’s eyes “had no irises, and no pupils” (King 829). His eyes are a portal into his hollow soul filled with fire.

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Similarly to Adam, the creature was created to be beautiful and to not harm those who are around. The creature states “like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence; but his state was far different from mine in every other respect” (Shelley 116). Then the creature say that “many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition; for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me” (Shelley 117). Same to Adam, when he betrayed God for eating the apple from the Tree of Knowledge, he was expel from the Eden also known as the paradise. Like Victor, when he saw his own creation he was terrified, and he abandoned the creature. When the creature was abandoned, he was unhappy and he was mistreated by the society and unfortunately the monster turns into Satan. The creature is so similar to Adam, both are cast by their

The lack of an origin causes the monster to exhibit characteristics of Satan. While talking to Victor the Monster states, “Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel”(81). The monster demonstrates feelings of betrayal and abandonment as he is seen by Victor as a lesser being due to his “fallen angel”(81) status. A continuous reference to Adam demonstrates the Monsters desire to be loved by Victor for being a successful creation. However, the Monster faces reality in that he was abandoned, since Victor was “unable to endure the aspect of the being [he] had created”(44). The Monster’s expulsion from Victor’s life fuels his insecurities as he begins to “considered Satan as the fitter emblem of [his] condition”(110). Victor’s abandonment parallels to the story of Satan as he was cast out of heaven by God, similarly to how the Monster was cast out of Victor’s life. Not only, does the Monster take on the name of Satan, but also a few of the

“My brothers…that fatal hunt is up, and harrying our streets today. See him there, that angel of the pestilence, comely as lucifer, shining like Evil’s very self! He is hovering above your roofs with his great spear in his right hand, poised to strike, while his

The thorny devil is an Australian Lizard, also known as the mountain devil is the main species of the genus Moloch. The devil grows up to 7.9 in in length, and it can live up to 20 years. Most of these lizards are colored in camouflaging shades of desert browns and tans. These colors change from pale colors during warm weather and to darker colors during cold weather. These animals are covered entirely with conical spines that are mostly uncalcified.

In Joseph Campbell’s video regarding mythology, He states “We are so against the dynamic of life in our tradition that we’ve turned it into the devil”. Joseph brings our focus to the snake and explains how this animal is an example of dynamic life by shedding its skin and being born again. Snakes shed their skin to allow more growth within their life span, but our tradition has a negative outlook on snakes, meaning they are “against the dynamic of life”. Joseph feels that the snake shedding its skin is something of beauty, representing a new life versus evil or demonic.

We, as readers, are equivalent to the priest in the story who warns his fellow villagers that “the devil had the bad habit of making use of carnival tricks […]” (544). Or maybe we side with the old medicine woman “who knew everything about life and death […]” and announced him as an angel (543). My point is that things cannot just be left unexplained and accepted as is. Instead, they must be dissected and have judgment and opinion offered from every angle. The mysterious nature of this creature’s existence is the central problem of the story but the main idea underneath it all is the search for understanding.

They watch from the shadows, only coming out when it suits them. They inflict pain and horror on their victims, leaving them terrified and alone. They showed me how cruel the world was by introducing themselves to my family, introducing my parents and little sister to sharp teeth and jagged claws. They are the Beasts among us.