Blaze Island

Chapter Nine Locked Away Long Ago Two minutes later, we were wedged into a lumpy sofa in Link’s living room. The room looked more like a page out of an antique furniture magazine. Overstuffed chaises and chairs were crowded around oak tables, stacked with well-worn tattered tales. There was a clock hanging over a roaring fire, boxes of knickknacks stacked on shelves, and several faded family photos lying next to a meerschaum pipe on a carved nesting table. “She’s right, you know,” Link said, sitting

Each one tries to find a foothold in the tinder to create the blessed warmth of fire to drive away the bitter cold. Far of, a wildfire blazes, a glimpse of what might be. After what seems like an eternity passes, the flint and steel are finally able to admire the blazing warmth of their handiwork. It is not to last, as soon the wind that fuels the forest’s blaze kills the fire, and the creators along with it. As the fire dies, thus does the happiness brought of by years of hard work with it. So is

realized, it was her end. Somewhere in Missouri, 2015 - Young Blaze Love awakes from a dream only to shake it off and rush to the bus stop. As he rushes to the bus stop, he grooms himself and gets dressed, plus eating cereal on the way out. He eventually makes it to the stop, only to realize he missed it. The scene changes to an Establishing shot of the school and the kids around it. Blaze’s friend Penny, frantic, searches for Blaze as she will finally show him the latest way in hacking “the system’

of the Flies. The scarecrow is actually an English schoolboy named Ralph. When the schoolboys are traveling on a transport plane in the midst of World War II, it is shot down. As a result, Ralph is stranded with other classmates on an uninhabited island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. They attempt to create order with structured pseudo-government and Ralph is appointed the chief of the boys. As chief, Ralph takes it upon himself to devise a plan for them all to safely return home. They would light

Imagine a world where complete control is in the hands of the government. Imagine a world where science, literature, religion, and even family, do not exist. Imagine a world where citizens are conditioned to accept this. This is exactly how the world is portrayed in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The focus of the World State is on society as a whole rather than on individuals. Some characters from the novel have a harder time accepting the conditioning. Through these characters, we learn the true

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World kindles many questions about today’s social order and considers the questionable society exposed in the book. Throughout the book, Huxley presents a world much different than the one we are accustomed to. Some question whether the novel portrays a dystopian or utopian civilization. There are a variety of advantages and disadvantages of Huxley’s world paralleled to the one we live in today. Two major disadvantages considered consist of the lack of family, monogamy

In the book Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, the character John the Savage is brought from his homeland of Malpais to London. When he arrives he finds that this world is very different from his own. Saddened and angered by the injustice of the society, he attempts to isolate himself from the world. John the Savage’s experience of being exiled from Malpais was enriching in that it showed him the true nature of the Other Place and alienating in that he was separated from his culture and not able

The identity of a person is often considered to be synonymous with his culture, whether it be to a distinct nation, race, or way of thought. However, one of the greatest conflicts a person can endure is one with himself, when he is caught between the innate desire to belong and a sense of self and difference from the society that he belongs to. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, such is the case with Bernard Marx. Marx faces the immense dilemma of not fitting in in the greatly socialized and cohesive

"'God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness.'" So says Mustapha Mond, the World Controller for Western Europe in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World. In doing so, he highlights a major theme in this story of a Utopian society. Although the people in this modernized world enjoy no disease, effects of old age, war, poverty, social unrest, or any other infirmities or discomforts, Huxley asks 'is the price they pay really worth the benefits?' This novel

Before leaving home, it is important to understand the Countries culture that you are going to. Be mindful of limited resources like water, fuel and electricity, and make sure you have had all necessary vaccinations before leaving. Also check that all your health insurance is up to date and you have put travel insurance in place. Be sure to always carry a bag. Make sure you always have your passport on you. Make sure your passport and ID is all up to date and valid. Dress respectfully and understand