Shadow of the Beast

see a thing outside because of the fog, he went outside and lent over the side than he heard the noise again. He saw something in the corner of his eye and he said “Hello, is anyone out there.” A few seconds later he heard a growl and then a black shadow came out of nowhere and snatched him. By the time he yell out for help, he was already in the water. He was going down to the bottom” of the ocean fast than you can say “Sally sells sea shells by the seashore”

air as though he is tethering some ethereal rope. A thread from this world to theirs. With the glare of black smiling teeth, I knew I had an answer. “The gods have such a challenge, and they will agree to send you. Far away, to a shadow giant’s realm known as Shadow Crown. Deep in the northern mountains. Go now, Odin shall grant you vision on your

“An attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature” (pg 204). Lord of the Flies, a British novel by William Golding, is centralized around this theme. Golding uses copious symbolic devices and brilliant imagery in this adventure of young prep school boys adjusting to a new way of life after being marooned on a whimsical island. Glasses, blindness, and sight are key symbols that shape the novel’s meaning: “the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the

The novels “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck and “Under the Feet of Jesus” by Helena Maria Viramontes both explore the plight of migrant farmers in California. Steinbeck tells the story of white migrant workers during the Great Depression and Viramontes tells the story of Mexican migrant workers. The novels deconstruct the perceived California dream in which great wealth can be achieved through hard work by recounting the plights of migrant workers who recognize the illusion and take action

animal. I don’t know how else to describe the dreadful noise. I look out my window just to see the shadow of an animal of some sort. I began to think about what I should do. I assumed that the animal was hurt, and I felt the need to help it. I went downstairs and outside. However, when I finally got outside I wasn’t staring at the face of an injured animal. I was staring at the ugly, massive face of a beast. It must’ve been seven feet tall! The creature had huge teeth, brown fur all over, and huge horns

sometimes developed throughout scenes where a death takes place. Throughout many novels read this year there are many examples where death scenes definitely develop these certain themes. There are many themes illustrated by death scenes through the beast, piggy, and characters that die in the two stories better known as Lord of the Flies and The House on Mango Street In William Golding's Lord of the Flies there are many key examples of themes that are certainly shown by a death scene. Roger is a character

raindrops that shattered on the tile roofs. People strolled out of their houses with curiosity about the commotion at the centre of the village. The villagers held deadly weapons in their tight grasps that seem capable of mutilating the mightiest of beasts. For a moment time seemed to stop, the rain ceased to fall and the villagers were in a silent trance. There was only the ray from the crescent moon to light up the immense

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.” A group of British boys, ranging from six to twelve years old, become stranded from their plane crash on an uncharted island after being evacuated presumably from the shadows of WWII with no adult supervision. At first, the boys are inflamed with the gobs of freedom they are given but some swiftly realize that it’s the worst possible thing to happen. The way of the wild consumes some of the boys past the point of no return and unchangable “mistakes”

father, and Hyde showed more than the son's carelessness. Mr. Hayd's ferocity grows as if he is feeding on evil to lose Dr. Jekyll's control and slide into a bitter struggle with the beast inside him. "And in the morning I was troubled," and "but refreshed." I was still the most hated and afraid of the idea of the beast sleeping inside

Explosions burst through the side of the black ship, the leviathan growled in response to the alien noise to the beast it was more than an attack it was the roar of the opposing beast. A sheet of smoke rose of the rail of the fleet ship, a shadow blurred across the grey. Then the face of the beast broke through the serpent propelled itself in an arc over the rail of the ship its massive weight cracked the deck as it skimmed past. The leviathan cocked it’s head down to look down at its prey scrambled