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It was November 29 1864, I was with my brother Kiaan. He was fifteen years old. My name was Hansh and I was only thirteen years old. We were outside my village practicing archery. My brother was a really good bowhunter, he taught me everything I do. Once we headed back to our village my mom was cooking corn and deer meat, that my father killed the day before. We were planning to have a picnic soon. Then it happened, we heard screaming and hollering across the village. My brother and I looked around

“ Never give up on something you can’t go a day without thinking about ” Winston Churchill Jonas and Gabriel escaping death and their society and finding a new place to live. I believe Jonas and Gabriel found a new society and escaped death from the society and the harsh weather conditions, I believe there is a family in the new society that will see Jonas and Gabe and take them in as their own children or put them into the foster care system together. Jonas and Gabe made it through multiple seasons

In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, the definition of good can only be determined if we understand two things, the typical definition of good and what to make of the main character known as the Grandmother. The definition of good should first be noted as, “that which is morally right; righteousness.” This will be the analysis of the grandmother and the ultimate decision as to the definition of good throughout this story. In the Secular Meaning in ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find,’ the

This week’s lecture is focused on Ben Jonson, his love & hate relationship with Shakespeare, his lyric poetry, Jonson’s purpose, Jonson’s life, and “Volpone”. Jonson was constantly compared to Shakespeare which is often deemed as unfair. Sadly. Jonson was always second best even though they were two different people with different writing styles, temperament, artistic interests, etc.. However, this could be due to working around each other and always being in the same surroundings. There were times

Today for doctor Ivory was just a normal day in her lab that is 20 miles north of Egypt, except for the small group of generals coming in to see her new project Eu11. This project is a specimen that Dr. Ivory got access to after he was hurt in battle. Dr. Ivory changed his DNA so this soldier can be perfect for any problem. He is to be stronger, smarter, and quicker than any other human. As the generals slowly came into the lab Dr. Ivory’s assistant rushed to greet them and led them to the showcase

William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily is a very intriguing short story about Miss Emily Grierson. In her early life, her father sheltered her from all men that wanted her. When he later died, she found a delightful man named Homer Barron. Emily and Homer had a relationship that was shamed by many of the people of Jefferson. Miss Emily’s name had always been in the gossip of the town. Miss Emily stayed confined in her home for the majority of her life. When she finally died, her family entered a room

¨A Rose for Emily,¨ written by William Faulkner, is a short story that follows the protagonist, Emily Grierson, through a variety of time-lapses within her life. Oddly enough, the beginning describes the death of this character and the funeral held in her home that the whole town attends. As described in the story, Emily’s house was one of the last that existed from an era of elegance and class. However, as time passed, the house became run-down and a shamble of what it used to be. It was said that

Society tends to be self-flattering, holding itself to the imaginary civilized population it thinks of itself as. However, William Golding challenges this mindset in his novel, Lord of the Flies. Ralph, a child stranded on a deserted island in Lord of the Flies, agrees with today’s society’s logic at first, stating, “‘We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything’" (Golding 42). Evident from the events that take place throughout

William Golding kills off everything important to survival and by this he means that the world is doomed. So many significant objects are broken by the end of the book, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, which is a novel about a bunch of inexperienced boys being trapped together on an island and are forced to find means of survival. There are a lot of symbols in this book that all represent the only way they can survive. Each symbol represents a piece of the world and how it functions. Without

William Golding fulfills Hobbes’ ideas about man with Lord of the Flies in the moments when Jack and Ralph argue over whether to hunt for meat or build shelters, when Simon is killed by the boys, and when Samneric betray Ralph and join Jack’s tribe. An early example in the novel where Golding supports Hobbes’ ideas about man is when Jack and Ralph argue over whether to hunt for meat or build shelters. Hobbes discusses the competition between men with the same desires as he writes, “And therefore