... to heat up.During the course of the summer in Derry where the setting is taking place at the time being.A little club falls together and by fluke they are all victims and survivors of the freak monster It.At first they just explain to each other their horrid accidents and escapes.The method they used to escape is their secret weapon against It.For instance for Bill it is to say this one verse "He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he's seeing ghost's".For Ben Hanscom it's shouting "You are not real".Etc.Bill who is George's brother is asking Richie,another survivor,if he would come with him to the ...

... A power struggle between two boys to gain control over someone ore something. In the beginning of this book the conch was regarded as having power and authority: "I'll[Ralph] give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he is speaking." (Golding 33) The struggle of power in this book was very strong separation of the groups. The conch seemed to be the only common bond between the two groups. Even though Jacks' group was separate, when Ralph blew the conch in chapter 10 the boys on Jacks side came out and looked to see what was going on, they still believed in the power of the conch: "He [Ralph] ...

... crops. If you were “lucky” enough to be chosen, you would be sacrificed to the gods. This sacrifice would involve the townspeople directing you towards the middle of a circle and proceeding to throw rocks at you until death. Everybody seems happy with the results of this yearly tradition until they are chosen for the stoning. Before the lottery, people are joking and gathering like it was a party. Once the “lucky” participant has been chosen their cries of compromise are let out and this has no effect on the crowd at hand. Being one of the stoners, you are unwilling to recognize the ...

... many ways, depending on the reader, but what I believe to be the meaning, that the author was trying to send across, was to simply share the story of three sisters, who no matter how far misunderstandings, quarrels, or rages stretch the bonds between them, the sisters always bounce back to the core of their family which is love. Though they go through many hardships, including sibling conflicts, personal problems and the inevitable death of their grandfather, through everything, family proves to be a very important key factor in their difficult lives. The bonds formed between the members of your own family is one of ...

... regime of the Griersons and the class system of the time where by ordinance of the mayor- Colonel Sartoris, a Negro women could not even walk the street without an apron, had changed into a place where even the street on which Miss Emily lived, that had once been the most select, had now been encroached and obliterated, her house an eyesore among eyesores. Both the town and Miss Emily herself, now looked upon Miss Emily as the only remnant of that greater time. This fact gives the reader an understanding of the mindset of the “town,� who is narrating Miss Emily's story to us in a form resembling a gossip ...

... will explore the characteristics and personality of a person who lives below the poverty line. Through the author we get a very keen insight into this area of human experience. Orwell feels that beggars and tramps have unfair labels and stereotypes attached to them. For example, most people think of tramps as being dangerous. About that Orwell says: "Quite apart from experience, one can say a priori that very few tramps are dangerous, because if they were dangerous they would be treated accordingly. A casual ward will often admit a hundred tramps in one night, and these are handled by a staff of at most ...

... Gang’s Dark Oath”. Huck sneaks out in the middle of the night to meet up with Tom Sawyer in order to convene with their “gang of robbers”. As they are sneaking away, they make enough noise to attract the attention of Jim, Miss Watson's black slave. He comes out of the kitchen to see what caused the noise, and sits down in the dark to wait for it to happen again, but quickly gets tired and falls asleep. As he falls asleep, Huck wants to leave and meet the rest of the gang so that they don’t get caught, but Tom insists on playing a trick on Jim. So he lifts Jim's hat from his ...

... or the sound of a far away cab rolling along boulevards. The chapter mirrors the structure of the book it starts as we see a satisfied women content with her confinement and conformity at the convent. At first far from being boredom the convent, she enjoyed the company of the nuns, who, to amuse her, would take her into the chapel by way of a long corridor leading from the dining hall. She played very little during the recreation period and knew her catechism well. (Flaubert 30.) The chapter is also filled with images of girls living with in the protective walls of the convent, th ...

... and Fire Down Below. Goldings other novels include Pincher Martin, Free Fall, The Spire, The Pyramid and Darkness Visible. His essay's were collected in The Hot Gates. About the book Allegorical presentation - why ? I think that the author compare this little abandoned island, with the real world. On the island there were war, peace, etc. just like in the real world. It`s not hard figuring out why there's war in the world, when abandoned kids on an deserted island can't make peace. The happenings on the island are something that the author uses as an image of the world war 2, were Jack symbols Adolf Hitler, a ...

... in the society, the emergence of feminism, the importance of education, and the dominant influence of mysticism and superstition on people at the time. In this paper, I would first like to portray the influence of mysticism in the two novels, as well as to demonstrate how the everyday use of mysticism in their society is reflected in the writings of the Bronte sisters. In the novel Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte, mysticism is one of the prevailing themes. One of the first occurrences of a mystical situation is when Jane gets locked up in the Red Room where her uncle had died. When it starts to get dark, ...