Black was usually at night, when the dark clouds caused by nuclear warheads, thickened to the colour of tar. Grey on the other hand was all that clouded the sky, it wasn't light nor was it pitch black, but it gave a depressing glow and the promise that life would never be the same. Buildings had been reduced to tall blasé ruins, streets were eroding away, broken automobiles littered the streets, and people were divided up into many varieties. Scavengers moved like animals, they looked like them too. The moved with incredible speed crawling on all fours.
Behind the wheel of his Chevrolet Blazer, he was over the legal limit of alcohol consumption. He was at a level of 0.14% when the legal limit is 0.10%. Baxter drove boys to the liquor store where they bought a six-pack of beer. The boys were unable to buy the alcohol, as they all were underage. But they had made the fake identification card that let them purchase it.
The words that are used are unique in a way that it creates this atmosphere that it feels like the story is unraveling right before you. Words combinations such as flaccid waistline, sallow urban complex, swift and passionate, are all helpful to visualize the story. The sentences that are put together help to form a visual in the mind that is incredible. “The land fled past, the rock-stabbed earth, the scrub flattened by wind shriveled by violent sun. Way off in the distance, as ominous as mounting clouds, a line of mountains stood darkly along the horizon”.
“Holy crap I am so getting a ticket.” “Is there a reason why you were driving so fast?” He then asked me. “Well”, I replied, “To be honest I was trying to get here to help the guys load all our gear and quads, so they didn’t have to do it by themselves. Also, I am so used to driving the truck with the speedometer being off that I didn’t think much of it driving the car. That’s my fault though for not paying attention, I apologize.” He gave me a foolish look like what a stupid blonde, then he looked at Dallas. “She’s telling the truth, the truck is off.” Dallas piped up.
Jasmine Zamora Professor Izaquirre English 6015 January 31, 2013 “Love in L.A.” by Dagoberto Gilb Plot: “Love in L.A.” is a story that is set on the streets of Los Angeles in the heat of traffic. Our characters are Jake and Mariana. Ironically, while Jake is sitting in traffic, imagining about all of this freedom that he has, he collides with the car that is in front of him. For Jake it took a fender bender for his freedom to swell up. Even his license plate had “expired so long ago,” that he got one from the junkyard.
Then the setting describes an evening sky that had turned red, yellow and black, as he saw burning books turning into sparkling whirls and blew away causing the wind to turn black. This story takes place in a futuristic time, they lived in a controlled environment where they lacked freedom and they weren’t allowed to have books, TV’s and etc… and they also lacked choices. (page.1) 2. The setting creates a strong sorrow feeling, just knowing a whole society is being controlled due to town laws. The mood sort of feels very sad and empty to where they have
Speeding over the Queensborough Bridge in Gatsby’s vehicle, Nick feels like an explorer setting eyes on New York for the first time. Again and again, automobiles give Fitzgerald’s characters a sense of excitement and possibility. But Fitzgerald repeatedly shows that these awe-inspiring cars are dangerous, misleading, and destructive. Soon after his wedding, Tom endangers his life by getting into a heavily publicized car accident. (By noting that there is a young female hotel employee in the passenger seat, Fitzgerald suggests that the accident also endangers Tom’s marriage.)
Piggy’s death didn’t phase anyone except Ralph, who you then decided to throw spears at. Luckily Ralph was able to escape, but the rest of Ralph’s tribe had to face Jack’s authority. Everything I represented, civilization, order, was gone amongst most of you. This also led to fire on the island that would of destroyed all of you if you weren’t rescued. I hope that if you ever get stranded somewhere else you’ll realize what happened here and you’ll be able to retain
There is people committing crimes. That is only natural for people to become desperate and rob each other when it comes to survival and you have basically nothing you are going to fight to survive. There are people moving in groups and crowds to the north looking and hoping for a better life. In Earth 2100, it talks about rich oil companies not wanting to give up their power; in Parable of the Sower she talks about whole cities being run by companies. Natural causes, no active government, shortage of food and supplies due to depleteion of natural resources, are all reasons for society collapse in both Parable of the Sower and Earth
It only takes a moment for a car to drift into another lane or off of the road and cause an accident. While some people are able to multitask, use a mobile phone, and drive at the same time, others cannot. When the focus is not on driving, speed limits are not honored, along with other driving duties, which can make other drivers aggressive. When receiving negative news on the mobile phone, it could cause someone to lose control of the vehicle. One young lady in the community was on her way to work, her mobile phone had fell in the passenger floor board, the phone rang, she reached down to get it, eyes off of the road for one second, she left the road, was thrown from her car, pinned against a tree, and is paralyzed from the waist down.