PT: The boys all start to really want to go home, and then three boys went up to the mountain, and then they saw the beast, and ran back to camp. Chapter 8 1. Jack calls an assembly and says that Ralph is a coward like Piggy, Ralph doesn’t think the hunters are any good, and Jack declares that Ralph is not a proper chief (111-113). 2. Before Jack leaves the assembly, he is rejected and states that he is going out to his own tribe, and anyone who wants to join him may do so (113).
When he finally got the courage to shoot the lion he hit him once but the lion unfortunately ran into the tall grass in the safari. Even though he had the chance to chase the lion into the grass Macomber decided not to go into the grass to finish the lion off (15). The Next day, Francis is gaining a measure of courage as he engages in a standoff with a charging water buffalo, “get a little broadside and take him in the neck just behind the ear” (hemmingway23). Mrs. Macomber realizes that if Francis continues to prove himself strong and willful and courageous, he might leave her and rid himself forever of her sharp-tongued ridicule. Macomber is a coward and perhaps he doesn't deserve his manhood when he achieves it and maybe that's why he dies.
Where in The Lion King, the characters are animals, and the story takes place in the animal kingdom of Pride Land. The characters in both stories play a common role. In both cases, the kings (Mufasa and Hamlet’s father) are murdered by the king’s brothers (Scar and Claudius), the antagonists, who successfully take over the kingdoms. While the villains rule, the kingdoms slowly deteriorate. The dead king’s sons (Simba and Hamlet), the protagonists, despise the kings and do not really know what they had to do with their father’s death.
Vasudeva then becomes a guide for Siddhartha and travels by his side. Siddhartha then studies the river and can hear the river say "om". Kamala and a 11-year old boy come across Siddhartha and the ferry man to see Gotama. A snake then bites Kamala and she dies quickly, but before she died she told Siddhartha that the 11-year old boy is his son. Siddhartha then takes care of his son and developes love for him.
Both stories are of a young male character who is distraught by the early death of his father. An uncle takes the rightful place to the young princes' thrown, and both princes have to overcome their own doubts for the good of their home. Even from the very opening scene we can see the parallels between the two main characters. Simba, in The Lion King nearly embodies Hamlet. They are both the rightful heir to the thrown being son of the king.
Pride is good to have, but in Odysseus’s case, it’s a little too much. On the other hand, he does things that make him a great hero. When Circe turned his crew into animals, he climbed straight up a mountain, risking his life just to save his crew “Sweet milk and honey, then sweet wine, and last clear water; and I scattered barely down” ( line 553-554). He will do anything to get back to Ithaca and see his wife and son, no matter how crazy it is. He even goes into the underworld to speak to a prophet about how to get back to Ithaca.
Through the experiences he goes through he learns about the world and men and the consequences one can have from our own actions. Billy feels lost and wants to find out who he really is. Billy becomes obsessed with the she wolf. He wants to catch her and when finally he gets her he feels the wolf’s pain and wants to help her. Billy decided to take the wolf back to Mexico where she had come from.
As the meeting continue, Piggy raises concerns about not going to be rescued. Ralph replies that his dad will surely find the group. A six year old boy said he spots a “beastie” or a snake looking creature during their meeting. Ralph and Jack quickly told the group to reassure that there is no snake-like creature and it's the boy imagination. At the end of the meeting, Ralph propose an idea to create fire on the top of the mountain to signal at nearby planes or ships.
The soldiers fire at him as he swims, but Farquhar escapes into the woods and makes it back home to his wife. He is about to embrace her when he feels a blow on the back of his neck. Farquhar is dead, his body swings on the side of Owl Creek Bridge. In order to escape the actuality of the current state of his life, Farquhar deceives himself into believing that it is possible achieve glory, thus creating temporary realities as an attempt to escape his circumstances. When presented with the ability to be the hero he always dreamt of, Farquhar allows himself to be deceived, as an attempt to escape reality.
Byron Jackson Literary Essay #1 Outline Thesis: Although Rainsford, in “The Most Dangerous Game,” killed Zaroff in the end of the story, he will not become another human thirsty “Zaroff.” * In the beginning of the story Rainsford has a hardhearted attitude for the animals he hunts but this changes as he meets Zaroff and is no longer the predator but the prey. * No remorse from Rainsford is shown by the way he talks with his friend Whitney, on the ship, about hunting jaguar. (68) * Whitney did believe that jaguars could fear while Rainsfords argument was “Bah! They have no understanding.” * When Zaroff invites Rainsford in and tells him he hunts humans to fulfill his “addiction” to the hunt, Rainsford is bewildered and anguished. * When Zaroff says “Surely your experiences in the war—,” Rainsford does not even let him finish before saying “Did not make me condone cold-blooded murder.” * He continues to say “Thank you, I’m a hunter, not a murderer.” * Zaroff talks constantly about his hunts and how they bored him overtime.