Deep inside every person lurks a savage and dark side. However, if never pushed to the brink of mental capacity and catastrophe, this darkness might never be seen. In William Golding’s Lord Of the Flies, the reader witnesses young boys brought to an untamed island, and they soon become very untamed themselves. Proof of this is found when the more fearful the boys become of the beast, the more savage they become. Also, they turn off their emotions, allowing them to kill their old friends and acquaintances.
With his great sense of awareness, the agile nature of the mongoose outwits both snakes. The snakes decide that because Rikki is too strong, they would kill the family that adopted him instead of Rikki. ‘When the house is emptied of people’, said Nagaina to her husband, ‘he will have to go away and the garden will be our own again’(17). As Nag sneaks into the family bathroom, the cobra decides to wait until morning to kill the father. Rikki never gives Nag the chance and attacks him immediately.
The entire city now no more belongs to human species but red eye creatures The Zombies who are seeking for gores and committing ruthless slaughter to those who fear them. The Zombie, the movie character which is called Modern Monster, was originated from South African folklore. Continuously, the character has acquired popularity in movies throughout our modern popular culture. Not like a popcorn flicks, Zombie movies especially after 9/11 attack convey metaphors that contain our social concern at the time. Directed by Danny Boyle, the movie '28 Days Later', which depicts a quarantined society swept by rage virus where human beings fight each other to survive, indirectly points out serious social issues which increased include insecure daily life, alienation, unethical cultural invasion, and warning biochemical hazards through disturbing scenes.
Mankind's carelessness proves their arrogance in believing that they are good enough to tamper with life as we know it. Change can happen in an instant, by accident, or on purpose. Carelessness is shown through Time Safari Inc. when they take five hunters into prehistoric times to hunt a Tyrannosaurous Rex. Thoughout the journey the hunters are warned and reminded to stay on the anti-gravity metal "Path" given to them to avoid altering the future. But when one careless, cowardly man, Eckles, catches sight of the monsterous dinosaur he walks blindly off of the Path and squashes a butterfly.
In "The Wasp Factory" Frank Cauldhame and his brother Eric, behave in an erratic and dangerous manner; harming animals, and committing acts of murder. Both John Fowles and Iain Banks use the concept of the implied reader, in which the two principal protagonists of each novel "speak to" a specific reader in mind in an attempt to have the story interpreted in a particular way. This essay will explore the representation of such behaviour, as well as the idea of misogyny, misanthropy and witchcraft; which all can be described as "psychopathic." Both principal male protagonists Frank in "The Wasp Factory" and Frederick in "The Collector" present a disturbing initial impression in the opening to the novels. At the beginning of "The Collector" little is known of the male protagonist, if anything Frederick appears quite normal, if a bit bland.
The novel came to be written when Shelley and her husband were visiting their friends, and a bet was made on who could create the best ‘ghost story’, Mary claimed to have a ‘vision’ which gave her inspiration for the story of Frankenstein. Other stories which Mary would of known during her time writing the novel was the story of Prometheus and the story of Adam and Eve. Prometheus was an ancient Greek demigod who stole fire from Zeus, and gave the fire to mankind. Similarities between Victor Frankenstein and Prometheus are they both created life; Prometheus gave to the fire away to mankind, so the people had new lives, and Frankenstein gave life to the monster. Other similarities are they are both tormented.
“the monster stepped on the bright paved floor, crazed with evil anger; from his strange eyes an ugly light shone out like fire". This stated lead the reader with a vicious perception of Grendal. In Grendal, Grendal is described as a descendant of Cain, the first murderer in the Bible. This would make him evil in the eyes of an audience of his day. He lives in the marsh which is away from human society and his attack on Herot is thought of as hatred or dislike towards humans.
In Charles Bowden’s disturbing book, Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields. Bowden writes, “Imagine living in a place where you can kill anyone you wish and nothing happens except that they fall dead” (xiii). Readers should brace themselves as Bowden reports on the unspeakable horror of the violent streets, mass graves and death houses. Feel the pain and fear of the Mexican people. They live in extreme poverty, mixed with corruption, greed and betrayal.
Writing to describe Wednesday 11th September Natasha Wilson Year 11 That moment arriving at the Army Training Camp, with sudden shocks bursting through the vehicle, the dirty brown creaking door fiercely shock open there was a terrified deceiving tear. The destroyed, defeated and dying enemies laying, like dull crooked, old-fashioned stone statue just like a crone or corps. Frozen on the pulled poppies marking through down, down, down on the broken battlefield. Shivering as the feeling of Rueben-Red roses ripping its way through my scorching souls viciously eager to harm. Burning through my throat… As the fear of traumatised soldiers fleeing their way.
the big yellow and black spiders that have the solid white zig-zag down the middle of the web. My brother, being the competitor he is, ignored all the spiders and finished the race. Transistion: So walking into spiderwebs is a scary and annoying pet peeve. Now i want to tell you about a couple of annoying pet peeve. II.