He portrays the swamp as a wildlife resort, where tourists would come and go to see a beautiful place. This fact is expressed in his careful and descriptive diction, such as, "wildlife refuge,""giant tupelo," and "bald cypress," which helps the reader understand that the Okefenokee Swamp is an amazing location, even though it has an informative textbook like tone. The author depicts the animals as just being there on the side minding their own business; mentioning only the harmless ones. He adds, “Alligators are also present,” as a casual reminder. This further implies that the author uses formal diction and an informative tone to disregard the evil lurking in the swamps by only giving facts that establish an illustration of a perfect swamp.
This quote tells how Simon knows Ralph will get back and is trying to give Ralph some hope in this dark time of depression. This statement also implies that Simon knows Ralph, himself, will get back home. Simon has no fear when it comes to the Beast because his gut feeling tells him that it is only the boys: “However Simon thought of the Beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human once heroic and sick” (103). Simon thinks that the beast is the inner demons of themselves. He believes that if they want to find out what it is they should go towards it instead run away this one fact sets him apart from the rest of the tribe, it also gives him this fearlessness that none of the other boys have.
Jack at the beginning had that “Civilized Instinct” but lost it because he kept on hunting and got suck into the wild jungle island. The boys elected Ralph as chief and GROUSES at the fact that they didn't pick him. He became a part of the island, he believed the “Beast” was real , Ralph had second thoughts. He knew they would
As the persona is inside the egg, high camera angle shots are used, symbolising dominance, however as the persona leaves the egg, he appears to be pink and naked. The nakedness of the character is symbolic of the lack of safety and security provided when leaving the old world and venturing into the unknown. The changing camera angle to a low reinforces this. Also, the brushing off of the dirt on his arm acts as a metaphor for the brushing away of his past or old world and looking towards the future. This stands in stark contrast to “The Story of Tom Brennan” as the reviving energies of nature energies of nature allow him to feel “free and light.” Also the notion that a sense of permanence exists when leaving the old world is evidenced when the persona unsuccessfully attempts to piece together the shell of the egg.
Consequently the very nature of both authorities demands collective conformity, and this is the driving force for the abolishment of individualism. However the extent to which this happens is different in both novels. In Lord of the Flies, towards the end of the novel individualism is nearly diminished, as almost all the boys in the island had joined Jack’s tribe as a group of “savages”. This meant that all of them had become the same to support the new regime. The sense of despair is felt as Ralph reflects on this – “Samneric were savages like the rest…” The fact that he thought “the rest” were all “savages” implies that he thought each individual were identical characteristically in their violent ways.
Nature is almost like a character, personified as listening, commenting on, and interacting with the other characters. At the same time, it can be menacing. The Puritan community is like an island surrounded by nature, bordered on one side by a huge expanse of woods, home to Native Americans, and on the other the big blue Atlantic Ocean. Speaking of the Atlantic Ocean, in life of pi, I believe this relates in a way as Pi found his true religion when he was away from society and socialization. He was lost at sea with a tiger just trying to survive, feeling alone and lost and all he has is Richard Parker just as Hester does and all she feels all she has is Pearl.
‘As if,’ said Simon, ‘the beastie, the beastie or the snake-thing, was real. Remember?’” (Golding 19) The previous quotation represents that Ralph wants to build shelters, because he knows that the kids are afraid—but all Jack wants to do is hunt. Would that have helped? We know that the boys themselves are the beast, but the boys don't. Maybe building huts would have helped them feel safe enough to keep Simon
The poem “Bushed” by Earle Birney is written in a free- verse style with lines of irregular length. The title of the poem i.e. ‘bushed’, itself suggests the theme of isolation and wilderness or about someone who is lost or mentally disturbed by living in wild bushes. It describes the story or experiences of a man who wants to live in isolation, away from the mankind and fret and fever of city life, to lead a solitary life somewhere near the mountains or river, in the lap of nature. This isolation, from the outer world and mankind, pleases him in the beginning and he is charmed with the untouched beauty of the mountains, river and forest but after a while, this serenity and calmness of the forest turns into a scary wild atmosphere and soon,
So don’t try it on, my poor misguided boy, or else…” (Goldman 131). The Lord of the Flies also tells Simon that the beast is real, because he is the beast. Simon does not fall for the trap or give in to temptation because it is against his moral values. “Pig’s head on a stick” (Goldman 130), Simon says to the Lord of the Flies. By not allowing his civilization to slip away, Simon is able to understand what the beast truly is: it is a savage instinct that is inside all of the boys that influences their every decision.
‘The glory invites me’ Discuss how feelings and ideas inspired by the natural world are explored in ‘The Glory’. In your answer, explore the effects of language, imagery and verse form, and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Thomas you have studied. Edward Thomas’ poem ‘The Glory’ is one about the beauty of nature, and the way he uses it to escape from other troubled parts of his life. In this poem, he depicts how nature helps him to find peace, though it is not unequivocal as it reminds him of how imperfect he is himself in comparison to nature, as well as his inability to capture its flawlessness. One way in which Thomas seems inspired by the natural world is through his contrast between the simplistic beauty of nature “sky and meadow and forest”, “untouched dew”, “new mown hay”, and the impossible complexity of expressing this beauty in words “I cannot bite the day to the core”.