They killed us with land mines and booby traps; they disappeared in the night, or into the tunnels, or into the elephant grass and bamboo” (199n21). At the time the Vietnam war seemed unforgiving and mysterious, in ways that it made most soldiers naturally evil who in which portrayed enormous grief upon the enemy. It was a time where in every soldier's head they carried a motto, “kill or be killed.” In the novel, In The Lake Of The Woods, small and simple footnotes are attached at the end of important chapters and they give the reader clues concerning the story or they expresses symbolic twists that make the novel somewhat unpredictable. The Footnote I have chosen runs on the back of chapter 20. The small passage explains related truth on the Vietnam War, symbolizes what John Wade, the protagonists, has witnessed, and finally how it portrays the rest of the novel.
The idea of a corpse laying on a street and thought to be acceptable for a city is spine-chilling. Dan Barry, portrays this daunting image in a reader’s head very well in the article “Hurricane Katrina: The Corpse on Union Street”. He goes into detail of how everything functioned in the aftermath of a city that was hit by a devastating hurricane. The city is haunted by the absence of its people and their once proudly “sweetly blown jazz”. People are murdered and their corpse lay there for days.
The stories give a very in-depth characterization of the environment that each of the characters are currently experiencing. In “The Things They Carried” the description of the Vietnam environment is unforgiving, “they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it…” (O’Brien 157). This shows that this is not a friendly climate and in fact creates some interesting intricacies in the mental battle the soldiers are having. You can compare this to the depressing environment that Rolf is dealing with in trying to free Azucena, “Forests and rivers had also been swept away, and there was nothing to be seen but an immense desert of mire” (Allende 302), as well as “They discovered the girl’s head protruding from the mud pits, eyes wide open, calling soundlessly” (Allende 302). This gives insight that Rolfe is not on vacation in some the tropics of South America, but dealing with a very deadly situation.
They felt an earthquake.They saw things pass them so fast.They saw robbers, bad sales men,and people who woud want to hurt you. It seemed as if the world was sucking in all of the bad people in this world into the it's core. Sudenly they saw a small ball of flam that was comeing from the giant crack in earth. (the giant crack is under the high peek. Now Henrry and his wife Lily had more knowledge about what was happening.They both looked in every book that they could get there hands on and they didn't find a thing that said something about what they saw.The only book they haded read was the Christian Bible.
The characters have all come from countries that have are filled with darkness; this is shown by Tan’s use of harsh dark lines and shadowy figures overwhelming the cities. Tan shows the stories of other characters that the protagonist meets throughout the book, all with an imposing threat of war, or some other factor, driving the characters together. The bombardment of images all showing different symbols represent the confusion of the protagonist much like the confusion Skrzynecki has about Warsaw. The bewildered expression depicted on the protagonists’ face as he tries to find a place to stay reflects
With out the knowledge of how Polio was spread, isolation became standard. Doctors were in a race to discover a vaccine, and many of the first attempts were more than failures. At the crest of the epidemic in Minneapolis, the fear that gripped the residents was palpable. The streets, restaurants and stores mirrored that of a ghost town. People actually just packed up their life and moved away.
The almighty kept the demons out, but soon split into different forms of evil. The evil opposed the Lora’s will and Defeated again and again. Later, Grendel and Herot had a conversation about what the warrior’s next move was going to be. He found them sound asleep and suspected nothing. The monsters soon slipped though the door and silently killed thirty men and ran with there bodies while the was dripping.
Taylor Davis Mr. Brumback Language Arts April 20, 2009 The McGill The villain is the most hated character in every novel. Sometimes the villain can be anyone from a criminal to a monster. In the captivating novel Everlost by Neal Shusterman there is a monster named the McGill. The McGill roams Everlost in search of souls to work for him on his ship. To get to Everlost you have to be off track going to the place that you were supposed to go after your life had ended.
To Kill a Mockingbird Essay “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” This quote was said by Atticus and clearly describes the situation of Boo Radley, Tom Robinson and Atticus Finch. Throughout the story, To Kill a Mockingbird, many events occur which all revolve around the same theme; you don’t know someone until you walk in his/her shoes. Boo Radley is rarely seen or heard of in the story, and because of this Maycomb folks make assumptions on what he truly is, an evil and vicious person. Miss Stephanie Crawford claims that Boo Radley isn’t a nice person, based on her “encounters” with him, and the rest of Maycomb County believes her rumours. The more the people spreads the rumours, the more Boo’s supposed personality builds up.
An example of Grendel killing the innocent people around him is, when Beowulf’s warriors are sleeping Grendel sneaks into the room, attacks the men and tares them to pieces. Throughout the years Grendel has been attacking the innocent people and staying away from the great mead hall where the men gather, sing, and drink. The horrible