‘one patch touched a tree trunk and scrambled up like a bright squirrel’. Undeniably giving a similarity of the sudden change to the speed of the fire from crawling away like a innocent babe to the likeness of a red squirrel scrambling up the tree. Admittedly he creates the impression that the fire which was humble at the beginning has gone wild and threatening ,here the author again emphasises on the fire having a life of its own because like a squirrel it can’ scramble ‘up a tree and is of a bright colour. Interestingly , the author uses metaphor ’the squirrel leapt on the wings of wind and clung to another tree, eating downwards ‘. He compared the fire to a red squirrel that has similar characteristics to the fire, it moves quick it can use the wind to leap to another tree and known of being vicious this is shown by ‘’eating downwards’’.
"This was a savage whose image refused to blend with that ancient picture of a boy in shorts and shirt" (Golding, 169). This quote is from the novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding; Golding said that the boys looked and acted like savages and were no longer the tidy boys they once were. Lord of the Flies is about a group of English boys, ages 6 to 12, whose plane was shot down while transporting them to safety during an atomic war. The children were left on an unpopulated island where they had to use the natural resources provided for them and their own skills to survive. Within a short time, the rule of reason is overthrown and the survivors regress to savagery, which can be easily seen throughout their hunts.
“ Creepers shivered p. 86 Irony Verbal irony- in lord of the flies when piggy says “ acting like a crowd of kids”! its ironic because they are a crowd of kids. Dramatic irony- when everyone thinks there is a beast, but we know that its just a dead man attached to a parachute. Situational irony- happens at the end when the fire jack set on the island that is meant to smoke out Ralph got the rescued. Hyperbole “ in a year or two when the war’s over , they’ll be traveling to mars and back”.
For instance, while hunting, Jack came alive in the austere ominousness of the forest and jumped off the page, making every violent and vigorous movement almost instinctively. ”Jack was bent double… with his nose only a few inches from the humid earth…[he] breathed gently with flared nostrils…opened his eyes, that with frustration, seemed bolting and nearly mad” (Golding 48). Jack had become, uncannily, one with nature. This image evokes in the reader, the adjacency of the newly evolved Jack and a primitive almost pre-human creature. At this point, Golding has developed Jack as a proselytistic character who has converted into the forest life.
The prose of Fahrenheit 451 is less than literary fiction. Bradbury uses three main elements that contribute to the dramatic structure of Fahrenheit 451. His use of similes, imagery, and situational irony are present in his writing. An example of a simile is “The books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers.” (Bradbury 117). Bradbury is describing the books burning, fast and furiously.
The writer provides vivid details and conveys emotions when sketching the characters (e.g. “Arliss’ tears made dark splotches in the dust that covered them”) or the dangers (e.g. the wild hogs “roaring and popping their teeth, cutting high and fast with gleaming white tushes that they keep whetted to the sharpness of knife points”). Such descriptive writing draws me into Travis’ world. The third reason for choosing this book is its many twists and turns.
Lord of the Flies – Assignment Right VS Wrong In the novel “Lord of the Flies” the kids did both right and wrong things. The right things that they boys did are: for example in chapter 2 Ralph finds a conch and decides to use it for calling all the other boys to plan out the things that they are going to do to survive instead of playing with it like an amateur , that is one example of a right thing that they did. Another example is that in chapter 4 again Ralph decides to use the fire that the hunters and others were using for roasting the pig as a sign for help/hope on top of the mountain. The wrong things that the boys did are: in chapter 7 after not getting the pig, the hunters decided to play a game where they pretend the pig was Robert
This is shown when the boys use the glasses to start a fire for themselves, which is a crucial element to survival. “Ralph moved the lenses back and forth, this way and that, till a glossy white image of the declining sun lay on a piece of rotten wood.” (41) This describes when they used Piggy’s glasses to make the fire on the mountain. The glasses are also used to represent order and when the first lenses shatters, it signifies the start of corruption in their society. The pig head that was impaled on the stake symbolizes the evil within the boys and was a sacrifice to please the beast. When Simon hallucinates and hears the pig head talking to him, it foreshadows his death by explaining who the beast really is.
To achieve a mark in band 4 or higher, candidates should offer a substantial treatment of both parts. 7 Question 3 How does Golding present violence in Lord of the Flies? (30 marks) Indicative content A01 The various violent events which occur: the deaths, the hunting The savagery of Jack‟s tribe – both in attitude and action The attitude of Jack and Roger What the violence represents A02 How Jack and Ralph are presented by Golding Contrast of the description of the death of Simon and the death of Piggy The language/chanting of the boys as they hunt the pig Structure: the gradual descent of the boys into savagery, how it is foreshadowed and how the ending changes things 8 Question 4 How does Golding present Piggy as „a true, wise friend‟? (30 marks) Indicative content A01 Overt consideration of the words „true‟ and „wise‟ in relation to Piggy Piggy at the start of the novel and the conch Others‟ attitudes to him His relationship with Ralph and how he is also a „friend‟ to the island A02 Presentation of Piggy‟s appearance and his speech which seem at odds with his wisdom The description of his death and what it symbolises How Golding presents others‟ attitudes to him His glasses and the idea of
The entire poem uses images to enlighten its meaning. For example, in lines 2-3, "Into the dangerous world I leapt: Helpless naked piping loud..." Blake writes in such a way that allows the reader to see the change that takes place, when a baby enters this world. The poem reveals that it is not a pleasant and peaceful entrance, but an unkind and dishonest world that the innocent is forced to come into. Also, lines 5-6, Blake also utilizes imagery as he described himself in infancy as "piping loud like a fiend hiding in a cloud". This shows the reader Blake sees newborns as raging creatures instead of sanguine cherubs.