In William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, a group of British schoolboys have crashed upon a desert island while being taken away from a war which is destroying the world. Forsaken and forlorn, what starts as a story from The Boxcar Children, ends up turning into anarchy, as the brutal pri...

Using political terms as an example, a democratic system can be easily changed into a dictatorship because of a small reason whether it be a coup or anything else. In the novel "Lord of the Flies", the children changed from civilized school boys to savages all because of atavism. Atavis...

A Character Analysis on two novels: Lord of the Flies & Of Mice and MenAuthors in the Twentieth Century gravitated toward literature that would strengthen the every day man. Presenting protagonist characters and the events that shape their lives as they are, create a certain amount of excellence to...

Authors in the Twentieth Century gravitated toward literature that would strengthen the every day man. Presenting protagonist characters and the events that shape their lives as they are demands a certain amount of excellence in a piece of literature. Two of the most enduring leading men are Willi...

The PearlAbout John SteinbeckJohn Ernst Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902. His father, John Steinbeck, Sr. was the County Treasurer and his mother, Olive Hamilton Steinbeck, was a former school teacher. As a youth, he worked as a ranch hand and fruit picker.Steinbeck at...

Censorship *****'s "Censorship, so far as I see it, is like a law which prohibits swimming altogether because such a law will prevent someone from swimming in a sewer" (Brower 1). Here, in the twenty- first century, the banning of thoughts and ideas in humanities and media has be...

Children who escape from rebel captivity are in poor shape: they are usually in lice-ridden rags, covered with sores, scarred from beatings and bullet wounds. According to World Vision\'s Robby Muhumuza, the children arrive at trauma counseling centers \"sick, malnourished, with low appetite. They h...

"The truth about man is not merely that he is, by nature, savage and afraid, but that he refuses deliverance, and murders the messenger of light"(Dick, "Criticism" 197). This view of our nature as human beings is based on the teachings of the Christian doctrine of original sin, a theory that has be...

Benjamin BarcelonaPiggy & Giordano BrunoFrom the dawn of humanity, to the eras of medieval and renaissance, all the way ourcurrent modern society, and even to the yet to be experiences distant future humanity has alwayshad problems with one natural event...change. In late 16th century, there was an...

Crosby 1 Messenger The term angel derives from a Greek translation of the Hebrew word mal'akh, which first meant "Shadow side of God," and now means messenger (Jeremiah 59). Angels as an article of faith have become an unshakeable part of our so...

Issue 1: If drugs were legalized, would drug use increase or decrease? Would crime and additional drug-related problems worsen or not? If illegal drugs were decriminalized, the same people who use drugs now would probably continue to use them. However, they wouldn't have to steal to supp...

In the midst of war, a transport plane carrying a group of English boys is shot down, crashing in a thick jungle on a deserted island. Scattered by the wreck, the surviving boys lose each other. One of the older boys, Ralph, meets Piggy, a chubby, intellectual boy, on the beach. They discover a larg...

We live in a world that demands obedience to authority which are necessary for society to function. Yet, obedience can have sinister effects on society, as authority figures have little need to justify actions. Conformity is an effect that influences everyone to do things they might not have other...

The Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount is one of Jesus' most quoted, and most referenced teachings. The Sermon, a guideline to Christian behavior, worship, and spirituality, is found in the Gospel According to Matthew, chapters 5, 6, and 7. The sermon is broken into a vast array of ideol...

Crosby 1 MessengerThe term angel derives from a Greek translation of the Hebrew word mal'akh, which first meant "Shadow side of God," and now means messenger (Jeremiah 59). Angels as an article of faith have become an unshakeable part of our society. One in every ten popular songs involv...

School is in conflict - over a banned book! Who ever heard of a literary classic being banned from school? Well, that's just what happens at the George Mason High School when a small group of parents and students brand Huckleberry Finn as racist, sexist and immoral, and persuade the principal ...

Religion Osiris was Nut and Gab first child. Osiris was the god of vegetation and the first living pharaoh of Egypt. Osiris believed to be the first pharoah, and the first god who was king, in Egypt. Osiris had a son named Horus. Osiris was murdered by his brother Seth, the god of evil. S...

INTRODUCTIONVirgil (70-19 BC), Roman poet, author of the masterpiece the Aeneid, and the most influential work of literature produced in ancient Rome. Life Virgil was born Publius Vergilius Maro in Andes, a village in northern Italy near Mantua. His father was a farmer. Virgil was thoroughly educate...

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) is an impressive, engrossing piece of film-making from first-time director/screenwriter Frank Darabont who adapted horror master Stephen King's 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (first published in Different Seasons). The inspirational, life-affirmin...

SHOWDOWN! Mayhem!!! Cameras fade in to a ferocious crowd. Signs can be seen all around the arena with such phrases as "Moosing aint easy", "Assassinate me!", "I'm Loco Baby", and one in the nose bleed section, "Nurse Naughty, Let's Play Doctor." Starvin: Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the Mayhem i...