… the assignment to visit the Museum of Fine Arts and pick a painting that “seems silent and still yet invites conversation” I was originally frustrated and wanted to just get it over with and pick out the first painting I saw. However, once I entered…

… structure of all objects" How Ondaatje makes use of "loosness" in the novel. In “In The Skin Of A Lion” by Michael Ondaatje, “the extreme looseness of the structure of all objects” is carried into the themes, characters and into the nature of…

… is an exciting adventure deep into the nether regions of the mind. The part of the brain that is suppressed by the mundane tasks of modern society. It is a struggle between Ralph and Jack, the boys and the Beast, good and evil. The story takes…

… novel, William Golding used a group of boys stranded on a tropical island to illustrate the malicious nature of mankind. Lord of the Flies dealt with changes that the boys underwent as they gradually adapted to the isolated freedom from society.…

… is a very symbolic peace of literature. Most of the symbols are very easy to identify and explain. One exception is clothing. Clothing was over looked as a symbol until the introduction of this symbolism project. It was overlooked because in our…

… – ’ ” Pg. 38 This sentence is appealing because technically, Piggy himself is a kid. Piggy thinks of other people as kids mainly because he is the most brilliant being on the island. Although Piggy is annoying when he whines about not…

… first to discover the conch. He always respected it along with Ralph. “We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us-.” (Piggy) It was used to call meetings and whoever held the conch during meetings got to…

… Lord of the Flies, a group of boys revert from civilized children to savages. The boys are stranded on a tropical island with no adults in authority to tell them what to do. Only one tool, a knife, and their intelligence provide the boys with the ways…

… Island is a microcosm of the evil we produce in the world today. Greed, power, domination are all factors of evil in the story line and in today’s society. The first human instinct is survival. The fittest will survive, as in the book, and…

… the most interesting book I have ever read. It is sort of a cross between Alive and Hatchet. Because the book is extremely addictive and written so superbly, it did not take long for me to get into and finish it. The characters were probably the…