The song “Keep Your Head Up” is an excellent representation of Ralph’s character since it’s about remaining optimistic and hopeful, even in the hard times, which is what Ralph tries to do. The lyric, “You’ll turn out fine” corresponds to Ralph’s attitude, especially during the beginning of Lord of the Flies when he says, “’This is our island. This is a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun’” (Golding 35). Ralph continuously tells the boys that they’ll be rescued and that everything will be all right. The line in the song that says, “It’s kinda hard to watch this life go by” reminds me of the beginning of chapter seven when Ralph is thinking about how much the boys’ appearances have changed. He realizes how dirty and unkempt they all look, as opposed to how clean they looked before they landed on the island. After this, the book says, “He discovered with a little fall of heart that these were the conditions he took as normal now and that he did not mind,” which conveys the feeling that Ralph doesn’t enjoy dwelling on how being on the island has changed their lives for the worse (Golding 110). The verse, “Seeing all the angles, starts to get tangled/I start to compromise/My life and the purpose/Is it all worth it/Am I gonna turn out fine?” matches the part of the story a page after the last quote when Ralph sees the ocean and starts to doubt that they’ll ever be rescued. This hopeless feeling is best shown when Golding describes, “On the other…
In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales religious authority is challenged when the Wife of Bath appropriates male language in the form of a mock sermon to argue against the typical religious ideologies outlined by 14th century anti-feminist literature. The Wife of Bath challenges the Bible by using scripture and employing the genre of a mock sermon - a satirical form that uses scripture to add weight to an argument that has a didactic lesson - to advocate “a message opposite to the kind that preachers…
One important reason that Laura and Howie’s excursion was an immature and foolish series of actions, for which they should be punished is that Laura and Howie did not have to leave the island at all. When Howie and Laura were left on the island the counselors were coming back to get Laura and Howie, therefore they didn’t have to leave the island. What Brock Cole is saying is that the counselors were going to bring Laura and Howie back to camp but, instead they ran away and endangered…
CHAPTER SIX Literary Device "Mutinously, the boys fell silent or muttering." In this quote, the author choses to establish tension between Ralph and the others through his words by writing that the children were not respectful to Ralph's command. I see this quote showing that Ralph is losing his authority over the children and the children are respecting Ralph less and less. Due to the author's choice of words, I could see this conflict progressing throughout the story and changing the way the…
In Douglas Quenqua’s article for The New York Times, “Muscular Body Image Lures Boys Into Gym, and Obsession”, Quenqua focuses on young boys and the risks they are willing to face in order to achieve a chiseled body. This isn’t the first time that Quenqua has written about body image. Douglas Quenqua also wrote the article “Tell Me, Even if it Hurts Me” for The New York Times. Quenqua writes about culture, science, media, lifestyle, and dogs. To begin with, Douglas Quenqua’s audience in…
Tabitha bedwell Mr. Tischer Techniques of writing 20 November, 2016 Teen Titans V.S. Teen Titans GO! Teen Titans was a soul searching, and heart wrenching comic: on the other hand “Teen Titans GO!” Is a humorous, and funny comic. These two comics although having the same characters and basically the same name are extremely different. Teen Titans was beneficial to the audience and provided the proper way to act in any situation while still having a great storyline and entertaining…
I. Country Music Superstar Troyal Garth Brooks better known as Garth Brooks. Has an interesting story in the music industry, starting at a young age Garth sang to perform and always had to be the center of attention. Garth has a huge love for family and friends; the music was just a voice. Nemours albums and music awards made Brooks the king of country music. Who was Garth behind the mic, besides a performer? Looking in his past, present, and future where Garth unleashes stories of childhood,…
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 7, 1962, was Troyal Garth Brooks who is now known nationally as a country music singer. He was the youngest child of his father and mother, Troyal Raymond Brooks, Jr., who was a draft man for an oil company; Colleen McElroy Carroll a 1950's era country singer of Irish. Both his mother and father had been married before so that gave Garth four half-siblings. They then had Kelly and Garth together. Where they lived in Yukon, Oklahoma the family would host talent…
When we are watching new movie or observing somebody’s life, we are excited because we hope to see or learn something that will surprise us. The theory of Klosterman about voyeurism is that: “voyeurism pleasure is more physical than psychological.” (7). Most of the time voyeurism is boring because, our expectations are almost always crushed by the reality; nothing surprising happens; and after a certain period, things start repeating. Furthermore, sometimes expectations are literally turned…
contemporary country music boom was that of Garth Brooks.” (Rolling Stone) He was originally born with the name of Troyal Garth Brooks on February 7, 1962. His career started while he attended Oklahoma State University, singing in bars and clubs. Following college, he moved to Nashville and eventually was signed onto Capitol Records. Brooks is the biggest-selling solo recording artist in American music history. He is the only artist to have four albums achieve Diamond status, each of them…