Matenge is clearly the antagonist of the novel. Head’s characterisation of Matenge is almost comical. He is a overweight and egotistical meglomaniac. He lives off the poor and his inherited unpaid slaves. He parades his wealth and strokes his own ego in his dress and through his actions. He wears a purple robe and sits in high-backed‚ throne-like chair. He is primarily concerned with bolstering his own image and nursing his ideas of his own self-importance. He believes that his status as sub-chief
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ROGER The character of Roger is used by Golding to track the boys’ descent into savagery as the novel progresses. This can be seen in all chapters of the book. In chapter 1‚ he is introduced as having an “inner intensity of secrecy”. This is very foreshadowing and hints that although he seems normal now‚ he could have a very dark soul. However‚ Roger is the one who suggests that the boys have a vote to decide the chief‚ “‘Well‚’ said Jack‚ ‘I—’ He hesitated. The dark boy‚ Roger‚ stirred at last
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Mr. Yellow was the light switch controller god of the world whose duty was to turn on and off the switch on time every day. When the Mr. Mountain woke up‚ he would knock on Mr. Yellow’s door and Mr. Yellow would ride his red dragon‚ enter the mouth of the mountain‚ riding through the tunnels‚ passing by the fishermen‚ the night owl‚ mining area‚ and finally reach the sacred entrance of the world bulb. His daily life had always been so ordinary and regular until this day came … Mr. Yellow had just
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Inner vs. Outer Beauty Eliot contrasts inner and outer beauty throughout the novel to express the idea that external and internal realities do not always correspond. Although Hetty is more physically beautiful than Dinah‚ she is cold and ugly inside. Hetty’s outer beauty masks her inner ugliness‚ especially to Captain Donnithorne and Adam. Even when Hetty cries or is angry‚ she still appears lovely to both men. Adam is so blinded by Hetty’s appearance that he often misinterprets her tears and excitement
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The Evil in Humanity As the students sit in orderly rows facing the board‚ their faces are composed as they patiently wait for their teacher to call on them for an answer. However‚ the moment the teacher steps out of the classroom‚ chaos ensues. Boys yell across the room to each other while girls pull out their phones to check messages. The longer the teacher’s absence‚ the wilder the scene gets. Projectiles fly through the air and students tackle each other to the floor. While seemingly innocent
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Life is defined by time‚ appreciate the beauty of time; A time to plant ‚ a time to harvest. A time to cry ‚ a time to laugh. A time to be sad‚ a time to be happy. A time to be born‚ a time to die.” This in itself is how man wants to perceived‚ but actuality we are innately human beings. This parable begins with a group of unsuspected children being flung into a disaster situation. My first glance was that seems that these boys are working to a temporary civilization until help arrives. But in reality
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Devendra Sahid 3/14/17 My Essay The story of Anthem takes place in some unspecified future time and place in which freedom and individual rights have been obliterated. Collectivism — the political philosophy holding that an individual exists solely to serve the state — is dominant and has led to the establishment of a global dictatorship of the Fascist or Communist variety. Equality 7-2521 is a Street Sweeper of the city‚ having been chosen for this profession by the Council of Vocations. However
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“99 Cent” was an iconic photograph taken by the German photographer‚ Andreas Gursky in 1999. Gursky takes an ordered‚ indexical approach to his work. Capturing scenes with enormous amounts of visual information. Gursky has been known to subtly enhance and adjust the structure of his photographs‚ which enables the viewers to assimilate and consume more feasible with just our eyes alone. 99 Cent is a perfect example of the spectacle surrounding consumerism‚ as it is composed in an organized and rigorous
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There have been many disasters movies from Hollywood‚ and San Andreas is another disaster film. This movie is about how an earthquake started in the Hoover Dam (Clark County‚ Nevada)‚ but then it spread out to San Francisco and a Tsunami came. I know some movies are depressing‚boring‚awful but San Andreas is not one of those kind of movies. This movie is an entertaining movie that you could watch every single day. People think that this movie is a bad one. But this is a wonderful movie. The first
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How does Levy tell the story in the Prologue? Levy uses a number of different techniques and aspects of narrative in order to tell the story in the prologue of Small Island. She opens the story in the perspective of Queenie‚ but when she was a child (‘Before’) – (use of time as an aspect). This is also the use of characterisation to tell the story‚ because the perspective lends a naivety to the telling of the story‚ the most prominent example being when Queenie meets the African man – she is intimidated
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