... older boys have started to call "littluns"-reach fruit hanging from a high branch. He walks deeper into the forest and eventually finds a thick jungle glade, a peaceful, beautiful open space full of flowers, birds, and butterflies. Simon looks around to make sure that he is alone, then sits down to take in the scene, marveling at the abundance and beauty ... novel's philosophical poles-civilization and savagery. Simon, Ralph, and Piggy represent the idea that power should be used for the good of the group and the protection of the littluns-a stance representing the instinct toward civil...

• Word Count: 11237
• Approx Pages: 45
• Grade Level: High School

... which he couldn't leap. Something hollow, so when alone, when not aligned with another- whether it was Ambrose or Clara or Alice- he could hear the rattle within that suggested a space between him and community. A gap of love,"" (Ondaatje, pg.157) suggests his feelings of separation from his close companions. It also reveals Patrick's thoughts and characteristic qualities. Patrick Lewis ... , which is Patrick's act of storytelling, as well as of the micro stories contained in it. Like Phillips' novel, Ondaatje's has a circular quality that makes stories transcend time and space; In the ...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

... loyalty to her owner. Frisky howls and sits and looks at the death bed of Antoine as the dog learns what has happened to her past owner. "And howled into space. Since her master's death, she often howled in this way, as if calling him. She would not be comforted, as if her animal soul also carried an indelible memory. As ... ...

• Word Count: 3319
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

... because we can see that the situation gets from bad to worse for Nat. Du Maurier tells us that Nat lives next to the sea where there is a wide, open space. The reason for her picking Cornwall as the setting is so that Nat is where he can see everything primarily, so that he can see everything at first hand. Du ... ...

• Word Count: 4405
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School