Short Story - Jungle of Terror

... the end of the novel. Ralph's story ends semi-tragically: although he is rescued and returned to civilization, when he sees the naval officer, he weeps with the burden of his new knowledge about the human capacity for evil. Jack The strong-willed, egomaniacal Jack is the novel's primary representative of the instinct of savagery, violence, and the desire for power-in short, the antithesis of Ralph ... does not come for them. Ralph is furious with Jack, because it was the hunters' responsibility to see that the fire was maintained. Jack and the hunters return from the jungle, covered wit...

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

... Conrad conveys his message through his character, Marlow, a simple man who is proud of his work and is only trying to survive. The heart of darkness is something that all of the characters introduced throughout this story struggle with. Learning to fight their way to the top and overcome the obstacles that ... truly is. This occurrence teaches Marlow a great deal in a very short amount of time. He could quickly see how great of an effect the jungle can have on an individual, "I tried to break the spell "the heavy, mute spell of the wilderness "that seemed to draw him into its pitiless b...

• Word Count: 1748
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... holy terror of scandal and gallows and lunatic asylums - how can you imagine what particular region of the first ages a man's untrammelled feet may take him into by the way of solitude - utter solitude without a policeman - by the way of silence - utter silence, where no warning voice of a kind neighbor can be heard whispering of ... be realizing the weight a name can carry and how easily things are labeled, but also mislabeled. Marlow points out that the name Kurtz' means short in German. However, looking at Kurtz, he remarks how Kurtz "looked at least seven feet long- and that his "nam...

• Word Count: 4081
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

... eighty soldiers had to face an enemy of sixteen hundred strong alone for a half hour. Once the foundation had been laid, the book jumped quickly into the story of the battle. Here are a few examples of the most memorable short stories told in the book. Lt ... Herrik's platoon was among the first eighty men that landed; they were referred to as the lost platoon. Once they were on the ground they spotted an enemy solider and pursued him into the jungle in the hopes of ... of the grueling twenty-six hours spent lying low, dodging bullets, and relying on their own sheer will and cunning to l...

• Word Count: 2373
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Tim O"brien's short story, "The Things They Carried," he describes a certain platoon humping through the jungle of Vietnam. He portrays the setting and characters by describing the varies items each man would carry. The things each soldier would carry were both tangible and intangible items. Each soldier carried their own burdens. They all carried the basic essentials for survival of war and the things that ... . The whole atmosphere they carried gravity." The reader is given much attention to the weight and pressure of all the external forces the soldier would carry. But the greatest of we...

• Word Count: 922
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... his book The Children's Crusade. Later that night he reads about the Children's Crusade and the earlier bombing of Dresden in 1760. While teaching at the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Vonnegut lands a three-book contract, of which Slaughterhouse-Five is the first. It is so short and jumbled, he explains, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. On the way to Dresden ... the changing expressions on their faces "silent mouths open in awe and terror "seem to Billy like a silent film of a barbershop quartet. Billy time-travels to Tralfamadore, where Montana Wildhack, who is s...

• Word Count: 5323
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School