Guarding this eerie sanctuary was a worn down gate. It was made from rough splintered wood that was the shade of pond green from all the mildew and weeds growing through the cracks and up the sides. The splintered door to the gate looked as if no one had crossed it in years. The tarnished metal hinges holding the door together squealed as the door swung from side to side as a gust of wind came. The wind also shook the rough edged post standing in front of the gate. The post clashed with the rest of the dark, washed out property. It had been freshly painted white, along with its sign that boasted a " Beware of the dog" message. Before even imagining what kind of dog could belong to these owners who were untamed themselves, a stout muscular dog appeared from behind the gate. It had a thick metal collar around his neck, attached to a rusty, aged chain. The assumption that the dog had been tied up for years was made. Its every move showed the signs of despair and attention that it craved from anyone. It was obvious when it began to trot in such a calm, lazy way that you would think it was aged and weak. But this wasn't the case. The dog was much of a middle aged mut whose coat was a faded black with bald patches on its sides. Its fur grew unruly and thick around its ears and neck. It would occasionally lie down on the gravel ,lining the dusty path, and roll and squirm like a mad beast whining with pain. The poor animal was obviously in extreme discomfort from the fleas sucking his blood dry. Anger and rage were in its black round eyes when it began to wheeze and bark with excitement after seeing a black crow fly past him. The saliva and foam dripping from his tongue was uncontrollable. The stench attracting buzzing flies to his face and body were from dried saliva on his thick whiskers and hair. Flies covered its whole living perimeter. They nearly covered his cracked, metal food bowel. A thin mixture of water and blood seeped through the crack in the bowel.
"You are a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief." ... Jack's tribe mistook Simon as the beast "Kill the beast! ... Ironically he attempted to expose the truth about the nonexistent beast. "The beast was harmless and horrible, and the news must reach the others as soon as possible." ... The evil actions were moved from unintentional violent behavior to premeditated murder. ...
Henry James's "Daisy Miller" and "The Beast in the Jungle" are by far the influential tragedies because they talk about common determinations and wasted lives. ... Daisy Miller would be a plain character against the background of conflicting American and European cultures and "The Beast in the Jungle," a very thorough diary of a completely selfish man who meets his destiny in the end. ... James's method in telling us the tragic qualities in The Beast in the Jungle is a bit different. ... His fear with the Beast blinds him to May's love and her offer of hope, and to h...
Paul Baumer, the narrator of the story, and his fellow classmates unpretentiously enter military service, but much to their chagrin, the realities of war soon revolutionize Paul and his comrades into "old folk" and "wild beasts". ... It could, and has been said that Paul's generation grew up, unintentionally, too fast. ...
The short story, "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, and the novella, "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, both contain covert alternate meanings that emanate from the authors' literary style preferences. The alternate meanings can be considered "hidden meanings" as they do not directly convey any information that overtly states the hidden meaning. The information that does exist can be interpreted as hidden meanings by analyzing other signs and implications throughout the ambiguous literature. Ernest Hemingway uses a literary style called the &q...
The word Beersheeba itself translates to "The Well of the Beast"" and the abundance of water has quenched the thirst of many of the inhabitants for generations. ... In doing so, he dropped his haversack and made it look completely unintentional by trying to reclaim this precious item. ...
Paul Cotton, the author of the article "Gun Associated Violence Increasingly Viewed as Public Health Challenge- stats that "firearms alone are the eighth leading cause of death, taking some 35,000 lives in 1989 alone "fifty two percent of them suicides, forty two percent homicides, and the rest unintentional injuries-(3). ... In the book Gun Control, author Earl Kruschke writes that these opponents believe: Whether with stick, club, tree branch, rock, or the jawbone of a subdued beast, the brute which was to evolve into modern man went forth, drawing upon the experience stored in the ...
In the play "Othello," Shakespeare presents us with another male dominated society where women are inferior. Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are rejected by their partners, but love them completely and unselfishly. All three women are in unbalanced relationships, feeling more for their self-centered men who appear unable to reciprocate. Nevertheless, these women display genuine feelings toward each other unlike any of the male-male friendships. Desdemona and Emilia are both married to career military soldiers. ...
