It is now a category 5 storm with wind gusts up to 200km hr Severe flooding is expecting as it heads directly towards us The weatherman warned grimly It is expected to hit the Callahn area in the early hours of tomorrow morning with severe and devastating force Catastrophic damages are to be expected Hush fell over the three adults and four children as they all silently watched the TV in the cramped living room Grim faces watched mesmerised as the weatherman began to speak once more The storms
Experiences can change the outlooks we have on life and the ways in which we deal with certain situations In Maestro Paul Crabbe and Eduard Keller experience very different lives Their past experiences have helped shape who they are and the ways in which they deal with situations Through reading Peter Goldsworthys Maestro we are able to see that Kellers story depicts the darker side of human experience while Pauls story reveals the lighter aspect Kellers experiences during World War II have led
Johnathan Ronald Reuel Tolkien is one of the greatest British writers that the world has seen Better known by his writing name J R R Tolkien he has written many novels in his lifetime One of his most famous series of novels you have probably heard of Lord of the Rings However not many people know that Tolkien set the scene for Lord of the Rings with a novel called The Hobbit or There and Back Again Tolkiens novel The Hobbit was published in 1937 for the first time while he waited some time to w
Life and death are opposing forces of nature that one can not escape In the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the poet uses natures forces to represent procreation which is the giving of life and destruction which is the dealing of death The poet expresses through out the poem how these two forces life and death are interconnected In the beginning of the story King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table were celebrating the New Year until the Green Knight sent by Morgan Le Fay Arthurs sis
We are made strong by what we overcome These words said by John Burroughsv directly apply to the main character in Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre The character referred to is Jane Eyre herself who grows exponentially in the novel From an abused child to a strong young woman Jane sheds her skin to become what always lied beneath In Chapter 21 Jane visits the place of her childhood and proves her newborn strength I had once vowed that I would never call her aunt again I thought it no sin to forget a
Catching Fire Book Analysis The second page turning chronicle of the Hunger Games Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins embellishes the idea that absolute power and perfection cannot co exist with the modern world for all is vulnerable to corruption Collins defends her belief through her literary works in Catching Fire by emphasizing the cruelty use of President Snows tactic and what it resulted in fighting the controversial subject of the existence of eternal absolute power by form of betrayal with
The Power of One What do you think of by the term power Many movies portray strong characters which have power over others Is it a strength or maybe an advantage over others The Macquarie dictionary online describes power in two ways Firstly as the great or marked ability to do or act a strength might and force Secondly it can be a possession of control or command over others This refers to having authority or influence over other people Although these definitions come from the one word they ar
Odd Thomas is a book written by Dean Koontz This book falls under the genre of thriller and mystery although the book does contain some spiritual and supernatural elements within the plot Koontz has selected his protagonist to be a twenty year old male named after the book itself Odd Thomas Odd likes to think of himself as a normal and average person He works his job as a short order cook in a restaurant called Pico Mundo Grille located in the small California town of Pico Mundo Odd is also a c