William Golding warns people against the practice of evil doing. Discuss.

I have to agree with the previous poster, particularly if
you look at the way Simon, arguably the most insightful member of the group of boys,
eventually figures out that the "beast" is actually the evil that is within the boys
rather than some external creature or parachutist or whatever else.  The fact that
Golding gives Simon this realization and then Simon is killed immediately thereafter
serves only to emphasize this discovery.

As such, Golding
is really pointing out the danger of that evil within us and the fact that without some
constraints, it can lead us to do things that are rather
terrifying.

William Golding warns people against the practice of evil doing. Discuss.

I have to agree with the previous poster, particularly if you look at the way Simon, arguably the most insightful member of the group of boys, eventually figures out that the "beast" is actually the evil that is within the boys rather than some external creature or parachutist or whatever else.  The fact that Golding gives Simon this realization and then Simon is killed immediately thereafter serves only to emphasize this discovery.

As such, Golding is really pointing out the danger of that evil within us and the fact that without some constraints, it can lead us to do things that are rather terrifying.

Define: "black humour" "age of sensibility" "bathos" "burlesque" "cavalier poets" "cliche"

1. Black Humour: a genre that juxtaposes morbid or ghastly elements with comical ones that underscore the senselessnes or futility of life.Eg. the Porter scene in Macbeth.

2. Northrop Frye in 1955 in a paper which he read before the Modern Language Asociation defined the Age of Sensibility as,"the period of English Literature which covers roughly the second half of the 18th century. This period has the "Augustan Age" on one side of it and the "Romantic Movement on the other, and it is usually approached transitionally as a period of reaction against Pope and anticipation of Wordswortrh."

3. Bathos comes from the Greek  meaning "deep." In Literature it refers to an abrupt descent from the exalted to the banal either in style or content.

4. Burlesque refers to an imitation of a literary style that aims to ridicule by incongruity of style and subject. Eg. Pope's mock-epic "The Rape of the Lock."

5. Cavalier was the official term for the troops and the forces of the king. It referred to a courtly, well educated and a genteel man.  Cavalier poets were the poets who were associated with and were loyal to  King Charles I (1625-49). Prominent among them were Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace, Sir John Suckling,  Edmund Waller and Thomas Carew.

6. Cliche is a french word meaning a phrase , expression or idea that has been overused  to the point of losing its novelty or force of expression. Eg. "It's raining cats and dogs."

What is the significance of the Battle of the Bulge?

This was the last battle in which the Germans had any
chance to change the outcome of the war.  If they had won this battle, they might have
been able to negotiate a truce instead of having to surrender
unconditionally.

What the Germans were trying to do in this
battle was to push their way up to the North Sea at such Belgian ports as Antwerp.  Once
they got there, they figured that the Allied forces would be cut in half and would be
unable to really coordinate to defeat Germany.  At that point, Hitler thought that he
would be able to negotiate some sort of peace
settlement.

Once the Germans lost this battle, their last
hope was gone and they were sure to have to surrender
unconditionally.

What is the significance of the Battle of the Bulge?

This was the last battle in which the Germans had any chance to change the outcome of the war.  If they had won this battle, they might have been able to negotiate a truce instead of having to surrender unconditionally.

What the Germans were trying to do in this battle was to push their way up to the North Sea at such Belgian ports as Antwerp.  Once they got there, they figured that the Allied forces would be cut in half and would be unable to really coordinate to defeat Germany.  At that point, Hitler thought that he would be able to negotiate some sort of peace settlement.

Once the Germans lost this battle, their last hope was gone and they were sure to have to surrender unconditionally.

Why can Mond especially understand people who are exiled?Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

As the Resident Controller for Western Europe, Mustapha
Mond is one of the ten controllers in the New World.  He is the possessor of works of
Shakespeare, the Bible, and other confiscated novels.  Thus, he is able to read and
study the great works.  And, as Controller, he is able to use freely and with
impunity such words as mother and father. The
maker of the rules, as he says, can break them too. And, so, Mond enjoys the freedom
that the exiled have sought; but, his freedom is exhibited in a singular way, not in
rebellion.  For, Mustapha Mond knows that independent thinking leads to discontent, and
discontent leads to rebellion.

Mustapha Mond chooses to
live as he does in order to maintain order.  For, it is only through unthinking
consumerism that the society is stable. So, he deprives others of free thought,
while he is able to retain unique views on the themes of freedom, happiness,
civilization, and heroism.  Incidentally, his dry delivery of his views contributes much
to the satiric tone of the novel.  And, ironically, in his intellect and wit, Mond is
the character who must resembles Huxley himself. He has simply sacrificed his natural
urges to learn in order to subjugate the people of the Brave New
World.

Why can Mond especially understand people who are exiled?Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

As the Resident Controller for Western Europe, Mustapha Mond is one of the ten controllers in the New World.  He is the possessor of works of Shakespeare, the Bible, and other confiscated novels.  Thus, he is able to read and study the great works.  And, as Controller, he is able to use freely and with impunity such words as mother and father. The maker of the rules, as he says, can break them too. And, so, Mond enjoys the freedom that the exiled have sought; but, his freedom is exhibited in a singular way, not in rebellion.  For, Mustapha Mond knows that independent thinking leads to discontent, and discontent leads to rebellion.

Mustapha Mond chooses to live as he does in order to maintain order.  For, it is only through unthinking consumerism that the society is stable. So, he deprives others of free thought, while he is able to retain unique views on the themes of freedom, happiness, civilization, and heroism.  Incidentally, his dry delivery of his views contributes much to the satiric tone of the novel.  And, ironically, in his intellect and wit, Mond is the character who must resembles Huxley himself. He has simply sacrificed his natural urges to learn in order to subjugate the people of the Brave New World.