-The novel called ”Journey to the mysterious island” is one of the most famous and known works by the French author Jules Verne.
The book tells the adventures of five Americans that gets stranded on an uncharted island that's is believed to be somewhere in the south pacific. The story begins during the American Civil war,As famine and death ravages during this period in the US, five prisoners of the civil war decides to escape by the hijacking a balloon. The ones that escaped are a railroad engineer named Cyrus ,his servant named Neb whom Cyrus freed,a sailor named Pencroff, A young boy named Harbet brown and a journalist named Gideon Spilett and last but not least Cyrus´s dog Top.
After the gang flyes in storm filled weather for several days they crashland on a unknown,volcanic cliff filled island.
They later named the island ”Lincoln island” in honor of the American president Abraham Lincoln.
They soon realize that this isn't´t some normal unknown island , in short time unexplainable thins start happening and appearing. Such things as Harberts contracts malaria and is only to be saved by a box of medicine mysteriously appearing.
They really are five main characters in this story
A railroad engineer named Cyrus
His servant Neb whom Cyrus freed,
A sailor named Pencroff,
A young boy named Harbet brown and
A journalist named Gideon Spilett
The title of the book really explains how the island is, mysterious unexplainable things happen and things that shouldn't´t exist do.
The book corresponds with some other works of Verne, This novel is a Crossover sequel to Verne's possibly two most famous works, Twenty thousand leagues under the sea and In search of the castaways, as of later in the novel all the things that seemed to be appe...
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Verne´s way of coming up with such amazingly detailed stories kept many people including myself to believe that some of the things he wrote about actually at some point in time existed such as the Mysterious island or Captain Nemo.
Verne published a group existing of 54 novels with the name ”Voyages Extraordinaires” or in English ”Extraordinary Voyages” Some novels that this series included were some of his most famous works ”Journey to the Center of the Earth” Twenty thousand leagues under the sea” ”From the Earth to the Moon” ”Around the World in Eighty Days” ”In Search of the Castaways” and ”The Mysterious Island”.
He is such a beloved and amazing author that he is now second most translated author in the world. And because of all the amazing and mindblowing stories in his novels he is a part of the group of authors refereed as ”The Fathers of Science Fiction”
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is set on an uninhabited island during World War II.
island and has become tangled on some rocks on the mountain. A rumor of a
When the boys initially land on the island, they have tons of fun and are completely carefree. Only a couple of days later though, the “little ‘uns” begin to have dreams about beasts attacking them at night.
There is evidence throughout the book that there is a war going on but the most prevalent one is when the boys are sleeping and there is a plane explosion in the sky that brings down a man in a parachute. The story most likely takes place somewhere in the late 1940’s to the 1950’s. A person can guess the amount of time on the Island by the physical appearance of the boys because the author, William Golding, does not specify an exact amount of time. All the author gives us to indicate the time spent on the Island is that the boys’ hair has grown rather long and their clothes are almost completely destroyed. The young boys, or littluns, have the appearance of malnutrition which suggests that the young boys have not been eating the proper food that they should been for quite some time. With this information a person could conclude that they have perhaps been on the Island for a year or just a little over a
When the boys initially abandoned on the island, they quickly realize that there are no rules here. They are far
The ten characters range from a retired judge to a mercenary soldier. All of these people are invited to stay on the island, by the request of a millionaire who regrettably fails to appear when they arrive at the island. Each one of these people comes from different lifestyles, and has been brought to this island for various reasons. One thing that holds all of these people together are the fact the each one is ...
A group of British boys land on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean from a plane crash. Within the first minutes on the island the boys are completely ruthless.
the story of a group of boys stranded on a deserted island to examine a multitude of
What is island life? what do you think of island life? My opinion of island life is a a place were you do what you want to do and with you you want to do it with.The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding and movie Castaway (2000) is directed by Robert Zeneckis. He similarly explores what happens to mankind when left stranded on an island without civilisation, rules and order. In Lord of the Flies a group of boys are left to themselves after experiencing a plane crash, leaving them alone on an island. Golding shows that evil desires, the basis of human nature is revealed when left to oneself. In Castaway it different compared to Lord Of The Flies because in castaway there is only on person stuck on the island while golding has a dozen.Composer achieves their unique perspectives by exploring civilisation, characterisation and through the theme ‘survival’.
When the children become stranded on the island, the rules of society no longer apply to them. Without the supervision of their parents or of the law, the primitive nature of the boys surfaces, and their lives begin to fall apart. The downfall starts with their refusal to gather things for survival. The initial reaction of the boys is to swim, run, jump, and play. They do not wish to build shelters, gather food, or keep a signal fire going. Consequently, the boys live without luxury that could have been obtained had they maintained a society on the island. Instead, these young boys take advantage of their freedom and life as they knew it deteriorates.
Ellis Island was once a large sandy expanse of land that was originally referred to as Gull Island by the indians who resided on the nearby shores. It was renamed Oyster Island in 1630 when the Dutch controlled New York. When the british gained control they restored the name Gull Island.
the island. The people are aware of the power that the island holds but they
By using symbolism to develop the story, Golding shows his readers that the island is a place of evil and changes the boys from civil to savage. The end of Golding’s story shows the order and organization on the island dying along with Piggy and Simon, causing chaos and destruction to Ralph and the others. Even after many years, Golding’s book still holds the same message, the human nature is the same in everyone and chaos and destruction can be caused by this human nature even in the most peaceful
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