Book Review of The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman This week I chose to read the novel "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman. He was born in Norwich on 19th October 1946. The early part of his life was spent travelling all over the world, because his father and then his step father were both in the Royal Air Force. He spent part of his childhood in Australia, where he first met the wonders of comics, and grew to love Superman and Batman in particular. After he left school he went to Exeter College, oxford, to read English. He did a number of odd jobs for a while, and then moved back to Oxford to become a teacher. He taught at various middle schools for 12 years, and then moved to Westminster College, Oxford, to be a part-time lecturer. He taught courses on the Victorian novel and on the folk tale, and also a course examining how words and pictures fit together. He eventually left teaching in order to write full-time. "The Amber Spyglass" brings the conspiracy of "The Golden Compass" and "The Subtle Knife" to a heart stopping close, marking the third and final volume as the most powerful of the trilogy. Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and Iorek Byrnison the armored bear. In "The Amber Spyglass" we are introduced to a host of new characters: the Mulefa, mysterious wheeled creatures with the power to see Dust; Gallivespian Lord Roke, a hand-high spy-master to Lord Asriel; and Metatron, a fierce and mighty angel. And this final volume brings startling revelations, too: the painful price Lyra must pay to walk through the land of the dead, the haunting power of Dr. Malone's amber spyglass, and the names of who will live - and who will die - for love. And all the while, war rages with the Kingdom of Heaven, a brutal battle that - in its shocking outcome - will reveal the secret of Dust. Lyra was kidnapped by her mother and put to sleep in a valley by the snow line.
War can be defined as conflict and battle. Wars are waged intentionally to destroy bonds between relationships, however, there are also wars that occur within oneself. These wars negatively affect the mentality of humans as it is able to manifest conflicts within the mind. Through the use of literary devices such as: tone, mood, imagery and pathos, writers Paul Boyer, Tim O’Brien, and Kenneth W. Bagby are able to convey the idea that war has a substantial impact on the self. In the texts written by these authors, the notion that war is affects the self the most is apparent.
In the novel “ The Golden Goblet” by Eloise Jarvis McGraw tells about an Egyptian boy named Ranofer. The book is about how Ranofer is abused by his half brother Gebu and Ranofer finds a stolen golden goblet from a Pharaoh's tomb in Gebu’s room, so Ranofer tries to catch him in the act stealing and Ranofer does. In the end he get’s what he asked for in life. The most important event in the novel was Ranofer meeting his friend Heqet and an old man that Heqet and Ranofer call the ancient after stone cutting because it leads up to Ranofer finding the goblet, having a chance to be the apprentice of Zau the master goldsmith, and Ranofer got what he desired most in life.
This story illustrates how the word love can be interpreted different ways. To Jimmy Cross, he is for love, but yet against
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Wars around the world have impacted life right now. The life now would’ve been very different if there wasn’t any wars. War will divide families, clash generations, and it will principle versus reality. In the book “My Brother Sam is Dead” all three of those things happened, especially division of family. In “My Brother Sam is Dead”, although both sides of war are shown, author's Collier and Collier ultimately argue that war is futile.
We often view war as a disastrous chaos stemming from the fact that wars are fought to kill other people. However, when we look back on our history, all the wars that have been fought are a part of one greater war ever since the start of humanity, the war against peace. In the novel, A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles, readers realize that is impossible for a separate peace to exist because as products of nature, humans naturally gravitate toward war since it connects them to their survival instincts, ultimately leading humans to the conclusion that war is the natural order and that peace is a threat to humanity's bloody, yet unsettling harmony.
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“What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this beautiful world.” Essentially, Lee has indicated that war is something that ruins relationships between people, destroys happiness and enjoyment that God has given us in this world and that war is fundamentally inhumane and evil. Lee, a veteran of the American Civil war was well placed to make this statement and it should serve as a warning to us all about future conflicts.
Life and death, kill or be killed, both are phrases used to describe war. Soldiers in war are pressured to think these phrases in active duty. In the many ways soldiers think of these results, they begin to reflect on the alternate situational outcomes. In “The Things They Carried” and “The Man He Killed,” the characters ponder what could have been if their actions had ended differently. These works illustrate how the soldiers cope with the idea of someone dying and how things could have been different if the individual had survived.
The physical effects of war overwhelm the naïve causing pain and suffering. Initially, war entangles the lives of youth, destroying the innocence that they experience as an aspect of their life. The girl “glid[ing] gracefully down the path” (1) and the boy “rid[ing] eagerly down the road” (9) have their enjoyable realities striped by the harshness of war. Likewise, war enters women’s lives creating turmoil. The woman who works “deftly in the fields” ( ) no longer is able to experience the offerings of life. The “wire cuts,” ( ) pushing her away from the normal flow of life. In addition, man undergoes tragic obstacles as a result of war. “A man walks nobly and alone” ( ) before the horrible effects of war set in on his life causing disruptions. War enters the life of man destroying the bond man shares with his beloved environment ( ).
The fact that "love and warfare" is mostly overlooked is astounding due to the fact of many cases being that case like the bible, empires, and even the story Rappaccini's Daughter. The trapping and enduring pain of an unfortunate victim that was succumbed by lust and worship to a beauty is represented in the text multiple times. An Aristotelian that realizes the reality of the situation is heated as he ventures into the dark life he has been dreaming of out of the window into safe haven, it corresponds with the writing intensely and adds thorough depth in the knowledge of literature. Medicine, philosophy, and theology is the common poison of the ignorant commoner and can’t get past the sin that has been done to be trapped in an everlasting forest of lust.
This opening paragraph is a simple, poetic version of the main theme behind All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. The point of the story is to show that war is not romantic, glorious, or fantastic. In fact, those words could not be further from the truth. War is a disgusting competition of human instinct, fought by the wrong people. It brings out the worst in everyone; it destroys their compassion, honesty, and ideals. The beginning chapters of All Quiet on the Western Front are devoted to showing that warfare hardens soldiers against true emotions. Their main priority is survival, second is comfort, followed by gain.
Good and evil were going to war, fighting with all their might inside a person’s heart and soul. They had fought many battles before, and this was no exception. The war would be named later, with all the human’s friends repeating the story, figuring out what possessed them to do such a thing.
War causes grief and grief causes pain, pain is an emotion that has many faces and many sources. Just because it does not affect us doesn't mean it does not exist. Many people isolate themselves into the darkness just to stay out of pains sights. But there are some who defy the very essence of the word fear, and are not afraid to put themselves in front of harms way for others. The innocent who have nothing to do with war are the ones placed in a place where they do not belong, and forced to obey, and to be at the mercy of fear. Innocent’s in-between the war are forced into lives of fear, pain and hate.
A prayer is spoken to the Earth, using prayer-like words like “thy redeemed ones” and “O Earth.” Seeing all the terrors of war has turned men away...