Pourquoi Pas

Nick Chapel Hill -> Los Angeles

[fyp-psychology]

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love.

Buddha (via wordsnquotes)

[suzuki-katana]

[nevver]

The clouds me thought would open, Tacita Dean

[1st-1]

NASA: WE KNOW THERE’S A FUCKING HUGE PLANET OUT THERE!

ME: awesome where?

NASA: *points excitedly at space*

[2headedsnake]

Stephan Mackey

[theliteraryjournals]

What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?

William Golding, Lord of the Flies (via wordsnquotes)

[theliteraryjournals]

Maybe there is a beast…maybe it’s only us.

William Golding, Lord of the Flies (via wordsnquotes)

[theliteraryjournals]

We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?

William Golding, Lord of the Flies (via wordsnquotes)

[theliteraryjournals]

[wordsnquotes]

theliteraryjournals:

BOOK OF THE DAY: 

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

“The most influential novel… since Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye.” - Time

William Golding’s Lord of the Flies…begins when a group of English schoolboys are stranded on a deserted island in the Pacific. A terrible storm causes their doomed plane to crash and with no adult supervision, the boys run wild. Initially, they elect a chief and call group meetings to discuss important things to do such as building shelters and maintaining a signal fire. However, as the boys bask in the joy of their new found freedom and find no limits to hold them back or adults to punish them for misbehaving, they begin their fall from the heights of civilization and order to the depths of chaos.

…Written after World War II, Golding portrays his views on society through symbolism and themes in the novel. One of the themes explores the nature of evil. The boys become very afraid of a beast that they are sure exists on the island. One of the boys, Simon, however, suggests that perhaps the evil is within them and not in the form of a beast. As the boys become more malicious in their acts toward each other, they undergo a terrible experience in which they lose their childhood innocence. They are no longer the good little boys who arrived on the island. Golding also makes a point about civilization and savagery. Towards the end of the novel, the boys signify that they have left civilization behind by smearing blood on their faces as war paint and making animal sacrifices. In addition to themes, symbols are widely used in the novel. The boys use a conch to call group meetings where each boy can voice his own opinion without interruption. The shattering of the conch signifies that the boys have lost their last shred of civility. By using symbols and themes to express his ideas, Golding has created a spectacular novel…By presenting the readers with these characters, Golding enhances his work significantly.

Lord of the Flies is a stunning book that you should definitely read. All the elements of the novel hold the reader in a tight grasp all the way to the end. The themes and symbols are delightful to contemplate and certainly open one’s mind. Golding’s characters are very realistic and easy to believe. Readers aged thirteen and older should read this novel by all means.

by Guest Reviewer

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[fyp-science]

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

Carl Sagan (via wordsnquotes)

[wordsnquotes]

I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the Earth. Then I ask myself the same question.

Harun Yahya (via wordsnquotes)

[travisekedal-deactivated2015100]

German luthier Jens Ritter wanted to create a Jazz guitar that was able to cover classic Jazz tones, yet achieved this while being a solid body guitar. This is the remarkable instrument he came up with. I present to you The Princess Isabella Blue Dragon.

[thepumpkinlit]

HOLYYYY SHIT!!!!

[decaflesbian]

fuck my entire life up

[crybabydyke-deactivated20180227]

I was going to replace the word ‘hat’ with something else, but this is honestly way funnier

[supropiarosa]

I just want to be alone with the moon and the ocean

[butteryplanet]

I think I could watch dust forever.

so I stayed at this cabin earlier this summer. one day I woke up at 5a.m. and saw the incredible light coming through the front door. I couldn’t just let it go and fall asleep again. I set my camera up, shook some old pillows and caught this beautiful second before the wind blew all of this out

[autohaste]

I think one of the most inhumane acts is the monopolization of water. I can’t believe (rich) people are having debates on whether or not water is a basic human right. There’s so many people (poor black and brown) that don’t have access or funds to attaining clean water and I think it’s appalling.

[ithelpstodream]