“Billy!” Terry screamed suddenly. “Help!” Billy looked up from examining the ground and froze in horror. The scene before him was enough to make his heart leap into his throat. Terry was standing in the water on the far side of the marsh, and was pointing at a long, broad animal swimming toward him. “Terry!” Billy yelled. “Get out of there!” He raced along the shore, pushing aside and leaping over small mountains of cattails. As he ran, he pictured the fate of poacher Robert McKay, whose limbs were torn from his body before the creature proceeded to gulp down parts of him. "Terry!" he hollered again. “Get out!” “I can’t!” Terry cried. “I’m scared!" In desperation, Billy plunged into the murky water, grabbed the reptile and managed to straddle …show more content…
it. Quickly, he had his arms about the animal’s snout, preventing it from opening its jaws.
The great creature tossed wildly and Billy’s muscles began to quiver and the sweat poured down his face. “Get out!” he yelled. “Get her out of here!” he instructed, turning to the other boys. "Hurry! I can’t hold this critter all day!” Ted and Mitch entered the water and dragged out Terry. “Ted, stay here,” Billy instructed. “The rest of you get back. The boys obeyed immediately. “See that branch on your right?” Billy asked, indicating with a nod of his head. “This one?” Ted asked, picking up a large stick. “No, the one behind it,” Billy said. “This?” Ted’s small body was nearly hidden by it. “Yeah,” Billy nodded. “Bring it to the edge and toss it here.” It fell into the water with a heavy splash. Billy pulled the alligator’s head up to his chest, thus freeing his left hand so he could grab the branch. “Now, go back to the others,” he instructed his younger brother. “I don’t want you to see what I’m going to do.” “Why?” Ted asked, his eyes sparkling mischievously. “Cause,” Billy stated. “Just get going and don’t look back, no matter what you hear. Understand?” “Yeah,” Ted said sulkily as he turned and left Billy in the swamp. Seconds later, he shivered with horror when he heard the sickening crunch of the branch as it hit the reptile’s head, the creature’s haunting death roar and the thrashing of its body as it
died. Billy came lunging out of the swamp a few minutes later and up to where the children sat waiting. “You!” he shouted, pointing an accusing finger at Terry. “You nearly got us killed!” He was obviously shaken. “I oughta tan your hide good!” He sank down onto the cool dirt, and his breath came in uneven gasps and his muscles still trembled. “You saved my life,” Terry said, awestruck, as she knelt beside the young man. “Forget it,” Billy muttered. “Just don’t do anything like that again. You scared the living daylights out of me,” Billy admitted. “Me, too,” the freckle-faced girl added, sitting beside her new-found hero.
After all the experiences Louie went through and the knowledge of knowing he is going to survive through Squalor conditions he felt optimistic. “He felt something alight land on his head it was an albatross slowly Louie raised his hand fingers
Merriam Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature highlights Frankenstein as the work of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, published in 1818, and it brought into the Western world one of its best known monsters. Elements of gothic romance and science fiction help in telling the story of young Swiss scientist Victor Frankenstein, as he creates a horrible monster by putting together limbs and veins, leading to destruction and his later regret. The creature is left alone in the world, even by his own creator, for his hideous appearance, and through watching humans he learns their ways of living. Haunting Victor due to his loneliness, he forcefully makes Victor agree to make him a female companion, but Victor’s regret and misery enables him to tear up his
his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in
who was twitching like a fish on dry land with its last breath at any
One day as I was walking along through the tall blades of grass, I came upon a massive figure. I thought to myself, oh just another one of these uninteresting creatures, but this one, this one was different. This one was clad with long flowing hair, and other features that did not fit my ordinary image of these marvelous creatures. I quickly realized it was going to place itself on the ground, and I was in its way. I quickly sprung to safety as the massive creature collapsed where I was previously stationed. How rude, I thought, It ruined the perfect flow of the grass. But I did not ponder too much on it as it was commonplace for these large creatures to land here. By the tree. Next to the water.
Victor Frankenstein: The Real Monster. & nbsp; Science is a broad field that covers many aspects of everyday life and existence. Some areas of science include the study of the universe, the environment, dinosaurs, animals, and insects. Another popular science is the study of people and how they function. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dr. Victor Frankenstein is an inspiring scientist who studies the dead. He wants to be the first person to give life to a dead human being. He spends all of his Frankenstein is to blame for the tragedy, not the monster he has created, because he is the mastermind behind the whole operation, and he is supposed to have everything under control, working properly as a good scientist should. & nbsp; Although some critics say that the monster Victor has created is to blame for the destruction and violence that followed the experiment, it is Victor who is the responsible party. First, Victor, being the scientist, should have known how to do research on the subject a lot more than he had done. He obviously has not thought of the consequences that may result from it such as the monster going crazy, how the monster reacts to people and things, and especially the time it will take him to turn the monster into the perfect normal human being.  something that would take a really long time and a lot of patience which Victor lacks. All Victor really wants is to be the first to bring life to a dead person and therefore be famous. The greed got to his head and that is all he could think about, while isolating himself from his friends and family. In the play of Frankenstein, when Victor comes home and sets up his lab in the house, he is very paranoid about people coming in there and & nbsp; I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. (156) & nbsp; Victor is saying that he has isolated himself for two years and in the end, he is not at all happy because of the bad outcome. He also adds, "Winter, spring and summer passed.so deeply was I engrossed in my occupation" (156). By spending most of his time inside on his experiment, never going out, but mostly worrying about his success, he has got himself crazier. This has made him lose sight of his surroundings and judgment & nbsp; Moreover, the monster should not be held responsible for killing Victor's family members and friends as shown in the book and movie, because it is Victor who has brought a dead creature back to life. He expects the monster to know everything when he wakes up cool, calm, and collected. But when the monster is awakened, he does not know anything. He sees a world different from what he is used to, which makes him get nervous and scared, so he&nb has removed him from dead. With the dawning of life, the monster has to learn about his new environment. In the play of Frankenstein, the monster starts to gradually get used to things. The problems he encounters are with Victor's assistant, Peter Krempe, Victor's friend, Henry, and other family members, including Elizabeth, and these are reactions to how these people treat him. These reactions are clearly shown in the movie of Young Frankenstein, where Victor tries to teach the monster how to live like to show off the monster to an audience in a dance routine of sorts. But then people start to scream, panic and throw things at the monster, so he reacts by attacking them to defend himself. In this case, it is clear that Victor tries to push the monster too hard because he wants to be famous.
terror but I couldn’t understand why my creator was horrified at my sight I was devastated all I remember was charging at him My farther was running for his life when my farther thought I was dead he left town without me keeping his secret in his attic.
pile against his chest. Then he sat back and looked at the water with bright excited eyes.”
In gothic novels tragic figures are symbols of pain to the characters. Victor Frankenstein brings misfortune to his loved ones, which concludes to his overall tragedy. Ironically the monster in this novel is Frankenstein the creator not the creature. He has seven victims including himself and his fall is due to his ambition to be superior.
That evening, Rainsford began his search. All of a sudden, he heard a scream. Not very wise, Rainsford noted. Now he knew exactly where one of the prisoners was located. Then, he heard a loud snarl and growl. But that’s not all that he heard. He also heard a bark. One of the dogs is still loose! Rainsford had to hurry back, or else he will be the next one killed. Rainsford began to sprint. He soon heard the sound of paws hitting the ground. He heard the snarl, and the growl. He heard the deep bark of the beast right behind him. Rainsford ran for his life. Suddenly, he tripped on a rock and hit the ground hard. Excruciating pain shot through his body. But that would be nothing compared to what was next. The very same beast who killed Zaroff had now killed Rainsford. There were no more survivors left on the island. Only the dogs
“Burns, D-Daryl Burns” Daryl answered, “Oh, well Daryl” Thomas said, while stitching up Daryl “I know this may frighten you but..” He grabbed a piece of paper, with a drawing on it, the drawing was, a disgusting revolting spider-like creature with claw like teeth at the bottom and top of the mouth, also the, left, and right side, six eyes, and with many more revolting features, Daryl took a deep breath “W-Why would you show me this why?” “Because, you have to know, to help me, and them to get to the boat, and out of here” He replied “What? What Boat?” Daryl
"The Literary Panorama Review of Frankenstein." Romantic Circles. University of Maryland, Mar. 1998. Web. 20 Mar. 2016.
Slowing down, my breathing was non distinct as I seemed almost lifeless, standing upright as a platform raised me above, my head slightly tilted towards the sky above as it ever closened. Suddenly, the platform locked into place, as I was within a large arena devoid of any sign of life, walls towering high above and encircling me.Gushing out, the pipes around the arena filled it with a noxious water, consequently, the platform I stood on raised itself until it was floating seemingly a few feet off the floor. Notably, one section of the wall had a burgeoning cocoon, wrapped and attached to 4 points keeping it placed on the wall, I toggle my HUD, my visor brought up the 4 points as red circles enwrapped them, as I lifted my right arm equipped
As Odyssland and his men wandered through the thick green rainforest; a gust of wind brushed by and swept one of Odyssland’s man off of his balance. “Careful guys, according to the locals, there seems to be a numerous sighting of vicious monsters lurking in this very jungle,” Odyssland muttered as he and his crew continued their way up north. A sudden shriek seized Odyssland and his men which ushered them to tumble down into a mysterious unnerving ravine. “Curse you,” Odyssland roared with anger as two of his men had plummeted to their death. From the corner of his eyes, Odyssland spotted a gargantuan beast with glowing red eyes crouched as a tiger would before pouncing on his prey. “Hey Adam,” Odyssland mumbled.
“Stiles,” Derek acknowledged, raising one of the books he revealed in his hand as if he needed the moonlight to read the title. “What are you doing?” he spoke again after a moment, brow raising.