“Graduation,” by Maya Angelou, is an essay written about her eighth grade graduation experience. She shifts her tone originally from anticipation, later to cynicism, and finally moves on to maturation. Angelou juxtaposes multiple matters, alludes to notable individuals, and questions authorities to share her realization with the general public as well as encourage other negroes to be proud of their race. Angelou juxtaposes macrocosm to microcosm. Rather than whining about the fact that the Central
Some people believe that mankind is inherently good until they are exposed to evil things. Other people believe that mankind is born evil. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, suggest that the latter is true. In Lord of the Flies, written in 1954, a plane was shot down over war territory. This resulted in children from ages six to twelve to be stranded on an island with no adults. The children begin to loose their civilized way, soon children are murdering other children and any glimpse of civilization