A division of MasterCard showed holiday spending this year was down by as much as 4% over the same period last year, making this year the worst holiday season for them in modern times. ... The holiday season may be over, but our collective money troubles are, by all accounts, far from seeing a horizon. ...
It is something immense; like the blue endless sea on the horizon, like always believing in ourselves, knowing that we were given life to find satisfaction in our minds. ... And then I sat there for another day, and then another, and then the last one came. The last day arrived not because I was tired of spending time there or eating my white chocolate bar, but because I had to leave. ...
Grace looked out at the glistening horizon stretched out in front of her. ... " were the last words Michael ever got to say. ... The last thing she saw was Michael finally turning to look at Grace. ... She got up slowly, took one last look at the swirling ocean, and strode away. ...
Ralph comes up with and idea of building a large signal fire on the top of the mountain, so they all run to the top and build a fire. they use the lens from piggys glasses to light it. the fire only lasted for a few seconds and went out. ... Ralph and Piggy saw a ship on the horizon and run up to the crest to see if the fire was going and it wasn't so they had to restart it but it was too late the ship was out of sight. ...
At last, he ends up on the beach, where he collapses in exhaustion, his pursuers close behind. ... Now, when all he can do is struggle to stay alive as long as possible, a deus ex machina (an improbable or unexpected device or character that suddenly appears to resolve a situation) appears, at the last possible moment, in the form of the naval officer who brings the boys back to the world of law, order, and society. Golding's use of irony in the last chapter blurs the boundary between civilization and savagery and implies that the two are more closely connected than the story has illustr...
