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    Heller’s most important theme is of twisted bureaucratic power and loss of justice, and Yossarian portrays this powerfully through his rebellion towards the system. Without Yossarian, the most essential theme of Heller’s novel would not be nearly as prominent. Through the novel, there are many instances of predetermined rules conquering logical observation. Yossarian is in a position that emphasizes the unfair power of preset rules. Doc is recorded as killed in a plane crash, even as he stands…

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    The character of Alex in Alex rider scorpion. The main character in the book scorpion written by Anthony Horowitz,is a 15 year old boy named Alex.This brave strong character who has lived his whole life without a dad now he knows who and where his dad is .Now he is set on a series of adventures .To find his dad he is with a group called scorpion. Alex is a very brave boy he fights anyone or anything like how he fault a whole group of skilled ninjas who do not like his family.…

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    In William Golding’s novel Lord of The Flies, Golding highlights the idea that Man’s natural drive is to fulfill an evil desire. Boys from England end up stranded on an island in the middle of a world war. They face unknown dangers that bring out the worst in them. The nightmares come alive when others start to challenge the order and authority that has been set. Overall, the boys turn into savages, at least most of them do. Jack begins to kill for fun and sport and tries to twist the truth to…

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    Society has cultivated the human mind to filter knowledge and moral values that are taught from birth. William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies traces society's flaws back to the true nature of humans when they are free from the constraints of society. The novel explores a group of English boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island during a period of war after a plane crash. They attempt to govern themselves in order to sort things out while waiting for rescue. However, as time passes by,…

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    Societal Savagery There is an evil, from immoral actions and villainous desires, possessed in all beings. Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is a complicated and allegorical novel that suggests this theory. When a plane is shot down after being mistaken for a military craft, the school boys that survive the crash are forced to create civilization on an isolated island. With the outside world engulfed in war, two boys, Jack and Ralph, attempt to bring order to the island. This becomes…

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    atomic age was occurring and war was breaking out all over the world. Goldening wanted to write a novel that would provoke the thought that people who overcome adversity in society, could live more peaceful and compassionate lives. In Lord of The Flies by William Golding, british schoolboys are stranded on an island after a dreadful plane crash. The idea behind this novel is to show the main theme of the story or “fall of man.” Within the novel, Golding uses many assets as symbols to make the…

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    The voice was the Lord of the Flies. It had told him that the beast was actually the Pilot and that the beast wasn’t real. He also had told him that if he went and told anyone that he talked to him Simon would die. Simon had gone back to tell the boys and when he came out of the forest…

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    Suspense In Unbroken

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    Laura Hillenbrand uses vivid sensory details in the preface of Unbroken to create suspense. The preface starts out describing how Louie and his crew were adrift at sea and how the Japanese captured them. She describes and restates multiple times how far out in the ocean they are and how long they’ve been adrift, “All he could see, in every direction, was water.”, "Endless expanse of ocean.", "Adrift for 27 days", "At least 1,000 miles deep into Japanese controlled waters.", "They were alone in…

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    Hang Chau I have created a mask for Jack from William Golding’s Utopian novel, The Lord of the Flies. The color blue represent fearless . In the novel, Jack is fearless. In the meeting Jack declares that ‘“ Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong-we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat--!’” ( Golding 91). This proves Jack is fearless because instead of fear the unknown beast like other kids do, Jack is eager to kill the beast. Another thing that…

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    Airplane landing… clapping? Colombian people are extremely grateful, no matter what simple gesture they receive, they will thank it as much as possible. For many people, traveling in an airplane is boring, and they end up pissed off and with a horrible mood due to turbulences, their ears hurting and uncomfortable seats. But Colombians? Oh god! there's nothing that makes them as grateful as when an airplane lands. Imagine the worst flight ever, with turbulences, lights off, no bathroom…

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