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    intelligence. In the book, Jack represents savagery and in today’s society people have divers opinions about savagery. This is shown in the book when Jack and some of the boys chant when they hunted for food.The boys who felt remorse for the pig didn’t think it was necessarily to chant along. The chant is…

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    boys fail to kill a pig, they hold a mock pig hunt and they “[...] got his [Robert’s] arms and legs [...] Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing his knife [...] The chant rose ritually, as at the last moment of a dance or a hunt. ‘Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!’” (Golding 114). Whenever this chant was said, the intensity of a situation, whether during a hunt, feast, or other increases. At this point, the intensity within the boys is prompting them to treat one of…

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    The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a very interesting short story. Part of what makes it so interesting is how well it reflects onto real life, even after all of this time. The story involves the people in a small village gathering in the morning on June 27th and drawing papers from a black box. The children have made piles of stones and are playing around them. Tessie Hutchinson’s husband draws the paper with the black dot so that family has to draw again. Tessie draws the one with the black dot…

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    hunt for food and to kill a pig that is on the island. Then they later on use the chant ("Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!") for each hunt they make. But farther into the book the hunts are also used for killing people, because the boys soon get an urge to kill whatever is alive and in their way. After that the boys use the chant to kill some of their fellow "friends". Whenever the boys start the chant that means they are going to kill and start a hunt for someone or something…

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    in. Whether it may be, school, college, or even a place in a profession or job. Individuals are always being told they need to finish one thing to get the higher rank. This is all in the way of living we are told to live. It is all Societies chants, they chant into our ears so, then we start to feel there is no escape. Every member of our young generation is told they need to do excellent or average in school and go to college in order to have a decent life with roofs under their heads. The…

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    Artists in Hawaiian music which helped spread the culture throughout the world. Ancient Hawaiian music was established in religious chants and hymns, their instruments were rocks, gourds, sticks and drums made from…

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    about the event and the purpose of it. These interactions helped build a strong cohesion within our group and gave us a sense of belonging and togetherness. Likewise, the gestures and body language of each dynasty was different, but relevant to their chant. There was fist pumping and high fiving, clapping, and providing motivation and positive encouragement to other teams during competitions. These simple but yet significant gestures helped to build a stronger group, emotionally and socially. As…

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    house so that they are facing the direction of where they believe the holy spirits reside. Each ritual varies in length from a day all the way up to nine days. One of the hardest parts in traditional Navajo healing rituals, is determining which chant to use. This is because of how many things they believe can cause someone to become sick. In some cases a person might have to go see multiple different Healers to find the case of their sickness. One aspect of healing in…

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    said. ‘It’s not the government’s job to pick what speech is good and what speech is bad. We’ve always said the remedy for bad speech is more speech, ‘ “(Stanley-Becker, Isaac). In this examination of free-speech Shibley believes that the racist chant of the students was somehow covered under the current policies, and because the fraternity was reprimanded, it was be an “attack on the principles of free speech,” (Stanley-Becker, Isaac). People in charge, such as Shibley, don't truly…

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    framework for developing a responsive curriculum,” (p. 187). Musical intelligence refers to the ability to understand pitch, melody, and rhythm at an advanced degree. Once children began to explore music with instruments, they begin to make music using chants, lullabies, songs, and body parts. Teachers must select appropriate music and…

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