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    the county of Cornwall in the south east of the UK on the coast. It has a natural harbour within a narrow ravine and is the point at which two rivers, the Valency and its tributary the Jordan, converge. On the 16th of August 2004, these rivers flooded which caused the destruction of many buildings and roads. A flood is a natural event in which water flows over its normal limit, submerging usually dry land. There were many physical factors which led to the floods in Boscastle. Firstly, the rainfall was extremely harsh as one month's rainfall, over 60mm, fell in two hours. This led to flash floods and a high volume of water, 8 inches, falling straight into the river channel which increased overland flow. This caused a reduction in lag time as water can reach the river channel more quickly via overland flow rather than through flow or groundwater flow.…

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    Cornwall: A Short Story

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    A couple years ago, Cornwall was a little puppy that had a lot of energy. he would run, jump, and even went up the stairs. Cornwall could run a whole beach 10 times without stopping. Kevin, who was getting lazy had a bad habit dropping his leach and he would run like the wind took over him. Cornwall was also able to run though obstacles like a show dog to, but even more fast. One day Kevin had an idea. He thought that Cornwall could try out for a dog show. But a problem was that how was he…

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    William Golding’s Lord of the Flies follows a group of young boys after they are stranded on an uninhabited island. The story begins as the main protagonist, Ralph, meets the anxious and nagging Piggy. The pair find a conch shell and blow it, causing many other boys to come out of hiding and gather around. The boys decide to elect Ralph as chief, with Jack Merridew, leader of the choir, as a close second choice. Soon after this election, Ralph takes Jack and another boy, Simon, on an expedition…

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    Lord of the flies A middle school in London planned a trip for the students in year 9, four good friends Ralph, Jack, Simon, Ben, everybody calls him Piggy because of his body type. Unexpectedly, they encountered a storm, which made air crash. After an air crash, the boys’ body floated to an island as the water goes, all the boys wake up on the beach. They look around the beach, they realize there are only them on the beach, no adults. Later they see a gigantic jungle at the front of them.…

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    The Ambivalence of Ivory Why did Ivory Christian have ambivalent feelings towards football? Football is the game that Ivory loves to hate. Ivory hated what took to play a Friday night game. Ivory was very confused about the sport but he was also very talented. Ivory was positioned as a middle linebacker he liked it half the time during the early morning practices.The coaches switched Ivory as a offensive guard and he played brilliant. Ivory was quite confused while playing this sport he wasn’t…

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    Man is given a Paradise In the short story Lord of the Flies by William golding the setting starts out as being paradice with a mountains jungles for the boys to explore and hunt while they survive on the island. The island is beautiful with no wreckage from the plain or sign of civilization or adults, this lets the boys feel free to do whatever they want without parents or cicity telling them no. Their first instincts as Locke and Hobbes predicted would get together as a group and form a John…

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    In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies a group of English schoolboys is stranded alone on an island during WWII. This island is a microcosm of and inspired bythe WWII and is inspired by it. Piggy, a smart, unathletic fat boy with thick glasses, and Ralph, a strong, athletic boy, find a conch shell. This conch shell is an important symbol throughout the book. By blowing the conch Ralph gets the attention of the boys and they make him their leader. The conch signifies civilization, and an…

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    The world is so used to having rules to follow and common morals that it’s unknown what life would be like without them. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, demonstrates the effect on people when they’re removed from a structured society by going through the difficulties of some school boys when they crash land on an island without adults. With the scenario, the novel uses Ralph, the boys’ leader, and a conch shell to symbolize the idea that without leadership and basic structure a society…

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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding begins with the introduction of the protagonists, Piggy and Ralph. It is these two characters throughout the novel who attempt to maintain order on the island despite the other boy’s rejection and progressive retrogression into savage like behavior. Both boys bring many important aspects to the group as the whole-two of the most important being the use of conch shell and the glasses Piggy wears. The first object- the conch shell is discovered by Piggy on the…

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    In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, a group of young boys whose plane is shot down on an island form their own government and civilized way of life while they await rescue. However, devising their own society proves to be difficult without adults to guide them. The boys refer to adults often as they try to survive on the island, and pathos is especially evident when the absence of “grownups” is noted. Golding elicits pathos when mentioning adults to suggest that the boys are not…

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