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    In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the comparative lack of civilization makes way for the turn of our characters to savagery, the truest characteristic of humanity. After their plane crashes on an uninhabited and uncharted island, we see a group of boys turn from a democratic, civilized group into a dictatorial, savage group. In the end all is put to rest with the arrival of society in the form of a Navy officer, but the deeper issues are never truly fixed, only postponed and forgotten.…

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    No water, food, or adults. What would you do? Would you be one of the responsible ones? Or one of the people caught up in the uncivilized acts of murder, greed, and fear? The characters in the book, Lord of the Flies, arrive on the island not knowing anything. These are little boys, so their actions reflect nothing but utter irresponsibility, and when there is such irresponsibly, it becomes total chaos and uncivilization. When a group of completely different boys fall upon a deserted island,…

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    All people have an inner beast, just waiting to be released when the time comes. Most people do not think that they could do anything remotely threatening to another person's life, but when put into certain situations anyone can exhibit extreme behaviors. There are precise limits to every person’s willingness to do something and sometimes they are put in situations when they must go beyond their own thought of values. Lord of the Flies by William Golding is written about a group of schoolboys…

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    Have you ever thought of what you would do or what it would be like to be stranded on an island with no outside sources such as guns, canned food, nothing at all but resources on the island. The characters in the Lord of the Flies never thought of that and in the end turned into savages because of it. The author of this book is William Golding. The main characters in this story were Piggy a boy with glasses and is an orphan and the other boys on the island do not like him much, also their is…

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    Isaiah “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood” The blue-white scar was constant, the noise unendurable. Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of children whose plane crashes of an Island. Once on the island they realize their are no adults around the oldest being around 12. They appoint Ralph one of the older boys chief but the little kids don't…

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    Cosmic Dawn

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    hide-and-seek campground. A scientific laboratory. Maybe even Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array. Exciting discoveries are taking place here in Owens Valley. A large array of radio telescopes, designed in the shape of trees, lay scattered across the desert floor, making it look just like a dry forest, artificially. Of course, it would be nice to play a game of hide-and-seek there, hiding between 288 distinct radio antennas under the warm sun. However, that is not where the excitement lies in the…

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    dwelling birds, lizards and other small animals. Some of the Diamondbacks predators are Eagles, hawks, roadrunners, kingsnakes, coyote, bobcats, and foxes. the diamondbacks can live up to approximately 15-20 years in captivity. The Diamondbacks live deserts,grassy arias, forests, rocky hillsides, and arias by the cost. The location can be Arizona,California,New Mexico,Oklahoma,and Texas. In arizona the weather is mostly sunny. in california The weather is the same as arizona mostly sunny but…

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    Mono Lake Research Paper

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    High in the Sierra Nevada mountains, there is Mono Lake, which is a large but secluded lake tucked away in a depression in the ground a few miles away from the nearest road. At first glance, it may seem like just another normal lake, but it is home to a bizarre, otherworldly landscape that was created when water from fresh water springs underneath the lake mixed with the lake’s salty, alkaline water, forming deposits of limestone. Near the south shore of Mono Lake, grotesque towers of rough,…

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    Imagine a deserted island, far away from the city and its bright lights, in a place no one has ever heard before. It could be called a paper town or a ghost town. However know that nothing and no one is there. Now imagine being stranded on that exact island. Panic and fear are the only emotions being felt. But the island is not empty anymore, for now its population is three. Now resided by three of the worst people, Sarah from “Ah Love! Ah Me!”, Barett from “Take Over Bos’n” and Fear, the…

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    “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding is a book about a group of British schoolboys who have crashed, due to an attack on an evacuation plane, and are left stranded on an unknown island. With no grown-ups, no rules and no one to say what's what, the boys must fend for themselves. After Ralph, an older boy and his newfound sidekick, Piggy find a conch on the beach and blow it to alert any other survivors on the island, the boys realize that running free with no authority would not work. In an…

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