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“Kill the beast, cut his throat, spill the blood” (Golding 152) are the last words Simon hears before being brutally murdered. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies character Simon is a boy who is one of the many passengers of a plane that crashes onto a deserted island. Golding uses indirect characterization to reveal vital personality traits about Simon’s character. This just means that he makes Simon say, think, do, or look something to show the reader what kind of person he is. Simon…

New Zealanders are affected on a daily basis by the decisions the government makes. These decisions are made through a particular protocol that occurs within our parliamentary system (New Zealand Parliament 2014). This parliamentary system is embodied in constitutional law, and as a formal legal structure, it displays information in regards to the relationship between the three main branches of government. These three main branches are the judiciary (applies, sometimes makes law), the executive…

villagers. Due to Shrek being seen this way it is understandable that this is how he would act. Throughout the film viewers begin to see the different sides of Shrek that the villagers would never imagine he could possibly have. In the villagers eyes Lord Farquaad is perceived to be the heroic prince.…

Sauron, a dark lord who wishes to enslave all of the Middle-earth. Gandalf the Grey, a wizard, suspected that the Ring was indeed Sauron’s and advised Frodo to leave the Shire as it would not be safe there with Sauron out searching for it fiercely. Frodo is the “bearer” of this Ring; it is his job to go to the place where the Ring was created, only so he can destroy it.…

Sam Cooke Mr. Villmer Honors British Literature ACP 29 August 2014 A Heroic Hobbit and Deft Dwarves J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit portrays a wide range of characters throughout the novel. In which, a tale wrought with adventure and danger unfolds with two unlikely forces aiding one another in order to achieve a common goal. The hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, is a well to do little creature who enjoys a quiet life in his comfortable hole in the earth. In fact, upon Gandalf inquiring about Bilbo…

Heather Buckley Ms. Medrano English 3/4 6 October 2014 An Unexpected Change When one pictures a hero, what comes to mind isn’t a hobbit from Middle-earth. In The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien, Bilbo Baggins is an unlikely epic hero; he doesn’t posses extraordinary powers and wasn’t born into a family of greatness but through his journey he undergoes a transformation and his heroic qualities are displayed. Bilbo didn’t search for the journey, but it was presented to him by fate, as if it was his…

series. For centuries, literary writers have toyed with adding Christian themes to their works, even if subtly. Lord of the Flies by William Golding is yet another example of a novel that features very faint biblical allusions that are adroitly sewn into the narrative. During arguably the most important scene in the novel, Golding depicts conflict and temptation through Simon and…

My Little Miracle I always imagine the day I would have a baby it would be when I would be thirty years old, happily married, and living in a house. The reality was far from that I was 17 going to 18 and I was living at home with my mother and her husband and single. Not quite a fairy tale. That day was the worst and best day of my life. Waking up at 5:00 the morning with and excruciating kick to my lungs, which felt like somebody had just punched me, taking all my air out making me gasp for…

era was a time when the legs of a table had to be concealed under cloth so that it was not suggestive in any way. Alfred, Lord Tennyson was a prominent author in the Victorian era. By the age of forty-one, Tennyson became the most popular poet of the Victorian era. “The Lady of Shalott” is a famous poem written by Tennyson that expresses a great deal of isolation. In Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s lonely “The Lady of Shalott,” Tennyson uses the characteristics…

The Canadian legislative process can be a highly laborious task. Within Parliament, the passing of new legislation can be an enormous ordeal, taking a considerable amount of time to come to fruition. For legislation to be introduced, discussed, finalized, and passed, the time needed can range from a few weeks to a couple of months. This can be affected by a variety of reasons, such as if the government in power is a majority or minority. However, this often occurs because legislation proposed…