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    The Alder Door

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    plan to meet on Hatteras Island. Kendra, Bracken, Warren, Raxtus, and Trask meet up with Seth and Vanessa at Hatteras Island, where they’ll summon Lady Luck. According to Patton’s letter, they would ride Lady Luck to Shoreless Isle where Zzyxz is. At midnight, Seth summons Lady Luck by going to the top of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and ringing the bell Patton had. A hundred minutes later, Seth blows the whistle every few minutes until a rowboat arrives to take them to Lady Luck. On the ship, Seth goes up to the captain’s cabin and plays the music box that Patton had. After he played the music box, Seth talked with a voice in his head that threatened to kill everyone who boarded the boat, but Seth retaliates by saying he’ll kill the ship’s crew if they don’t take them to Shoreless Isle. The voice finally complies and says that the crew will take them to Shoreless Isle. After approximately 3 days, Lady Luck finally arrives at Shoreless Isle but almost crashes into rocks along the shore. Before they get off, Bracken informs everyone that the Fairy Queen and Agad will help them fight off the demons. Everyone gets off Lady Luck and start eating a quick snack on the beach. Bracken starts discussing what to do after they finish eating. Seth, Kendra, Vanessa, and Trask have good weapons that can harm the demons so they’ll be in the front, and he tells the rest of them to stay back in case they get injured. Bracken leads everyone near the Fairy Queen’s shrine on the island but only…

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    survive. On the island Hatteras, which is connected to the island Roanoke by a bridge lives a tribe of 14 people. Everyone on the island has special gifts, and because of these gifts they’re known as elemetals. Elementals are people who were born with the ability to control fire, wind, earth, and water. They’re a few exceptions when it comes to elementals that have a different gift other than fire, wind, earth, and water. Every person who has a elemental also has a echo. A echo is the negative…

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    Many world leaders throughout history have attempted to compose the great society, or as they believed, utopia. On these occurrences, they in some way try to subdue the creative and free thinking side of human nature. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Mustapha Mond achieves universal stability. As we see in the New World society, stability is made the first priority at the expense of most of the people 's intrinsic human faculties. Mond explains eloquently and quite persuasively to John and…

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    argument using a theory of convergent evolution. This hybrid five-part inductive argument allows Coyne to explain some attributes of island species that remained puzzles for Darwin. Secondly, this hybrid…

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    How close is modern America’s government to controlling all, if not most, of our society today? Our current government gradually begins to take over the lives of people like that in Brave New World. Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World depicts a futuristic society that utilizes science to control the lives of mostly everybody by categorizing them into specific castes. The author’s vision of a utopian society in his novel is relatively, but not entirely, close to modern American society.…

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    A Response to “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas The whimsical city of Omelas is a beautifully portrayed utopia, or model of a perfect society. Everyone who is anyone would love to live in this place of joy and happiness. This futuristic society has no ruler and no laws but everything seems to work in perfect harmony. But there is one simple, yet disturbing rule. One must suffer for everyone to have this perfectly happy life. I would be one to walk away from Omelas , reason being in my eyes…

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    Tristan Da Cunha Culture

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    southern Atlantic ocean. It is a very unique place that few people know about, and that is why I chose to learn more about this culture. It is truly interesting to see how the people on Tristan da Cunha live their lives, and how different their way of life is from our own. There are no airports on the island of Tristan da Cunha, so the only way to get there is by boat, across some of the roughest waters on the planet. Boats from South Africa only travel to the island eight or nine times per…

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    Is social stability worth the price of giving up your individualism in exchange for a life filled with nothing, but joy? Is this not what everyone thrives for? In the book Brave New World the society that everyone is accustomed makes sure everyone is happy, has a role and title, and there is no crime nor religion. For a society to become a utopia in my opinion, must have these essentials: a society that everyone can be themselves without any worry, crime is a thing of the past, everyone…

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    Greetings Why citizens stop looking for work. Please read the complete short article(URL below) regarding unemployment statistics in Nevada. I experienced this in LA, I had tenants, in my rental units, that were on welfare that were making more tax-free money than I was making on one of my regular full time jobs. And.... They did not want to pay the rent to the white man. Oh... did George make a racist remark?... Call the PC Police... I need to seek asylum in my safe place so I do not have to…

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    Omelas Symbolism

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    The “Ones who walk Away from Omelas” was one of the most popular short stories that Ursula Kroeber Le Guin wrote. This story is about this perfect place named Omelas and the darkness it upholds behind its great walls and enchanting environment. It will not only fill up your mind with fantasy, but also gives you a deeper understanding about ourselves as humans. The perfect Omelas symbolizes the positive emotions of the town people and the kid symbolizes the darkness inside their hearts, while the…

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