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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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    Lord of the flies, a realistic/dystopian novel written by William Golding follows a group of boys that have been stranded on an island after a horrific airplane crash which killed all adults. The boys are left to survive on their own on an uncharted island, and form a sense of society - however as the novel progresses, the boys will realize that society can be torn apart by the desire and struggle for power. The protagonist, Ralph, is one of the few British schoolboys who survived a chilling…

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    The most prominent symbol in Lord of the Flies is the conch shell found by Piggy and Ralph. This shell is an important part of the story throughout, and it has a sizable impact on the plot. The conch shell is displayed as a symbol of power and order, and it is what helps keep the boys civilized when stranded on a deserted island all by themselves. William Golding develops the conch shell as an object of extreme power and influence by writing the characters to have a dog like obedience to the…

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    ID In Lord Of The Flies

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    Super Ego vs. ID Lord of the Flies is a psychological allegory where Piggy’s personality represents the Super Ego and Jack’s personality represents the ID, because Piggy always refers to how society should act, while Jack is very aggressive and only cares about hunting and killing. In the story, Piggy is a smart, nerdy, and chubby boy, who knows there are no adults on the island to care for the children. Piggy believes that in order to be rescued and to survive on the island, they need to build…

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