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    In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses a group of young boys stranded on an island to illustrate the mischievous nature of mankind. The boys undergo changes due to isolation from reality. One character, Ralph, starts as a confident and productive leader who has a good influence on the boys. As time continues to go on, the ferocious side of them starts to make an appearance. His position on the island starts deteriorating. Towards the end of the story, he is to fend for himself against…

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    Shrek 5 Far Far Away the place of passion. Shrek has finally paid off his debt and is now finally moving into a new swamp alone and barren. He was driving in his onion car anxiously thinking about his new home. As he was pulling up in the muddy driveway, He said to himself, “At least I don’t have to put up with Donk…” And there he was joyous to see Shrek. “Oh my gosh Shrek it really is you isn’t it.” “Yes Donkey it really is me. Look I don’t have the time to…” “I’ve been missing you. Am I…

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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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    “Lord of the flies” Persuasive Essay “Lord of the flies” written by William Golding, is based on a plane crash on a deserted island during The World War, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first freedom is something to celebrate but as order collapses the hope of adventure seems as far removed. Although Ralph’s main concern is to get rescued, Jack actually does a better job at persuading people to do what he wants, and does what he promises, that makes him a better leader.…

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    Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a book that, in my opinion, will remain a timeless classic for ages to come. This dystopian novel was able to almost perfectly describe in a short 285 pages, how kids, specifically boys, would act in an event such as a getting stranded on an uninhabited island. From the initial excitement of having no adults around, to the unsuccessful attempt to find a leader amongst themselves, to the vivid imagination of the boys that would ultimately turn them into…

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    In the novel The Hobbit, the author J.R.R. Tolkien develops character traits of what he considers positive and negative traits for his characters. In the novel The Hobbit in both chapters 1 and 2 the major question is intelligence or physical strength, which is more needed in this novel? In the The Hobbit Tolkien’s characters all have positive and negative character traits. Throughout chapter 1 and 2 Tolkien uses the characteristics he considers good or bad.The reader can tell that the author…

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    “Oh God! It gets worse!” Bilbo croaked, “The smell? Yes, dragon smells absolutely foul." Bilbo's nostrils flared. "Worse than troll?" "Though troll is foul, I am afraid there is simply no contest between the two." The small jest distracted from Bilbo's impending fate. But the merriment was short-lived. Here was the brink. Beyond the treasury and a monstrous drake sleeping on a bed of gold. Any bravery you had perhaps had fled into your belly and hid there. “This is as far as I can go,…

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    is by judging from their name. Names are significant because it is how people identify and recognize one. Names are what people's first impression of one, whether it's how one acts or what one looks like.Therefore, reginald Rose, author of 12 Angry men , chose not to give any of the characters specific names to show how every character represents/ stereotypes someone in our society,and he didn't want names to colour the perception of the character. Furthermore, the author decided to call each…

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    When I read this, I thought it was strange that with the mark came the surprise visitors, not Gandalf which he was expecting. Reading this, I asked myself if there was any connection oath the mark and the visitors and what the mark meant. This active reading is imperative to make connections and draw conclusions in this novel. In the end it turned out the marking on the door and the visitors were related and was the springboard for further development in the novel. This quote, while not…

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    The Lord Of the Flies is a novel by William Golding depicting the struggle of school boys living on an abandoned island. When they first crash onto the island, order is ensured; however, as the months wear on, their nature and psyches become more animalistic and regress drastically from their former purity. This darker, more “realistic... Coral Island “ (Cox) is twisted so the true natures of humans come out and stay for perusal. Golding uses the symbolic nature of atavism and evolution through…

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