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    hike, and animals to kill; until everything went wrong. A rumor of a monster on the island gives the boys a real situation to test the 1932 quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. William Golding, author of “Lord of the Flies”, sets these boys in 1940’s war time, and successfully uses fear to explore human nature in the way the react and eventually, lose control of the island and themselves. William Golding grew up in Cornwall, England. His parents…

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    Have you ever been terrified by a beast that might be yourself? In the book Lord of the Flies there are a group of boys that are on an island and they had to evacuate from their school because there was a war going on. Their plane ended up crashing at this island and now they are stuck there. The boys started to hear things at night and see things at night and they thought that there was a beast around. The boys all thought different things about the beast; they thought there was a snake thing,…

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    “Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.” - Matthew Lesko. In the novel Lord of the flies by William Golding, it tells us a story of a group of school boys getting their plane shot down in world war || and invading a tropical island. Without any adults or rules, most of the young boys slipped into the scary abyss of savagery. They had to figure out the ways of a good government. That’s when they discovered the conch shell. The conch shell…

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    On "Landscape with the fall of Icarus" "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" is inspired by the Bruegel painting which is based on the Greek myth of the tragedy of "Icarus." Icarus is the son of Daedalus; Icarus flew from prison with the fragile wings that his father had made for him. Icarus didn't care about his father warning to keep a middle course over the sea and avoid flying too close to the sun; the boy flew with joy too close to the burning sun, so his wings got melted and the poor…

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    Taking place during 1936, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) displays American Archaeologist, Indiana Jones, who escapes a booby-trapped temple in Peru, and gets hold of a golden idol. Jones then gets surrounded by a rival archaeologist, named Dr. René Belloq, and the indigenous people of Hovito. Outnumbered by these people, Jones surrenders the golden idol to Dr. Belloq, and escapes by getting onto a floatplane that is waiting for him. Jones then returns back to his teaching job at Marshall College…

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    brave, noble, usually are admired for great achievements, and embody the values of their culture. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s Hobbits usually have simple lives and stay in the Middle Earth; however, the master ring that rules all of the Elven kings, Dwarf lords and Mortal men, falls into the hands of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. The power of the ring corrupts the simple life of Bilbo, so Bilbo’s wizard friend, Gandalf, stops him, and let Bilbo’s heir, Frodo Baggins, to go on a quest,…

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    by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest” (Confucius). William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, mentions about a group of boy, who try surviving in a deserted island under primitive conditions. Piggy is one of these significant characters in Lord of the Flies and he is the symbol of wisdom in novel by his descriptions, his actions in the island, beside to his interactions with other characters that Golding…

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    When a group cannot agree, it is impossible to satisfy everyone within its’ needs. In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, the tribe of boys struggle to accomplish the necessary tasks in order to create civilization. Without universal agreement from the stubborn leaders of the group, the boys cannot survive or create a successful, well-working society. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph and Jack, the opposing leaders’, attempt to form a society that ultimately…

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    CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT Book 1 1. Author/Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney 2. Title and date of publication: The Tortoise and the Hare, published on 10/01/2013 3. Genre of the book: Traditional Literature 4. Format: Picture Book 5. Award(s): None 6. Summary of the book: The tortoise challenges the hare to a race. He tells him that he can beat him in a race. At the start the hare shoots off and is in the lead, but the tortoise throughout the whole story says that slow and steady will…

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    Intro -Act of Parliament is also known as domestic legislation is the law made by Parliament. -Parliament consists of the House of Commons and House of Lords, and every bill has to pass to the Queen for consent. -Members of Parliament sit in the House of Commons are elected by the general public in five years, whereas members of the House of Lords are appointed by Queen. -Parliament is sovereign in the United Kingdom as it can make or unmake any law and no one can question its validity, which…

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