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    Ladies Of The Flies

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    Ladies of the Flies William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a classic book about a group of young English boys who crash land on a deserted island with no adults to guide them. They develop a small civilization in which the boys have jobs and rules under the leadership of Ralph. Ralph’s antithesis, Jack, establishes his own tribe of hunters which reverts to savagery and steadily increases in size as promises of meat and fun begin to lure in men of Ralph’s tribe. For the duration of their stay on…

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    Piggy: Lord Of The Flies

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    Piggy: Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding in 1954. In the story, a group of boys try to escape the war in England by fleeing on a plane. However, their plane is shot down and crashes on an uninhabited island. The boys struggle to survive and work together on the island due to their young age (between six and twelve) and the lack of adults. One of the boys on the island is named Piggy. Golding uses Piggy to show that sometimes wisdom, kindness, and…

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    In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of boys crash right into the middle of an island, and soon find themselves in a state of chaos. Though they mostly have all the necessities for survival, including food, water, and shelter, they still end up destroying each other. This sudden freedom from civilization and all around reason, leads them each down separate paths of either Locke or Hobbes. One of the main boys, Ralph, becomes leader of the tribe though pure Locke idealization, but when…

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    In William Golding’s book, Lord of the Flies, a group of boys are stranded on a deserted island after their plane crashed and the pilot was killed. They try to create a civilized community with rules and leaders, but quickly begin to fight and break apart. Throughout the book, the children slowly delve into barbaric savages and forget about rescue and all things civilized. Golding’s novel is a commentary of how fragile society is and man’s internal struggle between good and evil. Before writing…

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    One of the reasons China is a unique country is because of their gates. These gates represent much more than a simple circular opening in the wall. The One interpretation of the moon gate is that it is complete, representing and celebrating the cohesiveness of the family. This complete circle provides entry to a pathway for the family members to return home to celebrate one another. It also symbolizes birth and renewal. The birth of a new moon becomes the way in which time is marked and the new…

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    I am Mamawa Konuwa, the manager of Payton MacDonald and Tom Hammes, performers of North Indian music. I’m writing to you in the hopes that you incorporate this unique act in the next 2015 UW Madison World Music Festival. I am aware that this nationally renowned festival is full of musically talented people from all different genres, performances and backgrounds and I am thoroughly convinced that t my North Indian Musical act will bring even more of a diverse crowd of individuals. The ensemble…

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    Planet Chesla was a beautiful place to live. The sky was a bright orange, the sun was white, its water was blue and its land was a darker orange, compared to the sky. Its civilization was one of the greatest in the galaxy, and peace was almost always stabilized, thanks to its incredible peace force. The inhabitants generally wore suits akin to a jester, without the crazy hats and flamboyant shoes. They looked very similar to humans, except their skin was entirely white. Due to the fact that…

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    When looking at the floor plan of the Kaufmann Desert House by Richard Neutra, the first thing that was drawn to my attention was all the similar geometry, specifically the L shaped geometries. They were all different shapes and sizes, and were facing all different directions, There was a sense of repetition embedded within the floor plan. A central axis stood out, and it was obvious that all the L shaped geometries were rotated around this central axis, and then shifted off of it. Diagram one…

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    Rattlesnake is 3 to 5 feet but some can grow up to 7 feet long. The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake likes its climate to be hot. This particular animal is usually underground. It is almost in snake holes all day. It likes to be near grassy plants, deserts, forest, rocky hill sides, and areas along the coast. The Rattlesnake is commonly found in Arizona, California, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Northern Mexico. This creature has many abiotic and biotic factors. The abiotic factors that it…

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    The destruction of the Tower, the government subsidized highrise for lower income people, in which the Barksdale organization sold most of their drugs was a devastating loss of territory that forced the organization to return to selling drugs on the streets, the events are beneficial to the viewers because it allows the development of characters of Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell as they attempt to restructure their organization to accommodate the changes. The power that the Barksdale crew has…

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