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Bilbo Baggins: Hobbit to Hero What does one think of when they hear the word hero? Some may think of a masculine Marvel character. Others may think of someone they admire, such as a celebrity or parent. Typically, the person that comes to mind wouldn’t be a man smaller than a dwarf, who spends his days smoking his pipe and eating cakes. Yet, Mr. Bilbo Baggins fits this image perfectly. Bilbo has been put in extremely frightening situations very often. Usually he is scared, but in the end, he…

In Jim’s jail cell, Jim was thinking about strategies to get past the guards and escape this horrible place. His mind was making calculations, what it would take to escape this jail. Then he drifted to sleep. What was very unique about Jim was the only person in the whole universe that could control his dreams and wake up whenever he wanted. Jim could give memories to people but, there was a big chance that, that might kill him. Rarely Jim his dreams predict the future. But in this dream Jim was…

Ten years ago on a hot afternoon as my father filled the black twenty-gallon tanks of water, and the roar of the jake brake and the downshifting melody of the passing trucks filled the air. “Mijo ven y detén la manguera en lo que agarro Cambio” my dad yelled.Why me I asked myself as I stomped over to the truck and got farther from the fun. Pump, whish, screech, roar, and melody were sounds that I would hear while I held the lime green hose in place. After my dad had gotten the change in quarters…

“He's leaving me.” whimpered Nimbus,” Why oh why is he leaving me?” Nimbus was there now all alone wishing he was never formed. “All I can do is hurt others.” He said sulkily. “All I know how to do is make dangerous animals.” “He left me for cumulus .” He cried. All that happiness with the puppies and babies, I can't make that.” But there he was all alone floating below the rest. All the while when he was soaking in his sorrow, stork was planning a surprise for Nimbus. “That's it!” Exclaimed…

Boy’s Savagery In the book Lord of the Flies they had many complications. The boys became very savage. I think the boys savage and immoral behavior should be blamed on the environment. In the book Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, he writes about characters whose plane crashed on a deserted island. When the characters were all on the island they formed a tribe. The main characters were Ralph and Piggy. Ralph was the leader of the tribe and was tall and skinny. Piggy was a…

Both Ralph and Jack symbolize two different types of government leaders. Ralph shares his ideas and thoughts with the boys and whenever a task needs to be done he shares the responsibility of the task with the other boys. Not only does Jack share his ideas with the boys but he also shows them the way he wants it to be done. He takes control when showing the boys how to hunt and he dictates to the boys their orders. In the book, Jack continues to lead by example whenever he is doing something.…

People can change in ways that can make them seem like a completely different person when they face a significant amount of conflict. Conflict will change a person without them even realizing it. Brian changed in significant ways that only few people can experience. In the novel, Hatchet Brian was faced with many different kinds of conflict that he had to overcome for his survival. During Brian’s experience in the Canadian wilderness, he transformed from a young boy into a young man. When the…

Salbutamol Discovery Chiral chemistry was introduced in 1848 by French chemist and biologist, Louis Pasteur. He discovered this new branch of chemistry after he separated two isomers of ammonium tartate (1). This paved the way for several progressions in the pharmaceutical industry. Although it took approximately a century for scientists to use chiral compounds as effective drugs, they have played a remarkable role in the life of plants and animals (1). The credit for discovering the chiral…

“Atavism is the tendency to revert to ancestral type. In biology, an atavism is an evolutionary throwback, such as traits reappearing which had disappeared generations before.” In writing authors use symbolism, conflicts, and character to convey atavism in their works. In Golding’s lord of the flies, he uses characterization of jack and the hunters, conflicts between characters and symbolism to show atavism. He uses these things to show that when the rules of society are removed even the most…

Chapter 1. Ralph is elected to become the leader of the tribe and culls characters Jack and Simon to assist him investigating the island for any civilization. After the expedition, they stumble upon a wild pig captured in vines. Jack draws his weapon preparing to kill the boar, however, he balks and the hog was able to liberate itself before Jack is able to work up the courage to kill the pig. As the leader of the hunters, he knows that he can never do that again if the boys want to eat and not…