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First of I can not believe that is going to be 20 years this July since you released your debut single Wannabe that topped the charts in 31 countries. Now I must give a disclaimer to those viewing this letter. I, myself was born the same year -- 1996 -- that the Spice Girls first stormed the music scene. It was until later on in my elementary school years that I discovered the Spice Girls through my brother’s videotape Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power. By the group had been disbanded. What…

Who is the beast in Lord of the Flies? There where three things that made the boys believe that there was a beast on the island. The first thing that got them to believe that there was a beast was fear. They got scared when they heard they might be living with a beast. Second was they got bombed out of the sky by a plane and landed on an island. The boys’ minds were not in the right state of mind. Third they were just becoming savages to survive on the island. In (Doc A) the boys begin to…

Girolamo Cardano has made hundreds of contributions to the math world. He was not only a mathematician, but a physician, teacher, astrologer, and gambler as well. He was very well known for solving equations and being able to calculate formulas. He was born on September 24th, 1501 in what is now considered to be Italy. His father was a lawyer who also specialized in teaching geometry. Some may say this is where Cardano received his interest in mathematics. Cardano plays a huge role in mathematic…

In the Nightmare Beast, War and the Children in William Goldings Lord of the Flies from Academic Search Complete, Joyanta Dangar describes how wartime trauma induces nightmares into the minds of the young boys. To begin with, Dangar explains the nature of the beast in the novel itself. She underscores that the beast in an externalization of the inner darkness that exists within all human beings. The beast is believed to have originated since the boys lack a comforting mother figure to make the…

Though many seek power throughout their daily lives, the wish for power is something people should generally avoid. In substantial quantities, one’s wish for power has the ability to help create a good leader; however, in large quantities, one’s wish for power can ultimately cause the downfall of a society. Power-hungry people are those who wish to obtain as much power in the shortest amount of time possible. These people frequently focus solely on their goal and fail to act considerately toward…

Claude McKay’s poem “America”, expresses his feelings about the USA and describes he uses negative qualities about the country to fuel his own personal ambitions. Although McKay thinks America is great, he thinks that due to its ignorance, it is losing important factors to make it better. Mckay shows this through the use of symbolism of America 's qualities, the structural choice of a Shakespearean sonnet, and the shift of feeling in the last four lines of the poem. The first line of “America”…

The main themes of my poster are “Civilization versus Savagery” and “The Beast Within us All” I chose these two themes because they are the main, overarching themes of the book. The theme “Civilization versus Savagery” is exhibited in my poster by the the crumbling cliff falling into savagery. My other theme “The Beast Within us All” can be found portrayed in my poster as how EVERYONE can fall into the path of savagery, everyone can crumble and reveal the beast within. On my poster, the main…

Vinh Lee AP English July 19 2016 In Virginia Woolf’s excerpt from “Moments of Being,” she describes her adolescent years from her childhood when she would spend her summers in Cornwall, England. She uses many different kinds of language to convey and improve her memories as a child. In the excerpt she uses imagery and tone to help convey her memories with her family. Virginia Woolf uses specific events at the lake to explain her time with her father and how he gave her advice on being…

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time written by Mark Haddon. The story, written in a tone of fifteen years old boy Christopher, who is suffering from Asperger’s symptoms; limit his personal social ability and affect his relationship with others. In Christopher’s world, everything is so simple that has no access to complicated information, so he does not understand metaphors or human face expressions. That’s why he likes math, because it’s all reasonable, logical, and give him a…

In both Lord of the Flies and A Long Way Gone, William Golding and Ishmael Beah depict the plight of young boys who are forced to endure various hardships. Through their characters’ adversity, both Golding and Beah suggest that fear and the struggle to survive may result in the degeneration of civilization and logical thought, the loss of one’s humanity, and the corruption of leaders. Both Golding and Beah illustrate how society can collapse due to terror and chaos. For example, in Lord of…