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"chroma" meaning "color." Chromium got this name because of the many different colors in the element. This element is hard, metallic and shiny. Chromium doesn't tarnish. Chromium is a metal element. Chromium's symbol is "Cr" and has an atomic number of 24. This metal is the first element in group 6. It has an Atomic mass of 52.0. Chromium has 4 known isotopes. Chromium is a "transitional metal." The other family members in period 6 are molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), and seaborgium (Sg). All…

Gwen fumbled with the sleeve of her sweater, trying to avoid eye contact with her residence assistant. She had practiced the words all night long. She had pieced together this speech instead of sleeping. She had sat up in the corner of the bed so that she could carefully observe every inch of the room. “Gwen just tell me what’s bothering you about the room.” Melissa, the RA, growing more impatient by the second, began tapping her nails on the desk. At first she seemed concerned when Gwen…

Lord of The Flies Analysis William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies surrounds a group of young boys stranded on an island after a plane crash. With no adults or sense of authority present the boys must build there own civilization which results in fear, conflict, and savagery. From the beginning to end of the story the element of fear is a driving force for the boys’ actions. At first the fear of being alone is present, then fear of a beast, and finally a fear of loss of power. Fear is one of…

of civilized behavior. Any qualms he had about killing and the beast have been forgotten. He has been consumed by his own inner beast and is too enamored with it to go back to normal. Almost at the same time that Jack is coming to terms with his new self, Simon is learning that the real beast is within all of them. It is not something that can be killed or physically fought because it lives inside all of the boys and it is just waiting to be released. The boys have their celebratory feast, after…

For thousands of years, men have desired to gain power over others so that they can accomplish their own goals. Thus, it has become human nature to desire power and control. Most often men would try to gain as much power they could possibly have by bending the rules or laws that have been put in place that would restrict them. If the rules and laws that kept the amount of power in balance were suddenly removed, the men would be the first to realize it. Their methods for obtaining more power…

In the story Grendel by John Gardner the main character, Grendel is not what he seems, his appearance is portrayed as a furry ferocious looking beast- but is that what he really is? When Grendel is young he seems to be a shy curious innocent being, except for the fact he feasts on living things; but that's just simply the way he is made, he doesn’t know any better. As the book goes on Grendel gets increasingly curious and his actions start to become more and more outgoing. When he finds his way…

The boys in Lord of the Flies were afraid of the beast, but their own fear was more dangerous than any beast could be. Their fear made them oblivious to the fact that they should've been more afraid of themselves and each other. Fearing the unknown causes people to lose their sanity, turn on their friends, and begin to bully others. Even though Jack and the hunters left an offering for the Beast, it did not stop bothering them. Simon was affected by the Beast the most. He imagined the pig head…

On a psychoanalytical level, what is the Beast? The Beast on the island is the manifestation of all the boys’ fears, both on a mental level as boys afraid of the dark, and also as the symbol of fear for the unknown that all of humanity bears. “‘I know there isn’t no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn’t no fear, either.’ Piggy paused. ‘Unless—’ Ralph moved restlessly. ‘Unless what?’ ‘Unless we get frightened of people” (119). This is realized by a select few…

Although helping someone may be the right thing to do, it does not always benefit you. In the commercial I chose, there is a teenager running away from a man in a mask who is trying to kill him with an ax. But as the killer is going to hit him his ax falls off, as he walks over to pick it up a gorilla pops out of nowhere. The gorilla gives him Gorilla Glue to glue the ax back on, the teenager walks through the steps to help the killer fix it. Now that the ax is fixed the teenager thinks that he…

“A tale as old as time”—that infamous saying which refers to the inevitability of the beautiful falling in love with the beast, the inescapable revelation of seeing that which is good in the grotesque. Though the elements of this tale extend all the way back to the ancient story of Cupid and Psyche, not taking on many of the contemporary and recognizable aspects of the story till the 18th Century with Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's “La Belle et la Bete” which then was shortened and…