Torres Strait Islands

The lost colony was a failed attempt from Queen Elizabeth to settle on Roanoke Island, which is located in present day North Carolina. There were many problems with the settlers, they aren´t use to living like that and the colonists were not very clever. The colonists also antagonised the Indians by kidnapping them and holding them hostage. The colony was low on supplies, so John White sailed back to England for supplies. He thought it would take 3 months, but it took 3 years. When John White…

refers to how society should act, while Jack is very aggressive and only cares about hunting and killing. In the story, Piggy is a smart, nerdy, and chubby boy, who knows there are no adults on the island to care for the children. Piggy believes that in order to be rescued and to survive on the island, they need to build shelters and maintain a signal fire, but the “littluns" don't understand their work duties, causing Piggy to lose his temper, “I got the conch! Just you listen! The first thing…

her navigator Fred Noonan, disappeared during their attempt to circumnavigate the globe. If successful, Earhart could have been the first woman to accomplish the feat, only adding to her list of aviation records. They aimed to land on the Howland Island on July 2, 1937 but never arrived. Earhart’s disappearance altered the course of aviation history by stopping her streak of records and aviation firsts in their tracks. If Amelia Earhart hadn’t disappeared, she could have continued to break…

Earhart-aviator-said before she left for her last flight. Amelia Earhart disappeared on a mission to fly around the world. Scientists are still puzzled about what happened to the aviator. Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan may have landed on a different island, crashed or maybe she was taken hostage. Amelia Mary Earhart was born to Amy and Edwin Earhart on July 24th 1897. The first ten years of her life were spent at her grandmother's house, while her father was in tough financial…

the Flies is a dystopian novel where boys are stranded on an island and have to create their own society. While their society starts out promising it turns into a savage like environment as time goes on. The author of Lord of the Flies, William Goulding, reveals that representative governments are what makes perfect societies through the neglecting of powerful voices in the novel and miscommunication between the older boys on the island. The neglecting…

early chapters of the book, you learn that a plane full of schoolboys crashes on an island. Without adults ordering them around, the boys of ages 6-12 joyfully spend their days playing at their free will. They select the protagonist, Ralph, to be the chief because he called them all to a meeting by blowing into a conch shell him and Piggy found earlier on. Soon enough, however, scary stories of a beast living on the island, a struggle for power, a realization that they will not be saved, and a…

Oppressed by Captain Nemo, Ned Land sought liberty. Although Nemo gave the illusion of freedom through mobility on the ship, he had the control. Unhappy living in the Nautilus, Ned Land was constantly fighting to be free. Throughout the entire novel, we see the only one making an honest effort to escape is Ned Land. Freedom is necessary to live a fulfilling life. During the initial capture, Ned Land was the most resistant. Both Aronnax and Conseil had showed little to no resistance.…

The date of Raleigh's actual birth, as to when Walter Raleigh was born is questionable, although the Oxford Dictionary assumes it to be 1554. Walter Raleigh was born in Devon, England in a farmhouse to Walter Raleigh and Katherine Gilbert. Walter was the youngest of five sons of a Protestant family, and his half brother was the famous explorer, Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Growing up during the Tudor time period, many affluent families sent their sons to chantry schools. At a young age, Walter left…

Growing up I was never quite sure as to what I wanted to do as a career. I knew I had the passion and drive to help others, but I never knew where it would fit in the most. I changed my major several times upon entering college. I went from teaching, nursing and a few other options, but I realized I was just settling. My parents always pushed me to go into the medical field so this is why I struggled with finding my fit. I finally stood my ground and went for something I knew deep down I would…

William Golding, Lord of the Flies is a novel written about British school boys who evacuated their school in England due to a bombing and attempt to reach safety on a plane but end up landing on a deserted island. Without any adults to help them, these young boys attempt to survive on the island. They gather around the protagonist of the novel, Ralph, when he blows on a conch shell, as suggested by an intelligent, yet portly boy named Piggy. The group elects Ralph as a leader based on this…