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    Sam and Eric are taking care of the fire on the island and they see the dead man and the parachute, but they don’t realize it’s a dead man and a parachute. So they rush back to Ralph and tell him, “We saw the beast—.” (Golding 99) They were becoming so savage that they didn’t look twice, and just believed that it was a beast. They were in fear because of their savagery, because if they were think in a civilized…

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    book written by Ray Bradbury, Montag the main character changes as the story goes on, and has different beliefs. In the beginning of the book Montag was a proud fireman who burned books. Montag starts changing when he meets his new neighbor Clarisse McClellan, and she begins asking questions, and he starts thinking about these questions. At the end of the story he had different beliefs, which were led up by his actions. Montag exploreres the forbidden world of books so that he can answer all…

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    thing haunting me is that nasty smell in my nose. As I start to walk to the control room all I see is the same old flour bag saying, Lidtke Mill on it. Then I start walking into the control room pass the footprints and I start to hear some creaking which is probably normal for an old building like this right? Then I start to go to the part of the control room in Lidtke Mill that is supposed to be haunted by a family that died here in the fire. I start to smell burnt marshmallows like really…

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    been killed by the same falling building she was just saved from; watching her family die in an awful way made her feel empty inside. Objects continue to fly around and Sofia continues to stare at the spot she last saw her family. “It’s too late Sofia! We have to get out of here!” Sofia hesitates. “Now!”, he repeats himself. He yanks Sofia by the arm, pulling her through all of the falling debris in an attempt to clear a path for her go through. Meanwhile, Sofia is not paying attention to the…

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    American Pottery

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    that once people start cutting their food up using a knife and fork, there is an overbite created. This definitely alters recognition of how the knife and fork were established. I would have thought Americans might have been the first to familiarize themselves to the idea and not so much the Chinese, given that they are known to use chopsticks. But it turns out it was total opposite. Chinese cultures will always be more forward-thinking!…

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    the loud community. I was Inside the safe and happy building that we call home, eating my hot mushroom stew that my amazing mother Ellen made specially for me, it was kind of disgusting but I could eat my way through it. Ellen was at the really old fire place fire place shovelling coals into the fire, she was sweating l so much She looked like a water fountain. But the hard thing is can’t tell if she was sweating it was the fire or her shovelling really heavy coals. Kate was helping the baby…

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    Cascade mountain range. As the weather starts getting bad, we realize it is not a good idea to stay there because there is a heavy storm approaching the mountains quickly. As the weather gets worse, there is no way get out of the area. Since we were inexperienced and unfamiliar with the area, we didn’t have enough supplies with us to survive the storm in the cabin. We decide to radio for help and check if anyone could send a helicopter to…

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    powers and a proper legal are some of the components in an effective government. However in William Goulding’s, Lord of the Flies, when the boys crashed on the island, they failed to create a government that supports themselves. They had a good start but as rules were broken and people not doing what they were supposed to do, the government slowly collapses. The boys fail to govern themselves due to the lack of two essential components of an effective government, a proper judicial system and…

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    day on the island then Garvey gets on the boat and leaves. Cole tells Peter to get some rest we have a long day tomorrow. Cole wakes up and also Peter and they both go in the pond. A couple minutes later they get out the pond and both of them go up the hill with the ancestor rock. They both release the rock and waited for it to hit the ground then they see the spirit bear looking at them. Peter didn’t…

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    they don’t get caught. They start to leave the house. Ike jumps in the back of the truck while Mike closes the hatch to it. Mike checks all of the gear…

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