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    Treasure Island

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    Treasure Island In the novel Treasure Island‚ a few themes are present that were also in our previous novels such as Fifth Business‚ Wuthering Heights‚ and Hamlet. All the novels demonstrate an element of good and evil‚ also in each there is a bold hero that defies the odds and goes on a journey that tests him both emotionally and physically. These elements are proved by the characters actions‚ thought and how they handle intricate situations. The theme of good and evil is present in both real

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    Spratly Islands

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    SPRATLY ISLANDS NEWS Every Filipino should be aware of the real score at the Scarborough Shoal‚ as the situation is getting very serious. In a unilateral act of aggression‚ China recently announced that the Spratly Islands‚ Paracel Islands and Maclesfeild Bank would now be administered by its own political entity called Sansha City. The newly formed administrative body calls for the construction of Chinese military barracks in our islands‚ headed by no less than a Senior Colonel from the Chinese

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    Treasure Island

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    Journals Writing about your favorite book If you are a fan of adventure books‚ Treasure Island is what you are looking for. It is not because I’m a fan of the book‚ but is Treasure Island itself is one of greatest fictional adventures in the pirates’ world. Robert Louis Stevenson‚ who is the author of this book‚ tells the story under the narration of the young Jim Hawkins. Jim and his mother own an inn‚ living a normal life. But when the destiny comes and knocks the door‚ his life changed forever

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    The book that I chose to present as my book talk was Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell. The genre of this book is fiction. There are many characters discussed in Island of the Blue Dolphins: Karana is the main character. She is a teenage girl whose father is the ruler of the island Chowig is the ruler of the island in the beginning of the story. He has a son and a daughter‚ Karana and Ramo Ramo is Karana’s brother and Chowig’s son. He is a young boy around the age of 10. Captain

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    Andaman Islands

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    Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands are a group of Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal‚ between the Indian peninsula to the west and Burma to the north and east. Most of the islands are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India‚ while a small number in the north of the archipelago belong to Burma. 12 00 N92 45 E is the longitude and longitude of these islands. Paragraph on the topography of the land: Flat? Mountainous? Plateau like? The climate

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    Rhode Island

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    One of the first colonies to be established‚ Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United States and one of the most densely populated. This state is half the size of the second smallest state‚ Delaware. Rhode Island lacks valuable mineral deposits and fertile farmland. It was the first state to become industrialized‚ especially in the textile and jewelry trade. Rhode Island lies on the beautiful Narragansett Bay‚ and is a popular vacation area to which boaters‚ fishermen‚ and other water-sports

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    In the High Island Geopark area‚ there is some coastal management. East dam of High Island Reservoir is located in the southeast of Hong Kong. In Hong Kong‚ the waves with the greatest energy break along the southeastern and eastern coast‚ causing the strongest erosion. Because the strongest prevailing wind is from the southeast and east and the longest fetch is also from the southeast and east as the coast is exposed to the sea which is Pacific Ocean. As East dam of High Island Reservoir is located

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    Spratly Islands Dispute

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    The Spratly Island The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs‚[2] islets‚ atolls‚ cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia (Sabah)‚ about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They contain less than four square kilometers of land area spread over more than 425‚000 square kilometers of sea. The Spratlys are one of three archipelagos of the South China Sea which comprise more than 30‚000 islands and reefs and

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    Thatcher and the Falkland Islands Thatcher’s handling of the Falklands crisis can be considered to be successful as she triumphed over the Argentines‚ winning back the islands‚ and also she finished in a much stronger position politically‚ and internationally. Thatcher managed to secure international backing‚ as she secured the backing of NATO‚ and more importantly the USA. This was to play a huge part in the Falklands crisis as she obtained the loaning of the Ascension Islands which proved instrumental

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    Island In Lord Of The Flies

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    the Flies‚ chooses his imagery and the words of his descriptions of the island‚ to create a setting that seems as alive as the human characters. The symbolism used throughout the book is highly noticed by the readers and has much meaning towards the characters‚ island‚ and the personalities of both. William Golding shows how significant such a small object or thing may be‚ it is shown how much it can affect the boys on the island‚ and even take over them. There have been 2 things keeping the boys together

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