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    The Bahamian Eating Habit

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    Conclusion 5. References Introduction “Conch salads‚ conch fritters‚ oh so many things to eat. Crack conch and scorch conch all adds up to a Bahamian treat‚” according to Shamara Curry (2009). The Bahamian culture is filled with customs and heritage. It’s rich and diverse displayed by the way we dress‚ our music‚ along with the island-flavored foods that we eat. Delicacies such as conch salad‚ crack lobster‚ conch fritters and guava duff are local and international favorites

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    Lord of the Flies Q/a

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    Shell Q1: Who are the first two characters to appear in the story? A: Ralph and Piggy are the first two characters that appear in the story. Q2: What do Ralph and Piggy find in the lagoon? A: They find a conch shell in the lagoon. Q3: How does Ralph summon the others? A: Ralph blows the conch to summon the others. Q4: Who is elected chief? A: Ralph is the elected chief. Q5: For what purpose does Jack want his choir used? A: Jack wants his choir to be used as hunters and defenders. Q6: What

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    Indian Paint Fungus

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    that can be created from a tree. It gets its common name from Native Americans who would use the conchs of the fungus as a pigment. The inside of a living conch is rust red and would be ground to use as pigment or on skin to prevent chaffing. General Information The Indian Paint fungus is part of a groups of Basidocarps that infect Fir and Hemlock trees decaying the heartwood. Basidiocarps use conchs to spread spores. The fungus prefers Fir and Hemlock trees in the Cascade‚ Coastal‚ Sierra Nevada

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    civilization versus savagery. In this novel‚ the use of the conch represents civilization through unity and order. When the boys first land on the island Ralph uses the conch to join everyone together. “Signs of life were visible now on the beach. The sand‚ trembling beneath the heat haze‚ concealed many figures in its miles of length; boys were making their way to the platform…” (Golding 18). This shows that at the beginning‚ the conch automatically brought everyone together‚ and joined them as

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    belong. This is true of all the other kids on the island as well. Piggy and Ralph find a conch in the water on the island. A conch is a shell that in this case is white and can be blown in to make a loud noise similar to a trumpet. The conch was blown as a signal to let the other lost boys know where they were. This also refers to Maslow’s first need‚ safety. This is demonstrated by the blowing of the conch. This would not have been done if the kids did not feel safe. If they were insecure about

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    Lord of the Flies as an Allegory The Lord of the Flies if read at face value can be interpreted as short book about the struggle to survive on a deserted island and its physical and psychological impacts on its inhabitants. But when the reader looks deeper‚ they see a novel that is an allegory that is filled with rich and detailed symbolism in almost all aspects of the book. An allegory is defined a type of writing that presents abstract ideas or moral principals in the form of symbolic characters

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    demonstrated this by electing a leader‚ having meetings‚ and having an ordered life like they were used to. The conch was the center of the meetings; whoever had it was the only person allowed to talk. The conch symbolized leadership and civilization. Unfortunally‚ later in the book the conch breaks and Piggy dies. " The rock struck Piggy with a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist pg 181." All of civilization and leadership as the

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    object; a conch. For example Jack did this “He laid the conch against his lips‚ took a deep breath band blew once more” (17). This conch symbolizes many things as the story progresses and decays; it is authentically the structure of this story and helps the boys form a mini-civilization known and familiar to them. These boys‚ who had no recollection of the crash they were involved in and who were complete strangers with the exception of the choir boys‚ came together by the sound of the conch. It exemplifies

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    voting‚ where majority of the group votes for Ralph. Ralph prevails in this election because he was the one who called them all together for the first time using the conch. Chapter 1‚ page 30 states: “and most obscurely‚ yet most powerfully‚ there was the conch.” Ironically Piggy is actually the one that spots and recognises the conch for what it is‚ whereas Ralph only sees it as “interesting”‚ “pretty” and a “worthy plaything” Ralph immediately shows leadership qualities when he assigns certain

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    through a child ’s eyes. At the very beginning of the book‚ a boy named Ralph uses a conch shell to call an assembly of the others after they ’ve gotten into a plane crash on the island. Golding writes‚ "Ralph smiled and held up the conch for silence" (23). The conch symbolizes order and authority. Everyone knows to quiet down when Ralph holds up the conch‚ already associating it with order. It ’s evident that the conch is an extremely important symbol in the book. Another use of symbolism in The Lord

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