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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 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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    for disobeying his father’s advice or blames the destiny that drove him to sea. But in the later part of the novel‚ Crusoe stops viewing himself as a passive victim and strikes a new note of self-determination. In building a home for himself on the island‚ he finds that he is master of his life—he suffers a hard fate and still finds prosperity. But this theme of mastery becomes more complex and less positive after Friday’s arrival‚ when the idea of mastery comes to apply more to unfair relationships

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    Lion of the Desert Reflection Rebellion spearhead as well as a teacher‚ Omar Mukhtar was a clear leader. During the brief peace talk in “Lion of the Desert‚” the first demand Mukhtar wanted for his people were Muslim schools. Other requirements for peace that were requested were national protection‚ national parliament‚ and return of the lands taken from the people of Libya. Mukhtar was first a teacher‚ when reading‚ reflecting or teaching he wore his glasses. Mukhtar balanced them gently on

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    The Swiss Family Robinson

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    The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss is a story about a family who are shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. The ship was being tossed by angry waves. The whole crew and captain had deserted their ship only to perish to the sea. The only ones remaining on board was the Robinson family. When the storm was over‚ they discussed about how to get to shore. After much thinking‚ they built a sort of raft big enough for the family

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    Battle Royale program. The objective of this "game" is that the kids are taken to a deserted island and given 3 days to kill each other until only one survives. The kids are allowed to use any kind of weapon they see fit and it is very gruesome and twisted. In the book Lord of The Flies the kids are being evacuated from Britain because of what I would think is the Second World War. While flying over an island the plane is shot down and the boys are made to fend for themselves they at first and try and

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    Lord of the Flies - Irony

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    William Golding‚ the author of Lord of the Flies‚ used irony to tell his story of a group of young British boys stranded on a deserted island. The readers can clearly spot the irony in the dialogue and Ralph‚ one of the main character‚ is also aware of the irony in his situation. The irony in the novel forces the readers to step aside and think about the hidden meanings the author is trying to express. <br> <br>The first example of irony occurred in chapter two. Jack says to the group of young‚ impressionable

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    beginning of the book when he meets up with the very fat boy. The way that the boy reacts to this shows that they are at a young age and still very dependent on their parents and adults for help in life. This dependency will make surviving on the island very difficult. 2. "The fat boy." While appearing just like a descriptive term for the yet to be named boy‚ I think that this shows a deeper meaning. He is not referred to as the boy‚ but the fat boy. I think that this shows that the children will

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    Lord of the Flies

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    William Goulding‚ Is about a plane load of British school boys that crash land on an uninhabited island‚ with no adults‚ in 1954 while being sent to safety from an atomic bomb threat. They elected one of the older boys‚ Ralph as the leader. They begin their society on the island with some order‚ over time‚ many of the boys’‚ Jack especially‚ rebel‚ Jack forms his own tribe of savages‚ who light the island on fire causing total chaos. This essay will prove Goulding uses object people and places to symbolize

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    boys end up on a deserted island they initially act civilized. In the beginning of the novel their plane crashed and was dragged out to sea‚ leaving the boys stranded on an unfamiliar island. Because of the atom bomb’s devastation‚ it’s likely that no one knows where the boys are at. Piggy and Ralph were the first ones to meet up and they figure out a way out of the jungle and find a beach. Ralph finds a conch shell which he uses to bring the entire survivor on the island together. Between the boys

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