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    Savagery. In other words‚ LOTF portrayed the decline of civilization and humans turning into savages. The evil within the boys takes control as they spend more time on the island‚ isolated from the rest of society‚ and this decline is portrayed by Piggy’s specs. Throughout the novel‚ Piggy represents the civilization and the rules. As Piggy loses his ability to see‚ the boys lose their vision of that civilization. When the

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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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    Lord of the Flies. Lost is about a group of people who are shipwrecked on a mysterious island. They are adults‚ but their interactions are a lot like the children’s in the book. There are many fights and conflicts between the characters on Lost. There is a leader and someone else who believes he should be the leader‚ like Ralph and Jack. In fact‚ one character even hunts pigs! There is even a monster on the island on Lost and it scares the characters. Lost has a lot more fantasy elements than Lord

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    This question is for Matilda’s parent…  You have two beautiful and amazing children but you don’t really notice them. You are too busy with your own life and you won’t take time for your children. Now why you want or you have children? -        Matilda‚ how is it for you to have parents like that? -          Miss Trunchbull‚ you are a huge and strong woman who detest children. But you work every day with children and you are the headmistress of the school. You are  terrifyingfor the children and

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    I. COMPANY OVERVIEW Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX‚ ICAO: KLAX‚ FAA LID: LAX) is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area‚ the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX‚ with the letters pronounced individually. LAX is located in south-western Los Angeles along the Pacific coast in the neighbourhood of Westchester‚ 16 miles (26 km) from the downtown core and is the primary airport of Los

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    The interaction communication model is a model representing how communication works when one person speaks and then the other person speaks. There is no feedback in between speaking. For example‚ a presidential debate. The question is asked of the president elects and that president elect answers. The person asking the question does not provide any sort of feedback for what the president elect has said. Interaction is a kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another

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    1 Energy is measured using a unit called the: A kilogram. B metre. C second. D joule. 2 The energy of a moving object is called: A nuclear energy. B gravitational potential energy. C elastic potential energy. D kinetic energy. 3 Jordan watches a music video clip on his iPhone. Choose the best description of the energy transformations that are happening. A electrical energy  sound energy + light energy + heat energy B electrical energy  sound energy + light energy C sound energy

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    written by William Golding‚ is a book written about a group of British schoolboys whose plane crash lands on an island. There are no adults. There for the boys feel free to do anything‚ causing them to bring out the evil inside. The theme of the novel is leadership as they compete for the leader. The boys need to learn how to reach new levels of survival‚ while they are deserted on the island. In the introduction we are introduced to Ralph the school boy with “fair hair” he lowered himself onto

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    the 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

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    Have you ever thought of what it would be like to find yourself on a deserted island‚ not just playing the game of what you would take with you if you could but what it would be like with just you and what the island has to hold for you. Well throughout both passages the characters in them are affected by the setting by how their mind starts to wonder about how they are lost‚ and all the characters take how the setting is affecting them differently. In “From The Life and Adventures of Robinson

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