The Tsetse Fly 1. The tsetse fly poses many dangers to the environment and to animals. This fly has been responsible for conveying a disease called African trypoanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). Sleeping sickness can be fatal‚ and in areas of interest it is responsible for 40‚000 deaths per year- just in humans. Considering that there are 23 different species of tsetse flies‚ this could pose a problem. 2. Traditionally‚ scientists would trap the flies using electric blue cloth (this would
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William Golding’s Lord of the Flies Oh the dreaded 12th grade reading book was finally here and ready to present itself. The syllabus explained it all but of course none of us heeded the written warning. I assumed we were all hoping that our teacher would suffer from a lapse in memory and forget all about the mind-numbing three weeks of reading. As we sat in our seats a paperback book was passed down the rows. I watched as the stack that once held 12 books slowly start to dwindle down‚ and
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If Walls Could Talk I have been part of my country for more than a century. This is the country I love‚ this is where I’ve grown up‚ it is a part of me. I am associated with a story. I have brought people together and I have told about events some of which have made history. My structure is lofty‚ strong‚ consisting of thousands of magnificent‚ delicate parts. My sight is breathtaking‚ I am said to be beautiful. As the days and years go by‚ I look down on the people below‚ their eyes observing
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conversation‚ a fly enters the room‚ with the father overreacting in an attempt to get rid of this simple fly. This overreaction is perceived as weakness by the son‚ and driven by pity‚ he offers his father some money. Immediately the passion and vigor returns to his father‚ and the shrewd‚ cunning businessman reemerges and brutally demands to know why he had not been offered this money sooner. What does the title mean? Firstly we should take a look at the title since it could provide some insight
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Lord of the Flies “Maybe there is a beast...maybe its just us.” This is a quote from the book “Lord of the Flies‚” by William Golding. As an outstanding Author‚ William Golding won the Nobel Prize of Literature and the Man Booker Prize. The book “Lord of the Flies‚” written in 1954‚ is an incredible book and an allegory about a large group of boys who get stranded on an island. The reader can see how people‚ or in particular‚ boys‚ will behave‚ when away from society. Some of the boys: Ralph
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Good morning‚ teachers and friends. Never has a wildlife faced such great threats of extinction as in the last few decades. We bulldoze forests to make way for concrete jungles‚ depriving many species of the flora and fauna native to their habitats. We dump all types of waste into our rivers and seas‚ doing irreparable damage to freshwater and marine species. We hunt for sport and use animal parts to cater to our exotic tastes. All our actions are resulting in the dwindling of wildlife. We are losing
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In “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died -”‚ by Emily Dickinson‚ the hyphens are used throughout the poem to emphasize the breaths taken by the person on their deathbed. In the first stanza‚ the person is dying in a silent room. The speaker describes the setting‚ “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died -/Stillness in the Room/Was like the Stillness in the Air-”. (2-3‚ Dickinson). There is a lack of sound in the room but then there is this buzzing of a fly which is the exact opposite of the lack of sound. As
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all things and desperately wicked.” Jeremiah 17:9 depicted the human heart as a thing of deceit over 2‚000 years ago. Fast forward to today‚ is this debatable topic still relevant? William Golding explores the topic through his novel Lord of the Flies. In the novel‚ a group of young boys from England crash land on an uninhabited island. The boys must try to get rescued according to the voted-in leader‚ Ralph. But another boy‚ Jack‚ thinks surviving is a more prevalent issue. After weeks of bickering
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Lord of the Flies Essay Simon says‚ “(M)aybe there is a beast….maybe it’s only us” (p110). How does Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies develop this idea? The beauty of literature is becoming lost in our modern world‚ through film and television. It is not until we stop to wonder‚ stop to allow ourselves to truly appreciate the beauty of the written word that we can sincerely value to artistry of authors. The beauty of artistry as seen through literature is a gift to all those who read. It allows
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easier. The way William Golding introduced the characters helped me relate them to the types of people I see everyday. Every time a new character was introduced‚ I would be able to make a connection with them. It felt as if each character could belong to a clique at school. I feel Ralph represented leadership and structure in Lord of the Flies. When Ralph was introduced into the story‚ I could already view him as one of those stereotypical athletes. He had the characteristics of a leader‚ which
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