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    Massive Explosion & Chemical Fire at Westbury Factory Explosion led to a tragic incident for most families in Westbury factory. A massive chemical plant explosion in Westbury factory on Tuesday early morning. A lot of families are suffering and some families are depressed. Neil Junio‚ Student Journalist On Tuesday‚ February 19‚ 2013‚ Shop-C section of the Westbury factory was destroyed due to the massive chemical plant explosion caused by some of the workers’ negligence. According to

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    The duality of the human soul in the guise of good and evil is the main preoccupation in the adventure novel ’Lord of the Flies’. Throughout the novel‚ the conflict is dramatized by the contradicting views between Ralph and Jack‚ who represent civilisation and savagery. The differing views are expressed by each boy’s strong attitudes towards authority. Ralph uses leadership to establish rules and to enforce the British moral codes that the boys were raised up to use. However‚ Jack demands the complete

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    Ralph from Lord of the Flies by William Golding is forever an iconic character throughout novels. He is a character that has a good set of morales‚ leadership‚ and is quite handy at survival. He goes through an intense hero journey‚ and is able to survive until the bitter sweet end. Despite some critics questioning Ralph’s leadership‚ Ralph did everything he could to keep control and keep his friends alive and deter the division against his much more hardened enemy. BP 1- Call to Adventure Ralph

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    In literature‚ a foil character is someone who shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualties’ of another character. In Macbeths play I find that a couple characters fit that quality. And the characters are Banquo‚ Malcom‚ maybe King Duncan. Banquo is a foil character because of the fact that in the beginning of the play the witches told Banquo that he’s promised to be father of many kings. Which later in the play we learn that isn’t true. But both Macbeth and Banquo become obsessed with

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    Lord of the Flies- Pigs

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    also. According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ a pig means “a swine of any age” but it can also mean “a greedy‚ dirty‚ or unpleasant person” and a person who likes “to gluttonize”. These definitions all relate to William Golding’s novel‚ the Lord of the Flies where pigs play a significant part of the story. Since the term pig can be interpreted in many ways‚ the word can represent many themes when it is used in writing. Pigs have appeared in past works of literature such as The Odyssey. When Odysseus’

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    the same rooted person. In Lord of the Flies‚ this is not the case. In this book‚ a group of young boys must learn to survive and adapt to their new life stranded on an island. All the characters undergo changes as they face off with each other and their environment. In the end‚ the boys in Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ lose their civilized identities the longer they stay on the island. There is a clear alteration in the character Percival of Lord of the Flies and his morals. For instance

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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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    2013 Savagery vs. Civilization In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ the boys on the island start off as a group of refined British boys‚ however as time goes by‚ their humane ways are put to rest and readers witness the savagery and violence that these once-civil boys possess. In the beginning of the book‚ all the boys portray a civilized attitude about them—some more than others. Piggy for instance‚ throughout the story is the character that is at many times the most proper and sensible. Piggy

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    Goldings novel Lord of the Flies is not a totally pessimistic novel; hence this is not the only reason that it was refused by so many publishers. It is evident that although it has strong pessimism throughout the text‚ it is not without a brighter side. Thus‚ pessimism could not be at fault for the publishers lack of interest in the text as there are other grounds for their judgment. The Oxford English dictionary defines pessimism as:1.lack of hope or confidence in the future. 2.a belief that this

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    Discuss The Symbols Golding Introduces in the Lord of the Flies Golding presents a number of key symbols in the opening chapters of the Lord of the Flies‚ providing a number of hints as he does as to the characteristics of the boys on the island‚ of possible issues and conflicts which will occur as the narrative develops. Symbols are of great importance to Golding’s book‚ an example being the conch‚ representing authority and leadership‚ as well as Piggy’s glasses to symbolise his marginalisation

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