in that small company of anthologies that become landmarks or points of departure‚ like Ron Silliman’s In the American Tree or Jerome Rothenberg’s Technicians of the Sacred. In neat postmodern fashion‚ it has now been followed by its precursor. The Lost Origins of the Essay excavates the literary history of several continents to demonstrate that the “next” essay‚ in all its idiosyncratic divagations‚ has always already been among us. The first text‚ “The List of Ziusudra‚” dates from 2700 BC. The
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Everyone’s personalities shift with their environment‚ they may endure impossible affairs‚ but they almost always stay 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
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joining again next year. I also wouldn’t like to re-up because of the lack of sleep. I remember how tired is was with 2 hours of sleep lost every single night due to having to keep watch of cattle (Document B) and how Cook had to smear tobacco juice into his eyes to stay awake (Document E). With having to keep watch on the cattle in case of raids or stampedes‚ I lost 2 hours of sleep each night‚ making it hard to stay awake will on horseback (Document B and E). But even with the troubles with water
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leave aside the society at large. When a TV programme is to be aired‚ people of all hues and colors get glued to their sitting rooms‚ no matter what may occur around them. They become absolutely unaware of their surroundings and are completely lost into the world of the television. This attitude makes them in turn‚ unsocial and confined to their homes unmindful of what goes on next door. We rarely go to a party or a get together where people are not heard talking of having missed a television
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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant. How does the writer try to make the character of Madame Loisel interesting for the reader in “The Necklace”? The Necklace is a self-contained French story with a surprise ending. It is structured into narrative and four dialogues. The writer uses literary devices such as peripeteia‚ poetic justice‚ a twist ending and descriptive writing to make the story interesting for the reader. Everything centres on the twist ending‚ but the effectiveness depends on the events
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drowning girl and failed. Not being a hero has really affected his life‚ particularly his relationship with his girlfriend Kim. Also‚ he is now terrified of swimming‚ especially when the nightmares come back. Duncan’s summer job is with the public transit lost and found. While trying to make the hours go faster‚ Duncan looks through the items‚ especially the books and golf clubs. One day he discovers an unmarked journal with no name‚ which depicts sadistic animal torture experiments‚ boasts of arson fires
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Chief of a savage tribe. Ralph started as a self-assured boy whose confidence in himself came from the acceptance of his peers. He had a fair nature as he was willing to listen to Piggy. He became increasingly dependent on Piggy’s wisdom and became lost in the confusion around him. Towards the end of the story his rejection from their society of savage boys forced him to fend for himself. Piggy was an educated boy who had grown up as an outcast. Due to his academic childhood‚ he was more mature than
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but the tearing of teeth and claws.” Piggy represents good and Roger represents evil in killing innocent Piggy. The boys killed Simon thinking he was the beast and at the time seemed to be the beneficial thing to do. At that point the boys lost all civil behavior in that moment of pure savagery. Innate innocence “The tears began to flow and sobs shook him. He gave himself up to them now for the first time on the island; great‚ shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole
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keep his restriant‚ as a result he lost his humanity and sanity‚ and eventually died because of it. In Lord of the Flies‚ Ralph is able to restrain restrain‚ and he therefore remains human. He found it difficult though‚ because there was only one other person who was able to do the same- Piggy. Ralph was determined to maintain order‚ and he was very alone because of it. Jack on the other hand‚ gave in to the temptationof simply hunting and playing‚ and lost his humanity in the process. He became
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died when he wrote this poem he was in a very theological sate of mind‚ he was questioning a lot of things. "...the question arose ("Suppose we could iridesce ") the notion of losing oneself entirely in the universe/ of shimmer " (Doty 1.) He was lost in the idea of being someone or no one and the fine like between them. What was the point of being an
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