Major Works Data Sheet by Yerim Jee‚ Shaleen Singha‚ Judith Suzuki (Band 8) Title: Lord of the Flies Author: William Golding Date of Publication: 1954 Genre: Adventure; allegory; social criticism Historical information about the period of publications: When this novel was published in 1954‚ it was about 9 years after World War II had ended. Therefore‚ during this period of time‚ Americans were getting used to the times after the war‚ which had increases in industries and population. When
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A hero is someone or something who helps others with an honorable purpose‚ or a person who possesses traits that others could see as the traits of a role model. In my mind‚ Frodo Baggins holds these heroic characteristics and‚ in the end‚ made choices to assist the well-being of his companions. Frodo’s efforts display that he is concerned for the future of all living things and does not act simply based on his own wants. For instance‚ when Gandalf questions Frodo of the Ring’s prospect‚ Frodo chooses
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soon the attention of everyone.When Alexander came back from his trip he noticed that around the bacteria he was studying there was a mold around the bacteria‚ and around the bacteria there was a ring. That ring was bacteria free‚ and the mold was a rare spore called Penicillium notatum. Does that name ring a bell? To begin‚ The discovery of penicillin was sheer luck! Alexander Florey actually re-discovered at a St. Mary’s hospital in London‚ 1928. When testing it he noticed that penicillin was killing
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“Violence is not the answer” is a very cliché statement that has been repeated for generations‚ but ever since the creation of humans‚ violence has tagged along with humanity. The novel The Lord of the Flies written by William Golding includes a number of young boys stranded on an island without any adults. The song Many Men performed by 50 cent demonstrates the threatening circumstances the character Ralph has to go through during the novel. This is portrayed by the re-enactment of Ralph’s reversal
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FINGER TRACKING IN REAL-TIME HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION Nabeel Fasal/PET Engineering College ABSTRACT: For a long time research on human-computer interaction (HCI) has been restricted to techniques based on the use of monitor‚ keyboard and mouse. Recently this paradigm has changed. Techniques such as vision‚ sound‚ speech recognition‚ projective displays and location aware devices allow for a much richer‚ multi-modal interaction between man and machine. Finger-tracking is usage of bare
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My topic for this ISP will be focusing on the evolution of the main character‚ Bilbo Baggins‚ in the novel‚ The Hobbit. Bilbo‚ is given many tests of strength and knowledge‚ throughout the novel‚ that help evolve him into the character he becomes at the end of his journey. At the beginning Bilbo Baggins‚ is nothing more than a quiet simple hobbit‚ but by the end he is a hobbit with a new found heroism and love for adventure. After reading‚ The Hobbit‚ it becomes clear that Bilbo Baggins‚ makes a
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Lost in Lord of the Flies The book Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ first published in 1954‚ became a very successful novel over the years. In 2004‚ ABC first launched the hit TV show Lost. These two have extreme similarities between each other‚ and Lost would not exist without Lord of the Flies. The mix of intrigue‚ survival skills and critique on human nature has made both the show and the book such respectable hits over the years. The similarities between these two are more than coincidental
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The sow’s head and the conch shell In the novel‚ "Lord of the Flies‚" by William Golding‚ sow’s head and conch shell are two of the most important symbols. Each one of them reflects important values‚ and they are the two symbols that make Jack and Ralph start fighting together. The symbols both represent power‚ but what they represent is different from one another which lead Jack and Ralph having a distant relationship. Ralph and Jack are the two central characters who use the symbols to gain more
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HOW IS RACE PORTRAYED IN THE HOBBIT BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN? J.R.R. Tolkien began writing The Hobbit in 1930 and it was published in 1937. In 1930s Europe‚ the political climate was turbulent. The Great Depression of the 1930s crippled the world’s economy. The rise of anti-Semitism in the 1930s emphasized its hatred of the Jews as a race and not only the Jewish religion. There were frequent pogroms of Jewish people occurring in Eastern Europe and the rise of Nazism in Germany led to the mass extermination
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The Evolution of Innate Evil of Mankind In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ one of the most important aspects of the novel is that humans are essentially barbaric‚ if not downright evil. Lord of the Flies is not simply a book about outward conflict between individuals. It is‚ rather‚ a novel about one ’s inner being. When the formerly-civilized British boys of Golding ’s novel are stranded on a desert island and must fight for survival‚ many of them surrender to the "Beast." The stranded boys
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