Simone Simon could never forget the day the tall‚ burly Baltimore county policeman‚ named Jim Barclay‚ knocked on her family’s front door in Sparks‚ Maryland. It was Saturday‚ October 13th‚ 2000. It came at exactly nine-thirty a.m. like the force of thunder cracking through the silence of an otherwise uneventful morning. "Uneventful‚" indeed‚ since Simone’s only sister‚ Sunny‚ had gone missing five weeks earlier during the Labor Day weekend festival the family attended downtown at the Baltimore
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Have we turned our brains into a living computer‚ or are we so dependent on outside answers that we’ve ceased thinking for ourselves? In today’s society we’ve entered a state of ignorant bliss about how little knowledge and wisdom we truly hold. Neil Postman (1984)‚ the author of “Amusing Ourselves to Death” and an educator‚ tackled the now apparent fact that unlike George Orwell’s prediction that our rights to thinking would be ripped away‚ Aldous Huxley’s prediction that we will gladly hand them
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Simon‚ Christ-figure? In the book Lord of the Flies the charecter‚ Simon‚ is portrayed as a Christ-figure. He is shown to have all the qualities Christ has: intelligence‚ determination‚ and resiliance. Simon also is portrayed like Christ physically‚ he is skinny and not a strong person. Simon was very calm‚ kind‚ and he enjoyed being alone when ever he could. Simon was made fun of by the other kids because of how he acted and the things he said. One such occasion was when he was talking
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the truth and spread it. Whether this be remembered for its greatness or its sorrow it will never be forgotten. This idea is never more evident then in the story The Lord of the Flies. Simon is the most central character in the story and Golding uses plot‚ conflict‚ and characterization to drive the plot. Simon is an extremely important aspect in this story’s plot. The boys have been on the island for some time now and there is a lot of
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Bibliography Summary In the literary critic “Simon” an overview of Lord of the Flies mainly focuses on Simon‚ and the discovery of the true beast being within. Simon is considered a Christ figure‚ he proves his point by referring to passages about Simon from Lord of the Flies and references to the bible. Simon is introduced as a choir boy‚ then suggesting Simon’s characteristic of the “holy idiot.” Simon does many actions similar to those of Christ; Simon defending Piggy and the other boys‚ is the
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Two of Simon Armitage’s poems‚ ’Poem’ and ’About His Person’ are written about someone who has‚ for unspecified reasons‚ passed away or gone. One is in the style of a eulogy and looks back on the life of its persona‚ presenting contrasting views of it‚ while the other examines the articles found on a man after his death. Both give the readers some impression of the personas‚ but are somewhat ambiguous‚ inviting us to form our own mental pictures of the people and judge them for ourselves. The man
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Simon Kress‚ in the short story Sandkings by George RR Martin is a static character who is completely merciless. One example to prove Simon’s cruelty is the fact that he buys pets just to show off to his friends. When he gets the Sandkings he uses their battles to make profit through betting on the winner; however‚ the Sandkings will only fight if he provokes them‚ which he continually does for his own personal gain. In essence‚ he stages these battle by starving them so they all will fight for the
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Saint-Simon was a French political and economic theorist. At seventeen years old‚ he was sent in aid by the French military to the U.S. on the side of the colonists. Even though he did not directly participate in the French Revolution directly‚ it gave him a better outside perspective‚ which soon became his motivation of industrialism ("Henri De Saint-Simon | French Social Reformer." Encyclopedia Britannica Online). Even though Henri did create the idea of industrialism‚ his major work was Noveau
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Divergent‚ directed by Neil Burger and authored by Veronica Roth‚ is a young adult dystopian movie. Throughout the movie‚ Beatrice Prior(Shailene Woodley)‚ nicknamed Tris‚ is not only trying to determine who she is as an adult‚ but also trying to fit into the world of adulthood with the help of her romantic interest‚ Tobias Eaton(Theo James)‚ mostly known as Four in the movie. Surprisingly‚ Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet‚ one of the lead characters‚ was five months pregnant when she filmed the
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IELTS Writing Task 1 Simon Contents 1. Line graph 2 1.1. Tips for Line graph 2 1.2. Internet Users as percentage of population 3 1.3. Internatioal migration in UK 4 1.4. UK acid rain emission 5 1.5. Water consumption 6 1.6. Car ownership 7 2. Bar chart 8 2.1. Marriages and divorces 8 2.2. Levels of participation 9 2.3. Consumer good 11 2.4. House prices 12 3. Table 13 3.1. Tips for table 13 3.2. Rail networks 14 3.3. Poverty proportion in Australia 15 3.4. Daily activities 16 3.5. Goods consumer
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