Title: Boys ’ Club--No Girls Allowed: Absence as Presence in William Golding ’s Lord of the Flies Author(s): Paula Alida Roy [(essay date 2003) In the following essay‚ Roy discusses how the lack of female influences in Lord of the Flies impacts the lives of Golding ’s schoolboys not only on the island‚ but also at home.] William Golding ’s Lord of the Flies is peopled entirely by boys and‚ briefly‚ adult men. The absence of girls and women‚ however‚ does not prohibit interrogating this text
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Public transport is a fantastic idea. It’s cheap‚ it’s accessible‚ it’s safe‚ it’s quick and it’s better for the environment. If this is the case‚ then why is it that it’s still vastly underutilised by the general public? Well‚ the description above is wrong. All of these positive statements have actually turned public transport into a nightmare. Whilst on public transport‚ all I feel is misery and anguish at the prospect of the journey continuing and wondering why I left my car at home. The worst
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A number of organisations and individuals have criticised aspects of the ’Green Economy’‚ particularly the mainstream conceptions of it based on using price mechanisms to protect nature‚ arguing that this will extend corporate control into new areas from forestry to water. The research organisation ETC Group argues that the corporate emphasis on bio-economy "will spur even greater convergence of corporate power and unleash the most massive resource grab in more than 500 years." Venezuelan professor
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| | Merit pay is used to reward successful performance and is based on the amount of funds released by the Finance Department. Larger merit increases are awarded to those who consistently exceed performance standards. Increases are not granted to employees whose performance has been rated unsatisfactory overall. In accordance with LKY Group of Companies guidelines‚ supervisors recommend whether an employee should receive any increase based on annual performance review and the amount of increase
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In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless starts a new life for himself in the values he thought were worthwhile and pursued the ideals that he felt were important. McCandless distanced himself from his family‚ invented a new name‚ and created a new life as Alexander Supertramp. His irrational actions brought Chris McCandless many criticisims‚ however it is these actions of self reliance that helped to test his independence. We are always in the same routine everyday and look
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Is foster care the best system to be using for the children involved? Since 1995 the amount of abuse and neglect related to foster care homes has tripled (Curtis 8). The fact that the abuse rate is so high means that this system should be improved so the children can feel more comfortable. Foster children have described their experiences as traumatizing and “the worst way to raise a child‚” with description like that it is a wonder that we as a nation would allow them to continue experiencing these
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The negative effects of the system on foster children prove how the system fails to improve the lives of the kids it pledges to help and how critical it is that the government make an effort to improve foster agencies. No one would argue against how much kids need responsible adults in their lives. Most children‚ especially foster children many of whom have suffered abuse and neglect‚ need someone to keep them responsible and in line until they are old enough to mature and develop their own moral
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can handle a special needs child or simply do not feel called to do Therapeutic Foster Care‚ make your feelings known. If you do not want to do this and you end up taking in a child it will not be long before you start to resent your spouse and become bitter over the whole situation. You want this to be a positive experience for you and these children. So be honest! It is also important to know why you are doing foster care in the first place. If it is simply for the money there are plenty of other
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Penn Foster Exam #02800400 Paragraph 1 If I had to choose a career--one that utilized my skill set--I would choose to be a computer technician. As far back as I can remember‚ computers and technology have always fascinated me. I enjoy the range of problems computers present. At home and at work‚ people would bring me their computer problems and technology questions to be solved. It wasn’t until my friend Gracie said to me‚ "You know‚ you should get paid for this." that I realized being paid for
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make sure that they are taken care off by either relative or foster carer; there children are called children who are being ‘looked after’.
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