Simon Christ-figure Vs. Roger Satan-figure Lord of the flies was written by William Golding in 1954. After his participation in World War II he began teaching and writing. Lord of the flies is a simple adventure story of schoolboys on an unhabitated island after their airplane crashed. The children make a set of rules to follow‚ but eventually the rules are broken. The children are then divided into two different tribes. Among the two tribes there’s a Christ-figure and a Satan-figure. In Ralph’s
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Analogy An analogy is comparable to metaphor and simile in that it shows how two different things are similar‚ but it’s a bit more complex. Rather than a figure of speech‚ an analogy is more of a logical argument. The presenter of an analogy will often demonstrate how two things are alike by pointing out shared characteristics‚ with the goal of showing that if two things are similar in some ways‚ they are similar in other ways as well. Sometimes words and phrases can prove inept in conveying
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Lack of Communication in a Relationship Lack of communication is the root cause for most relationships problems. Communication is the key foundation in a relationship. Without its presence or absence‚ it affects the physical health. When communication is deprived‚ we would have no sense of ourselves. Communication enables us to survive and it has a major impact on all relationships. Without communication‚ a relationship has no chance of surviving its prime. To make communication work‚ each
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Reflection on The Immortal Life of of Henrietta Lacks The quote on the cover engaged my attention: "Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later‚ her children found out. Their lives would never be the same"‚ I was wondering how a person’s cells could create a multimillion-dollar industry and why none of Lacks’ family know about it until twenty years later. After reading this
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cultural communication. More specifically‚ discrimination and why it is still a widespread issue in entertainment. I have used a study about diversity in entertainment done by USC’s School of Communication and Journalism to back my following argument. The lack of diversity in Hollywood proves racial and gender discrimination is still extremely prevalent. I would like begin this discussion with reflecting on gender discrimination in entertainment. According to the 2016 “Inclusion or Invisibility” study done
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The effects of lack of education Did you know that there are currently 121 million children worldwide who are uneducated? This is a big problem for the future of the world and for us. The lack of education in a country will have numerous of effects on the world. Some of the effects that I going to mention in this essay are: crime and poverty‚ overpopulation and abortion‚ contamination and shortages of resources such as water do to the high waste of it. Everyday the percent of crimes committed
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the way people view me in every interaction I may encounter. I live life thinking I am a person‚ not a white person‚ whereas minorities always live representing their race. Furthermore‚ due to this privilege and lack of understanding of minorities‚ my patients can suffer too. A form of lack of privilege that could harm my patient is by preventing them from receiving a higher end drug as the provider assumes they can’t afford it‚ as mentioned in “Continuing the conversation in nursing on race and racism”
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at a relatively happy closure of the play. In fact‚ if Hamlet’s uncle was killed by Hamlet in 3.3‚ I do not think this scenario will be seen as a dramatically tragic one because we might take it as a a form of poetic-justice scene in which the bad figure is punished. Thus‚ if Hamlet killed his uncle‚ I would have taken it as a wise decision. But Hamlet’s anger blinds him enough that he postpones revenge and withholds clemency from his uncle. In other words‚ he makes two shortsighted decisions‚ which
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Oedipus Throughout the course of time‚ the definition of the word "tragedy" has changed significantly from what the word originally meant when the Greeks were writing their famous plays. The word has gone from meaning "A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow‚ especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw‚ moral weakness‚ or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances‚" to the modern meaning of the word‚ "a lamentable‚ dreadful‚ or
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Salome Salome‚ the Daughter of Herodias (c. AD 14 – between 62 and 71)‚ is known from the New Testament (Mark 6:17-29 and Matthew 14:3-11). Her name means "peace". Christian traditions depict her as an icon of dangerous female seductiveness‚ notably in regard to the dance mentioned in the New Testament‚ which is thought to have had an erotic element to it‚ and in some later transformations it has further been iconized as the Dance of the Seven Veils. Herod’s lust for Salome is emphasized‚ which
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