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    CHARACTER OF THE BOSS IN KATHERINE MANSFIELD’s THE FLY Katherine Mansfield’s short story The Fly is taken from the collection ’Dove’s Nest’ and inspired by her dear brother Leslie’s death‚ it is one of her finest short stories. The Fly is the story of a person haunted for six years by the death of his son. It is the depiction of anguish. Mansfield’s technique in her stories was to make her characters show their thoughts by a kind of mental soliloquy ‘fluttering‚ gossipy‚ breathless with questions

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    “The Fly” Having read many pieces of literature through short stories‚ it is evident that each story has its own unique use of symbolism. Diverse characters in each work of literature are used to demonstrate these forms of symbolism. The boss and his inner conflict illustrate a great deal of symbolism in “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield. The boss’s perception of the actions of the fly creates an interesting view of the comparison of his father-son‚ father-fly relationship. Katherine Mansfield

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    The Tsetse Fly 1. The tsetse fly poses many dangers to the environment and to animals. This fly has been responsible for conveying a disease called African trypoanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). Sleeping sickness can be fatal‚ and in areas of interest it is responsible for 40‚000 deaths per year- just in humans. Considering that there are 23 different species of tsetse flies‚ this could pose a problem. 2. Traditionally‚ scientists would trap the flies using electric blue cloth (this would

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    Effect of mixing time on fly ash block property Ayan Kumar Keora a a Development Alternatives‚ B-32‚ TARA Crescent‚ Qutab Institutional Area‚ New Delhi – 110016‚ India Abstract: This paper presents the effects of mixing time on the compressive strength of fly ash brick. Before designing the mix‚ sieve analysis of sand and fly ash was carried out and their fineness moduli were determined. Also the specific gravity and calorific value and ash content of fly ash were determined. The CaO content

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    The Physics of Fly-fishin’ What does it take to launch an ultra-light fishing line over 200 feet? A little physics and a lot of feel for the fishing rod‚ that’s what. The trick to doing good is to have the thinner‚ end of the line‚ land on the water first then the fly. The end of the line cushions the fly‚ having the effect that a fly is landing on the water‚ not a piece of nylon string. This may sound easy‚ but it’s a lot harder than it seems. Just getting it to go that far

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    Stop Swatting‚ Start Farming…With Flies I. Introduction II. Background III. Life Cycle IV. Establishing and Harvesting a Fly Farm V. Uses A. Composting – Waste Removal B. Animal Feed 1. Food For Fish C. Biofuels D. Protein Recycling – Nutrients E. Antibodies F. Wound Healing VI. Advantages VII. Challenges VIII. Future Developments IX. Conclusion X. Words of Wisdom I. Introduction An increase demand on global food sources and pressing environmental

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    Lord Of The Flies Summary [pic] |Lord Of The Flies Summary - The Island | |Lord of the Flies is set during World War 2 on a tropical island in the Coral Sea. A group of boys survive a plane crash and are| |left stranded on a deserted island with no adults. At first the boys cling to the principles and laws they were taught during | |their upbringing. They call a meeting where they establish rules‚

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    Lord of the Flies bases its plot upon a much earlier novel by R.M. Balantyne called The Coral Island. This is the tale of three British lads who get shipwrecked on a South Pacific island during the mid-19th century. They are Jack‚ Ralph and Peterkin. The tropical island is precisely the same place in both novels. The big difference between the two stories‚ however‚ lies in the quality of the boys. Ballantyne ’s heroes are gentlemen -- and they remain gentlemen throughout the novel. They

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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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    “Robert I am going to kill you over and over again. Don’t even think about trying to win‚” said my usually very kind friend during the time we played video games. We went to his house and played on his new X-Box 360 when all of a sudden he started to get really into the game. My friend started to mutter loudly every time I killed him. When I killed him for the tenth time‚ he was so outraged he began to start yelling. I was astounded by this new side of him and froze. I could not believe that my kind

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