Lord of The Flies: Vocabulary Words Abyss (Noun): a deep‚ large space‚ gulf‚ or cavity. The depth of the large abyss was immeasurable‚ but the scientists were determined to figure it out. (Option 1) Articulate (Adjective): using language easily and fluently; having facility with words. Variations: articulable‚ articulative (adjective); articulately (adverb) articulateness‚ articilacy (noun) Studying French for five years made him a very articulate speaker‚ for it sounds as if he really
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Dr. Vandana Shiva “When the U.S. sneezes‚ the world experiences influenza” The lecture by Dr. Vandana Shiva on the global food crisis was an insightful presentation of Dr. Shiva’s overall knowledge of globalizations failures in social responsibility. She began with several facts supporting her theories against current practices that drive the economic instability of the world food supply. She also explained the causes of the events in which 40 countries around the world faced rioting due to escalating
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This passage shows the reader that the “beast” wasn’t something they could just get rid of by haunting and killing it. The “Lord of the Flies” or the beast‚ represents human nature and the evil‚ savagery‚ violence etc. that’s inside of us. William Goulding wrote this book to show the readers that we‚ human beings are known to be savages by nature. In other words‚ humans tend to act inhumane sometimes when it comes to surviving or for any other reason. For example‚ Jack made fun of piggy and the
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In Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding utilizes figurative language to compare the depiction the Jack’s jungle to that of Simon’s jungle to represent different approaches of humans to the natural world. Jack’s jungle is depicted as dry and rough‚ where there is only undergrowth and a cracked twig‚ which displays how dehydrated and lifeless the bushes and soil seem to him. The sharpened stick in his hand demonstrates his focus on violence‚ and the animal desire to kill. He even acts much like the
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In her book Vanada Shiva points out a growing concern many people do not pay attention do in their everyday lives. We take water for granted‚ and find hard to imagine a day when the tap runs dry. In Water Wars the author does an excellent job of analyzing the privatization‚ pollution‚ and profit of water in the International arena. She takes a scientific approach and explains the means and methods of water processing and extraction. In offering several tragic examples of where the water tables have
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In the story Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ is a group of schoolboys stranded on an island. On this island the boys struggle to stay civilized‚ and not give in to savagery. Golding suggests that violence can exist in civilization and savagery‚ which we can distinguish by way of the diction and imagery of violence from the hunt for the sow‚ and the civilized violence from the boys’ rescue. The scene from page 135 is the boys hunting down a sow. Golding uses diction like “hurled” and “eruption”
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Moral Poverty In "What is Poverty?" Theodore Dalrymple argues that the poverty in England is not economic‚ it is moral and spiritual. In the text "The City by the Sea" by Shiva Naipaul discusses the poverty in Bombay and its economic and moral connections. Theodore Dalrymple also argues that the poverty his situation in England is worse than poverty in Third World countries. I agree with Dalrymple’s first thesis‚ but in Naipaul’s essay the life conditions are more miserable than England. That’s
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This male domination is shown in the play through Lord Capulet’s relationships between his wife‚ daughter and other members of his family. This patriarchal domination makes him very powerful and makes other characters in the play weaker by comparison. This power is very important in determining the outcome of the play. The portrayal of Lord Capulet’s character‚ shows him as one who has the power to tell others what to do as well as having complete power over his household and what happens in his
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LOST OF WORDS How has Golding used silence and language to enhance the story? Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies ’ is a novel where silence and language is used as a medium to communicate among the boys on the island. Language is used as a form of civilization but as the days go by the language starts to depreciate person by person along with the need of civilization. Language and silence are also used to foretell future events in the novel. ‘The conch was silent.’ Here Golding
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The Importance of Lord Ganesh in the Hindu Culture There are many gods and goddesses in the Hindu Culture‚ but they mainly believe in the one universal god who is known as Brahma. Yet‚ there are many other important figures in their religion such as the widely worshipped deity‚ Ganesh. He is the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati. Ganesh is also known as Ganapti and Vinayaka‚ and devotion to Ganesh is also extended to Jains‚ Buddhists‚ and beyond India. He is known to have an elephant head‚ which makes
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