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    retains most of its elements from the novel‚ Miyizaki adds a novel component of to the account: war. Sophie‚ the main protagonist in the novel‚ is a shop attendant cursed by a beautiful villainous witch (Jones). The curse makes her look like an old crone. Instead of seeking help from relatives and friends‚ Sophie opts to seek the help of a wizard who lives in a moving castle in order to free her from the curse. Her plan finally succeeds. In Miyizaki’s version‚ Sophie’s curse and her refuge with the

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    If you give a mouse an computer he is not going to ask for a cookie or a glass of milk or anything at all. In Fact he won’t hear a word you say and if he doesn’t hear a word you say He won’t know that you are taking him on a special trip. He’ll miss out on the nachos and the cotton candy and pizza and he won’t even realize he is on his first roller coaster ride. And if he doesn’t know he is on his first roller coaster ride he’ll forget to buckle his seatbelt and probably take a fun little

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    her action within those categories‚ the common law court could not deal with it. National Provincial Bank Ltd v Ainsworth(1965) The House of Lords examined the deserted wife’s

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    polar opposites survive on a deserted island together? It would be possible although it would be a tough task. The opposites would need to cooperate‚ and they need to have one strong leader. This group of people in the book Lord of the Flies have gotten stranded on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere and they must find a way to survive. In the book Lord of the Flies‚ Jack and Ralph are two opposites on the spectrum. These two people have gotten stranded on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere

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    you leave and go home to your family and aging mother? If I was a soldier in the Continental Army and the conditions were the same‚ I would re-enlist. I would stay in Washington’s army because many of the soldiers became ill‚ died‚ or deserted‚ leaving him with less and less number of soldiers. According to the chart in Document A‚ there were 8‚000 soldiers in February 1778 and 3‚989 of them died of illness. Since his army was slowly diminishing‚

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    witches in a "deserted heath". One reason why Shakespeare starts the play in this way is that in his time people believed in the existence of witches and blamed them for all unnatural events that happened. The people believed that witches had contact with the devil and animals‚ that they could fly on broomsticks‚ cast spells by chanting and making potions and that they had the ability to fortell the future. Shakespeare starts the play with the three witches who meet in a deserted place in Scotland

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    to marry her. This idea is also seen in Lord of the Flies by William Golding when Ralph and the other boys stranded on the island are found by an English trooper. Firstly‚ when Ralph and the other boys finally adapt to their environment of the deserted island and work together toward being saved‚ they start to purify their soul because the boys learn from their horrific actions on the island. For example‚ Piggy and Simon were two boys who were killed by the other boys. "Ralph launched himself like

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    mass of teeth thrashing‚ of flesh ripping‚ of bodies darting‚ of eyes rolling‚ under the shroud of an opaque and alluringly macabre cloud. The submarine slowly labored forward along the periphery of an unfathomable frenzy. Traversing across that deserted land was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings

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    The coloured sketch of the island represents the duality of fire’s purpose during the boys’ time on the deserted island. On the right-hand side‚ the fire is shown through the boat which finally took the boys back to civilization. The fire is attached to this because it gave a sense of order and civility in a place with no adults nor consequences. The fire is dimmer on the right-side because the boys had all but lost this civility before they were rescued. A signal fire had become a nuisance and a

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    If I were alone on a deserted island‚ the first thing I would wish I had brought with me would be my two boys because they would give me the strength to get through each day. Although‚ my children are not “things” without them I wouldn’t want or need anything else nor would I have the strength to fight for survival. Having my boys would prevent me from becoming lonely they would offer me a lifetime of entertainment (considering how comical they both are)‚ and also help prevent me from losing my sanity

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