Name____________________ Comparing Rates of Evaporation Several factors determine how fast a sample of liquid will evaporate. The volume of the sample is a key factor. A drop of water takes less time to evaporate than a liter of water. The amount of energy supplied to the sample is another factor. In this lab‚ you will investigate how the type of liquid and temperature affect the rate of evaporation. Problem: How do intermolecular forces affect the evaporation rates of liquids? Pre-Lab:
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Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by William Golding that explores the relationship between civilization and savagery as a group of young boys crash on an inhabited island. Throughout the book‚ society holds less of an importance as the boys grow increasingly focused on hunting rather than law and order. Ralph‚ the elected chief of the boys‚ continuously portrays how laws will improve their society but he slowly grows primitive and begins losing power to a regime calling for no societal pressures
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Civilization vs. Savagery: An Exploration of Counterpoint in Lord of the Flies Counterpoint is a common literary device used by many authors in a variety of forms of literature. It gives the work contrast and interest as well as a diverse insight into two completely different ideas or opposites. The main counterpoint presented in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies would be the idea of civilization vs. savagery. This motif is presented throughout the novel. The idea that humans are constantly battling
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The war between civilization and savagery has been a conflict in the human mind since the beginning‚ but no work of literature illustrates this battle better than Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The novel is a beautifully and tragically written tale of the collapse of social order within a group of young British castaways. Golding continually challenges the reader’s perception of human psychology and moral code. As things fall to pieces‚ we are left to wonder why the attitudes of the boys become
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Civilization vs. Savagery William Golding’s‚ Lord of the Flies is a novel that displays the power and importance of the rules of civilization and its role in preventing humans from following their natural inclination toward savagery. This novel displays how the rules of civilization are overcome by savagery when rules and authority get displaced‚ and savagery starts to become inevitable. When the boys were first ‘placed’ on the island it was the boy’s original instinct to be civil
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‘Which is better - to have rules and agree‚ or to hunt and kill’ This essay will use three characters to show how William Golding explores the concept of civilization and savagery in his novel‚ Lord of the Flies. The first character that is explored is Ralph. He represents civilization‚ ‘a face that proclaimed no devil’. Ralph is the elected leader and represents a democracy. He gives everyone a chance to speak provided that it is done in a fair and ordered manner. He is community minded. Ralph’s
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goodness‚ and savagery‚ associated with evil and corruptness‚ are constantly at war. The conflict between the novel’s main protagonist and antagonist‚ Ralph and Jack‚ represents the broader struggle of these two ideas. Civility and savagery are further represented through recurring symbols throughout the novel. Lastly‚ these conflicting ideas present themselves in internal battles within the characters. Through external conflicts‚ symbolism‚ and internal struggles‚ the war between savagery and civility
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The theme: Civilization keeps a savage part of us locked down deep inside. If we become free from society and its rules‚ the savageness emerges. We found a quote that describes the conflict between civilization and savagery. It states‚ “Man… is a tame or civilized animal; never the less‚ he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature‚ and then all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill-educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures
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This picture is of Ralph and Jack who are two of the main characters in The Lord of the Flies. This picture shows the main theme of civil vs. savage. Ralph is civil because he wants to keep everything on the island the way he thinks it’s supposed to be. He is also still in his school uniform because he thinks they should keep those clothes on because it is the civil thing to do. Ralph is holding the conch in his hands which is the item on the island that holds the most power. Eventually it loses
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Literature Examination 8 Choose a theme and explain how that theme influences the system of rules and order the boys establish when they arrive on the island‚ and what happens when the rules disintegrate. Order in the World vs. Savagery Among Men In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ the characters demonstrate what can happen when the fear of the unknown sets in. Giving up the familiarity of authoritative figures and domesticated surroundings can put some people‚ especially
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