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The Island Research Paper

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The Island.

It didn’t have a name, really. Oh, it probably did have a name on maps and charts and the like, but to the people who called it home it was just “The Island”.

Located somewhere among the Islands that made up the nation of Kiribati, in the South Pacific Ocean, The Island was geographically only a few hundred nautical miles south of the equator. The nearest substantial landmass was Papua New Guinea, but if you wanted real civilisation, then your best bet was Australia.

The Island was…unique. It was privately-owned, and the owner was a reclusive man who was almost never seen. Even the people who lived on the island never saw him, not even to get a house on it. It was reachable by sea and air, and had most comforts one would expect …show more content…

One had to be rich just to get a look-in. You had to be worth more than ten million to be able to secure a property. There were houses, it was true – each house was not much more than a two-story town-house, in design, but the comforts of each house were made for the Rich & Shameless, and the houses weren’t stuck so close together that you could throw a stone and break a window next door – there was a respectable amount of distance between houses. Furniture was moved in when you signed your deed and paid your bond. Most people who lived here also maintained another house off The Island…for those times where living off The Island was necessary. However, most residents who lived on The Island could also run their business interests from there as well, and clothing was permitted when a person’s work demanded it (although leaving The Island for work purposes was …show more content…

At forty-six years of age, Tyson had secured his home on The Island about six months ago. His past was chequered, but the owner didn’t care about stuff like that. So long as you paid your fees and kept the peace, a resident could have whatever past they liked, although The Owner was known to be rather strict and unforgiving on the subject of criminal activities on The Island. Tyson was a soft criminal, though. Robbery, both home and cyber, were the limits of his illegal activities, and such things were virtually useless on The Island anyway. Why steal here when you could get it virtually free by asking? Besides, Tyson traded on the Stock Market, and also had large numbers of shares in various profitable mining ventures. His wealth was readily apparent, and he didn’t have to engage in crime a lot these days to keep it that

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