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    In William Golding’s novel The Lord of the Flies a group of young british boys are shot out of the sky, and marooned on an uninhabited island. One of the oldest boys Ralph takes command of the group, as he was voted as chief. Jack who was also one of the older boys in the group, plus another awkward fellow named Simon, accompanied Ralph in an exploration of the island. After the exploration, Ralph ultimately decided to start a fire on top of the mountain so any passing ships could see the smoke.

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    or so years. The Lord of the Flies takes place in the 50’s on a deserted island during a nuclear war. Where Lost also takes place on deserted island but during the 2000’s. The people in both books Lost and Lord of the Flies both arrived by a plane crash. Then they both had leaders in the books, Ralph in Lord of the flies and Jack in Lost. They both have so called beast on the island in Lost they never really see the beast, but have wild animals on the island like a polar bear and wild boar. And in

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    In William Golding’s Lord of the flies, a group of English boys was left stranded on an uninhabited island as the aftermath of a wartime plane crash. On this island, the boy’s values and behaviors greatly alter as they become more succumbed to savagery. In the novel, it is evident that the boys’ change of values and behaviors due to fear, temptation, and the lack of supervision results in the breakdown of social orders and disconnects the boys from civilization. On the island, the lack of supervision

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    Throughout the novel, the face paint that Jack and his crew used simultaneously masks their faces as well as their civility. The first mention of the facepaint is made when Jack is strategizing a way to sneak up on a pig and he decides to camouflage himself. Jack says that his “half-concealed face” is “for hunting. Like in the war” (63). The incomplete coverage of the paint indicates that Jack is not fully immersed into his savagery. However, his interest in aggressive acts, hunting and war, insinuates

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    The character speaking in the quote is being called by the insecurity of his nickname, Piggy. The other kids did not bother asking his real name because they cannot see him past his image which is being a fat boy. Piggy’s identity and personality towards the others was determined by his image which is dense do to the fact that they do not acknowledge his intelligence and knowledge of survival because he is not considered to be fun causing him to be a social outcast his intelligence is not noticed

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    Pretty Little Liars is finally coming to an end after seven seasons. There have been plenty of twists and turns and the final mystery is set to be revealed on the series finale tomorrow night. A.D. has been tormenting the liars for several years and now, everything is going to be put out in the open. Theories have been tossed around by avid Pretty Little Liars fans. Some wanted the big reveal to include Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale), but that appears to have been blown when she decided to play for

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    Summary-When the chapter starts you get to know that the little kids play all day and the older ones hunt, build shelters, and keep the fire going. Then Jack starts to paint his face white and red so it would be easier for him to kill a pig. Once Jack and the other hunter go to look for pigs, Ralph spots a ship and all the boys start jumping with joy, but then piggy points out that he can't see the there signal smoke. So Ralph and the rest of the boys race up the mountain to see if the fire is still

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    Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s 2015 film, The Revenant, creates a story of ups and downs when one man is left for dead in the mountains of Montana in 1823. “The Revenant”, produced by Akiva Goldsman and directed by Inarritu is a drama that reaches tragedy when Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is left for dead by the rest of his men after being mauled by a bear. The ravishing film was realeased on December 25, 2015 by 20th Century Fox grossing a total of $326.1 million. The The movie starts out

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    of right and wrong are lost. Without society's rigid rules, anarachy and savagery can come to light. In Lord of the Flies, the loss of enforced rules changed the most of the boys into savage tribals. There were several places in the film that showed the truth of having society as a strong base to a group wil keep people in check. But lossing this anarchy sets in with no thought of what's right or wrong. Examples from this story proving these staments are when the boys lost an adult figure in control

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    Jack asserts his authority by making the chief, Ralph seem weaker, therefore creating a stronger picture of himself to the other boys; a better leader than Ralph. When Jack says ‘He’s like Piggy’ it conveys weakness, as Piggy is seen as a feeble character, which Jack believes isn't a trait that a leader should have. He also says Ralph ‘isn’t a proper chief’ this implies Jack is trying to turn everyone against Ralph to improve his status on the island. In addition, Jack gains admiration from the

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