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    people who are outcast are ostracized and shunned. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a novel about how young boys unattended on an island become savage and corrupt as they try to get back home. The novel explores the details of Piggy, one of the major characters, who is very different from the rest of the boys. Annoying and whiny, he is eventually ostracized by most of the other boys who think he is an unnecessary burden to their survival. Piggy is often bullied and made fun of for his obese

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    consequences of actions, developing an understanding of the world, developing attributes such as self-esteem and kindness, and developing and understanding relationships. Three of the books that I enjoyed as a child include these same themes: A Big Fat Enormous Lie, and Oh, the Places You’ll Go!. A good book has important things

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    place on August 6-9, 1945. This was a alliance victory meaning that we won getting Japan to surrender from the war. The little boy bomb took place on August 6, 1945 and the Fat man took place on August 9, 1945. In diameter the Fat Man was 60 inches and in diameter the Little Boy was 28 inches. The blast yield was for the little boy was 15 kilotons. The blast for the fat man was 21 kilotons. Many people developed cancer, blindness, hair loss, decrease in white blood cells, bloody diarrhea, anemia

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    Informative Essay On Ww2

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    about half of a month later on September 2nd, 1945, on the USS Missouri. To popular belief, it is believed that the reason for Japans surrender was because of the atomic bombs the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, known as Little Boy and Fat man. Was the atomic bombs

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    Ralph's first description about Piggy is the “fat boy” and this is a great example of how Ralph first sees Piggy as nothing but fat. “The fat boy waited to be asked his name…the fat boy stood by him breathing hard…’on account of my asthma and I’ve been wearing specs since I was three’”. Instead of asking Piggy his name Ralph refers to him as “the fat boy” only because of his overall appearance Ralph refuses to learn his name and when Piggy informs

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    William Sleator

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    to kill it, so it was up to me to kill it or leave it alone. I let it be a just moved desk. I related to Martin, because I did not overcome my fear. In this story the elevator written by William Sleator. There is a young boy named Martin who is scared of the elevator, and a big fat lady that gets on when he gets on. William Sleator shows us Martin’s lack of ability to get over his fear by building suspence thourgh Martin’s thoughts and actions which are all efforts to avoid these fears. Martin’s

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    "Ralph." The fat boy to be asked his name in turn but this proffer of acquaintance was not made; the fair boy called Ralph smiled vaguely, stood up, and began to make his way once more toward the lagoon. The fat boy hung steadily at his shoulder. Then he tripped over a branch and came down with a crash. The fat boy stood by him, breathing hard. "My auntie told me not to run," he explained, "on account of my asthma." "Ass-mar?" "That's right. Can't catch my breath. I was the only boy in our school

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    The Fat Kid Piggy throughout Lord Of The Flies by William Golding portrays loyalty, voice of reason and dependence. The fat kid is an perfect example of someone who gets excluded but has high intelligence and understanding of the whole picture. Piggy experiences loss of friendship and trust because of the way he looks, the boys treat him differently. Piggy and Ralph held their own strong civilized opinion and stuck through it all together. Piggy always had Ralph’s back and loyal in many ways supporting

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    The boys try to create structure as part of their goal to survive. Piggy, a passive, intelligent, and rational young man is an asset to the group; however, the group does not embrace Piggy because the boys can not see past his outer appearance of being fat and wearing glasses. Instead, the group treats Piggy like an outcast. Although the boys treat Piggy like an outcast, Piggy talks to the group when he has something important to say, but is passive in his remarks and reactions. Piggy accepts

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    In the novel The Fat Man the author Maurice Gee displays hopelessness at the same point by the characters Colin, Laurie, Mrs Masie and Mrs Muskie. The book Fat Man is about a Fat Man who is a horrible mean and is the main character that Gee displays throughout all the characters. Hopeless throughout the novel is seen by actions, dialogue and physical description form character with in the book The Fat Man. Maurice Gee expresses Colin as hopelessness in the book The Fat Man due to Herbert Muskie’s

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