wise friend called piggy" In the dystopian novel, "Lord of the Flies" written by William Goulding, a group of young British boys are struggling to survive on an untouched and deserted island after their plane is attacked during the nuclear war of World War 1, causing the plane to crash. Without adults in control, they try to govern themselves to maintain order and stability but ultimately fail resulting into violence and brutality. Throughout the novel, a presence of a dark force becomes more evident
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Before reading I chose this book because I’ve seen a film version of it, and because I liked the movie I thought it would be a nice book to read. I also picked it because it seemed easier to just pick a book that was on Moodle, so I could be sure that it would be okay to use it. My expectations were not very high because it is a pretty old book and I never really like old books. Summary Chapter one – Down the Rabbit Hole A little girl named Alice and her sister were sitting on a bank when Alice
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vFahrenheit 451: Novel Test A society without books is a society without knowledge. In Ray Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451, nobody is allowed to read any books, due to it being a crime against humanity. If somebody gets caught reading a book, that person’s house will get burned to ashes. Books are replaced with magazines, movies, and television, causing people to lose grasp of language arts and reading. Due to the technology drowning everything out, people in this dystopian society lack necessary
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'Looking for Alibrandi' by Melina Marchetta is a clearly crafted narrative that explores serious ideas and themes. The ideas that have been included in the narrative have been presented cautiously, making 'Looking for Alibrandi' stand out from the rest. It has no shortage of literary techniques, is relevant to the proposed audience and explores serious ideas with sensitivity. 'Looking for Alibrandi' has all these things that classify a well-crafted narrative. The author addresses many themes such
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In the novel "War and peace" of L.N. Tolstaya uses reception of an antithesis, opposing the real life — false, true vital values — false, internal beauty — external. An embodiment of external beauty and internal emptiness is in the novel Elaine Bezoukhova, an embodiment of internal beauty, life, love — Natasha Rostova. Natasha — the favourite heroine of Tolstoy. It submits the reader the sincerity, a spontaneity, cheerfulness, poetry, richness of an inner world. "The poetic, full of life, the
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Symbol: Boots -“Though Müller would be delighted to have Kemmerich's boots, he is really quite as sympathetic as another who could not bear to think of such a thing for grief. He merely sees things clearly…We have lost all sense of other considerations, because they are artificial. Only the facts are real and important for us. And good boots are scarce” -”Muller reappears with a pair of airman's boots. They are fine english boots of soft, yellow leather which reach to the knees and lace up all
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In Walker Percy’s novel Lancelot, the narrator’s sanity is questioned. Although admittedly institutionalized, Lancelot at first seems to be coherent and sensical. However, as the novel progresses, Lancelot’s disturbing and misguided philosophy becomes more apparent, and it becomes impossible to sympathize with him. In his quest to overcome a world which he sees as shallow and false, he reveals his own ingrained racism and sexism. Moreover, he allows his disgust with society to overcome him and ruin
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In Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre; the protagonist, Jane, was previously an orphan treated horrifically under her aunt, Mrs. Reed. Through the experiences of cruel treatment and various learning experiences, Jane becomes more independent throughout the novel. At the time that Jane resided at Thornfield Hall, she slowly became more attracted to her employer, Edward Rochester. As time progressed, Rochester became more controlling towards Jane, and therefore she was not able to be as independent
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忽然一台坎諾十型猛地調頭沖向她，同時雷射槍已經鎖定了磁浮車，這一刻羅靚穎才意識到自己太興奮了。 噌…… 一擊鐳射擊中了磁浮車，羅靚穎只覺磁浮車開始劇烈的晃動，她已經無法控制了。 …… 磁浮車被提了起來，是坎諾十型。 “嘻嘻，親愛的羅小姐，我是你的粉絲，今兒晚上，我將和您在床上好好交流一下！” 坎諾十型倒提著磁浮車，準備離開。 另一個劫匪搖搖頭，這家伙雖然毛病多多，但不得不說實力很強，尤其是槍法，剛才那一槍是擦著磁浮車過去的，不然美女也變成骷髏了。 剛跑了沒多遠，兩台機甲同時停下，警報響起，可是他們卻沒有看到敵人的影子。 “頭兒，這機器不是最先進的嗎，怎麼這麼快就壞了？” “……不對，頭頂上！” 李鋒的魔鬼戰機從天而降，擋住了去路，三台機甲對上了。 坎諾十型的造型已經相當夸張，機能上更不用說，算的上是USE的巔峰作品，裝備著USE的王牌部隊，力與美的結合相當不錯，人類史上的機甲評定也在前列，可是當兩個劫匪看到眼前這台機甲的時候真是眼紅了。
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Representations of human connections in Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement As early as in Chapter One, McEwan introduces the theme of human relationships and love. The Tallises – Emily and Jack – have been married for years and their wealthy household gives off the impression of stability. However, they do not see much of each other – Jack’s job with the government keeps him busy in preparation for the coming war and he spends more time in London than at home. Emily’s sister – Hermione – is going through
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