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Lord Of The Flies: Human Nature

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PBA: Chris Lamoureux The author of Lord Of The Flies, William Golding, has an interesting, and rather valid take on the nature of man. He believes all men are inherently evil. He states that we are all born evil because we refuse to accept moral lessons without entertainment behind it (fables). Another one of Golding?s main points is the ?sinful nature? of man, due to the fact that, biblically speaking, man is gripped by Original Sin. A fallen being, he is sinful in nature. Therefore, Golding concludes, man is inherently evil.

Illuminate Poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen

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?Dulce et Decorum est? 1917 By Wilfred Owen Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind. Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!?An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; But someone still was yelling out and stumbling And flound?ring like a man in fire or lime... Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,

Photo Journal Basic Example

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Count Paris
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
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Literary Scavenger Hunt Miro Manestar Alliteration Definition: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Example: ?The day to cheer and night's dank dew to dry? (2.3.6)

Romeo and Juliet Literary Devices

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Romeo & Juliet

Light/Dark Imagery ? One of the play?s most consistent visual motifs is the contrast between light and dark, often in terms of night/day imagery. This contrast is not given a particular metaphoric meaning?light is not always good, and dark is not always evil. On the contrary, light and dark are generally used to provide a sensory contrast and to hint at opposed alternatives Personification occurs when an inanimate object or concept is given the qualities of a person or animal. Juliet? ?For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night / Whiter than new snow on a raven?s back. / Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow?d night? (Act III Sc. 2) An oxymoron describes when two juxtaposed words have opposing or very diverse meanings.

OF Mice and Men chapter 5 analysis

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Reading Log 5 Setting One end of the great barn was piled high with new hay and over the pile hung the four- taloned Jackson fork suspended from its pulley. The hay came down like a mountain slope to the other end of the barn, and there was a level place as yet unfilled with the new crop... The afternoon sun sliced in through the cracks of the barn walls and lay in bright lines on the hay. There was the buzz of flies in the air, the lazy afternoon humming. (Steinbeck 84)

OF Mice and Men chapter 4 analysis

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Reading Log 4 Setting ?Crooks, the Negro stable buck, had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn. On one side of the little room there was a square four-paned window, and on the other, a narrow plank door leading into the barn. Crooks? bunk was a long box filled with straw, on which his blankets were flung. On the wall by the window there were pegs on which hung broken harness in process of being mended... Crooks could leave his things about, and being a stable buck and a cripple, he was more permanent than the other men, and he had accumulated more possessions than he could carry on his back.? (Steinbeck 66-67)

OF Mice and Men chapter 3 analysis

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Reading Log 3 Setting ?Although there was evening brightness showing through the windows of the bunk house, inside it was dusk. Through the open door came the thuds and occasional clangs of a horseshoe game, and now and then the sound of voices raised in approval or derision... Slim sat down on a box and George took his place opposite.? (Steinbeck 38)

OF Mice and Men chapter 2 analysis

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Reading Log 2 Setting ?The bunkhouse was a long rectangular building. Inside, the walls were whitewashed and floor inpainted. In the three walls there were small, square windows, and in the forth, a solid door with a wooden latch. Against the walls were eight binks, five of them made up with blankets and the other three showing their burlap ticking. Over each bunk there was... a big square table littered with playing cards, and around it were grouped boxes for the players to sit on.? (Steinbeck 17)

OF Mice and Men chapter 6 analysis

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Reading Log 6 Setting ?The deep green pool of the Salinas River was still in the late afternoon. Already the sun had left the valley to go climbing up the slopes of the Gabilan Mountains, and the hilltops... A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shallows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically.? (Steinbeck 99)

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