attention to the issues in Saudi Arabia in January 2011. The song lyrics from “#Jan25” also went viral making a statement and an argument for the people in Saudi Arabia. Doctors without Borders is also used to show the arguments of Pathos and Ethos. “Lord of the Flies” is a text that is showing an argument and making a statement through the theme that a society without laws and law enforcement will inevitably fail. This is shown through the society the boys on the island create, initially they have
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Background info (birthplace, birthdate, any relevant childhood info, relevant relationship info, etc.): If you haven't guessed already, I am John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. I had a military and writing career. I am best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. Thesis: My life was shaped many aspects, but I will mainly focus on my youth, my military career, my career as a professor,and finally, my writing career. Main Idea 1: Youth I was born on January 3rd 1892,
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In William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies, a plane crash strands schoolboys on an island—without supervision or leadership, left only with a memory of civilization. Quickly, many of them had forgotten their connections to civilization and had become savage: “The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away" (Golding 91). Ralph is realizing that, despite his efforts, the boys are slipping into a ferocious state of mind and are becoming wild. Ralph recognizes their chances of survival
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In the novel The hobbit a character named Bilbo Baggins becomes an exceptional hero. As Mr. J.R.R. Tolkien writes that Bilbo is an ¨unexpected hero¨, but in my eyes this was not unexpected nor was it accidental. In The Hobbit there are three main ways Bilbo went from hobbit to hero. These ways are, when he fights the trolls, when he saves the dwarves from spiders, and when he turns the Arkenstone over to the Elvenking and bard to prevent war. Bilbo first starts his journey from hobbit to hero when
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In the novel, Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, british schoolboys are trapped on an unknown island without the guardianship of any adults to push order and discipline. When the young boys first arrive, they are ecstatic about the idea of living without adults, meaning they can do whatever they want. However, the longer they are stranded on the island, the more innocence they get taken from them. For instance, the first time that Jack tried to hunt, he stares at the pig holding a knife
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The Hobbit is a wonderful book to read. J.R.R Tolkien who is the author of the Hobbit used various archetypes throughout the novel. Some archetypes that J.R.R Tolkien used in the Hobbit are communion, the hero, and the journey. The main character in the Hobbit is Bilbo Baggins and you wouldn’t think that a person with the personality of Bilbo would be the hero. Bilbo Baggins didn’t have any ambition in his life, he had hobbies but they were boring hobbies. In the beginning of the Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
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In the lord of the flies, the conch represents power and order. Power is represented by the fact that you have to be holding it to speak. While order is shown by the meetings and gatherings in which it is used to call and hold. The conch is powerful. The conch is power is first shown on page 22 as the children vote for ralph to be chief of the boys has he was the one to discover the conch. “him with the shelf, Ralph! Ralph!”, let him be chief with the trumpet thing”. This quote shows that all the
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I am sitting next to a miracle. His name is William Kamkwamba. He is sixteen years old. He is the embodiment of the future I long for at night, and thought was naught but a distant dream. All of the qualities I want to find in myself can be found in this young man: creativity, persistence, self confidence, and humility. I want to shout, loud enough that everyone in this cramped cage of an airplane will turn and look, “I’m sitting next to William Kamkwamba! He built his own windmill! He’s
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Piggy was flat out murdered, both by Jack and his group or “tribe”. Simon is the Jesus-like person in the story, and Piggy was the man of reason in the group of boys that survived the plane crash. Simon is considered the christ-like figure in the Lord Of The Flies, but there are a few comparisons and differences between Simon and Jesus. “Although Jesus and Simon both die sacrificial deaths, Jesus was killed for his beliefs, whereas Simon is killed because of the other boys’ delusions. Jesus died
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Gandalf and 13 dwarves come into Bilbo Baggins’ house like they own the place, and as they are making themselves at home and eat all of Bilbo’s food, Bilbo learns through conversations that Gandalf has chosen him to go on their adventure. Gandalf says on page 22, “You asked me to find the fourteenth man for your expedition, and I chose Mr. Baggins . . .” On page 30, Bilbo still does not believe that he is going on this expedition, saying, “I will give you a good breakfast before you go.” Then,
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