Assignment 1 The responsibilities of different levels of Government in the UK There are many different levels of government in the UK. The diagram below describes those levels. ↓ UK Parliament ← → Taxes ↓ Welsh Assembly ← → Health
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The Godly Characteristics of Bilbo Bilbo has many Godly characteristics in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. He decides to help the dwarves by going on the journey, Bilbo risks his own life to help the dwarves many times, and he gives the Arkenstone to Bard to help his people. Bilbo shows that he is helpful, caring, and selfless on his journey with the dwarves. The first characteristic is that he decides to go on the journey to help the dwarves. Bilbo doesn’t like to go on adventures, because he
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Devine Providence Block 3 In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, several school boys are stranded on a deserted island with no adults. At first, they are scared and don’t know what to do so they elect a chief, Ralph, to run the show and keep everything/everyone in order. When they realize that they don’t have to listen to what Ralph is demanding, the island turns to chaos and the boys turn into little savages. It is a struggle for them to survive and as a result two young, innocent
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fantasy works The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was born on the 3rd of January 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and died on the 2nd of September 1973. He died at the age 81, in Bournemouth. Tolkien wrote the book in 1937. At this time Hitler was in power. I could not find anything in his book that is pointing somehow to Hitler. After the death of Tolkien, his son published a some works based on his father’s notes. Together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, these form a connected
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Evaluate the Responsibilities at Different Levels of Government Central government is in charge at a national level, it is positioned in London where the houses of parliament and the House of Lords have many different types of responsibilities. One of their responsibilities is to protect the whole country at a national level. The good thing about this responsibility is that it will make our country a safer place to live in by creating new laws and policies which will help protect the people either
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as the genealogy mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew. Since the Catholic faith is mostly centered around Jesus Christ, Tolkien finds a way to represent Jesus in certain characters in the story. The most notable character that fits the role of the Lord and Savior is Frodo. One of the first aspects of Frodo as the Christ figure is his journey from his home in the Shire throughout middle-earth. Frodo’s mission is to protect the ring from evil and carry it to Mordor and only when he leaves his home
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responsibilities because as it’s the main government within the UK, it contains the 3 political institutions which make up parliament which are: the House of Commons, and the House of Lords and the monarch. They work together. The house of commons creates new laws which they feel will work well for the British community. The house of lords has a responsibility of signing agreements for example looking into a new law passed down from the house of commons these decisions are big and can affect the country. The
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What is The Riddle of the Ivy? Chesterton’s short written story, “The Riddle the Ivy”, centres on the idea that someone has to leave home in order to really appreciate it. Most individuals can relate to this text, as they sooner or later in their lives have been away from their native soil. However the text also treats the political situation in England, a theme to which I will return later in the essay. The narrator believes entirely in the idea that one has to set foot on one’s own country
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“Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost” Steph Johnson ENG 155 January 23rd, 2012 Professor Jan Ward Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost A long, white beard and curious eyes peering from underneath a largely pointed hat often leave an imprinted image in mind. A scholarly grin and archaic tobacco pipe complete the picture formed. The faint imagery of what a wizard is can only be complete when thinking of Gandalf the Grey. A magic staff and a knowledgeable mind are cause for the quest
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it in such a simple story of English boys to precisely illustrate how truly destructive humans can be? Golding was in World War Two, he saw how destructive humans can be, and how a normal person can go from a civilized human beign into savages. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses the theme of human nature to show how easily society can collapse, and how self-destructive human nature is. Throughout the story Golding conveys a theme of how twisted and sick human nature can lead us to be. Many
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