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    The story “Wuthering Heights”, written by Emily Bronte, is a capitalist look at the issue of class and the clash between good and bad in human nature. To start, there is dialectic society that Mr. Heathcliff is supposedly forced to use capitalistic techniques in order to gain more power, “But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark-skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman, that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire"(Bronte

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    Anansi Boy Compare and Contrast By: Mike Li In the book "Anansi Boys" "Spider" is introduced as Fat Charlie's brother who has a bit of a more wild side to him than Fat Charlie. Spider is better looking and seems to better with women. But he is definitely not Mr. Perfect, Spider starts becoming a hassle to Charlie and becomes a very dislikeable person to Charlie. Which contrast with the Norse god "Balder". Balder is one of the "most beloved gods, on Earth as in heaven" which is definitely

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    In A Noiseless Patient Spider, Walt Whitman uses the contrast in tone to capture an individual’s wonderings in life suggesting that the soul seeks to find an anchor to hold on to. There is a shift between the first and second stanza. Both discuss the same type of ideas, but with different tones and perspectives. The first stanza the speaker observes the spiders journey, “I marked where on a little promontory it stood isolated,// Marked how to explore the vacant vast surrounding”. This statement uses

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    Painted Faces Even though Ralph is a young teenage boy he still possesses the characteristics of a grown man. He shows us courage, responsibility, strength, hard work, and most importantly leadership. One nautical day everything changed for Ralph and his schoolmates after becoming stranded on an uninhabited island out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The boys claim they were shot down, but no one knows for sure what had happened. Somehow everyone survives the plane crash except for the

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    something special to offer. By working together, members of a team feel a strong sense of belonging and deep commitment to each other and their goal. This is seen in the book Lord of the flies where each character brings something good to the group: Ralphs leadership, Jacks hunting skills, Simons logical thinking and Piggys innovativness. Piggy is made fun of throughout the whole beginning of the book but once he starts bringing upon these innovative ideas forward he starts to gain abit of confidence

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    readers are introduced to in William Golding's Lord of the Flies is Ralph, a young British boy with fair skin and an athletic build. Ralph is shown to have a child like personality at first; the first thing he does is strip and run into the ocean to swim, and as he looks around he is excited by the prospect of his very own undiscovered island without adults around. However, despite the childish and innocent side of his personality, Ralph is a natural leader and is quickly elected as such by the boys on

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    specifically, Golding displays through the character Ralph; the phases of psychological maturity. Ralph throughout his experiences on the island will progress and digress in maturity. Ralph will begin as a carefree, innocent child—happy to be away from constraints of society. However, through certain events, Ralph will grow to become a leader and choose to stay morally good, while the boys around him digress in evil. More specifically, events that illustrate Ralphs, responsibility, assertiveness, honesty, detachment

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    aspects of the island and mans impact on it? During chapter 1 Golding portrays the island and mans impact on it in both positive and negative ways. He also uses many literary devices when showing these aspects. The first positive image is shown when ralph describes the granite as being “Like icing” “on a pink cake” the colour pink in this similie presents beauty and happiness and “icing” reinforces the happiness. However this could be interpreted negatively as the hunger of the boys at this time. Additionally

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    Savagery

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    savagery is Ralph who because of his continual battle for power with Jack, uses violence to settle disputes, contributes to the killing of Simon, and emulates a wild animal to survive. Roger who rejects the idea of civilization from the start instills fear in younger tribe members, kills Piggy, and plans the brutal sacrifice of Ralph. Finally, Jack adapts a ruthless way of leading allowing an obsession with hunting as he segregates his tribe from civilization and leads the hunt for Ralph. The fall

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    same, Ralph was chief. The reason behind why the kids nominated Ralph chief was because he looked more appealing than jack and he seemed to know what to do. Like for instance, the kids were bewildered when they saw that Ralph had the conch in his hands and that he was not the “man with a trumpet.” Then they realized that Ralph was “the man with the trumpet” and perceived that he would make a fine leader. I say overall: his honesty, his ability to

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