Street Racing Some people think that street racing is a law being broken and that all of us doing it should get arrested. ... On a weekend night you see some teenagers just having fun at a local hangout like near a sonic or at a abandoned theatre. ... You stand up and leave with a huge smile and say, "That is going to be my car one day". " We race for the adrenaline rush not to hurt anybody" even though we should keep it on the track it's the thrill of doing something that's against the law. The unaware motorist that are just riding along trying to get back home are put in da...

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Habit is where citizens obey the law and generally don't do anything wrong. ... Consensus is an agreement or acceptance with the government's laws. ... Another example of symbol is the Communists replacing the government's flag with their flag at the plaza near the end of the film. ...

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Animal Farm sported its ideals of "equality," but this was not necessarily the case. They used to have a code of law written on the side of the barn. It promoted the principles of the Animalism that Old Major wished for. However, it was later replaced with one statement: "All animals are equal...

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Ralph is one of the most important characters and the main protagonist of the story. He was chosen to be chief by the others boys because of his innate leadership skills and strong sense of morality and responsibility that make him outstand as a natural leader. "Ralph! Ralph! Let him be chief" (Pg 2...

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Firstly, the boys' attitudes towards law and order take drastic changes throughout the novel. For example, the boys look at the conch, which represents law and order, differently as the story goes on. ... Another example of how the boys feel about law and order is when Jack decides to form his own tribe. ... These examples all demonstrate that the boys rejected law and order once they had become barbaric savages. ... While hunting, a boat passes near the island but does not recognize that the boys are on the island since the rescue fire is out. ...

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She looked at the crucifix, and seemed to see the blood of Jesus flow from his hands and heart into a pool of blood near her feet. ... She is the patron saint of bakers, countesses, death of children, falsely accused, homeless, nursing services, widows, young brides, charities, in-law problems, and Sisters of Mercy She is represented by woman wearing a crown and tending to beggars; woman wearing a crown, carrying a load of roses in her apron or mantle. ...

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Dahl represents her relationship with her husband as a loving devoted one with images of Mary's life revolving around this relationship, "...Merely to please herself with the thought of each minute gone by made it nearer the time when he would come home", this suggests that Mary is longing for her husband to come home and for his company. ... She wonders what the law is regarding murderers with unborn children and at times in the story I thought she may well have been found out when the detectives arrived to interview her. ...

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When given the proper environment, most humans tend to act barbarically rather than rationally. This is the point William Golding makes in his novel, Lord of the Flies. In Lord of the Flies ¸ a group of preadolescent children find themselves stranded on an island with no adults or way of escape. T...

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Then you have to break another law by running before the person can get your plate number, because the last thing you need is the cops to come. ... It's not a law that you can't pass on a double line. ... The law is the law however, and as of right now, in 2001, the elderly are legally able to drive a car. ... Half the time that you pass these people, they don't even realize that there is another car near them. ... VII The Commonwealth of Massachusetts also has their own ideas about how to drive, but lucky for you, I am here to tell you what their "laws" really mean. ...

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Piggy symbolized the law and order that the children left behind in the outside world. ... During a meeting about discussing rules, Ralph brought up an idea and said, "If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. ...

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Near the end of the novel, all the boys begin to cry over what they have done because they had been using the beast to avoid the insaneness and the evil insides themselves. When an adult arrives on the island all saneness, and law and order are restored; eliminating (or pointing out) the evil that was inside the boys. ...

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This large-scale war off of the island foreshadows what will eventually become of the children on the island in the near future. ... Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law." ...

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As for Pablo Cabading, he was a fine strapping man, an Ilocano, who gave the impression of being taller than he was and looked every inch an agent of the law: full of brawn and guts and force, and smoldering with vitality. ... "You don't know my father-in-law," he groaned. ... When he returned to the house on Zapote the next day, his father-in-law greeted him with a sarcastic question: "Where were you? ...

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THEMES Betrayal Patrick Maloney's unexplained decision to leave his pregnant wife. This violation of the marriage-vow is obviously not the only betrayal in the story, however. Mary's killing of her husband is perhaps the ultimate betrayal. Her elaborately planned alibi and convincing lies to the de...

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Now, when all he can do is struggle to stay alive as long as possible, a deus ex machina (an improbable or unexpected device or character that suddenly appears to resolve a situation) appears, at the last possible moment, in the form of the naval officer who brings the boys back to the world of law, order, and society. ...

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