Then Ralph smells smoke and realizes that Jack has set the jungle on fire in order to smoke him out. ... Ironically, although it is indeed a fire that lures a ship to the island, it is not an ordered, controlled signal fire but rather the haphazard forest fire Jack's hunters set solely for the purpose of killing Ralph. ... In 1940, a year after England entered World War II, Golding joined the Royal Navy, where he served in command of a rocket-launcher and participated in the invasion of Normandy. ... Once assembled, the boys set about electing a leader and devising a way to be rescued. ....

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• Approx Pages: 45
• Grade Level: High School

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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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

"The sympathy or magnetism among human beings is more subtle and universal than we think; it exists, indeed, among different classes of organized life, and vibrates from one to another. Loosely based on the events of Hawthorne's own life, The House of the Seven Gables attempts to show the sufferi...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

My name is Axle Steele and I served in the United States Marine Corps from the years 2002 to 2008 in active duty. ... One night while I was on fire watch I strapped my belt to the washer machine and set it on the spin cycle. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

A professional wedding consultant has many jobs in planning the bride's big party, from finding the right venue, talking with the bride and groom on what colors they want and what food to serve. ...

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• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School