... which fictional works have on the exploration of real issues. This is also emphasised through the character of Malvina and the struggle she faces with finding a place to belong within society. "I knew that settling in to a new city would be hard but I didn't realise how awfully hard it would be ... don't freak but I'm going back to Byron. I just can't hack it here". This brings to the fore, that belonging can be directed towards a place and not just to a group or society. Through Asher, who feels the sense of belonging towards Byron Bay, the effect that text types have on a story ... r...

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As in all stories there is a character which makes a revelation no matter how big or small which is beneficial to him/her or the group they are a part of. In the case of Lord of the Flies, Simon is the character, which is, bestowed the revelations ... from innocence. This is ironic because had he not come upon his epiphany the group would have not killed him. Thereby, the fire in the forest would not have taken place and the boys would have evaded rescue. So in a sense Simon died for the misgivings of the others and saved them from their own self-destruction. As well, Simon's encounter ... ...

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... blame. In order to dig himself out of a financial abyss, he is keen to yield his wife to a horrifying abduction, to embezzle money from his father-in-law, and to place his son, his neighbors, the law enforcement, and everyone in the captors channel in jeopardy. He's the sole root of the five homicides, which include his wife and his father ... his continual desire and emptiness. When Carl picks up the million-dollar payoff from the father-in-law, he conceals the nice bonus from his accomplice, and gives him just a small part of the payoff. Instead of jeopardizing himself by going to the...

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... what Nurse Ratched looks like, "Her face is smooth, calculated, and precision made, like an expensive doll, skin like flesh coloured enamel, blend of white cream and baby-blue eyes, small nose, pink little nostrils," this is making sure that we know and remember that Nurse Ratched is a woman, and that despite her character that is all she is inside. However ... to run the ward without Ratched's help, so he must let her do as she pleases because he is frightened to lose her and have no one to take her place. It is Harding that tells us of this information when McMurphy is convincing him ...

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