Essays on Flies

The Lord of the flies written by William Golding and Inferno by Dante Alighieri are allegorical books that expound common themes and similitude in the usage of styles. In particular, the common theme that resonates in these two books is the nature of man and the evil that men harbor in their hearts. In essence, the two novels delve to answer the question as to who is the real enemy of humankind. Though the two authors dexterously use different stylistic devices to answer the question, the convergence is that man himself is the worst enemy to each other. According ...

Philosophy

Golding, W. (1954). Lord of the Flies. New York, NY: Penguin. (Pp. 1-297)

Summary

William Golding wrote the Lord of the Flies in 1957 about the English boys who were stranded in an island after their plane has crashed over the pacific. Ralph is the eldest among the surviving group of young boys who also assumed leadership in the group. On the other hand, Ralph’s leadership was found to be unpopular among the choir group particularly for its charismatic leader Jack Merridew. Ralph and his group maintain a laid-back perspective over their situation by having fun and at the ...

Apple VS. Orange

This is a comparison between an apple and an orange as to study their effect on the behavior of flies. Here we observe that that at time=0min, 11 flies have come to the apple side. At t=5 min, 11 more flies came to the apple side. At time t=10min, 12 more flies came to the apple side. Simultaneously, we observe that at time t=0min, 3 flies came to the orange side. At time t=5min, 3 more flies came to Orange side. At time t=10 min, a single fly joined the cohort of the flies towards the Orange side. Apart ...

B. OBJECTIVE

C. METHODOLOGY Over a period of time of four week study three generations of flies starting with a parental (P) generation that has already separate the flies in each generation of each cross into males and females and separate the flies according to their mutations. Based on the observed numbers of each phenotype in each generation of each cross hypothesize the parental cross and use the chi-square (x2) test and if there is little difference between the observed results and the expected results, the chi-square will have a low value, thus, the hypothesis will be supported in this case. ...

Abstract

The understanding of the performance of an aircraft is one of the most important issues that many stakeholders in the aviation sector aspire to understand comprehensively. A significant number of aircrafts experience challenges in the process of take-offs or when they are landing. However, through research, engineers have discovered that the climb performance of many aircrafts is affected by several factors including incidences of collision with various obstacles. It is also crucial to acknowledge that an aircraft is characterized by performances in different speed conditions. Through the performance at each speed condition, engineers are able to predict that manner ...

The Fate of Greenland's Vikings by Dale Mackenzie Brown.

In 1721, Hans Egede, a Norwegian missionary discovered that the Norse were no longer inhabiting the two settlements that they had established around 1000 A.D. Since then there has been many debates on the cause of their disappearance and decline. For long, the theories about their disappearance centered around the oral traditions of the Inuits. The Inuit tradition held that the demise of the Norse was due to the contact between the Inuit and the Norse which was often aggressive (Seaver 1996, 119). In recent years however, owing to expanding archaeological findings and other limited documentary evidence there have ...

The article is about comparing the pollution caused by cars in the 1970’s to the pollution that existed in the United States prior to the automobile. The focus of the article is the pollution caused by the waste of horses. Horses were the cause of a number of pollution related issues in the past. The gases that they released along with the fecal matter they left behind not only resulted in foul odors, but were harmful to the environment and people’s health. There was also the issue of noise, which subsequently increased to horrifying levels in cities ...

Quotes

Comparison All four members of my family gave somewhat similar rank to the quotes from Lord of the Flies. My sister has a different opinion on the rank of pre-conventional levels of moral reasoning. She also had a different opinion on the post-conventional levels of moral reasoning. Most of the ranks are similar as it all of us were aware of the Kohlberg’s Theory and stages. Also, it was logical to relate to all levels and stages as the quotes chosen were closely related to concepts discussed by Kohlberg in its theory of moral development. Therefore, identifying each ...

Developmental Domain: English/Language Arts (Advanced)

Sequence of Events: Morning greeting/warm-up writing activity Discussion of previous night’s reading— chapters 5-7 of The Lord of the Flies Discussion on Biblical symbolism in The Lord of the Flies so far Worksheet: symbols, symbolism, and predictions for the end of the text Discussion: writing a thesis Homework assigned: 2-page essay on Biblical symbolism in The Lord of the Flies so far The teacher was incredibly effective in his integration of discussion into the classroom environment. The students seemed ready for the discussion, and they seemed to understand what they were expected to do; the relatively small class ...

Introduction

Southwest Airlines was launched with an aim of offering cheap, reliable and friendly flights to different destinations around the U.S. The company’s objective is to connect people to their crucial lives (About Southwest n. p.). Importantly, Southwest Airlines has grown to be one of the largest airline companies offering domestic flights in the United States. The acquisition of AirTran is a strategy that aims at expanding Southwest both in assets and international flights. This paper analyzes the market position of Southwest by answering questions on the company’s culture, values, opportunities, challenges and acquisition of AirTran.

SWOT analysis of Southwest Airline

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1. Drosophila melanogaster has been used as a model organism to study human genetics because: it shares 75% homology with human diseases causing genes. Developmental genes are highly conserved in humans and Drosophila. Certain mutations can affect the same tissue in both the fly and human. Example of homologous genes includes: Hox gene, PAX 6, SALL1, TWIST 1, NKX2-5. Drosophila offers several other advantages that makes it an ideal organism for genetic diseases. The fly is easy to maintain and manipulate. It produces a large number of offspring’s and has a short generation interval that is very favorable ...

Emily Dickinson is one of America’s most beloved poets. She wrote of nature, love, and death. It is said that Dickinson wrote 1800 poems, the majority of which were untitled. Dickinson was known to be somewhat reclusive and introverted throughout her life. These traits, however, did not preclude her from observing and appreciating even the simplest forms of her natural surroundings. One of Dickinson’s poems involving nature is “A Bird Came Down the Walk-.” It is this poem that will be discussed here. Dickinson’s poetry is of a personal quality, not only to the poet, but ...

Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist, was born on in the house of her parents, known as Casa Azul – the Blue House – in town Coyoacan, the suburb of Mexico City. Her father - Wilhelm Kahlo – had German roots, moved to Mexico in his early age. Her mother, Matilde Calderon y Gonzalez had mixed Spanish and Indian roots. At the age of six, she has contracted the polio, which has made her to stay in bed for nine months. This disease has made her right leg and foot grow much thinner than her left one. She had to limp after the ...

Introduction

The treatment for multitudes of diseases and disorders resulting from genetic reasons have been ambiguous since long as the only cure could be the correction of genes and DNA in the specific region. Gene therapy gave a promising horizon to the correction of such genetic defects whereby molecular tools are applied to reverse the mutation or any other changes in the DNA. The advancing biomedical research have offered several tools for gene therapy since last few decades that have been able to perform the desired roles but with one or the other limitations. Lately, CRISPR-Cas9 based tools for gene ...

Psychological development theories divide the development of a child to an adult into stages which carry distinctive characteristics. These theories study all areas of growth in a child till adulthood from the social and biological part to the emotion and cognitive processes (Ezhovkina & Ryabova, 2015). Arguably, it is evident that the story of The Lord of the Flies has many psychological, developmental theories that are applicable in real world context. Notably, the theme of bullying and its causes also comes to play. This paper seeks to discuss Ralph character traits about these psychological development theories. For a fact, the ...

Homosexuality is a sexual attraction or sexual behavior among members of the same gender. It can be a bisexual habit (attraction and sexual behavior towards both men and women) or purely towards the same sex. The paper will shed light on the sociological, physiological and biological explanation of homosexuality in human beings. According to biological concept of behavior, our characters are a consequence of our genetic makeup and our physiology. This biological approach to behavior has been studied in fraternal and identical twins. Identical twins have 100% of their genes identical while fraternal twins have 50% of their genes ...

Summary

The neural network controls physical activities. Recently scientists have found out that the neural network can be observed to show different levels of activation depending on an organism’s mental activity. Scientists have gone further to devise actual methods that detect brain activity in particular instances. The brain and the neural network never stop working; however, certain tasks cause the brain and the neural network to work faster, harder and more intensely (Garcia). These unique activities usually register or appear as spikes or dips in the never-ending sequence of brain activity. Genetically Encoded Voltage Indicators (GEVIs) are a promising ...

Boeing and Airbus are two multinational aircraft manufacturers who are also rivals in the aviation sector. While Airbus mainly manufactures airplanes, Boeing is the world leader in commercial and defence aircraft as well as space and defence/security systems. In the commercial aircraft sector, both the companies are in direct competition with each other and manufacture aircraft of more or less the same class. However there are differences in the size, weight and seating capacity. Boeing aircraft offers better seats per mile and are lighter. Boeing 737, the flagship model can deploy inbuilt airstairs that enables it to lift off ...

History

Introduction Manfred Von Richthofen (The Red Baron) was born in 1892 in Brelau. He worked as the last Germany aviator. He flew his war aircraft during the last year of the war until his demise. In his career, he rose to fame for his outstanding work and became a legend before foe and friends. His deeds during the World War One outlived him. He was laid to rest with honor by Germany foes. The British Air Force is on record to have sent a funeral wreath bearing words of honor despite The Red Baron being an opponent during the ...

Introduction

During prehistoric times, human beings recognized that specific physical characteristics of animals, plants, and people could be passed from one generation to the next. This basic knowledge of genetics was of great importance in agriculture and also in the domestication of animals such as cattle and dogs. However, significant understanding of genetics, inheritance and variation came with the work of an Austrian monk- Gregor Mendel. In 1860, Mendel studied heritable traits of pea plants. He found out that these traits were passed form the parents to the offspring. His experiments with the garden pea plants led to the discovery ...

Business, Ethical and Legal issues

Business, Ethical and Legal issues

Rob's situation with Dusty puts him in a dilemma. The community, customers and board members of the firearms company exert pressure on him to relieve Dusty of his duties owing to his past as a criminal record after the exposure by a local publication following a tip from Dusty's former crime mate T-rex. On the other hand, Dusty has been exemplary in his job and has even been an important figure in the community owing to his voluntary service. Furthermore, Rob is aware that he has reformed and has already atoned for his crime ...

<<Author>> <<Date>> Introduction. How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie, is a book that has really stood the test of time. Initially written in the year 1936, the revised edition that is under review here is from 1981, copyrighted by Donna Carnegie (Mrs. Dale Carnegie). The book belongs to the genre of Self Improvement and talks about the basic principles that need to be followed to understand people that we deal with in our daily lives and excel in winning them. It is a book that educates people on becoming ...

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Lab Section_______________________ Teaching Assistant_________________ Professor_________________________ INTRODUCTION I. The foraging behavior of fruit flies is important to observe for a number of reasons. One of the reasons foraging behavior of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) is studied is to determine whether fruit flies are capable of learning, as well as the behavioral significance of a behavior, in terms of adaptation (Prokopy & Roitber 1984). Moreover, the foraging behavior of fruit flies reveals the behavior of so-called Rover flies versus Sitter flies. A rover fly expends more energy seeking food, whereas sitters expend less energy, but is more efficient, given low population ...

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Introduction

Fruits flies or Drosophila melanogaster nourish on the fungi and bacteria present on rotting fruit. They have a unique capability of tracking food via remote chemoreception while flying and landing. Once they sense the smell of the food, they continue to hunt for it on the ground. This behavior is termed as foraging, and it is dependent on the process of chemoreception (Bateman, 1972). Flies possess chemoreceptors in the front pair of legs to sense such unique sensations, which facilitate them to discover or taste the substance ...

I understand that it is a violation of the Academic Code of Conduct to copy answers or text from another student, either verbatim or in substance (i.e. to use another student’s answers but rephrase in my own words). I also understand that it is a violation of the Academic Code of Conduct to share my answers or text with another student in a way that facilitates copying of my answers. Such violations could result in a charge of Academic Misconduct. In submitting this assignment for a grade, I am declaring that the work presented is ...

Data

Introduction: Fruit fly or Drosophila melanogaster is a small fly that measures about 3 mm long. The fly has several advantages that make it a preferred model in genetic studies. It has four pairs of chromosomes that codes for 16,000 genes (Jacob, 2012). The complete genome of the fly is sequenced and the information coded has been completely deciphered. In addition, fruit flies are easy to culture, have a short life cycle and easy to work with. The food preference in Drosophila is influenced by many factors and there are few studies that have explored this phenomenon. The ...

“A novel written by William Golding after World War II had become a well-known book in the United States and other countries” . The Lord of the Flies was an inspiration to him after returning from the war, and his basis for interpreting the characters scenarios with relations to the war. Humanity has a different image when being placed in a battle zone, and does not have the same outlooks as to someone who had never been in an attack. The inspiring writer changed the way ligature signified not only the look at humanity and how people react to different ...

“Time flies” is written on the very title of the page. Art, the author himself, is wearing a mask of a mouse as if drawing an association between himself and the characters of his book. I believe that the mouse mask is chosen intentionally and worn voluntarily; it hides authors’ true identity which we never get to see, while adjusting him to the society he exists in, and to a certain circumstances of his presence. Perhaps, he wants to be accepted and he is aware of the role he has to play. In my opinion Art Soiegelman is wearing ...

Vista Aerospace case

In most general terms, risk assessment can be defined as an examination of factors that can harm people in course of one’s activities. Most important issues to be considered in terms of choosing supplier include the suppliers’ capacity and their experience in producing electronic equipment in general and aviation equipment in particular. These factors can particularly influence supplier’s capacity to produce quality equipment and, in turn, passengers’ security and safety. In case of Essilor (Brazilian supplier), an important risk deals with the fact that an extent to which the company is experienced in producing electronic equipment. Furthermore, ...

Entomology is the investigation of bugs, which are those creatures that have an exoskeleton, 6 legs, 3 body portions, 1 sets of radio wire, and 1 sets of compound eyes. The quickly developing field of measurable entomology is extensively characterized as the utilization of the investigative investigation of creepy crawlies and their arthropod relatives to lawful matters. Scientific entomologists regularly manage non-creepy crawly arthropods, for example, arachnids, bugs, and ticks. Thusly, the essential meaning of "criminological entomology" amplifies past "entomology." Inside of the scientific sciences, legal entomologists can set up a part of the after death interim (which is ...

Emirates Airlines Report

Emirates Airlines is one of the biggest and most successful firms from the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region that has a strong footprint in foreign markets. The airline was formed on 25th October 1985 (Emirates 2015).The initial capital of the airline amounting to US $ 10 Million was provided by the government of Dubai through its investment arm; the Investment Corporation of Dubai (The EK Source 2014). At the beginning, the airline fleet was comprised of two aircrafts, an Airbus A300, and a Boeing 737-300 that it had leased from Pakistan International Airlines. In addition, the carrier leased a Boeing 727-200 from ...

Undergraduate Dissertation

Consumer Decision Making, in Relation to Brand Image in Today’s Airline Industry Presented for (Business management) This dissertation is entirely the original work of student registration number 1210025. Where material is obtained from published or unpublished works, this has been fully acknowledged by citation

Abstract

Marketing research studies reveal that companies have gone beyond offering functional attributes of a product when considering their competitive advantages in the market. Rather, companies are developing corporate brands that are associated with their products and services in the marketplace. The rationale is that companies can create special image that consumers can associate ...

Biomimicry, whose name truly makes an interpretation of Greek to 'impersonation of life,' depends on a basic thought: people can enormously advantage by mimicking the common procedures found in science and topography (Gamage and Hyde, 2012). This is not another thought; horticulture, training of creatures and populace settlement in light of topography all show that people and their environment have shared a profound beneficial interaction. (Gamage and Hyde, 2012). Presently, as science upgrades our ability to better comprehend the Earth consistently, we too are finding creative approaches to consolidate these discoveries into our lives. Apparently the most earth shattering ...

In spite of the significant advancement in science and technology, the science behind lifespan is still a mystery. The theories that explain the process of aging and life span, are broadly divided into programmed and error theories (Jin, 2010). Though none of these theories are completely satisfactory, they do help to enhance one’s understanding in the area. According to the programmed longevity theory, aging follows a biological timetable, which is innate and heritable. The theory was first suggested by August Weismann. He theorized that; there is an actual limit to the extent of somatic cell division in a species, and this is ...

Sociological Paradigms – analysis of the movie ‘Lord of the Flies’

The movie ‘Lord of The Flies’ is based on the novel by William Golding set in the background of evacuation of a group of boys from England because of War. Anyone who has seen the movie can easily recall the plot – desperation and no supervision leading to savagery among a group of deserted boys stranded on an island after their plane crashes. In the end, the boys are rescued by a British Ship Captain but not before the failure of social teachings lead to the murder of Simon and Piggy. Even though the movie might seem to project the normal regimen ...

Jane Doe

n/a n/a William Goulding’s novel, Lord of the Flies has not only been a classic piece of literature that is studied and admired throughout both the literary and academic world. The fascinating story of a group of young boys stranded on an island after their plane crashes was also produced into a film in 1963 by director Peter Brook, and then remade in 1990 by director Harry Hook. After observing the 1990 version of the film I was able to capture numerous core concepts and theories of sociology that were applicable to the events unfolding among the characters of ...

1. Problem Solving Project 1.1. How Mathematical Problem Solving Can Lead to Excellence, Personal Development and Integrity Outside of a Mathematics Classroom The philosophical understanding of the world, its general laws and basic scientific concepts is not possible without mathematics. Mathematical problem solving leads to excellence, personal development and integrity outside of a mathematics classroom. It helps to analyze, compare and classify objects, establish cause-and-effect relations and patterns, build logical chains of reasoning and develop algorithmic thinking. Mathematics allows us to develop some important mental faculties: analytical, deductive (the ability to generalize), critical, forward-looking (the ability to forecast, ...