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Breaks are important because during a break at school one can take time to process the information just heard during class. During a break at work, a person can take time to relax. Even a break during a child's playing is important during a break the child can catch their breath, calm down, and it often can intensify the game so no one gets hurt. A balance between breaks and work is important. Too much work and a person becomes overwhelmed and too many breaks and a person can become lazy and not get work done. A good balance between the two can mean all the difference in making a good schedule for yourself. You should allow yourself a 20-30 minute break for every 2 hours of work so you finish your work but can have some relaxation too. With the correct balance, you can maintain a healthy mental state and get all your work down. That is why breaks are an essential part of a good schedule.

Thesis: It is interesting how the boys keep asking themselves what would the grownups do, but the grownups are fighting a war because they can't agree and are acting like children. This thesis is supported multiple times throughout the book by Ralph bluntly asking himself what would the grownups do and how would they do it. All the while he knows the grownups are fighting a war and acting like children which is the whole reason the boys are stranded on an island. Even though he is subconsciously aware of their flaws he still admires them and looks up to them and wants to be like them. It is fascinating how a child can be so aware and so nieve at the same time.

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       He had lived by the ocean his whole life. Naturally, he spent a lot of time on the beach, so he had seen rough days and calm days. On the rough days, he had watched the tourists who dare not waste any of the precious time they had there be thrown about violently in the water, and on the calm days watched families on the beach with little kids playing in the sand while the older ones played in the water, and the parents relaxed and took time to themselves.         He had watched all of this from his window. He thought after awhile even the most precious of things got boring and old. He had grown tired of watching the waves go up and down, up and down, up and down, day after day, night after night. He had grown tired of watching all the little creatures move through the water and create a ripple through the ocean that disturbed other creatures which then created a chain reaction of disturbances. Through the whole time, he had lived by the ocean he had grown to think of it as a

The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.  Once there was this and that, and now--and the ship had gone. [... Jack refusing to give Piggy the floor when he has the conch...] "The rules!" shouted Ralph.  "You're breaking the rules!" "Who cares?" Ralph summoned his wits. "Because the rules are the only thing we've got!" But Jack was shouting against him. "Bollocks to the rules!  We're strong--we hunt!  If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down!  We'll close in and beat and beat and beat--!" (91) The beginning of the passage shows us a world of order and safety is becoming a distant memory. Nobody really follows the rules or cares what they say anymore. All the boys what to do is have fun and kill things. Only Ralph, Piggy, Sam, and Eric follow the rules anymore. All the other boys do as Jack says and his view is the only thing that matters is fun and having a good time. 

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Recently a few friends and I did an escape room. When we went it was required to have an adult with us when we went so my mother went too. In the room were me, three friends, my mom, and a younger couple. The first thing we did was converse and figure out where to start. We decided to search the remains of the body that was in the room with us. We found a journal that would become a critical part in our escape. The book contained all the puzzles and riddles that we need to solve to unlock the next room. That is as much as I can say without spoiling the room for others. In the end, we were about to escape but ran out of time. The attendant allowed us to finish the game because we only had about 30 more seconds of work and it was very rare for people to get that far. So we did escape but technically we did not. If you ever plan on doing an escape room I highly recommend it, but when you do be prepared to work with the people with you. Escaping takes a lot of wit and teamwork, but it

When I read Lord of The Flies I feel like I am reading about a social experiment. Like how would a group of boys trapped on an island without adults handle it? The most interesting part, in my opinion, is even though there are no adults there to discipline them they still feel guilt when they do something they know is wrong at the beginning. As the story goes one this feeling of guilt disappears and they start to fly off the handle. In this book, you at the beginning everyone is really scared and a few boys have to take charge. Towards the middle, though everything seems to be going ok there are some people that have taken charge, but then people start to go crazy and the few people in charge start losing control. The story uses a lot of vivid imagery and very realistically describes many things. Sometimes this is a quite disturbing feature. I hope to see some of the boys unite again and get off the island.