The case of Earl Mervin involved a nobleman that faced a trial for rape and sodomy and was presided by his peers. Rivers, a master gardener whose apprentice would accuse him of sodomizing in private and public. Captain Edward Rigby was charged with sodomy for soliciting sex toward William Minton. The case of Earl Mervin, … Read more
New London. A place of opportunity. A place for the future. A place of fierce oppression. I grew up just like every other child in New London. We’re raised by parents that were raised just as us. We’re given predetermined jobs. Twenty thousand dollars is then given to the children when they reach seventeen as … Read more
Everyone, at one time or another, has dreamed of running away to a deserted island to get away from the life of the real world, but in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies this perceived dream of a deserted island is brought to reality. When the dream did come true for some English boys things … Read more
William Goldings book, The Lord of the Flies is a wonderful, fictional book about the struggle and survival of a group of boys trapped on an uninhabited island. This book kept me very interested and made me want to keep reading. The characters were very diverse and each had very appealing qualities in themselves. The … Read more