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Lately I have thought about the scientific laws of the solar system. It is hard to put my mind around the fact that the Earth is just a small dot when viewed in space. Does space go on for infinity? It must. Because it can't just come to a dead end, but if space never comes to an end where does it go? There must be life on other places in the solar universe. The Earth cannot be the only place of life, it just doesn't seem possible. Soon we will be exchanging information with aliens possibly. I believe that the next form of technology will be the ability to travel outside of our universe. What if our Earth becomes inhabitable in the near future, for instance a natural disaster occurs. Where will everyone go, what if life becomes dead on the Earth and the universe continues untouched. It really puts life into perspective, and makes all of our little problems seem pretty small. Though I don't believe fretting about the future is always a good thing. Maybe people shouldn't even plan to move to another planet, because maybe that's not natural. Possibly the only place our form of human that can inhabit is Earth. Whatever happens, happens, and it is what it is. I guess we must just live in the moment and not move to Mars for now. All of this seems pretty crazy and its honestly driving me crazy thinking about it.

Last chapter of Lord of the Flies

Write a reflection on the end of Lord of the Flies. Write at least a paragraph (6-8 sentences). Include at least 3 citations.

At the end of the book Simon and Piggy have died and only Ralph and Jack are left to fight each other. Ralph had always thought of the signal fire as a symbol of hope and rescue and the little civilization that was still left on the island, though the fire that is created in hope of killing Ralph is more of a war fire that ends up luring rescuers to the island. "The fire reached the coconut palms by the beach and swallowed them noisily. A flame, seeming detached, swung like a acrobat and licked up the palm heads on the platform." (Golding 206). This shows how seemingly simple a fire can be though it can still break apart a civilization and bring the boys back to reality. It shows the fire in a negative light, because it engulfs what is left of the island but it also brings the boys together. The fire is seen as the ultimate threat now that civilization is savaged. "Now the fire was nearer; those volleying shots were great limbs, trunks even, bursting." (Golding 203). Also after the fire destroys the island and Jack and Ralph are left to be rescued, Ralph emerges as the leader. " 'Who's boss here?' 'I am,' said Ralph loudly." (Golding 207). Ralph is finally recognized as the leader, and Jack realizes that he must agree to the circumstances.