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Article 1

http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/301100

This article is about bullying. Bullies have power. They contain enough power to total kill another kid’s self-esteem. In the story the lord of the flies Jack is bully and he is very powerful. In the story jack uses his power to turn everybody against Ralph and Piggy.

Article 2

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/807202--toronto-18-ringleader-pleads-guilty-in-terror-trial

This article represents leadership. Leaders are very important because they can lead people to do some great positive things but leaders can also teach people negative things. Like in this article Ahmad tried to lead a group of people into to doing a very bad thing. In the novel The Lord of the Flies Jack led the hunters to kill Simon.

Article 3

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/807166--oil-slick-spreads-as-bp-scrambles-to-stem-flow

This article shows the lack of responsibility. There has been a massive oil spill and the oil company is not really taking responsibility for it. In the novel, the boys also did not take responsibility for there actions.

Article 4

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/803156--a-100-year-struggle-for-human-rights


This article speaks about human rights. Human rights give us freedom. In The lord of the Flies the children are given freedom because there are no grown ups on the island.

Article 5


http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/807141--mass-grave-from-kosovo-war-found-in-serbia

This article talks about the amount of deaths resulted from Kosovo war. In the Lord of the Flies the kids had a war. The war resulted in the death of piggy.