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    “Which is better – to have rules and agree‚ or to hunt and kill?” (Golding‚ 180). In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the central concern is the conflict between two impulses that exist within all human beings: Civilization vs. Savagery. Throughout the novel‚ Golding established a civilization that is bound to collapse by the fault of savagery; however‚ some of the boys in the novel are not as cruel. Ralph‚ the main character‚ attempts to create a society that is livable and organized

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    Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding in 1954. Irony‚ in literature can be anything from sarcasm to a shocking plot twist that can be inconvenient to the characters toward the end. A type of irony is situational which is where something very unexpected shows up at the last minute making the outcome of the story completely different then you expected. Such as the one in Lord of the Flies that effects one special character named Simon‚ and really almost all the characters. In the story

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    From all of the facts and reasons presented throughout the book and in this essay it is obvious that Jack’s descension into savagery is indeed true. The fact that children are savages by nature cannot be denied since it has been proved thoroughly and explicitly throughout this novel. Golding also asserts that actually savagery is innate within each and every one of us‚ and that it is more primal than our instinct towards the civilized way of life. Having this been said‚ it can also be said that Jack’s

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    It was a race for survival; dozens of adolescent BOYS stranded on an island‚ not a hint of civilization around. The lives of these BOYS changed drastically during their time on the island. It’s interesting how life can change in a matter of seconds‚ or especially throughout centuries. There has been an immense change in lifestyle since the 1950s‚ the prominent cause being technology. William Golding‚ the author of Lord of the Flies‚ displays a troubling situation in a simple time‚ stimulating the

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    Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope can be dangerous. In “Unbroken‚” a novel by Laura Hillenbrand‚ hope is the only thing that doesn’t leave this novel for the main character‚ Louie Zamperini. Every ounce of human strength is tested and the audience sees what makes a human unbreakable. For miles and miles‚ all the American Military airman could see was water. Tangled in fear‚ he was only surviving off of hope. His name was Louie. When Louie was a

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    The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver depicts a dark‚ frightening mood as she writes about a woman and her four daughters traveling through a dangerous forest. She creates this mood using many contrasting images depicting life and death. Many supporting details are laced throughout the passage. Some of these details are more literal‚ and others are more symbolic‚ but they all contribute to the eerie tone of the text. Beginning in the fourth sentence of the excerpt‚ the author narrates all

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    The story Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne is heavily based on the idea of symbolism. Nevertheless‚ without the use of symbolism it would have been difficult for the author to get his point across. The theme of the story also revolved around the symbolism. The significant symbolism used in Young Goodman Brown portrays the theme used by Nathaniel Hawthorne that the temptations of the devil can challenge one’s faith. The pink ribbons are a symbolic figure representing faith and sin. The

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    William Golding began his writing career after serving in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during World War II‚ and gained global recognition with his 1953 novel Lord of the Flies. The book was a response to Robert Ballantyne’s brighter‚ Victorian era story Coral Island‚ in which British boys bring civilization to an island of savages. Golding’s own take on the deserted island tale revolves around his belief that there is a malevolent side of human nature that is only kept at bay by our perception

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    A well-known American author‚ Mark Twain‚ once said; “Everyone is a moon‚ and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” This proves that one’s human nature has a seed‚ growing inside‚ consisting of both good and evil. In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ as the novel progresses‚ the nature of hunting changes. This persuades the boys to abandon the values of civilization‚ leading them to self-indulge themselves with savagery. At first‚ the main purpose of hunting is

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    In “The Masque Of the Red Death” the main character is shown around the castle of Prince Prospero and as he goes through all these rooms that are very lavish and well done there is a theme of sorts where each room symbolizes something. Prince Prospero begins with showing the rooms froms east to west‚ The first room‚blue‚ is the beginning of the rooms and also symbolizes the beginning of life and or can be seen to symbolize birth. Next‚ the purple room is shown which symbolizes royalty‚ wealth and

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