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    An idea that was memorable in the lord of the flies was the idea of democracy vs dictator ship. This idea was memorable because it juxtaposes two contemporary governments: a democracy where a leader rules with the intention of helping others and a dictatorship where a leader rules with oppression‚ putting his own needs before the group. We are challenged to comprehend that a dictatorship uses fear‚ power and arbitrary rules in order to inflict chaos and anarchy onto society where as a democratic

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    symbols the lord of the flies The Lord of the Flies is the bloody‚ severed sow’s head that Jack impales on a stake as a tribute to the beast. This symbol becomes the most important image in the novel when Simon confronts the sow’s head when it seems to speak to him‚ telling him that evil lies within every human heart. signal fire The signal fire burns on the mountain and also on the beach‚ to attract the passengers on the passing ships that might be able to rescue the boys. this is there

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    Select one chapter from Lord of the Flies and assess its importance to the novel as a whole. <br> <br>‘Lord of the Flies’ is about what happens to a group of schoolboys when they are abandoned on an island following a plane crash. Chapter eight ‘Gift for the Darkness’ has much significance in the novel‚ as it is here that Simon converses with ‘The Lord of the Flies’. Jack separates himself from Ralph’s group‚ showing that Jack has now been consumed by evil. The signal fire is moved and now there

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    Lord of the Flies “Maybe there is a beast...maybe its just us.” This is a quote from the book “Lord of the Flies‚” by William Golding. As an outstanding Author‚ William Golding won the Nobel Prize of Literature and the Man Booker Prize. The book “Lord of the Flies‚” written in 1954‚ is an incredible book and an allegory about a large group of boys who get stranded on an island. The reader can see how people‚ or in particular‚ boys‚ will behave‚ when away from society. Some of the boys: Ralph

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    once said‚ “Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery‚ for brutality‚ for lack of empathy‚ for lack of compassion.” This quote introduces the idea that humans have a brutal nature and are drawn away from the civilized ways of life because of it. When true human nature is allowed to be seen‚ these savagely characteristics are made visible and these other courteous ways of life are forgotten. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the boys choose to follow Jack’s violent

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    lives. For example‚ morals taught by parents‚ laws that have we have to obey‚ and social norms are all influences of character and behavior. Human nature is primitively savage. Humans’ true instinct is to be savage. In the article “What Does Lord of the Flies Say About Human Nature” the teachings of psychologist Sigmund Freud “suggested that there is evil in everyone that must be kept in check by conscience” (Dunkerly-Bean). This states and thus proves the innate evil and savageness in an individual

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    Lord of the Flies William Golding uses symbolism in his book Lord of the Flies to explain how a civilized society requires order‚ intelligence and morals to survive or we as humans would be no better than savages or even worse Nazis. William grew up and served during World War II. It was during the war that Golding realized that even the allies thought of as heroes‚ were becoming scoundrels by killing innocent lives in savage ways. After witnessing all the horrors and savagery that went on during

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    Lord Of The Flies Summary [pic] |Lord Of The Flies Summary - The Island | |Lord of the Flies is set during World War 2 on a tropical island in the Coral Sea. A group of boys survive a plane crash and are| |left stranded on a deserted island with no adults. At first the boys cling to the principles and laws they were taught during | |their upbringing. They call a meeting where they establish rules‚

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    William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a compelling story of survival about a group of young English school boys who get stranded on a tropical island. Throughout the book the boys make an effort to keep a civilized life with order and rules‚ but they fail miserably‚ and succumb to savage ways. The theme humans are inherently evil is being shown through the boy’s ascending savagery the longer they stay on the island. One way the theme is shown is through the boy’s somewhat childish fascination

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    A Lost Soul Brianna L. Robinson English 1 Honors Ridgeview High School The character of Jack in Lord of The Flies represents an evil anarchy for the human creation which unleashes to show his dark thirst for power. He uses his sense of atavism to consume the souls of those among him that fall under his power. Jack has always shown that deep feeling of darkness throughout this book but it hides itself beneath his actual appearance. “Inside the floating cloak he was tall‚ thin‚ and bony;

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