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    What are goals? Are they just plans that you make yourself for the future? Or are they a list of what you hope to accomplish in life? Well me personally‚ I believe my goals are challenges I set for myself to hopefully overcome throughout my life so that I can become something more. There is a lot of career options out there that where recommended to me but many different people. But ever since I was a little boy there was always one thing I wanted to be… a Chef. I love to cook‚ so it’s no surprise

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    is the law. In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ a group of schoolboys are stranded on an island and have the sovereignty to accomplish whatever they want. They appoint a leader and compose rules for everyone to follow‚ but not all the boys agree with the rules. What would you undertake if you were stranded on an island with your classmates? Since some of the boys don’t condone the rules‚ they start to live their own animations‚ forgetting about civilization. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the

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    “The Lord of the Flies” - Paper Chaos: (n) A state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order. This explanation of a five letter word does not even begin to describe the situation that a group of British school boy experienced on an uninhibited island. They soon learn not long after landing on the island‚ that evil has a way of moving in for the kill‚ even if not visible. Evil exists within everyone and in the absence of rules; this evil side can take over‚ resulting

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    Lord of the Flies The story revolves around a post-apocalyptical world wherein a group of young British survivors found themselves stranded in an island‚ hoping that a cue for rescue is coming at some point in their unintentional stay. In the novel‚ there is a struggle for power that is more common today than any of the aforementioned conflicts. Ralph is the athletic‚ charismatic protagonist of Lord of the Flies. Elected the leader of the boys at the beginning of the novel‚ Ralph is the primary

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    the opposite; he believes that even civilized people can become savages‚ just because it is a small part of human nature. In Golding’s book‚ Lord of the Flies‚ a group of British boys become savages over a period of some of weeks. In the novel‚ Golding expresses his opinion through the symbols and characters such as the conch‚ Roger‚ and Simon. One symbol that Golding uses is the conch‚ which represents civilization. Ralph calls all of the boys by blowing into the conch. They also take turns speaking

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    Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. It discusses how culture created by man fails‚ using as an example a group of British school-boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results. Each British boys are a symbol that represents in ourself and also in our society‚ these are follow boys; Ralph‚ Piggy‚ Simon and Jack are the four main characters that represents a lot in our society that we can

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    Lord of the Rings: Title unrelated As a race‚ one of humanity’s greatest shortcomings is the inability to control its own desires. Oftentimes‚ the prosperity of one depends on the decline of another. This is one of the many truths evident in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. The novel highlights the decline of a civilized group of British students that are left stranded on an island after a plane crash. As the boys begin to fend for themselves‚ the events that transpire there expose the flaws

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    Throughout the novel Lord of the Flies‚ various views and motifs are portrayed. Of these views and motifs‚ the main message which is illustrated is one that questions society. It is clear from the very beginning that is a message conveyed in this novel. On the whole‚ Golding is portraying a good versus evil which are represented by Jack and Ralph. In Lord of the Flies a variety of ideas can be extracted on what the message Golding is trying to show. Golding wrote this novel in order to show the basic

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    novel of Lord of the Flies uses the regression of main characters to show savagery and primitive human nature. “This perhaps can be best seen in the development of Jack. During the first trip into the jungle‚ he is unable to kill the pig with his knife‚ “[Jack] raised his arm in the air. There came a pause‚ a hiatus… The pause was only long enough for them to understand what enormity the downward stroke would be” (23); by the end of the book he is hunting human quarry” (Overview of Lord of the Flies)

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    Not done Civility vs savagery Fire The beast The conch In The Lord of The Flies‚ the boys need to maintain their civility and not succumb to the savagery of the island. In The Lord of The Flies‚ fire is not only used to represent hope and survival‚ but also destruction and evil. In the beginning of the book‚ the boys find themselves lost and with little confidence in their chances of being saved. Then Piggy has the idea to start a fire. This was something to hope for. When the boys first

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